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2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Jeril Taylor

  • Position
    Guard
  • Ht./Wt.
    6-4 / 195
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Louisville, KY
  • Major
    Individualized Studies

Biography

2015-16 | 2016-17 | Career Statistics

2016-17:
Named All-American by the NABC, Basketball Times, and Division II Bulletin...also named NABC All-District, CCA All-Midwest Region...GLVC Player of the Year, and first-team All-GLVC...earned Most Valuable Player honors at the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic...named GLVC Player of the Week four times...named Division II Bulletin Player of the Month (January)...averaged a team-high 19.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game...became the 19th Screaming Eagle to score over 1,000 career points...scored a career-high and USI single-game record 50 points in the win at Truman State University...grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds in the win over the University of Illinois Springfield...recorded a triple-double -- 15 points, 15 rebounds 10 assists -- in the win over Bluefield State College. 

2015-16: Start of 29 of his 30 appearances as a junior...averaged a team-high and GLVC 10th-ranked 16.2 points per game...scored a season-high 33 points against Kentucky State University...also averaged a team-best 6.8 rebounds per contest, grabbding a season-best 14 against Rockhurst University in the GLVC Tournament first round...dished a season-best seven assists in the win over Missouri University of Science & Technology...produced five double-doubles during his first year with USI.

TRANSFER: Joins the Eagles after a two-year stretch at Rend Lake College (2012-14) where he combined with fellow Eagle Cortez Macklin to win the 2013 NJCAA Division II National Championship and was named All-Tournament after averaging 15.6 points per tournament contest...averaged 16.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game during the sophomore season in 2013-14, posting a season-high 32 points against Kaskaskia College...began his junior college career by averaging 8.8 points and 4.0 rebounds as a freshman in 2012-13.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Lettered in basketball at Pleasure Ridge Park High School (Louisville, Kentucky). 

Career highs after the 2016-17 season 

Points: 50 vs. Truman State (1/12/17)
Rebounds: 16 vs. Illinois Springfield (2/16/17)
Assists: 10 vs. Bluefield State (1/2/17)
Steals: 6 vs. Purdue North Central (12/30/15)
Blocks: 2 vs. William Jewell (1/5/17)
Double-Figure Scoring: 49
20-or-more points: 21
30-or-more points: 6

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2015-2016Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 195 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2016-2017Senior

    Guard
    6'4" 195 lbs
    1