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#14 Jalon Moore

Jalon Moore - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Experience 2 VL
Height 6-7
Weight 209
Hometown Birmingham, Ala.
Last School Gardendale HS
Major Business Administration
Year Sophomore
Jalon Moore - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

General

Athletic forward who earned all-state honors in Alabama, and was rated a three-star prospect … Transferred out after two seasons (2021-23) with the Yellow Jackets … Slashing type scorer who can get to the rim and is comfortable in transition … Long and athletic player who can guard multiple positions … Chose the Yellow Jackets over Georgia and Mississippi State, among others … Born and lives in Birmingham … His mother played college basketball at Alabama A&M … Didn’t pick up basketball until age 13 (played football) … Majoring in business administration … First name pronounced “JAY-lun.”

2022-23 (sophomore)

Started 15 games (10 ACC games), scoring in double digits 13 times … Only reserve to see significant action over Tech’s last six games, averaging 12.8 minutes and 4.8 points per game … Tech’s seventh-leading scorer at 7.6 points per game and No. 3 rebounder at 4.7 per game, while hitting 43.1 percent from the floor … Also No. 2 on the team in blocked shots (28) … Led the Jackets in free throws made and attempted (64-of-93) and connected on 68.8 percent … Averaged 6.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in ACC games, hitting 38.8 percent from the floor and 66.0 percent from the foul line … Scored career-high 17 points (8-14 FG) with eight rebounds Jan. 17 against NC State, and followed that with 11 points against Syracuse … Scored 15 points (6-11 FG) against Florida Tech and 10 points the following game at Pitt … Scored 16 points with nine rebounds against Northeastern (Dec. 2) in a career-high 38:11 … Went 10-for-10 from the free throw line, becoming the 23rd Tech player to have a perfect night with 10 or more attempts … Scored 12 points in Tech’s 79-77 win over Georgia on Dec. 6 and made a key shot-block and steal on the Bulldog’s final offensive sequence … Missed a double-double by one rebound three times – Clayton State (11 points, nine rebounds), Northeastern (16 points, 9 boards) and Clemson (12 and 9)

2021-22 (freshman)

Played short minutes in 13 games (nine ACC games), but saw his playing time increase in Tech’s games against Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame (averaged 16 minutes) … Started and played 13 minutes in Tech’s ACC Tournament game against Louisville … Played shorter minutes in games against Virginia Tech, Virginia, NC State (DNP at Pittsburgh) before that … Reached the scoring column in each of the last six games in which he played, hitting 6-of-17 shots from the floor with a couple of three-point field goals … Played in just four games and scored a total of 14 minutes before logging a 13-minute stint against Clayton State, when he scored 13 points (5-6 FG) with six rebounds.

High School

Consensus three-star prospect, from Gardendale High School in Gardendale, Ala., where he earned all-state honors as a junior in 2019-20 … Ranked No. 120 overall in the 247 composite rankings in the class of 2021 (No. 27 among small forwards), and No. 146 by Rivals (35th at his position) … Averaged 21.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 blocked shots per game as a senior at Gardendale, hitting 57 percent of his shots from the floor and 33 percent of his three-point tries … As a junior, he averaged more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, was an ASWA (Alabama Sports Writers Association) All-State selection and was also named to the Class AAAAAA All-Area 11 team … Four-year honor roll student who was a member of the National Honor Society.

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