2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Jaylen Fornes

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Pamlico County, N.C.
  • Highschool Word of God Christian Academy

Biography

2020-21 Season (Redshirt Senior): Made 21 total appearances along with 13 starts along the way, including both the Southland Conference semifinals and championship games ... averaged 21.3 minutes per contest ... posted a team fifth-best 9.3 points per game not to mention 3.1 rebounds per game ... led the squad behind a .394 three-point shooting percentage, finishing 26-of-66 on the season ... pulled down a new career-best nine boards in an overtime victory at New Orleans (2/27) ... also set a new career mark in three-point field goals made, drilling seven against HBU (2/24) in the Red & Gray's best single-half performance of the year (23 points).

2019-20 Season (Redshirt Junior): Did not see game action due to NCAA Transfer restrictions ... redshirted.

2016-19 Seasons (UNC-Wilmington): As a junior, notched 30 total appearances with 15 starts, averaing 18.5 minutes per game ... shot 38.0 percent from the field along with a strong 89.4 percent from the free throw line ... averaged 7.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game ... as a sophomore, posted 11 points, five rebounds and three assists in CAA semifinals vs. NU ... scored 13 points in 93-88 victory over Hofstra in CAA quarterfinals (3/4) ... had 12 points and three assists in regular season finale at Drexel ... poured in career-high 27 points at William & Mary (2/22) ... scored five points and grabbed three rebounds vs. Charleston ... played 25 minutes vs. Elon and closed with 13 points ...made 24th start of season and collected nine points vs. Hofstra ... pitched in 13 points and five rebounds in 33 minutes at Northeastern ... had 11 points and four assists in 35 minutes at Hofstra ...scored 15 points with seven rebounds and three assists vs. W&M ... finished with nine points and five rebounds vs. JMU ... contributed 10 points and four rebounds vs. Towson ... had eight points, five rebounds and four assists at Charleston ... collected career highs of 24 points and eight rebounds vs. NU ... led team with 20 points, including 5-of-7 from deep, at Elon ... finished with five points, three rebounds and three assists at Towson ... poured in career-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. Drexel ... played career-high 35 minutes vs. Delaware and had 10 points ... had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists vs. Greensboro ... scored six points and had five rebounds vs. Howard ... led team with 15 points and matched career high with five boards vs NDSU ... scored career-high 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting vs. Furman ... made seventh start of season and had six points and five rebounds at UNCG ... played 22 minutes at ECU and finished with 10 points ... started fifth straight game and finished with nine points vs. Valpo ... had six points, three rebounds and four assists vs. Loyola-Chicago in Savannah ... poured in career-high 18 points vs. Campbell ... started for second straight game and had 11 points and four boards at Davidson ... made fourth career start in season opener and scored 11 points with five rebounds vs. NWCW ... as a freshman, appeared in 30-of-35 games in first season, making three starts ... shot 45 percent from deep on 18-of-40 attempts ... averaged 3.1 points and 1.0 rebounds in rookie year ... played final minute in CAA championship and NCAA Tournament games ... played 10 minutes and grabbed for rebounds vs. W&M in CAA semifinals ... scored two points with two rebounds in CAA quarterfinals vs. Delaware ... played nine minutes vs. Towson and scored eight points ... scored three points and had career-high four rebounds at Elon ... started for second straight game vs. JMU and had eight points and two assists ... made first career start and responded with career-high 17 points vs. Delaware ... scored eight points at William & Mary ... contributed seven points vs. Drexel ... collected five points and three rebounds vs. W&M ... had season-high seven points vs. Pfeiffer ... scored four points in six minutes vs. Toledo ... had five points vs. Middle Tennessee State (11/25) ... came off the bench to play nine minutes at Eastern Kentucky ... scored three points and grabbed two rebounds in collegiate debut vs. Claflin.

High School/Prep: Attended Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C. ... competed for Coach Brian Clifton at Word of God ... member of varsity team for four seasons ... also played football at Word of God

Personal: Born Jaylen Aaron Fornes in Grantsboro, N.C. ... son of Corey Green & Rebecca Fornes ... communications major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019-20Senior

    Forward
    6'3" 210 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 210 lbs
    1