2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Jalen Coleman-Lands
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 190
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- La Lumiere
Coleman-Lands' Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
2016-17 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten selection
- Played in all 35 games, starting 15
- Fifth on team in scoring, averaging 8.0 points
- Scored in double figures 10 times
- Led Illini with 71 three-pointers
- 11th in Big Ten with average of 2.0 made threes per game
- Shot 38 percent from behind the arc on the season (71-187)
- Made three or more treys in 13 games
- Tied career high with six 3-pointers vs. McKendree (Nov. 15), en route to 18 points
- Scored season-high 21 points at Indiana (Jan. 7)
- 13 points and career-high seven rebounds at Penn State (Jan. 28)
- Career-high five assists in win at Northwestern (Feb. 7)
- 12 points, six rebounds and season-high three steals in victory at Iowa (Feb. 18)
2015-16 Freshman
- Played in all 34 games, starting 24 times
- Third on team in scoring, averaging 10.3 points, including 11.5 ppg during conference play
- Scored in double figures in 19 games
- Set Illini freshman record for 3-point field goals, draining 87 treys (2.6 avg., fourth in Big Ten)
- Shot 42.2 percent from 3-point range (eighth in Big Ten)
- Made three or more triples in 17 games, including nine of the last 12
- 15 points and career-high four steals vs. North Dakota State (Nov. 15)
- 17 points on 5-of-7 from three at Providence (Nov. 18)
- 12 points with four 3-pointers and three steals vs. Chicago State (Nov. 23), including game-winning trey from the baseline at the buzzer
- Game winner vs. Chicago State was No. 1 play on ESPN SportsCenter Top 10
- 17 points vs. South Dakota (Dec. 19)
- 14 points and season-high six rebounds at Ohio State (1/3)
- Season-high tying six rebounds vs. Ohio State (Jan. 28)
- Career-best 26 points – highest scoring total by Illini freshman since 2008 – with career-best six 3-pointers in win at Rutgers (Feb. 3)
- Team-high 17 points with five treys vs. Iowa (Feb. 7)
- Team-high 21 points with five threes vs. Indiana (Feb. 25)
- 18 points while knocking down 5-of-6 threes in victory over Minnesota (Feb. 28)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Feb. 29
- Team-high 17 points with five treys in Big Ten Tournament Second-Round win over No. 20 Iowa (March 10
High School
- Consensus national top-50 recruit
- Selected to participate in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic at Barclays Center, where he totaled eight points and six rebounds
- Ranked No. 37 on the recruiting services consensus index
- Ranked No. 34 nationally by 247Sports and ESPN, No. 39 by Rivals and No. 42 by Scout
- Averaged 19.2 points as a junior
- Prep school coach was Shane Heirman
- Played for the All-Ohio Red AAU program, coached by Marcus Gill
- Previously attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, helping lead Cathedral to a 25-6 record and IHSAA Class 4A state runner-up finish as a sophomore
- Averaged 14.6 points and shot 46 percent from 3-point range during his sophomore season
Personal
- Born July 15, 1996
- Majoring in marketing
- Parents are Piankhi Lands and Dionne Coleman-Lands
- Has an older brother, Keoni, and younger brother, Isaiah
- Was raised in Louisville before moving to Indianapolis prior to middle school
- Favorite players are Steph Curry and Damian Lillard
- All-time favorite athlete is Muhammad Ali
- Hobbies include playing chess, reading, writing poetry and hanging out with friends
- Honor roll student at La Lumiere and recipient of the school’s Bransfield Award, the highest honor given to an underclassman
- Served as vice president of the La Lumiere Entrepreneurship club
- First Indiana native to sign with the Fighting Illini since Nobleville’s Scott Haffner in 1984
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