Jalen Tate

11 | G | Gr.Sr. | 6-6 | 175 | Pickerington, Ohio | Pickerington Central HS / Northern Kentucky

2020-21

J Tate the Great
• Jalen Tate has been exactly what was expected of him … a long, lock-down defender that is a strong rebounder and pass-first point guard that can score. In other words a stat sheet stuffer.
• During Arkansas’ 10-game SEC win streak, Tate is averaging 11.3 ppg with a teambest 37 assists and a team-best 17 steals while shooting 50% from the field.
^ He has scored at least 12+ points in 4 of the last 6 games and 13 times this season.
^ Thanks to a career-high 11 assists versus UCA and adding 10 versus Georgia, he has a team-best 98 assists and ranks 3rd in the SEC with 4.2 assists/gm.
^ In both his double-doubles (UCA and UGA), Tate had a combined 21 assists with just one turnover.
^ Has at least four rebounds 16 times including an SEC-best six in just 13 minutes in the LSU win..
^ Is 20-of-57 (.351) from 3-point range. Tate only made 8-of-44 3-ponters in 2019-20 and just 6-of-28 in 2017-18. (Note: he did make 24-of-59 in 2018-19.)

4 Hogs Top 1,000
• Although Arkansas‘ roster has a lot of new faces, the roster has a lot of experience.
• Vance Jackson Jr., drained four 3-pointers during a 28-0 run in the first half of the season opener. With his fourth triple, Jackson eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau. He also grabbed his 500th career rebound in the game.
• Jalen Tate scored his 1,000th career point versus Central Arkansas and dished out his 300th career assist versus Lipscomb. With four boards in the Auburn win (1/20), he grabbed his for 400th career rebound.
• JD Notae scored his 1,000th career point in just his 66th career game played (vs Central Arkansas).
• Justin Smith became the fourth member at Missouri. Needing just one point entering the game, the graduate transfer made two free throws at the 5:05 mark of the first half to break the barrier. With six rebounds vs Ole Miss, he eclipsed the 500-rebound plateau for his career.
PLAYER CAREER PTS TO REACH
VANCE JACKSON JR 1,094 Scored 1,000th career pt vs MVSU
JALEN TATE 1,226 Scored 1,000th career pt vs UCA
JD NOTAE 1,316 Scored 1,000th career pt vs UCA
JUSTIN SMITH 1,085 Scored 1,000th career pt at MIZ

• Rated the 5th-best Graduate Transfer in the Nation by NBCSports.com
• Rated the 8th-best Graduate Transfer in the Nation by 247Sports.com
• Rated the 10th-best Graduate Transfer in the Nation by CBSSports.com
• Rated the 10th-best Graduate Transfer in the Nation by TheStadium.com
• Rated the 15th-best Graduate Transfer in the Nation by ESPN.com
• Graduated from Northern Kentucky in the Spring of 2020 with a B.A. in organizational leadership and a minor in sports business … Pursuing his master’s in adult and lifelong learning at the University of Arkansas.
• Spent four seasons at Northern Kentucky, taking a medical redshirt season as a freshman in 2016-17 after playing just eight games prior to a season-ending hand injury … Has scored 950 points in his collegiate career to finish 37th in NKU history (93 games with 82 starts), averaging 10.2 ppg for his career … Has averaged 3.7 rebounds with 285 assists … Finished in the NKU top 20 for career assists, steals and blocked shots … Had two career double-doubles.
• Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
• 3x Horizon League All-Defensive Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
• All-Horizon League Third Team (2020)
• Horizon League Tournament MVP and All-Tournament Team (2020)
• Horizon League All-Tournament Team (2019)
• Horizon League Player of the Week (March 4, 2019)
• Horizon League All-Freshman Team (2018)

TATE’S CAREER STATS PRIOR TO ARKANSAS

Junior (2019-20 at Northern Kentucky):

Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and earned Horizon League All-Defensive Team honors for the third straight year … Added third team All-Horizon League honors … Averaged 13.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals in helping the Norse to a 23-9 record …Played in 22 games, starting 20 as he missed 10 games due to injury … Named the Horizon League Tournament MVP after putting up 37 points in two games and leading the Norse to the Championship … Turned in a dominant performance in a semifinal win over Green Bay with 23 points – going 6-of-10 from the floor and 10-of-15 at the line – while adding six rebounds, three assists and two steals in a semifinal win over Green Bay … In the championship versus UIC, had 14 points, four rebounds and four assists In his second game back from the injury, had a career-high eight assists with five rebounds at Missouri … Dropped a career-high 31 points versus IUPUI, while also tacking on six boards, seven assists and a career-best six steals … Prior to his career high, had 24 points (9-of-13) with six rebounds and six assists versus Detroit Mercy …. Posted his second career double-double at Green Bay with 17 points and career-high 12 rebounds … Narrowly missed double-doubles with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists at Milwaukee and 24 points with nine rebounds in the regular-season finale versus Wright State … Closed the season with three straight strong performances, including 16 points and four steals at Cleveland State, 18 points and three steals at Youngstown State and 24 points with two steals versus Wright State … Was on the Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List … Preseason All-Horizon League First Team.

Sophomore (2018-19 at Northern Kentucky):
Named to Horizon League All-Defensive Team thanks to registering 37 steals and 21 blocks … Showed big improvement over his redshirt freshman season by averaging 13.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game to help the Norse to a 26-9 record and the Horizon League regular-season championship  … Shot 53.9 percent (159-of-295) from the field to rank 54th in nation … Led NKU with 17 points behind 7-for-10 shooting, while adding five rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal, in the Horizon League Championship game against Wright State … Earned Horizon League All-Tourney team status … Scored a season-high 30 points in the regular-season. title-clinching win at Green Bay, making 11-of-19 shots, garnering Horizon League Player of the Week honors when coupled with the performance at Milwaukee where he registered first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at home versus Milwaukee … Poured in 25 points, including 22 in the first half, and dished out six assists against UIC … Went 8-of-11 from the floor and 2-of-3 from three in the game as well .. Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team.

Redshirt Freshman (2017-18 at Northern Kentucky):
Horizon League All-Freshman Team member is averaging 5.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … Horizon League All-Defensive Team member leads NKU in steals (42) and blocks (19) … Posted 15 points versus James Madison and 14 points against Iona to help NKU to a second-place finish in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase … Recorded a steal in 26 of NKU’s 32 games, including 12 games with multiple steals.

Freshman (2016-17 at Northern Kentucky):
Received medical redshirt following season-ending hand injury … Started each of the first eight games for the Norse, averaging 4.6 points a contest in 18.8 minutes … Played 36 minutes, shooting 5-of-9 from the floor to score 13 points against Morehead State.

High School:
A 2015 and 2016 all-conference (Ohio Capital Conference) honoree for Pickerington Central HS … Led the Tigers to more than 20-wins and district championship as a senior … Averaged 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists a game during his junior campaign.

Personal:
Born June 18, 1998 in Toledo, Ohio … Son of Jermaine and Jenice Tate … Siblings are Jae’Sean, Jada and Jocci … Father, Jermaine Tate, played for Ohio State and Cincinnati prior to a 13-year professional career overseas … Brother, Jae’Sean Tate, was second team All-Big Ten in 2018 and Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2015 at Ohio State.

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