THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

PREVIOUS: Spent two seasons at Austin Peay in 2024-25 and 2025-26 ... Spent three seasons prior to that at Freed-Hardeman, where he played for current UNA assistant coach Drew Stutts and led the team to a NAIA National Championship and was voted a 2023-24 First Team NAIA All-American his redshirt sophomore season ... Won three Mid-South Conference Championships at FHU.

AUSTIN PEAY 2025-26: Appeared in nine games in 2025-26 ... Averaged 13.9 minutes per game … Had a season-high nine points and three steals in the season opener against Bryan (Nov. 3) … Scored four points at Ole Miss (Nov. 18) … Sidelined during the ASUN season due to injury.

AUSTIN PEAY 2024-25: CSC Academic All-District ... Played in all 33 games with 32 starts ... Was the only player for Austin Peay to appear in every game ... Scored in double figures five times … Scored six points in the season opener against Union (Nov. 4) … Scored nine points with three rebounds and one assist at Butler (Nov. 8) … Scored 10 points and had a season-high seven rebounds and five assists against UT Arlington (Nov. 27) … Had his second-straight five-assist performance one game later at ETSU (Nov. 30) … Scored in double figures in back-to-back games with a season-high 12 points against Brescia (Dec. 29) and 11 at North Florida (Jan. 2) in the ASUN opener … Dished out a season-high six assists with no turnovers and scored six points against Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 16) … Scored 10 points while shooting 4-for-5 from the field and 2-for-3 from three-point range in 21 minutes against Stetson (Feb. 15) … Scored eight points in the regular-season finale at West Georgia (Feb. 26).

FREED-HARDEMAN 2023-24: First Team NAIA All-American ... NAIA National Champion ... Paced the champion Lions with 13.4 points per game during his redshirt sophomore season ... Led the MSC with 123 assists across his 33 starts and appearances … Sported a 2.08 assist-turnover ratio with at least six assists in seven of his games … Shot 50.2 percent from the field (146-of-291), 37.4 percent from range (37-of-99), and 75.7 percent from the line (112-of-148) in 2023-24 ... Had a career-best 49 steals on the defensive end … Had 10-plus points 27 times with 20 points four times … Scored a career-high 26 points against Campbellsville.

FREED-HARDEMAN 2022-23: Averaged 10.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game during his first playing season after redshirting as a true freshman ... Played in 31 games with 21 starts ... Led FHU to an MSC Tournament Championship after scoring 20 points against Georgetown in the title match.

FREED-HARDEMAN 2021-22: Redshirted as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Bolivar Central High School in Tennessee ... Scored over 1,000 career points ... Led BCHS to a Division I Class AA State Championship his senior season ... Graduated in 2021.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ja'Quan ... Goes by "Quan" ... Birthday is February 4 ... Hometown is Bolivar, Tennessee ... Son of Jeneal McNeal and Joey Lax ... Has five siblings — Dee, Nisha, Janiyah, Jemya and Odog.