2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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5 Jacari Lane

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 182
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Huntsville, Alabama
  • Highschool Lee HS

Biography

UNA 2024-25: Luo Henson Award Finalist ... NABC Second Team All-Southeast District ... First Team All-ASUN ... ASUN All-Tournament Team ... Became UNA's all-time leading Division I scorer as a junior with 1,494 career points ... Ranks fourth on the Lions' all-time scoring list behind three UNA Hall of Famers — Otis Boddie (1977-80), Dabbs Earnest (1959-62) and Steve Martin (1986-87, 89-90) ... Was part of a trio with Daniel Ortiz and Will Soucie that became the first trio of active 1,000 point scorers at the school since 1971 ... Won ASUN Player of the Week four times, giving him six weekly awards for his career (tied for the fifth-most in league history) ... Played in and started all 35 games ... Scored 604 points to set UNA's Division I single-season school record, averaging 17.3 PPG ... One of just five UNA players in school history to score 600 or more points in a season ... Scored a career-high 32 points in an overtime loss against Samford, tying the single-game Division I scoring record ... Broke his own Division I school record for assists with 139 on the season ... Ranked second in the ASUN in scoring and fourth in scoring average ... Ranked third in the ASUN with 33.8 minutes per game ... Ranked 11th in field goal percentage, sixth in free throw percentage and 12th in three-pointers made per game ... Led UNA to a 24-11 record and the school's first NIT appearance.

UNA 2023-24: First Team All-ASUN ... Only UNA player to start all 32 games ... Averaged 29.0 minutes per game ... Led the Lions and ranked among the ASUN leaders with 14.7 points per game ... Averaged 15.9 PPG in conference play ... Broke his own Division I school record with 122 total assists to average just under 4.0 assists per game ... Was named ASUN Player of the Week on December 4 after averaging 19.5 PPG over 70 minutes in a home win over Tennessee Tech and an overtime road loss to Kansas State, nearly leading UNA to an upset of the 2023 Elite Eight finalist in Manhattan, Kan. ... Had the sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the league at 1.7 — 122 assists to just 70 turnovers ... Ranked sixth in the conference with an 82.8 free throw percentage, going 130-57 at the line to help UNA rank 24th in the nation in team free throw percentage ... Led the team with 24 games in double-figures, including seven with at least 20 points ... Also led the team with 11 games with at least five assists, including a career-high 11 assists at Kansas State on December 2 ... Had a season-high 28 points against Morehead State on December 10 ... Had 27 points in a home win over Queens on January 27 ... Had 26 points at ASUN regular season champion EKU on February 22, going 11-18 from the floor ... Had 19 points and 11 assists with three steals and just one turnover over 43 minutes in the near upset of Kansas State, while going 11-14 at the line to support his first career double-double ... Scored at least 10 baskets against Lipscomb, EKU, Queens and Morehead State ... Had a streak of 14 straight games in double figure scoring starting December 10 with Morehead State and ending February 3 in a dramatic win at the buzzer over FGCU, where he scored 21 points with six assists ... Had 19 games where he started and had two or less turnovers, including three games turnover free against North Florida, Austin Peay and Bellarmine ... Was also a preseason All-ASUN selection.


UNA 2022-23: ASUN Freshman of the Year ... ASUN Sixth Man of the Year ... Unanimously selected to the ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Played in all 33 games and started in 8 games as a freshman ... Led the team in assists with 108, averaging 3.3 per game ... Averaged 12.7 points per game on the season and 16.6 in conference games ... Scored in double digits 21 times, including a career high 29 points against Austin Peay on February 9.


HIGH SCHOOL: Played point guard for coach Greg Brown at Lee High School in Huntsville ... Earned the AL.com Tennessee Valley Player of the Year after leading the Generals to a pair of Class 5A state championships ... Was an AHSAA first team All-State selection after averaging 21.9 points per game and was a finalists for the Alabama Class 5A Player of the Year ... All-Area, All-Regional, and All-State ... 1,000 career point scorer ... Had his jersey retired at Lee High School on December 9, 2023.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jacari A. Lane ... Son of Natasha Lane ... Birthday is June 6 ... Has two sisters ... Major is sports management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022-23Freshman

    Guard
    6'0" 178 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    6'0" 182 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    6'0" 182 lbs
    5