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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jae'Lyn Withers
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.)
CAREER
Set UNC record for threes in an ACC Tournament game with seven vs. Notre Dame on 3/12/25 • Scored his 1,000th career point on March 8 vs. Duke • Earned his degree in 2023 in exercise science from Louisville • Scored 1,043 points in 154 games at UL and UNC • Made 86 career starts (22 at UNC and 64 over three seasons for the Cardinals) • Averaging 6.8 points and 4.9 rebounds • Scored in double figures 43 times (13 times as a Tar Heel) with a career-best 21 vs. Notre Dame, grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds twice and has 10 double-doubles in points and rebounds • Originally from Charlotte, where his father, Curtis, was a three-time all-conference standout for the 49ers • First name pronounced JAY-lynn.
GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON AT CAROLINA (2024-25)
Averaged 6.5 points and 4.5 rebounds • Was 39 for 80 from the floor (48.8%), including 25 for 52 from three (48.1%), with 119 points (10.8) in the last 11 games (UNC 9-2) • Scored 119 points in the last 11 games after totaling 64 points in the previous 18 games prior to the Feb. 15 game at Syracuse • For the season shot a team-high 44.2% from three (38 of 86) • Made the third-most threes on the team • Made multiple 3FGs nine times (each of the first two games and seven of the last 11) • Scored in double figures nine times with a career-high 21 vs. Notre Dame • Thirty of his last 49 field goals are threes • Has started the last 12 games and 19 overall • Averaging 7.4 rebounds over the last nine games with 11, 10 and nine three times in that span of games.
2024-25 Game Highlights: Ten points, a game-high nine boards and hit a pair of threes vs. San Diego State • Hit two threes, had nine rebounds and three assists in the win over Wake Forest • Critical 3FG with 4:35 to play gave the Tar Heels a 57-56 lead and snapped a nearly 11-minute drought during which UNC went 0 of 12 from the floor • Made 7 of 10 threes and scored a career- and game-high 21 points vs. Notre Dame in the second round of the ACC Tournament, breaking the all-time Tar Heel record for threes in an ACC Tournament game • Third double-double of the season with 11/10 and tied his career high with four assists vs. Miami • Against Virginia he tied his career high with four three-pointers, was UNC's co-scoring leader with 16 points, had a game-high 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and fourth as a Tar Heel and tied his season-high with four offensive rebounds • It was the first time he led or co-led UNC in scoring • Scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half in the win at Syracuse • Was 7 for 10 from the floor and tied his season high with three 3FGs • Scored more points in the second half (14) than he scored in any previous game this season • Converted back-to-back conventional three-point plays 19 seconds apart to give UNC a 73-64 lead, less than two minutes after the Orange tied the game at 60 • Also blocked a season-high and career-best three shots vs. Syracuse • Most field goals and points since his junior year at Louisville • Hit go-ahead 3FG with 5:21 to play at Wake Forest • Seven points and two steals in the win at Notre Dame – three-pointer midway through second half gave UNC the lead back after it lost an 11-point lead • Went 7 for 8 from the line against Auburn • Made three 3FGs, all in the second half, at Kansas • Scored all 11 points vs. the Jayhawks as UNC scored 51 second-half points at KU • Had 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Elon in his fourth start as a Tar Heel.
GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON AT CAROLINA (2023-24)
Averaged 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds • Third on the team with 18 blocked shots • Plus/minus of +168 was the highest among the non-starters • Had 43 rebounds in the last seven games (6.1) • Season-high 16 points and tied his best with 10 rebounds vs. Wagner in the NCAA first round • Plus/minus of plus 15 was his best since mid-January • Scored 10 of his 16 in the first half helping UNC build a 12-point lead at the break • Had six rebounds in 11 minutes vs. NC State in the ACC championship game • Six points, seven boards and hit his first 3FG in 14 games vs. FSU in the quarterfinals • Six points and eight rebounds (season-best four offensive) in the win at Duke • Had more rebounds in 11 minutes than any Duke player • Grabbed an offensive rebound, was fouled and made two free throws with 2.6 seconds to play to secure the Feb. 26 win over Miami • Five rebounds and was a plus 11 at Virginia • Seven rebounds and went 5 for 6 from the line vs. Wake Forest • Scored nine points in the win at Boston College, including his first 3FG in ACC play • First double-double as a Tar Heel with 15 points and 10 boards in the win over Louisville • Led UNC in second-half scoring with 10 of his 15 points (including eight after the Cards cut a 20-point deficit to five) • Was a game-high plus 24, his best of the season • Made 4 of 5 from the floor, scored 10 points and added six rebounds vs. Syracuse • Blocked two shots and made 4 of 7 free throws in the win at NC State • Grabbed six rebounds, including three offensive, in the win at Clemson • Scored six points, including an offensive rebound/slam, at Pittsburgh • Was a plus 13 in 19 minutes against Kentucky, contributing four points, three boards, two assists, two blocks and two steals • Season-high 11 points vs. Northern Iowa • Career-high three blocks vs. UC Riverside.
JUNIOR SEASON AT LOUISVILLE (2022-23)
Averaged 8.9 points and 5.3 rebounds • Shot 43.3% from the floor, including a team-high 41.7% from three (40 of 96) • Team captain • Scored in double figures 13 times, 10 in ACC play, with a high of 19 against Georgia Tech • Also had a career-high 13 rebounds vs. the Yellow Jackets for one of his two double-doubles (also 15 and 11 and a career-high five steals vs. Wright State) • Made a career-best four three-pointers against Georgia Tech, Florida State and Miami • Made a three in 21 games with multiple threes 12 times • Made 17 threes over a six-game stretch midway through conference play • Made 7 of 10 field goals, including 4 of 6 from three, and had five rebounds at Miami • Eight points and eight rebounds at home against UNC.
SOPHOMORE SEASON AT LOUISVILLE (2021-22)
Averaged 5.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in 29 games • Made 15 starts • Second on the team in rebounding and third with 20 steals • Scored in double figures eight times with a season-high 20 on 9 of 17 shooting from the floor at Notre Dame • Grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Maryland and had 10 vs. Clemson • Suffered a right knee contusion at Virginia Tech late in the season and did not play in the final three games • Averaged eight points and shot 45% from the floor in the 12 games prior to the injury • Also played limited minutes in two games in late February after taking an elbow in practice and needing stitches in his mouth.
FRESHMAN SEASON AT LOUISVILLE (2020-21)
Earned ACC All-Freshman team honors after averaging 10.1 points and 7.7 rebounds and shooting 55.2% from the floor (79 of 143) • Third in the ACC in offensive rebound percentage and seventh in rebounds per game • First Cardinal to earn ACC freshman team honors since the Cardinals joined the league and Louisville’s first freshman honoree since Chane Behanan made the Big East All-Rookie team in 2012 • Only Cardinal to start every game • Scored in double figures nine times with a season-high 20 in his third college game against Prairie View • Named ACC Co-Freshman of the Week after averaging 14 points and 11 rebounds and shooting 52.4 percent from the field in wins over Notre Dame and Duke • Scored a dozen points and grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds against the Irish and had 16 points, nine boards at Duke • Had three double-doubles (also 16 and 12 vs. Virginia Tech and 18 and 11 at Miami) • The 16 and 12 against the Hokies made him the first Louisville freshman to have at least 15 points and 12 rebounds in league play since Pervis Ellison had 21 and 13 vs. Memphis in 1986 • Scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half in the Cards’ home win over the Blue Devils • Red-shirted the 2019-20 season at Louisville.
PREP
Played at North Mecklenberg High School in Huntersville, N.C., from 2015-18 and his senior year at Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio • Averaged 19.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots in 2018-19 at Cleveland Heights • Averaged 20 points, 10.1 rebounds and shot 43 percent from three-point range in leading North Mecklenberg to a 27-2 record and the 2018 regular-season and tournament conference championships • Earned first team all-state honors in North Carolina as a junior from the Associated Press, was the Charlotte Observer’s 4A Metro Player of the Year and the conference player of the year • Played AAU for Team Loaded North Carolina • Played in the Roundball Classic in Pittsburgh.
PERSONAL
First name pronounced JAY-lynn • Born Dec. 20, 2000, in Charlotte • Son of Sheena Carr and Curtis Withers • Curtis was a three-time All-Conference USA forward at Charlotte from 2002-06 and is second in 49er history in double-doubles (46), third in rebounding (1,042) and seventh in scoring (1,750) • Has four siblings – Jayla, Ja’Kayla and Jah’King Withers and Messiah Carr • His cousin, Jaire Alexander, played football at Louisville (2015-17) and is a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers, who selected him in the first round in 2018 • Is pursuing a master's degree in applied professional studies.
