Jai Jai McLaughlin

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Jai Jai McLaughlin
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Hometown:
    Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Bearden HS
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    5.8
  • fg %
    39.4
  • 3pt %
    30.0
  • ft %
    60.8
  • reb/g
    4.9
  • a/g
    3.9
Bio

A 5-5 guard, McLaughlin swept District 4-AAA honors by being selected District Player of the Year and the District Tournament's Most Valuable Player. She was also voted to the Region 2-AAA All-Tournament Team after leading her team to the region semis.

During her senior season, McLaughlin also landed on the First Team Tennessee State Writers' Association AAA All-State Team, First Team Knoxville News-Sentinel Prep Xtra, and First Team All-KIL. She averaged 14.5 points per game, 7.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, playing for coach Justin Underwood.

Head Coach Mike Mincey on McLaughlin: "We are fortunate to sign a player like Jai Jai during the late signing period.  She is extremely athletic and excels in an up-tempo system. She's a very effective scorer in the open court and distributes the ball well. Defensively she's solid and led her team in rebounding from the point guard spot. She has all the tools to be a successful point guard in our system and within our conference.  We look forward to her arrival in August where she will compete for the starting point guard spot."

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 18
Games started 26 18
Minutes 793 577
Minutes per game 30.5 32.1
FG 56-142 38-105
FG Pct 39.4 36.2
3PT 9-30 7-22
3PT Pct 30.0 31.8
FT 31-51 18-28
FT Pct 60.8 64.3
Off rebounds 31 23
Def rebounds 97 76
Total rebounds 128 99
Rebounds per game 4.9 5.5
Personal fouls 63 47
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 101 72
Turnovers 73 59
Assist to turnover ratio 1.4 1.2
Steals 47 30
Blocks 1 0
Points 152 101
Points per game 5.8 5.6
Points per 40 min 7.7 7.0
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 16 at Newberry L, 75-66
Feb 20 at Lincoln Memorial L, 64-62
Feb 23 Anderson (S.C.) L, 58-51
Feb 27 at Catawba W, 60-59
Mar 2 Wingate W, 56-50
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 69-58
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 28 at North Carolina L, 106-29 1 19 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 4
Nov 1 at Tennessee L, 104-44 1 26 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Nov 3 at East Tenn. St. L, 82-52 1 26 2-9 22.2 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
Nov 9 vs. Coker L, 59-56 1 24 0-6 0.0 0-2 0.0 5-6 83.3 5
Nov 10 vs. Erskine W, 85-45 1 24 5-5 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 12
Nov 16 at North Georgia W, 78-66 1 19 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 17 vs. Georgia College W, 57-51 1 25 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 20 Columbus St. W, 62-61 1 29 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Nov 28 Brevard W, 62-59 1 36 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 2-7 28.6 12
Dec 5 North Georgia W, 63-46 1 30 7-10 70.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 17
Dec 13 at Hiwassee - - - - - - - - -
Dec 15 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 72-59 1 33 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 30 Virginia Intermont W, 79-60 1 26 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 6
Jan 9 at Tusculum L, 55-51 1 33 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 8
Jan 12 Newberry W, 57-39 1 29 5-7 71.4 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 12
Jan 16 at Mars Hill W, 70-49 1 30 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Jan 19 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 60-46 1 36 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 23 Lincoln Memorial W, 63-51 1 35 5-6 83.3 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 13
Jan 26 Catawba L, 66-58 1 26 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 30 at Brevard W, 71-53 1 29 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 2 at Wingate W, 49-46 1 32 2-9 22.2 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 6 Tusculum L, 77-68 1 34 2-8 25.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 9 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 55-49 1 23 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 13 Mars Hill W, 61-51 1 31 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 16 at Newberry L, 75-66 1 39 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 20 at Lincoln Memorial L, 64-62 1 41 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 9
Feb 23 Anderson (S.C.) L, 58-51 1 34 2-6 33.3 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Feb 27 at Catawba W, 60-59 1 29 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Mar 2 Wingate W, 56-50 1 27 3-4 75.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 8
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 69-58 1 39 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 4
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 28 at North Carolina L, 106-29 1 19 2 3 5 1 5 0 0
Nov 1 at Tennessee L, 104-44 1 26 0 2 2 2 3 0 0
Nov 3 at East Tenn. St. L, 82-52 1 26 2 2 4 4 1 6 0
Nov 9 vs. Coker L, 59-56 1 24 1 4 5 2 1 1 0
Nov 10 vs. Erskine W, 85-45 1 24 0 2 2 5 2 3 0
Nov 16 at North Georgia W, 78-66 1 19 2 2 4 6 0 1 0
Nov 17 vs. Georgia College W, 57-51 1 25 0 4 4 5 1 2 0
Nov 20 Columbus St. W, 62-61 1 29 1 2 3 2 1 3 1
Nov 28 Brevard W, 62-59 1 36 6 7 13 3 4 2 0
Dec 5 North Georgia W, 63-46 1 30 1 1 2 2 3 3 0
Dec 13 at Hiwassee - - - - - - - - -
Dec 15 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 72-59 1 33 5 2 7 5 5 6 0
Dec 30 Virginia Intermont W, 79-60 1 26 2 2 4 4 3 1 0
Jan 9 at Tusculum L, 55-51 1 33 1 6 7 2 5 0 0
Jan 12 Newberry W, 57-39 1 29 0 6 6 5 2 1 0
Jan 16 at Mars Hill W, 70-49 1 30 0 5 5 4 2 2 0
Jan 19 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 60-46 1 36 0 5 5 5 3 1 0
Jan 23 Lincoln Memorial W, 63-51 1 35 0 2 2 3 2 3 0
Jan 26 Catawba L, 66-58 1 26 2 4 6 2 3 2 0
Jan 30 at Brevard W, 71-53 1 29 0 3 3 5 1 2 0
Feb 2 at Wingate W, 49-46 1 32 1 6 7 4 5 1 0
Feb 6 Tusculum L, 77-68 1 34 1 5 6 5 3 1 0
Feb 9 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 55-49 1 23 0 3 3 1 0 1 0
Feb 13 Mars Hill W, 61-51 1 31 1 3 4 5 5 2 0
Feb 16 at Newberry L, 75-66 1 39 0 4 4 9 4 1 0
Feb 20 at Lincoln Memorial L, 64-62 1 41 2 7 9 6 4 2 0
Feb 23 Anderson (S.C.) L, 58-51 1 34 3 3 6 3 2 0 0
Feb 27 at Catawba W, 60-59 1 29 1 3 4 3 5 2 0
Mar 2 Wingate W, 56-50 1 27 0 2 2 2 4 1 0
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 69-58 1 39 1 4 5 3 3 3 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 28 at North Carolina L, 106-29 1 1 0 0.2
Nov 1 at Tennessee L, 104-44 1 3 0 0.7
Nov 3 at East Tenn. St. L, 82-52 1 0 0 4.0
Nov 9 vs. Coker L, 59-56 1 0 0 2.0
Nov 10 vs. Erskine W, 85-45 1 1 0 2.5
Nov 16 at North Georgia W, 78-66 1 4 0 -
Nov 17 vs. Georgia College W, 57-51 1 2 0 5.0
Nov 20 Columbus St. W, 62-61 1 3 0 2.0
Nov 28 Brevard W, 62-59 1 2 0 0.8
Dec 5 North Georgia W, 63-46 1 1 0 0.7
Dec 13 at Hiwassee - - - -
Dec 15 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 72-59 1 1 0 1.0
Dec 30 Virginia Intermont W, 79-60 1 2 0 1.3
Jan 9 at Tusculum L, 55-51 1 5 0 0.4
Jan 12 Newberry W, 57-39 1 2 0 2.5
Jan 16 at Mars Hill W, 70-49 1 2 0 2.0
Jan 19 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 60-46 1 1 0 1.7
Jan 23 Lincoln Memorial W, 63-51 1 3 0 1.5
Jan 26 Catawba L, 66-58 1 4 0 0.7
Jan 30 at Brevard W, 71-53 1 3 0 5.0
Feb 2 at Wingate W, 49-46 1 2 0 0.8
Feb 6 Tusculum L, 77-68 1 5 0 1.7
Feb 9 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 55-49 1 4 0 -
Feb 13 Mars Hill W, 61-51 1 3 0 1.0
Feb 16 at Newberry L, 75-66 1 0 0 2.3
Feb 20 at Lincoln Memorial L, 64-62 1 2 0 1.5
Feb 23 Anderson (S.C.) L, 58-51 1 3 0 1.5
Feb 27 at Catawba W, 60-59 1 2 0 0.6
Mar 2 Wingate W, 56-50 1 3 0 0.5
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 69-58 1 3 0 1.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2012-13 26 30.5 2.2-5.5 0.3-1.2 1.2-2.0 5.8
2013-14 30 31.1 2.4-6.3 0.3-1.0 3.0-4.1 8.1
2014-15 17 27.5 2.6-6.9 0.7-2.5 2.5-3.2 8.4
2015-16 24 29.2 1.9-4.6 0.5-1.5 2.5-3.3 6.8
Total 97 29.8 2.2-5.8 0.4-1.4 2.3-3.2 7.2
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2012-13 26 26 793 56-142 39.4 9-30 30.0 31-51 60.8 152
2013-14 30 30 934 71-190 37.4 9-30 30.0 91-123 74.0 242
2014-15 17 16 467 44-118 37.3 12-42 28.6 43-55 78.2 143
2015-16 24 19 701 45-110 40.9 13-36 36.1 59-79 74.7 162
Total 97 91 2895 216-560 38.6 43-138 31.2 224-308 72.7 699
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2012-13 26 793 30.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2013-14 30 934 31.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2014-15 17 467 27.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
2015-16 24 701 29.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 36.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 97 2895 29.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2012-13 26 1.2 3.7 4.9 3.9 2.8 1.8 0.0
2013-14 30 1.5 4.1 5.6 4.8 2.4 1.8 0.0
2014-15 17 1.4 3.4 4.7 2.7 2.7 1.3 0.1
2015-16 24 1.5 3.5 5.0 2.8 1.4 1.2 0.0
Total 97 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.7 2.3 1.6 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2012-13 26 26 31 97 128 101 73 47 1
2013-14 30 30 45 124 169 145 72 55 1
2014-15 17 16 23 57 80 46 46 22 1
2015-16 24 19 35 85 120 68 34 29 1
Total 97 91 134 363 497 360 225 153 4
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2012-13 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013-14 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014-15 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015-16 24 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 26 30.5 2.2-5.5 0.3-1.2 1.2-2.0 5.8
Conference 18 32.1 2.1-5.8 0.4-1.2 1.0-1.6 5.6
Exhibition 3 23.7 1.0-4.7 0.3-1.3 3.0-4.3 5.3
Location
Home 12 30.0 3.0-6.3 0.6-1.7 0.9-1.7 7.5
Away 11 32.7 1.4-4.9 0.1-0.6 1.3-2.0 4.1
Neutral 3 24.3 1.7-4.0 0.3-1.0 2.0-3.0 5.7
Result
Wins 15 28.7 2.7-5.1 0.3-0.9 0.9-1.7 6.7
Losses 11 32.9 1.4-5.9 0.4-1.5 1.5-2.4 4.6
Month
November 6 26.2 2.2-4.8 0.2-0.8 1.5-3.0 6.0
December 3 29.7 4.0-7.7 0.3-1.0 1.3-2.3 9.7
January 7 31.1 2.4-5.1 0.7-1.4 1.1-1.4 6.7
February 8 32.9 1.2-6.0 0.2-1.4 0.8-1.1 3.5
March 2 33.0 2.0-3.0 0.0-0.5 2.0-3.5 6.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 26 26 793 56-142 39.4 9-30 30.0 31-51 60.8 152
Conference 18 18 577 38-105 36.2 7-22 31.8 18-28 64.3 101
Exhibition 3 3 71 3-14 21.4 1-4 25.0 9-13 69.2 16
Location
Home 12 12 360 36-76 47.4 7-20 35.0 11-20 55.0 90
Away 11 11 360 15-54 27.8 1-7 14.3 14-22 63.6 45
Neutral 3 3 73 5-12 41.7 1-3 33.3 6-9 66.7 17
Result
Wins 15 15 431 41-77 53.2 5-14 35.7 14-25 56.0 101
Losses 11 11 362 15-65 23.1 4-16 25.0 17-26 65.4 51
Month
November 6 6 157 13-29 44.8 1-5 20.0 9-18 50.0 36
December 3 3 89 12-23 52.2 1-3 33.3 4-7 57.1 29
January 7 7 218 17-36 47.2 5-10 50.0 8-10 80.0 47
February 8 8 263 10-48 20.8 2-11 18.2 6-9 66.7 28
March 2 2 66 4-6 66.7 0-1 0.0 4-7 57.1 12
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 26 793 30.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 18 577 32.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition 3 71 23.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location
Home 12 360 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 11 360 32.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 14.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 3 73 24.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 431 28.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 11 362 32.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 6 157 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 3 89 29.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 218 31.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 50.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 8 263 32.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 18.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 2 66 33.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 26 1.2 3.7 4.9 3.9 2.8 1.8 0.0
Conference 18 1.3 4.2 5.5 4.0 3.3 1.7 0.0
Exhibition 3 1.3 2.3 3.7 2.3 3.0 2.0 0.0
Location
Home 12 1.4 3.3 4.8 3.1 2.7 1.7 0.1
Away 11 1.2 4.3 5.5 4.7 3.4 1.9 0.0
Neutral 3 0.3 3.3 3.7 4.0 1.3 2.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 1.0 3.3 4.3 3.9 2.7 1.9 0.1
Losses 11 1.5 4.3 5.7 3.9 3.0 1.6 0.0
Month
November 6 1.7 3.5 5.2 3.8 1.5 2.0 0.2
December 3 2.7 1.7 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.3 0.0
January 7 0.4 4.4 4.9 3.7 2.6 1.6 0.0
February 8 1.1 4.3 5.4 4.5 3.5 1.3 0.0
March 2 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.5 3.5 2.0 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 26 26 31 97 128 101 73 47 1
Conference 18 18 23 76 99 72 59 30 0
Exhibition 3 3 4 7 11 7 9 6 0
Location
Home 12 12 17 40 57 37 32 20 1
Away 11 11 13 47 60 52 37 21 0
Neutral 3 3 1 10 11 12 4 6 0
Result
Wins 15 15 15 50 65 58 40 29 1
Losses 11 11 16 47 63 43 33 18 0
Month
November 6 6 10 21 31 23 9 12 1
December 3 3 8 5 13 11 11 10 0
January 7 7 3 31 34 26 18 11 0
February 8 8 9 34 43 36 28 10 0
March 2 2 1 6 7 5 7 4 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 18 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Home 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0