Jai Jai McLaughlin

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Jai Jai McLaughlin
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Hometown:
    Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Bearden HS
  • gp
    30
  • pts/g
    8.1
  • fg %
    37.4
  • 3pt %
    30.0
  • ft %
    74.0
  • reb/g
    5.6
  • a/g
    4.8
Bio

2012-13: Freshman was fifth on the team in scoring with 5.8 points per game.  One of two Lady Eagles to start all 26 games. Led C-N in assists with 101.  Snatched 4.9 boards a game - third on the team and had 47 steals - second on the team.  Had five games with double-digit scoring including a career high 17 in a home victory over North Georgia (12/5).  Grabbed a double-double in an overtime win over Brevard (11/28) with 12 points and a career-best 13 rebounds.  Was one of six double-doubles by Lady Eagles in 2012-13.  Had 12 games where she snatched at least five rebounds.  Game just shy of another double-double against LMU (2/20) with a nine-point, nine-rebound effort.  Dished out a season high nine assists in a road game against Newberry (2/16).  Had 11 such games where she registered more than five assists including a string of three consecutive against Mars Hill (2/13), Newberry and LMU.  

HIGH SCHOOL: 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 30 22
Games started 30 22
Minutes 934 684
Minutes per game 31.1 31.1
FG 71-190 52-140
FG Pct 37.4 37.1
3PT 9-30 7-23
3PT Pct 30.0 30.4
FT 91-123 64-86
FT Pct 74.0 74.4
Off rebounds 45 38
Def rebounds 124 92
Total rebounds 169 130
Rebounds per game 5.6 5.9
Personal fouls 82 64
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 145 103
Turnovers 72 55
Assist to turnover ratio 2.0 1.9
Steals 55 41
Blocks 1 1
Points 242 175
Points per game 8.1 8.0
Points per 40 min 10.4 10.2
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 19 Anderson (S.C.) W, 89-80
Feb 22 Queens (N.C.) L, 69-64
Feb 26 at Lincoln Memorial L, 80-71
Mar 1 at Newberry W, 50-49
Mar 5 Catawba W, 82-68
Mar 8 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-74
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 30 at North Carolina L, 111-50 1 25 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 3-7 42.9 7
Nov 4 at Tennessee L, 115-31 1 20 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 8
Nov 9 Lees-McRae W, 95-72 1 26 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 8
Nov 10 Barton L, 70-66 1 31 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 6
Nov 16 at King (Tenn.) W, 78-75 1 28 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 4-8 50.0 8
Nov 20 Tusculum W, 78-68 1 37 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 9-13 69.2 21
Nov 23 at Coker W, 71-63 1 30 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 10-12 83.3 14
Nov 26 at Mars Hill W, 62-57 1 33 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 5
Dec 3 Lee L, 82-66 1 34 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Dec 7 Catawba W, 66-58 1 29 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 4
Dec 11 Limestone L, 82-73 1 35 6-12 50.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 14
Dec 14 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 80-77 1 27 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Dec 18 Ky. Wesleyan W, 83-71 1 26 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 4 at Wingate L, 73-59 1 30 5-7 71.4 2-3 66.7 3-6 50.0 15
Jan 8 Mars Hill W, 85-67 1 33 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 11 at Queens (N.C.) L, 71-62 1 37 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 15 Brevard W, 105-82 1 24 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 18 Coker W, 74-56 1 33 4-7 57.1 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 22 at Tusculum W, 88-72 1 35 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 10
Jan 25 Newberry L, 83-75 1 34 5-11 45.5 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 29 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 72-51 1 30 4-8 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 10
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 56-47 1 31 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 5 Lincoln Memorial L, 73-68 1 36 0-6 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 1
Feb 8 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 62-48 1 25 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 8
Feb 15 Wingate L, 57-54 1 31 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Feb 17 at Brevard W, 73-62 1 24 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 19 Anderson (S.C.) W, 89-80 1 38 4-11 36.4 1-3 33.3 8-10 80.0 17
Feb 22 Queens (N.C.) L, 69-64 1 34 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 9
Feb 26 at Lincoln Memorial L, 80-71 1 25 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Mar 1 at Newberry W, 50-49 1 28 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Mar 5 Catawba W, 82-68 1 36 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 11
Mar 8 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-74 1 34 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 9-11 81.8 17
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 30 at North Carolina L, 111-50 1 25 2 4 6 2 6 4 0
Nov 4 at Tennessee L, 115-31 1 20 0 2 2 1 5 0 0
Nov 9 Lees-McRae W, 95-72 1 26 1 3 4 8 2 2 0
Nov 10 Barton L, 70-66 1 31 0 4 4 1 4 2 0
Nov 16 at King (Tenn.) W, 78-75 1 28 2 4 6 3 2 4 0
Nov 20 Tusculum W, 78-68 1 37 0 3 3 5 3 3 0
Nov 23 at Coker W, 71-63 1 30 0 6 6 3 3 2 0
Nov 26 at Mars Hill W, 62-57 1 33 1 8 9 3 6 1 0
Dec 3 Lee L, 82-66 1 34 0 3 3 5 1 1 0
Dec 7 Catawba W, 66-58 1 29 2 2 4 4 7 2 0
Dec 11 Limestone L, 82-73 1 35 1 2 3 3 2 1 0
Dec 14 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 80-77 1 27 1 5 6 7 4 1 0
Dec 18 Ky. Wesleyan W, 83-71 1 26 0 2 2 7 1 1 0
Jan 4 at Wingate L, 73-59 1 30 3 4 7 3 3 1 0
Jan 8 Mars Hill W, 85-67 1 33 1 2 3 3 0 3 0
Jan 11 at Queens (N.C.) L, 71-62 1 37 1 7 8 8 3 2 0
Jan 15 Brevard W, 105-82 1 24 2 4 6 5 1 1 0
Jan 18 Coker W, 74-56 1 33 2 2 4 6 5 4 0
Jan 22 at Tusculum W, 88-72 1 35 4 10 14 13 1 6 1
Jan 25 Newberry L, 83-75 1 34 5 6 11 4 0 6 0
Jan 29 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 72-51 1 30 2 2 4 3 2 1 0
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 56-47 1 31 1 4 5 1 2 2 0
Feb 5 Lincoln Memorial L, 73-68 1 36 3 4 7 4 4 2 0
Feb 8 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 62-48 1 25 1 2 3 3 4 0 0
Feb 15 Wingate L, 57-54 1 31 1 5 6 3 0 1 0
Feb 17 at Brevard W, 73-62 1 24 0 2 2 6 2 1 0
Feb 19 Anderson (S.C.) W, 89-80 1 38 2 6 8 6 1 0 0
Feb 22 Queens (N.C.) L, 69-64 1 34 1 2 3 5 2 0 0
Feb 26 at Lincoln Memorial L, 80-71 1 25 2 2 4 6 0 0 0
Mar 1 at Newberry W, 50-49 1 28 3 4 7 2 2 2 0
Mar 5 Catawba W, 82-68 1 36 0 10 10 12 2 2 0
Mar 8 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-74 1 34 3 4 7 3 3 1 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 30 at North Carolina L, 111-50 1 2 0 0.3
Nov 4 at Tennessee L, 115-31 1 1 0 0.2
Nov 9 Lees-McRae W, 95-72 1 1 0 4.0
Nov 10 Barton L, 70-66 1 3 0 0.3
Nov 16 at King (Tenn.) W, 78-75 1 1 0 1.5
Nov 20 Tusculum W, 78-68 1 1 - 1.7
Nov 23 at Coker W, 71-63 1 3 0 1.0
Nov 26 at Mars Hill W, 62-57 1 2 0 0.5
Dec 3 Lee L, 82-66 1 2 0 5.0
Dec 7 Catawba W, 66-58 1 2 0 0.6
Dec 11 Limestone L, 82-73 1 3 0 1.5
Dec 14 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 80-77 1 3 0 1.8
Dec 18 Ky. Wesleyan W, 83-71 1 3 0 7.0
Jan 4 at Wingate L, 73-59 1 4 0 1.0
Jan 8 Mars Hill W, 85-67 1 2 0 -
Jan 11 at Queens (N.C.) L, 71-62 1 1 0 2.7
Jan 15 Brevard W, 105-82 1 3 0 5.0
Jan 18 Coker W, 74-56 1 2 0 1.2
Jan 22 at Tusculum W, 88-72 1 4 - 13.0
Jan 25 Newberry L, 83-75 1 3 0 -
Jan 29 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 72-51 1 4 0 1.5
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 56-47 1 4 - 0.5
Feb 5 Lincoln Memorial L, 73-68 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 8 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 62-48 1 5 1 0.8
Feb 15 Wingate L, 57-54 1 3 - -
Feb 17 at Brevard W, 73-62 1 3 - 3.0
Feb 19 Anderson (S.C.) W, 89-80 1 3 - 6.0
Feb 22 Queens (N.C.) L, 69-64 1 4 - 2.5
Feb 26 at Lincoln Memorial L, 80-71 1 3 0 -
Mar 1 at Newberry W, 50-49 1 1 - 1.0
Mar 5 Catawba W, 82-68 1 2 - 6.0
Mar 8 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-74 1 3 - 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 30 31.1 2.4-6.3 0.3-1.0 3.0-4.1 8.1
Conference 22 31.1 2.4-6.4 0.3-1.0 2.9-3.9 8.0
Exhibition 2 22.5 1.5-5.5 0.0-0.0 4.5-6.5 7.5
Location
Home 17 31.9 2.4-6.4 0.2-1.1 3.0-3.9 7.9
Away 12 29.8 2.2-6.1 0.4-1.0 2.6-3.8 7.5
Neutral 1 34.0 4.0-8.0 0.0-0.0 9.0-11.0 17.0
Result
Wins 16 30.4 2.1-5.9 0.1-0.6 3.7-4.9 8.1
Losses 14 31.9 2.6-6.8 0.5-1.4 2.3-3.1 8.1
Month
November 6 30.8 2.5-7.0 0.0-0.2 5.3-7.5 10.3
December 5 30.2 1.4-5.2 0.4-1.2 1.8-2.4 5.0
January 8 32.0 3.2-6.9 0.8-1.2 1.6-2.5 8.9
February 8 30.5 1.8-6.1 0.1-1.5 2.6-3.4 6.3
March 3 32.7 3.0-6.0 0.0-0.3 5.3-6.3 11.3
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 30 30 934 71-190 37.4 9-30 30.0 91-123 74.0 242
Conference 22 22 684 52-140 37.1 7-23 30.4 64-86 74.4 175
Exhibition 2 2 45 3-11 27.3 0-0 - 9-13 69.2 15
Location
Home 17 17 542 40-109 36.7 4-18 22.2 51-66 77.3 135
Away 12 12 358 27-73 37.0 5-12 41.7 31-46 67.4 90
Neutral 1 1 34 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 9-11 81.8 17
Result
Wins 16 16 487 34-95 35.8 2-10 20.0 59-79 74.7 129
Losses 14 14 447 37-95 38.9 7-20 35.0 32-44 72.7 113
Month
November 6 6 185 15-42 35.7 0-1 0.0 32-45 71.1 62
December 5 5 151 7-26 26.9 2-6 33.3 9-12 75.0 25
January 8 8 256 26-55 47.3 6-10 60.0 13-20 65.0 71
February 8 8 244 14-49 28.6 1-12 8.3 21-27 77.8 50
March 3 3 98 9-18 50.0 0-1 0.0 16-19 84.2 34
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 30 934 31.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 22 684 31.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition 2 45 22.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location
Home 17 542 31.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 12 358 29.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 41.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 34 34.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 16 487 30.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 14 447 31.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 6 185 30.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 5 151 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 8 256 32.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 60.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 8 244 30.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 8.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 3 98 32.7 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 30 1.5 4.1 5.6 4.8 2.4 1.8 0.0
Conference 22 1.7 4.2 5.9 4.7 2.5 1.9 0.0
Exhibition 2 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.5 5.5 2.0 0.0
Location
Home 17 1.3 3.6 4.9 4.9 2.3 1.8 0.0
Away 12 1.7 4.8 6.5 4.8 2.5 1.9 0.1
Neutral 1 3.0 4.0 7.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 16 1.3 4.6 5.9 5.8 2.6 2.2 0.1
Losses 14 1.7 3.6 5.4 3.7 2.1 1.4 0.0
Month
November 6 0.7 4.7 5.3 3.8 3.3 2.3 0.0
December 5 0.8 2.8 3.6 5.2 3.0 1.2 0.0
January 8 2.5 4.6 7.1 5.6 1.9 3.0 0.1
February 8 1.4 3.4 4.8 4.3 1.9 0.8 0.0
March 3 2.0 6.0 8.0 5.7 2.3 1.7 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 30 30 45 124 169 145 72 55 1
Conference 22 22 38 92 130 103 55 41 1
Exhibition 2 2 2 6 8 3 11 4 0
Location
Home 17 17 22 62 84 84 39 31 0
Away 12 12 20 58 78 58 30 23 1
Neutral 1 1 3 4 7 3 3 1 0
Result
Wins 16 16 21 73 94 93 42 35 1
Losses 14 14 24 51 75 52 30 20 0
Month
November 6 6 4 28 32 23 20 14 0
December 5 5 4 14 18 26 15 6 0
January 8 8 20 37 57 45 15 24 1
February 8 8 11 27 38 34 15 6 0
March 3 3 6 18 24 17 7 5 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 22 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Home 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 14 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 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 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 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0