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5 Jalen Coleman-Lands

  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 190
  • Position G
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School La Lumiere

Biography

Coleman-Lands' Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)

2016-17 Sophomore

  • Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Played in all 35 games, starting 15
  • Fifth on team in scoring, averaging 8.0 points
  • Scored in double figures 10 times
  • Led Illini with 71 three-pointers
  • 11th in Big Ten with average of 2.0 made threes per game
  • Shot 38 percent from behind the arc on the season (71-187)
  • Made three or more treys in 13 games
  • Tied career high with six 3-pointers vs. McKendree (Nov. 15), en route to 18 points
  • Scored season-high 21 points at Indiana (Jan. 7)
  • 13 points and career-high seven rebounds at Penn State (Jan. 28)
  • Career-high five assists in win at Northwestern (Feb. 7)
  • 12 points, six rebounds and season-high three steals in victory at Iowa (Feb. 18)

2015-16 Freshman

  • Played in all 34 games, starting 24 times
  • Third on team in scoring, averaging 10.3 points, including 11.5 ppg during conference play
  • Scored in double figures in 19 games
  • Set Illini freshman record for 3-point field goals, draining 87 treys (2.6 avg., fourth in Big Ten)
  • Shot 42.2 percent from 3-point range (eighth in Big Ten)
  • Made three or more triples in 17 games, including nine of the last 12
  • 15 points and career-high four steals vs. North Dakota State (Nov. 15)
  • 17 points on 5-of-7 from three at Providence (Nov. 18)
  • 12 points with four 3-pointers and three steals vs. Chicago State (Nov. 23), including game-winning trey from the baseline at the buzzer
  • Game winner vs. Chicago State was No. 1 play on ESPN SportsCenter Top 10
  • 17 points vs. South Dakota (Dec. 19)
  • 14 points and season-high six rebounds at Ohio State (1/3)
  • Season-high tying six rebounds vs. Ohio State (Jan. 28)
  • Career-best 26 points – highest scoring total by Illini freshman since 2008 – with career-best six 3-pointers in win at Rutgers (Feb. 3)
  • Team-high 17 points with five treys vs. Iowa (Feb. 7)
  • Team-high 21 points with five threes vs. Indiana (Feb. 25)
  • 18 points while knocking down 5-of-6 threes in victory over Minnesota (Feb. 28)
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Feb. 29
  • Team-high 17 points with five treys in Big Ten Tournament Second-Round win over No. 20 Iowa (March 10

High School

  • Consensus national top-50 recruit
  • Selected to participate in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic at Barclays Center, where he totaled eight points and six rebounds
  • Ranked No. 37 on the recruiting services consensus index
  • Ranked No. 34 nationally by 247Sports and ESPN, No. 39 by Rivals and No. 42 by Scout
  • Averaged 19.2 points as a junior
  • Prep school coach was Shane Heirman
  • Played for the All-Ohio Red AAU program, coached by Marcus Gill
  • Previously attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, helping lead Cathedral to a 25-6 record and IHSAA Class 4A state runner-up finish as a sophomore
  • Averaged 14.6 points and shot 46 percent from 3-point range during his sophomore season

Personal

  • Born July 15, 1996
  • Majoring in marketing
  • Parents are Piankhi Lands and Dionne Coleman-Lands
  • Has an older brother, Keoni, and younger brother, Isaiah
  • Was raised in Louisville before moving to Indianapolis prior to middle school
  • Favorite players are Steph Curry and Damian Lillard
  • All-time favorite athlete is Muhammad Ali
  • Hobbies include playing chess, reading, writing poetry and hanging out with friends
  • Honor roll student at La Lumiere and recipient of the school’s Bransfield Award, the highest honor given to an underclassman
  • Served as vice president of the La Lumiere Entrepreneurship club
  • First Indiana native to sign with the Fighting Illini since Nobleville’s Scott Haffner in 1984

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2015-16Freshman

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    6'3" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2016-17Sophomore

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    5