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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Ian Penny

3 Jayme Mitchell Jr.

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Jackson, Miss.
  • Prev School Alabama State
  • Highschool Forest Hill HS

Biography

Redshirt Sophomore Season [2024-25]: Played in 30 games, starting nine... Totaled 702 minutes, averaging 23.4... Shot 38.5 [97-of-252] percent from the floor... Shot 37.2 [61-of-164] percent from beyond the arc... Shot 78.4 [58-of-74] percent from the free throw line... Grabbed 111 total rebounds with 26 of those offensive... Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game... Dished out 15 assists... Recorded 29 steals and nine blocks... Scored in double figures 15 times... Scored 20-plus points two times including a career-high 26 points against Xavier [Nov. 12]... Scored 20 points against Bethune-Cookman [Feb. 17]... Scored 19 points two times with the last coming against UAPB [Mar. 6]... Scored nine points against Alabama State (Mar. 15) in the SWAC Championship Game before leaving with an injury at halftime... Recorded five or more rebounds 12 times... Recorded a career-high seven rebounds three times with the last coming against Akron [Dec. 21]... Recorded a career-high three assists against Bethune-Cookman [Feb. 17]... Recorded a career-high four steals against Alabama A&M [Jan. 13]... Recorded a career-high two blocks against Arkansas State [Dec. 5]. 

Redshirt Freshman Season [2023-24]: Had season cut short after just nine games with three starts... Averaged 6.6 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game... Shot 40.0 (18-of-45) percent from the floor and 54.5 (12-of-22) percent from beyond the arc.

Freshman Season [2022-23]: Averaged 6.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.0 steals in limited action... Scored career-high 12 points at Tulsa [Nov. 12]... Scored in action at Abilene Christian [two points] and at UALR [five points]... Recorded one steal in each game. 

Before Jackson State [at Alabama State]: Averaged 2.9  points and 1.5 rebounds per game at Alabama State... Scored  a season-high 11 points  against Arkansas Pine Bluff  [Jan. 5].

High School: Played at Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Miss... During junior season (2019-20), averaged 8.9 points per game and grabbed 6.8 rebounds per game... Also dished out 1.6 assists during junior season... Prior to his senior season, played in 76 games during prep career and averaged 6.4 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game... Named Mississippi All-Star during junior and senior seasons... Named school MVP... Mr. Basketball during junior and senior seasons... Second-highest points per game during senior year, averaging 27.5 per game... Named MS Most Improved during senior year... Named to AP Honor Roll all four years of high school.

Personal: Son of Vernisha Williams Sheriff... Father played football at Ole Miss and later for the Minnesota Vikings... Grandfather played basketball at Jackson State.

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 45

    2022-23Sophomore

    G/F
    6'5" 185 lbs
    45
  • 3

    2023-24Junior

    G/F
    6'5" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 190 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 190 lbs
    3