Pitt guard Jaland Lowe has cemented himself as one of the most talented guards in college basketball through his first year-and-a-half playing college ball.
Check out his sophomore season highlights through the Panthers’ first 12 games of the year below.
Through Pitt’s first 12 games this year, Lowe is averaging 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, and six assists per game while shooting 39% from the field. Lowe has started all 12 games, and is playing more than 34 minutes per game on average.
Against Sam Houston in Pitt’s most recent contest, Lowe had 18 points and 11 assists in a lopsided victory.
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Lowe has been spectacular late in games for the Panthers this season and last. Specifically, against Virginia Tech, Lowe drained a huge, late three pointer after starting the half 0-3 from deep. He then knocked down a layup for the Panthers, answering two free throws from Virginia Tech’s Tobi Lawal. Following free throws from Guillermo Diaz Graham and Lawal, Lowe then scored the next six points of the game, extending Pitt’s run to 15-3 in the final 5:19. Lowe finished with 11 of those 15 points, including the final six of the game, and a total of 19 points in the game.
Early in the season, Lowe was named “one of the best NBA prospects in the ACC” by national analyst and scout Adam Finkelstein.
“One of the best, I think, NBA prospects in the ACC. Someone who is, I think, going to have a huge breakout sophomore season — that doesn’t sound like such a hot take after he started the year with 21, six, five, and three, with zero turnovers, or something absurd like that…”
Finkelstein spoke more about his first time watching Lowe at Peach Jam years ago.
“…I think that last year we saw an idea of what he could look like,” Finkelstein continued. “Not initially, because he had a little bit of a preseason injury, but later in the year, when he got in the starting lineup and in ACC play, in particular, the numbers really told the story…”
