Pitt Basketball
Source: Returning to Pitt Still an Option for Jaland Lowe
With the news of Jaland Lowe entering the transfer portal breaking on Tuesday, PSN has learned a bit more on the situation.
According to a source close to Lowe, a return to Pitt is still an option for him. In addition, Lowe will enter the transfer portal with a “Do Not Contact” tag — meaning, he does not want to field calls from outside schools or coaches. Typically in the portal, this means that a player has a connection elsewhere or has his next destination circled. While Lowe’s next destination has not been announced yet, that is certainly an interesting note in this saga.
Lowe’s entry was first reported by Tobias Bass and Joe Tipton.
Lowe, a third-team All-ACC member, played two seasons at Pitt. This year, he averaged 16.8 points, 5.5 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per game for Pitt. Lowe is a Missouri City, Texas native who stands at 6-foot-3. The former top-100 recruit started 19 games as a rookie, averaging 26.5 minutes per game and scoring 9.6 points per game. Then, in a bigger role as a sophomore, Lowe played 35.5 minutes per game and averaged 16.8 points per contest.
Lowe wraps up his Pitt career with 836 total points, 221 rebounds and 278 assists over two years.
As a freshman, he tallied 109 assists, which ranked second on the team behind Bub Carrington’s 137. Lowe led the Panthers with an impressive assist-to-turnover ratio, as he had 50 turnovers on the year.
Lowe averaged 9.6 points and 3.3 assists per game as a rookie. However, he kicked his production up a notch once he was inserted into the starting lineup. Lowe started 19 games on the year, and in those games, he averaged the following stats: 13.1 points per game, 4.1 assists per game, 1.6 turnovers per game, 4.5 field goals per game, and 1.3 three pointers per game. He shot 40.7% from the field across those 19 games, and 40.3% from three-point range across those 19 games.
His 3.3 assists per game ranked 15th in the ACC. His assist–to-turnover ratio was top-five, ranking fourth in the league. Virginia’s Reece Beekman was the lone ACC player last season to average more than five assists per game (6.2).
