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23 Jalon Borders
Jalon Borders
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    175
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, FL
  • High School:
    Bartow
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    10
  • pts/g
    15.5
  • fg %
    41.6
  • 3pt %
    18.8
  • ft %
    83.3
  • reb/g
    5.2
  • a/g
    3.1
Bio

Jalon Borders

 

At Sage:

  • Jalon Borders had a banner rookie season that saw him start 13 of 16 games played. He added a 7.2 ppg average with a 2.4 rpg average on the year.
  • He averaged 20.3 minutes per game as well and 22 steals with 15 assists.
  • As a sophomore, Borders added a selection to the 2019-2020 Empire 8 All-Star First Team, while also earning a spot on the E8 Championship All-Tournament Team.
  • In the semifinal game against top seeded Nazareth College, Borders scored a personal-best 34 points and added a team-best 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the year. The 34 points by Borders ranks second all-time in single-game performances, just two behind a 36 point showing by Robert Mills (36 vs SUNY-Old Westbury, 2/23/2017). Borders shot 13-of-22 from the floor and 7-9 from the line while adding 10 rebounds with nine defensive rebounds in the semifinals.
  • On the 2019-2020 season, Borders led the Gators in scoring with a personal-best 424 points with a 16.3 ppg average. His 424 points in a season ranks third all-time for most points in a year, while his 16.3 ppg average is seventh best.
  • A two-time Empire 8 Player of the Week honoree in 2019-20, he shot 47.6% from the floor (165-347), while also handing out 40 assists with 41 steals. He led the team with his 31.0 minutes played per game as well.
  • He was the team’s high scorer 17 times, while also leading the Gators in rebounding seven times. He had four double-doubles as well in 2019-20.
  • Borders was ranked nationally in total field goals made, standing 163rd in Division 3 with 165, while also ranking 162nd in total field goal attempts (347).
  • Borders was also honored as the 2019-2020 Sage Male Athlete of the Year.
  • Entering his junior season, Borders has 539 career points and is 11th in career scoring at Sage. He owns a 12.8 career point per games average, while appearing in 42 games with 38 starts. He ranks in several field goal shooting categories at Sage, while also ranking in three-point baskets, free throws, and is 20th with his 185 career rebounds. Borders has 59 career assists with 63 steals both of which are ranked in the program record book. His 38 career starts stands 14th as well at Sage.

 

Academics at Sage:

  • He is majoring in business at Sage.

High School:

  • A graduate of Bartow High School, he helped to lead his team to numerous championships.
  • Honored as the MVP of the Stinger Shootout, he was also the Co-MVP of the Wally Keller Classic.
  • A team captain, he was an all-county performer and helped his team to the 7A State Championship.
  • He was an honor student in the classroom as well.

 

Personal:

  • He is the son of Eric Borders and Sheronda Brooks.

 

My Favorite Professional Athlete is:

LeBron James

My Favorite Team is:

Miami Dolphins

The Thing I like Best about Sage is:

The professors

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Mar 23 Elmira W, 59-43
Mar 25 Utica L, 59-44
Mar 26 at Utica L, 78-65
Apr 3 Houghton
Apr 6 Keuka W, 79-58
Apr 9 at SJFU L, 66-63
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 10 8
Games started 10 8
Minutes 351 282
Minutes per game 35.1 35.3
FG 62-149 49-116
FG Pct 41.6 42.2
3PT 6-32 6-24
3PT Pct 18.8 25.0
FT 25-30 19-22
FT Pct 83.3 86.4
Off rebounds 5 5
Def rebounds 47 42
Total rebounds 52 47
Rebounds per game 5.2 5.9
Personal fouls 15 14
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 31 23
Turnovers 26 22
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 1.0
Steals 18 14
Blocks 1 1
Points 155 123
Points per game 15.5 15.4
Points per 40 min 17.7 17.4
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Mar 1 Hartwick W, 76-69 1 40 7-16 43.8 0-5 0.0 10-11 90.9 24
Mar 14 at SJFU L, 100-68 1 30 4-14 28.6 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Mar 17 at Elmira W, 58-54 1 36 2-11 18.2 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Mar 19 Nazareth L, 87-84 1 43 12-21 57.1 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 28
Mar 21 at Keuka L, 91-79 1 38 5-10 50.0 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0 15
Mar 23 Elmira W, 59-43 1 31 8-14 57.1 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 16
Mar 25 Utica L, 59-44 1 28 4-12 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 9
Mar 26 at Utica L, 78-65 1 36 7-18 38.9 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 16
Apr 3 Houghton - - - - - - - - -
Apr 6 Keuka W, 79-58 1 33 6-16 37.5 0-6 0.0 3-3 100.0 15
Apr 9 at SJFU L, 66-63 1 36 7-17 41.2 0-2 0.0 3-5 60.0 17
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Mar 1 Hartwick W, 76-69 1 40 0 8 8 5 2 4 1
Mar 14 at SJFU L, 100-68 1 30 0 5 5 3 3 3 0
Mar 17 at Elmira W, 58-54 1 36 0 6 6 2 4 0 0
Mar 19 Nazareth L, 87-84 1 43 0 5 5 4 3 1 0
Mar 21 at Keuka L, 91-79 1 38 2 7 9 2 4 2 0
Mar 23 Elmira W, 59-43 1 31 1 6 7 1 0 2 0
Mar 25 Utica L, 59-44 1 28 2 0 2 2 6 1 0
Mar 26 at Utica L, 78-65 1 36 0 5 5 4 0 1 0
Apr 3 Houghton - - - - - - - - -
Apr 6 Keuka W, 79-58 1 33 0 3 3 7 0 2 0
Apr 9 at SJFU L, 66-63 1 36 0 2 2 1 4 2 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Mar 1 Hartwick W, 76-69 1 1 0 2.5
Mar 14 at SJFU L, 100-68 1 4 0 1.0
Mar 17 at Elmira W, 58-54 1 1 0 0.5
Mar 19 Nazareth L, 87-84 1 1 0 1.3
Mar 21 at Keuka L, 91-79 1 2 - 0.5
Mar 23 Elmira W, 59-43 1 2 0 -
Mar 25 Utica L, 59-44 1 0 0 0.3
Mar 26 at Utica L, 78-65 1 3 0 -
Apr 3 Houghton - - - -
Apr 6 Keuka W, 79-58 1 0 0 -
Apr 9 at SJFU L, 66-63 1 1 0 0.3
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 16 20.3 2.9-7.6 0.4-1.9 1.0-1.2 7.2
2019-20 26 31.0 6.3-13.3 1.2-3.7 2.4-3.4 16.3
2020-21 10 35.1 6.2-14.9 0.6-3.2 2.5-3.0 15.5
2021-22 26 33.2 5.4-13.7 0.5-2.2 4.1-5.2 15.4
Total 78 30.1 5.3-12.5 0.7-2.8 2.7-3.5 14.0

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 16 13 325 46-122 37.7 7-31 22.6 16-19 84.2 115
2019-20 26 25 806 165-347 47.6 31-97 32.0 63-88 71.6 424
2020-21 10 10 351 62-149 41.6 6-32 18.8 25-30 83.3 155
2021-22 26 24 862 141-357 39.5 13-56 23.2 106-134 79.1 401
Total 78 72 2344 414-975 42.5 57-216 26.4 210-271 77.5 1095

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 16 325 20.3 5.7-15.0 0.9-3.8 22.6 2.0-2.3 14.2
2019-20 26 806 31.0 8.2-17.2 1.5-4.8 32.0 3.1-4.4 21.0
2020-21 10 351 35.1 7.1-17.0 0.7-3.6 18.8 2.8-3.4 17.7
2021-22 26 862 33.2 6.5-16.6 0.6-2.6 23.2 4.9-6.2 18.6
Total 78 2344 30.1 7.1-16.6 1.0-3.7 26.4 3.6-4.6 18.7

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 16 0.7 1.7 2.4 1.2 1.9 1.4 0.0
2019-20 26 1.2 4.4 5.7 1.5 2.5 1.6 0.2
2020-21 10 0.5 4.7 5.2 3.1 2.6 1.8 0.1
2021-22 26 1.6 4.2 5.8 3.8 2.6 1.5 0.2
Total 78 1.1 3.8 5.0 2.4 2.4 1.5 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
2018-19 16 13 23 1 0.6
2019-20 26 25 35 0 0.6
2020-21 10 10 15 0 1.2
2021-22 26 24 55 2 1.4
Total 78 72 128 3 1.0

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 16 1.4 3.3 4.7 2.3 3.7 2.7 0.0
2019-20 26 1.6 5.7 7.3 2.0 3.2 2.0 0.2
2020-21 10 0.6 5.4 5.9 3.5 3.0 2.1 0.1
2021-22 26 1.9 5.1 7.0 4.5 3.2 1.8 0.2
Total 78 1.5 5.1 6.6 3.2 3.2 2.0 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 10 35.1 6.2-14.9 0.6-3.2 2.5-3.0 15.5
Conference 8 35.3 6.1-14.5 0.8-3.0 2.4-2.8 15.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 5 35.0 7.4-15.8 0.2-3.4 3.4-3.8 18.4
Away 5 35.2 5.0-14.0 1.0-3.0 1.6-2.2 12.6
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 4 35.0 5.8-14.2 0.0-3.5 3.2-3.8 14.8
Losses 6 35.2 6.5-15.3 1.0-3.0 2.0-2.5 16.0
Month
March 8 35.3 6.1-14.5 0.8-3.0 2.4-2.8 15.4
April 2 34.5 6.5-16.5 0.0-4.0 3.0-4.0 16.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 10 10 351 62-149 41.6 6-32 18.8 25-30 83.3 155
Conference 8 8 282 49-116 42.2 6-24 25.0 19-22 86.4 123
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 5 5 175 37-79 46.8 1-17 5.9 17-19 89.5 92
Away 5 5 176 25-70 35.7 5-15 33.3 8-11 72.7 63
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 4 4 140 23-57 40.4 0-14 0.0 13-15 86.7 59
Losses 6 6 211 39-92 42.4 6-18 33.3 12-15 80.0 96
Month
March 8 8 282 49-116 42.2 6-24 25.0 19-22 86.4 123
April 2 2 69 13-33 39.4 0-8 0.0 6-8 75.0 32

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 10 351 35.1 7.1-17.0 0.7-3.6 18.8 2.8-3.4 17.7
Conference 8 282 35.3 7.0-16.5 0.9-3.4 25.0 2.7-3.1 17.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 5 175 35.0 8.5-18.1 0.2-3.9 5.9 3.9-4.3 21.0
Away 5 176 35.2 5.7-15.9 1.1-3.4 33.3 1.8-2.5 14.3
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 4 140 35.0 6.6-16.3 0.0-4.0 0.0 3.7-4.3 16.9
Losses 6 211 35.2 7.4-17.4 1.1-3.4 33.3 2.3-2.8 18.2
Month
March 8 282 35.3 7.0-16.5 0.9-3.4 25.0 2.7-3.1 17.4
April 2 69 34.5 7.5-19.1 0.0-4.6 0.0 3.5-4.6 18.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 10 0.5 4.7 5.2 3.1 2.6 1.8 0.1
Conference 8 0.6 5.3 5.9 2.9 2.8 1.8 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 0.6 4.4 5.0 3.8 2.2 2.0 0.2
Away 5 0.4 5.0 5.4 2.4 3.0 1.6 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 0.3 5.8 6.0 3.8 1.5 2.0 0.3
Losses 6 0.7 4.0 4.7 2.7 3.3 1.7 0.0
Month
March 8 0.6 5.3 5.9 2.9 2.8 1.8 0.1
April 2 0.0 2.5 2.5 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 10 10 15 0 1.2
Conference 8 8 14 0 1.0
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 5 5 4 0 1.7
Away 5 5 11 0 0.8
Neutral - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 4 4 0 2.5
Losses 6 6 11 0 0.8
Month
March 8 8 14 0 1.0
April 2 2 1 0 2.0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 10 0.6 5.4 5.9 3.5 3.0 2.1 0.1
Conference 8 0.7 6.0 6.7 3.3 3.1 2.0 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 0.7 5.0 5.7 4.3 2.5 2.3 0.2
Away 5 0.5 5.7 6.1 2.7 3.4 1.8 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 0.3 6.6 6.9 4.3 1.7 2.3 0.3
Losses 6 0.8 4.5 5.3 3.0 3.8 1.9 0.0
Month
March 8 0.7 6.0 6.7 3.3 3.1 2.0 0.1
April 2 0.0 2.9 2.9 4.6 2.3 2.3 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min