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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)
Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)
Jaylynn Nash
Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)
Jaylynn Nash
Jaylynn Nash
Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)
Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)
Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)

2 Denver Jones

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Position G
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown New Market, Ala.
  • Previous School Garden City CC
  • High School Memphis Day HS

Biography

2022-23 (Sophomore): Started all 28 games played ... Led the team with 20.1 ppg on 47.8 percent shooting and 37.1 percent from three ... Marked first Panther to average 20-plus points in a season since Carlos Arroyo in 2001 (21.2) ... Named First Team All-Conference USA, marking the first Panther in program history to notch First Team All-C-USA honors ... Also marked first First Team All-Conference nod since 2013 (Tymell Murphy, Sun Belt) ... Named to NABC All-District 11 Second Team ... Finished 25th in the NCAA in scoring ... Finished with 564 points for third-most single-season points in program history ... Marked just the 10th Panther in program history to surpass 500 points in a season ... Tallied double figures in 26 games, including 17 20-point outings ... Named C-USA Player of the Week on Jan. 9 ... Eclipsed his career-high in scoring on four different occasions ... Recorded career-high 30 points on 10-of-14 shooting at Rice (Mar. 4). 

2021-22 (Freshman): Appeared in 31 games, including seven starts ... Finished second on the team in scoring (12.5) in 26.8 mins/g ... Averaged 3.7 rebounds ... Shot 89.6 percent from the free-throw line (112-for-125) ... Led C-USA in free-throw percentage ... Hit 49 3-pointers at a 34.5 percent clip (49-for-142) ... Reached double-figure scoring in 20 games ... Dished career-best six assists in a pair of games ... Scored 13 points in FIU debut at Georgia (11/9) ... Recorded 14 points and six assists against UNCG (11/21) ... Added 17 points and five rebounds versus North Florida (11/28) ... Notched double-double with 20 points and career-high 13 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (12/11) ... Named C-USA Freshman of the Week (12/13) ... Added 16 points, three rebounds and career-best four steals vs. St. Thomas (1/1) ... Tallied 18 points on 8-of-16 shooting and five rebounds against Bethune-Cookman (1/5) ... Net a career-high 23 points on a perfect 8-for-8 shooting and career-high seven 3-pointers versus Southern Miss. (2/3) ... Recorded 20 points on career-best 10-for-12 at the charity stripe with six rebounds against Rice (2/19) ... Totaled 389 points, 115 rebounds, 71 assists, 28 steals and two blocks. 

PRIOR TO FIU: Shot 47% from the floor and 40% from three-point range, averaging an impressive 19.1 points per game... Posted 4.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 steals per outing during his freshman campaign. Scored 20 or more points eight times and reached double figures in all but one of his games for Garden City CC... Named to the All-Region second team, all-conference first team and took home Jayhawk Conference Freshman of the Year honors.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021-22Freshman

    G
    6'4" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022-23Sophomore

    G
    6'4" 190 lbs
    2