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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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15 Justin Taylor

  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Highschool Hargrave Military Academy

Biography

SINGLE-GAME CAREER-HIGHS
Category Opponent / Date Statistic
Minutes: UNCW / Dec. 18, 2022 19
FGM: Mount Olive / Nov. 26, 2023 4
FGA: Mount Olive / Nov. 26, 2023 7
FTM: Western Carolina / Dec. 5, 2023 2 (2x)
FTA: Western Carolina / Dec. 5, 2023 2 (5x)
3FGM: St. Andrews / Nov. 6, 2023 3
3FGA: St. Andrews / Nov. 6, 2023 4
Rebounds: Lees-McRae / Nov. 15, 2022 3
Assists: USC Upstate / Jan. 7, 2023 2 (4x)
Blocks: Winthrop / Feb. 25, 2023 1 (4x)
Steals: Mount Olive / Nov. 26, 2023 1 (2x)
Points: St. Andrews / Nov. 6, 2023 10

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
  • Appeared in six games before a mid-season injury.
  • Totaled 20 points with a season-high 10 points in the season opener versus St. Andrews (Nov. 6).
  • Registered a season-high four field goals made after going 4-for-7 from the field against Mount Olive (Nov. 26) to tag eight points.
  • Added an assist and a steal during the season.
FRESHMAN (2022-23)
  • Competed in 25 games as a freshman for HPU.
  • Totaled 224 minutes, averaging nine minutes per game.
  • Played a season-high 19 minutes at UNCW (12/18/22).
  • Totaled 40 points, 15 assists and 19 rebounds as a point guard.
  • Registered a season-high three rebounds against Lees-McRae (11/15/22).
PREP:
  • Payed two years of basketball at Carmel Christian School, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2021.
  • He was a member of the National Honor Society and earned Distinguished student in athletics.
  • He helped lead the team to a 25-2 record his senior year as well as the runner-up in the private school 4A state championship.
  • He was selected to the first team All-State selection and scored over 1500 points during his high school career.
  • Justin spent a post graduate year at national powerhouse Hargrave Military Academy, where he averaged 17 points a game.
  • He helped the team make it to the Elite 8 at the post grad national championships.
  • Justin is also a High Point University Presidential Scholar.
PERSONAL:
  • Son of Malva and Rick Taylor and has one sister named Makenzie. 
  • Father Rick played basketball in college.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022-23Freshman

    Guard
    6'2" 175 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    6'2" 185 lbs
    15