After a 79-64 win over Idaho on Saturday, Utah St. remains the only unbeaten team in conference play at 4-0. The Aggies are 13-5 overall, and a big reason why is senior guard Jaycee Carroll, who’s averaging 21.6 points per game and is one of the nation’s top shooters.
Carroll poured in 21 points on Saturday, hitting 8 of 14 shots, and kept up his hot 3-point shooting by going 3 of 4 from behind the line. Carroll also hit both of his free throw attempts, taking his percentage for the season up to 93.6% (73 of 78).
Carroll ranks in the top 10 in the country in both free throw and three-point percentage, and is in the top 20 in the country in points per game. He’s also surpassed the 2,000 point mark this season, and is currently at 2,147. Utah St. has 12 more regular-season games left, then the WAC tournament and (more than likely) some postseason tournament as well, so if Carroll can keep at his current clip, he’ll end up passing 2,500 career points as well.
Carroll declared for the NBA Draft last summer, but didn’t hire an agent, and wound up deciding to return to school. Looks like that’s worked out pretty well for him and the Aggies both.