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MSU Moorhead Athletics

2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Becca Hanson
Becca Hanson

1 Ja'Kair Sanchez

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Syracuse, N.Y.
  • Highschool William Nottingham

Biography

2023-24: All-NSIC Second Team after playing in all 31 games for MSUM with 14 starts...averaged 12.5 points per game and 4.3 rebounds a contest...shot 42 percent from the field including a 42.2 connection rate from long range..also shot 78.9 percent from the free throw line during the year...netted double figures in scoring on 20 occasions during the season with four games of 20 points or more...scored a season-high 28 points against both Minnesota State (1/27/24) and Bemidji State (2/3/24)...poured in 10 or more points in 11 of MSUM's final 12 games...had a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds against Pittsburg State in the NCAA Central Region Quarterfinals on March 16. 

Before MSUM: Has spent the previous three seasons playing at Division II Roberts Wesleyan University where he took a redshirt year in 2019-20...played in 26 games in 2022-23, starting 25 of those contests and averaged 12 points and 6.7 rebounds per game...shot 44.2 percent from the floor for the year and was a third team All-ECC selection for his efforts...was a first team honoree by the Rochester chapter of the United States Basketball Writers Association and was second-team All-East Coast Conference in 2021-22 after leading Roberts Wesleyan in scoring at 15.3 points per game...averaged 5.7 rebounds that year as well and shot an efficient 51.6 percent clip from the field and 85.1 percent from the charity stripe...netted a career-high 29 points against College of State Island on February 9....in 2020-21, averaged 8.3 points per game in 15 games played.

Personal: Son of Jennette Cepeda. Majoring in university studies.

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