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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

2 Jaden Wells

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 160
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hurst, Texas
  • Highschool L.D. Bell

Biography

Junior player of the year candidate looking to continue charging through the record books at Central Oklahoma … Fourth year player with 86 career games played … Only missed one game in his career … Found his way into Top 40 scorers in school history halfway into an illustrious career … Ranks 23rd in school history with 1,214 points … Has skyrocketed up the charts as a 3-point shooter and is known as one of the best to do it everywhere he goes … Ranks third in school history with 226 made 3-pointers in his career … Has earned honors from the NCAA, NABC, D2CCA, and the MIAA … Will contend for the league’s top honor this season.

2022-23: Played in and started 31 games as a sophomore for the Bronchos – all but one game for the season … Averaged 16.5 points per game as one of the league’s top scorers … Shot 43.5 percent from the floor overall, 42.6 percent from behind the arc, and 84.1 percent from the free-throw line … Added 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and 1.2 assists per game … Scored in double figures in 27 of 31 games … Scored at least 20 in 10 games and at least 15 points in 19 games … Dropped a season-high 30 points on 10 of 15 shooting all from behind the arc, sinking the second-most threes in a single game at UCO … His 512 points during the season is Top 40 for a season in school history … Made at least one 3-pointer in 27 of 31 games … Made multiple threes in 24 of those games … Sank at least four 3-pointers in a game eight times … Made 81 3-pointers on the season and moved up to third on the career makes list at UCO with 226 … Pulled down five boards 15 times on the year … Had a season-high nine rebounds against Fort Hays State … Dished a season-high five assists in a win over Washburn on New Year’s Eve … Swiped five steals in a win over UC – Colorado Springs in Hawaii in November … Earned All-MIAA honors following the season … Was named All-Region by the NABC and D2CCA.

2021-22: Played in and started all 31 games on MIAA Championship squad … Earned NCAA Statistical Champion for 95.2 percent season at the free-throw line … Played 32.8 minutes per game – second most on the roster – and was key focus of the program … Registered 14.0 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, and 1.6 assists per game for the Bronchos … Team sharp shooter with the green light, posting a 45.0 percent mark from the field and a stout 41.7 percent from behind the arc … Shot 95.2 percent from the free-throw line, making 79 of 83 attempts, to lead the country … Scored at least 20 points in seven games … Scored in double figures in 25 of 31 games … Posted career-high 32 points in win at Rogers State in February … Sank career-high seven 3-pointers and was a career-best 9-for-9 from the free-throw line against the rival Hillcats … Hit career-high seven 3-pointers in three different games … Made one 3-pointer in 28 of 31 games, multiple threes in 24 of 31 games, and had at least 3-pointers in 13 of 31 games … One of the best rebounding guards in the league had at least five boards in 21 of 31 games … Grabbed eight or more rebounds in seven games, including a career-high 11 rebounds against Southwestern Christian last December … Reached No. 10 on Central’s Top 10 list for made 3-pointers in one season with 86 … Named Honorable Mention All-MIAA.

2020-21: Played in all 24 games for the Bronchos as a true freshman and made 19 starts ... Averaged 11.1 points per game, pouring in 267 points ... Also averaged 3.9 rebounds per game and led the team with 34 steals ... Played 26.0 minutes per contest ... Led UCO with 59 made 3-pointers, among the best in the MIAA, and hit 37.3 percent of those shots ... Hit a 40-footer at the halftime buzzer with ease in a game in February ... Season-high 26 points and 11 rebounds in a huge win at Missouri Southern on the final day of the regular season ... Scored 20 at MSSU a few days later in a road playoff win for the Bronchos ... Scored at least 20 five times and scored in double figures in 13 of 24 games ... Hit so many threes ... Connected on at least one 3-pointer in 20 of 24 games and made multiple threes in 17 of 24 outings ... Hit two 3-pointers five times, three 3-pointers eight times, never hit four 3-pointers, made five 3-pointers twice, and a season-high six made 3-pointers twice, including the 26 & 11 game at Southern ... Also had three assists in a game four times ... Swiped a season-high five steals in the final game, a road playoff loss to eventual national champion Northwest Missouri ... Had three steals in a game three times and multiple steals in a game 10 times. 

High School: Earned MVP honors from the Dallas Morning News for Class 6A's District 3 to go with a First Team All-District selection ... Scored 578 points during senior season – the fourth-most in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – and his 21 points per game mark was the third most of any player in the area ... Added four rebounds per game and three assists per game to go with that ... One of just 11 players in the sprawling metro to post at least 500 points and 100 rebounds during the 2019-20 season.

Personal: Kinesiology - Exercise/Fitness Management major ... Birthdate is Feb. 27, 2002.

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2020-21Freshman

    Guard
    6'1" 160 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    6'1" 160 lbs
    24
  • 2

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    6'1" 160 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'1" 160 lbs
    2