AS A SENIOR+ - 2021-22
Season: Saw action in 25 games while making eight starts…Finished final collegiate season with 59 points and 16 assists.
Youngstown State (11/10): Made Penn State debut in season opener, scoring three points and adding a rebound. St. Francis Brooklyn (11/18): Tallied five points and a rebound. Vs. LSU (11/26): Shot 3-for-5 from 3-point range for a season-best nine points. Ohio State (12/5): Scored six points with the help of a perfect 4-for-4 effort from the charity stripe…Added season high-tying three assists. At Iowa (1/22): Registered five points. At No. 10 Wisconsin (2/5): Scored five points. Vs. No. 9 Purdue – Big Ten Tournament (3/11): Drilled two 3-pointers in final six minutes as Penn State rallied but ultimately fell short against the top-10 Boilermakers…Finished with six points and one assist.
BEFORE PENN STATE
2017-21 – AT GARDNER-WEBB
Played four years at Gardner-Webb…Averaged double-digit points in last two seasons with the Bulldogs…Eclipsed the 1,000-career-point mark in January 2021…Finished with 1,213 points…Holds a career 3-point shooting percentage of 42.4, good for 17th nationally among all active players…Amassed 368 career assists and 360 career rebounds…Maintained a career free throw percentage of 75.0 percent…Graduated in spring 2021 with a degree in sports management.
AS A SENIOR – 2020-21
Awards: Named first team All-Big South…Considered preseason first-team All-Big South selection.
Season: Played and started all 26 games…Averaged 30.7 minutes per game…Was Bulldogs’ leading scorer with 14.1 points per game…Ranked in the top 10 of 11 different Big South stat categories…Raised his assists-per-game average to 3.8 for fourth in the league with an assist-to-turnover ratio that was third best (1.83)…Averaged 20.5 points in final four regular-season games, including a career-best 32 points on 11-15 shooting with six treys against Longwood (2/12)…Made 64 3-pointers, good for fourth in the league…Topped the 40-percent mark in 3-point field goal percentage for second-straight season at 40.8 percent.
AS A JUNIOR – 2019-20
Awards: Earned an honorable mention All-Big South nod.
Season: Started 31 of 32 games played…Ranked No. 6 nationally in 3-point percentage, draining 44.4 percent on 87-of-196 chances…Averaged 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game…Scored a then-career-high 24 points on three different occasions…Made at least four treys in 10 different games, including a career-best eight against High Point (2/10).
AS A SOPHOMORE – 2018-19
Season: Saw action in all 35 games…Started 11 games of season’s final 12, including all four postseason contests…Averaged 6.2 points, 2.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game…Recorded 98 assists for third most on team…Scored in double figures eight times.
AS A FRESHMAN – 2017-18
Awards: Named to Big South All-Freshman Team.
Season: Played in 27 games during rookie season…Started final four games of season at point guard…Averaged 7.7 points, 2.4 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game…Collected 25 steals…Shot a team-best 43.9 percent from beyond the arc (43-of-98)…Led team with a 1.69 assist-to-turnover ratio…Had 10 games with double-digit scoring, including a season-best 19 at eventual league champion Radford (2/1).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played final two seasons of high school basketball at national powerhouse Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut under coach Tom Espinosa…Led team to National Prep Championships Final Four and a 37-5 record…Earned third-team All-New England honors following 2016-17 season…Selected as second team all-league honoree…Ranked as No. 13 prospect in Class of 2017 in Connecticut…Played travel ball with the New York Jayhawks…Led Jayhawks to the Adidas Silver Gauntlet Championship in 2016.
Jaheam Cornwall Season 2021-22
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Weight190 lbs
Height6-0
ClassSenior+
HometownBrooklyn, N.Y.
Previous SchoolGardner-Webb
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