2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jalen Leach
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Nyack, N.Y.
- High School:
- Tilton School (N.H.)
- Prev School:
- Fairfield
2024-25: Played and started in 23 games before missing the final 10 games of the season due to an ACL injury ... Averaged 14.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game while averaging 31.4 minutes per game ... Shot 44.8-percent from the field and 39.4-percent from 3-point range ... Led Northwestern in scoring five times, while recording four 20+ point games and 17 10+ point games ... Posted 12 points, six assists and five rebounds in his Northwestern debut in the season opener against Lehigh (11/4), becoming the first Wildcat to post those numbers in the first game of a season since Boo Buie in 2022 ... Scored 16 points, with 14 coming in the second half, and dished out three assists against UIC (11/12) ... Scored a season-high 27 points, while converting 15-of-16 free throws, the most by a Wildcat since at least 2005, against Eastern Illinois (11/15) ... Scored 17 of Northwestern’s 23 final points against EIU ... Became the first Wildcat since at least 2005-06 to make 15 or more free throws in a game … His 15 made free throws were the most by a Northwestern player in a single game all season … Reached double-figures for the fourth consecutive game by scoring a game-high 21 points against Pepperdine (11/22) ... Tallied 12 of his 15 total points in the second half against UNLV (11/29) ... Playing a career-high 43 minutes, logged 16 points and five assists in an overtime win over No. 19 Illinois (12/6) and posted his 1,000th career point on a free throw to put Northwestern up 68-66 in overtime ... Tallied 16 points for the second straight game against Georgia Tech (12/15) ... Registered 13 points and three assists while tying his career-high with five steals against DePaul (12/21) ... Achieved double-figure scoring for the fourth consecutive game with 11 points against Northeastern in the non-conference finale (12/29) ... Logged 17 points while connecting on 8-of-9 free throw attempts against No. 16 Michigan State (1/12) ... Led the team with six assists in an overtime win against Maryland (1/16) … Posted 19 points and team-high five assists at No. 20 Michigan (1/19) and was ejected from the game on a Flagrant 2 foul midway through the second half ... Became the first Wildcat to have 15+ points and 5+ assists while having at least a 65 FG% in a game since Boo Buie against Iowa on March 2, 2024 … Scored 15 points, all in the second half, and tied his career-high with seven assists against Indiana (1/22) ... Notched 17 points, with 15 coming in the second half, and a team-high four assists at No. 17 Illinois (1/26) ... Became the first Northwestern player to have 15+ points, 7+ assists, and make 3+ threes in a game since March 2, 2024 when Boo Buie did against Iowa … Registered a team-high 23 points, the most he scored in a conference game for the season, on 8-of-12 shooting while dishing out four assists against Rutgers (1/29) ... Tied his conference-game season-high by scoring 23 points for the second straight game against No. 17 Wisconsin (2/1), while also tallying seven rebounds and a game-best seven assists without a turnover ... Also tied his career-high with five treys against the Badgers ... Became the first Big Ten player to post 20+ points, 7+ rebounds, 7+ assists, and 5+ threes in a game against a ranked opponent since Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine did so on Feb. 12, 2016 … Notched the first 23+ point, 7+ rebound, 7+ assist performance by a Wildcat since Bryant McIntosh did so on Feb. 12, 2017 at Wisconsin … Leach had the first 7+ assist, zero turnover game against a ranked opponent by a Northwestern player since Dec. 1, 2023 when Boo Buie did so against No. 1 Purdue … Totaled a team-high six assists before leaving the game against USC (2/4) due to injury and missed the remainder of the season.
2023-24 (At Fairfield): All-MAAC First Team … MAAC All-Conference Tournament Team … Appeared in 32 games and started 29 for the Stags, averaging 16.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.8 steals in 32.8 minutes per game … Shot 48.8% from the field and 35.4% from 3-point range … Led the MAAC with an 89.5% free throw percentage … Ranked fourth in the MAAC in steals per game and seventh in Fairfield single-season history … Ranked fifth in the MAAC in points per game … Led the MAAC in games with 22+ points and 4+ assists, with six … Scored 25 points with three steals while shooting 10-of-16 from the field against New Hampshire (11/24) … Had 12 points and two steals versus Iona (12/1) … Dropped a team-high 22 points and three assists in a win over Rider (12/3) … Had 15 points in back-to-back games against Yale (12/6) and Sacred Heart (12/9) … Recorded a game-high 20 points, six rebounds, and three steals on 7-of-11 shooting against Wagner (12/17) … Registered game-highs of 20 points and eight rebounds to help beat FDU (12/21) … Had four steals alongside seven points against Le Moyne (12/30) … Notched 19 points and a game-high seven rebounds on 6-of-13 shooting versus Siena (1/5) … Reached double-digit points in 13 straight games from 1/15 to 3/1 … Totaled 14 points and six assists against Canisius (1/15) … Scored a career-high 29 points, along with eight rebounds and four assists, on 9-of-13 shooting from the field (1/19), becoming the first Fairfield player to score 30 points since Tyler Nelson on March 15, 2017 … Recorded 23 points, four assists, and a career-high five steals in a win over Manhattan (1/21) … Registered 18 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals against Quinnipiac (1/28) … Had 22 points, seven rebounds, and four assists versus Iona (2/2) … Dropped a game-high 23 points, six rebounds, and four assists against Manhattan (2/4) … Notched a game-high 22 points, seven rebounds, and five assists on 8-of-11 shooting versus Rider (2/8) … Recorded 17 points and seven rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting against St. Peter’s (2/10) … Scored 14 points and two steals in back-to-back home games against Niagara (2/16) and Mount St. Mary’s (2/18) … Dropped a team-high 27 points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals in a road victory at Quinnipiac (2/23) … Totaled a team-high 21 points, a career-high nine rebounds, and four assists versus Siena (2/25) … Registered a career-high seven assists with eight points and three steals against Canisius (3/7) … Matched his career-high 29 points with four rebounds, four assists, and four steals against Mount St. Mary’s (3/9), becoming the first Fairfield player since at least 2004-05 to record 25+ points, 4+ rebounds, 4+ assists, and 4+ steals in a single game … Recorded a postseason career-high 22 points with eight rebounds and four steals against Iona in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinal (3/13), becoming the first Fairfield player to register 20+ points and 4+ steals in the MAAC Tournament since Derek Needham’s 22 points and six steals on March 5, 2011 … Had 13 points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks in the MAAC Tournament semifinal (3/15).
2022-23 (At Fairfield): Appeared in 30 games and started 26 for Fairfield, averaging 6.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game in 23.4 minutes … Started his first game of the season against Towson, recording nine points (11/25) … Scored eight points against Mercer (11/25) … Notched 11 points and six rebounds versus Manhattan (12/1) … Dropped 10 points, pulled down three rebounds, and dished out three assists in a win over St. Peter’s (12/3) … Knocked down three threes, totaling nine points and four rebounds in a win over Coast Guard (12/18) … Had eight points and four rebounds against Marist (12/30) … Posted six points, four rebounds, and two assists against Niagara (1/6) … Helped beat Siena with nine points and three rebounds (1/22) … Scored a season-high 12 points and totaled five rebounds versus Rider (1/29) … Registered 10 points, six rebounds, and a then-career-high four steals versus Quinnipiac (2/3) … Notched nine points against Rider (2/10) … Pulled down a then-career-high eight rebounds and added seven points and three assists in a win over Mount St. Mary’s (2/12) … Helped defeat Marist on the road with seven points and four rebounds (2/17) … Scored nine points against Manhattan (2/19) … Registered eight points and three rebounds at Niagara (2/24) … Played a season-high 36 minutes and totaled six points, three rebounds, three assists, and two steals in the MAAC Tournament first round against St. Peter’s (3/7).
2021-22 (At Fairfield): Appeared in 13 games for the Stags, averaging 3.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game in 12.2 minutes … Recorded season-highs of 14 points, four threes, six rebounds, and six assists in 21 minutes in a win over Medgar Evers (11/16) … Had six points and two rebounds versus Quinnipiac (2/9) … Played a season-high 25 minutes and scored six points in a win against Canisius (2/14) … Registered 10 points and three rebounds against St. Peter’s (2/18) … Totaled five points, four rebounds, and two assists in his final appearance of the season versus Iona (2/20).
2020-21 (At Fairfield): Appeared in 15 games and started one for Fairfield, averaging 6.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in 21.8 minutes … In his collegiate debut, registered 10 points and two steals at Providence (11/25) … Notched six points and four rebounds in his collegiate home debut versus Hartford (12/2) … Recorded 13 points and three rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting at Stony Brook (12/4) … Scored 16 points, with three rebounds and four assists, at Niagara (12/19).
High School: Attended Bergen Catholic (N.J.) High School before transferring to Tilton School … Earned All-NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) honors in 2020 after helping his team post 11 wins during the 2019-20 season … Averaged 24.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists during the 2019-20 campaign … Was selected to the All-New England second team.
