2022-23 (Senior Year)
Named 2022-23 MEAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win the award in back-to-back years since Delaware State’s Jahsa Blunt (2005-06, 2006-07) …Also named BOXTOROW HBCU Division I National Player of the Year for second straight season … Earned All-MEAC First Team, BOXTOROW All-America First Team honors … Named to NABC District 15 First Team, becoming the first Spartan selected to the first team since Jonathan Wade in 2016-17 … Also selected to the VaSID All-State First Team … Received the Leigh Williams Memorial Award from the Norfolk Sports Club, presented to Virginia’s outstanding collegiate athlete … Averaged 17.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.8 steals per contest while shooting 42.7 percent from the field, 37.0 percent from behind the arc, and MEAC-best 84.0 percent from the free throw line … Named MEAC Player of the Week or Co-Player of the Week on three occasions … Finished the season ranked first in the MEAC in free throw percentage, third in scoring average, third in made 3-point field goals per game (2.1), fourth in steal average, fifth in assist average, fifth in field goal percentage, and 15
th in rebounding average … Recorded 20 or more points in 13 games, scoring in double figures in all but three of his appearances … Scored 24 points with six rebounds at Baylor on Nov. 11, hitting four 3-pointers … Led comeback victory at William & Mary on Dec. 10 with 24 points, six rebounds, and five assists … Pushed NSU to a pair of rivalry wins over Hampton, starting with a 23-point, 14-rebound (career-high) performance at the Boost Mobile HBCU Challenge hosted by Chris Paul on Dec. 17 … Scored season-high 29 points in the next meeting with the Pirates, earning MVP honors of the Invesco QQQ Legacy Classic hosted by Michael B. Jordan on Feb. 4 … Posted 25 points on Dec. 21 at Nevada on an efficient 9-of-14 (64.3 percent) shooting clip from the field … Led Spartans to MEAC title game with a pair of 23+ point performances in the conference tournament, including a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds against North Carolina Central on Mar. 10 … Selected to NABC Reese’s All-Star Game, earning East MVP honors with 22 points and six rebounds … Also played in the 2023 HBCU All Star Game and Classic for Columbus … Competed in the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, while also earning an invitation to the NBA G-League Elite Camp … Named to MEAC All-Tournament Team, the first player in program history to be named to the All-Tournament team in three different seasons.
2021-22 (Junior Year)
Named 2021-22 MEAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, just the fifth player in program history to receive the award … Also selected to the All-MEAC First Team, MEAC All-Tournament Team, Lou Henson All-America Team, and BOXTOROW All-America First Team … Also named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year … Earned MEAC Player of the Week honors four times, the most of any player in the conference … Named MEAC Tournament MVP for the second straight year, scoring 51 points across three games … Started all 31 games for the Spartans, averaging 16.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from beyond the arc … Made 130-of-142 free throws (91.5 percent) … Finished the season ranked first in the MEAC in total points (519), second in scoring average, third in field goal percentage, third in 3-point field goals made (57) fourth in minutes per game (32.5), sixth in assist average, eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.1), 11
th in steal average, 12
th in rebounding average … Leading or co-leading scorer in 18 of the Spartans’ 31 games … Also led or co-led in assists 17 times, steals 13 times, rebounds five times, and blocks three times … Scored 20 or more points in ten different games … Recorded 29 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field and 5-of-7 from beyond the arc against Delaware State on Jan. 12 … Tied season high with 29 points at Coppin State, adding six rebounds and six assists … Tallied 28 points against Tennessee State on Nov. 13, going a career-best 16-of-16 from the free throw line, just the second player in NSU history to make 16 or more free throws in a game without a miss … Scored 24 points at Howard on Jan. 15, going 11-of-12 from the free throw line … Went 11-of-12 from the charity stripe again in an 18-point performance vs. Morgan State on Jan. 24 … Recorded career-high seven assists against N.C. Central on Feb. 28 … Pulled in season-high nine rebounds in home meeting with Coppin State on Jan. 22… Recorded 25 points and seven rebounds at UMES on Jan. 17 … Scored 27 points on 11-of-22 shooting against Howard on Mar. 3 … Scored 19 points against Morgan State in the MEAC Tournament semifinals on Mar. 11 … Led NSU to a MEAC Championship win over Coppin State on Mar. 12 with 23 points, four rebounds, and two assists … Scored a team-high 15 points vs. Baylor in the NCAA Tournament on Mar. 17..
2020-21 (COVID)
An All-MEAC third-team honoree … Named the MEAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the MEAC All-Tournament Team after scoring 47 points in two games … Was a preseason All-MEAC second-team selection … Named the MEAC Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 2 … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Competed in 21 games and made 16 starts … Averaged 11.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game … Shot 38.2 percent from the floor (76-of-199), including 37-of-97 from deep (38.1 percent) … Also made 45-of-54 (83.3 percent) from the free throw line … For the year, totaled 234 points, 88 rebounds, 40 assists, 27 steals and two blocks … Ranked fourth in the MEAC in free throw percentage (83.3), ninth in steals (1.3), 10
th in 3-point field goal percentage (38.1) and 3-point field goals (1.8), 13
th in scoring (11.1), 14
th in defensive rebounds (3.6) and 20
th in rebounding (4.2) … Had 10 games with at least 10 or more points, including three games with at least 20 points … Made a career-high 7-of-10 from 3-point range, one off the school record of eight, and hit 10-of-16 overall for a career-high 30 points with three rebounds, three assists and two steals in a MEAC Tournament win over North Carolina Central on March 11 … In the championship game win over Morgan State on March 13, added 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting, hitting all five free throws with four rebounds and three steals … Added 19 points in a win at Delaware State on Jan. 17, making season-high 7-of-8 from the free throw line with seven rebounds, a season-best six assists, and two steals, all in a season-high tying 38 minutes played … The day prior, added another 15 points on 4-of-6 3-point shooting with three assists and two rebounds … Finished with 24 points on 6-of-9 3-point shooting in a win over Delaware State on Jan. 30, adding five rebounds and five assists … Had his first career double-double with 10 points and a season-high 10 rebounds in a win over Coppin State on Feb. 7 … At Coppin State on Jan. 23, totaled 21 points, three rebounds and two assists … Scored 18 points in a win at Morgan State on Feb. 13, shooting 5-of-12 overall, 3-of-6 from deep, and 5-of-5 from the free throw line with five rebounds … In an NCAA Tournament win over Appalachian State on March 18, contributed 10 points, four rebounds and a season-high four steals in 38 minutes.
2019-20 (Sophomore Year)
Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Competed in 30 games and made 28 starts … Averaged 12.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and a team-high 1.8 steals per game … Shot 40.4 percent from the floor (124-of-307), including 49-of-151 from 3-point range (32.5 percent) … Set the school record for free throw percentage in a season at 91.2 (62-of-68), breaking the previous best of 85.6 percent set in 1991-92 by David Donerlson … Totaled 359 points, 113 rebounds, 64 assists, 53 steals and four blocks on the year … Ranked first in the MEAC in free throw percentage (91.2), third in steals (1.8), eighth in 3-point field goals (1.6), 12
th in 3-point field goal percentage (32.5), and 15
th in scoring (12.0) … In MEAC games only, stood second in steals (1.9), ninth in 3-point field goals (1.7), 13
th in assists (2.8) and 20
th in scoring (11.7) … Ranked 72
nd in the nation in steals (1.77) … Ranked 12
th in NSU Division I records in steals (53) and 13
th in steals per game (1.77) … Had 20 games with 10 or more points, including three with 20 or more points … Scored a season-high 25 points in a win against the Apprentice School on Nov. 14 … Shot a career-best 10-of-12 from the floor, the 12
th-best percentage in a game in D-I history … Also made a season-best 5-of-6 from deep that game, the second-best percentage in D-I history, and had a career-high six steals, the seventh-most in a game over that span … Scored 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 3-of-4 from deep, in a victory against Bethune-Cookman on Jan. 4 … Shot 7-of-13 from the floor and went for 20 points in a win over Delaware State on Feb. 8 with four rebounds and four assists … Scored 19 points, hitting a season-best 6-of-6 from the free throw line, with five rebounds and two steals at Monmouth on Nov. 27 … Shot 6-of-14 from the floor and had 18 points with four rebounds and two steals at Stony Brook on Dec. 29 … Scored 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting, 3-of-6 from 3-point range, at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 1, tying a season high with six rebounds while adding three assists and three steals … Added 15 points on 5-of-9 from the floor with four rebounds, four assists and four steals in a win over Florida A&M on Jan. 27 … Went for 17 points in games at Bradley (6-of-12 shooting) on Nov. 19 and versus Drexel on Dec. 21, in addition to 17 points (6-of-10 shooting), four rebounds and four assists in a win at Coppin State on Jan. 6 … Scored 15 points on 6-of-12 from the floor with five rebounds, two assists and two steals at Florida A&M on Feb. 22 … Also had 15 points two games later at home in a win over Howard on Feb. 29, shooting 5-of-10 overall, 3-of-6 from 3-point range, with six rebounds and two steals … Had a season-high five assists twice in wins over Maryland Eastern Shore on Jan. 18 and at Delaware State on March 2 … Ended the year with 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in a career-best 38 minutes in a win at Morgan State on March 5.
2018-19 (Freshman Year)
Played in 28 games on the year … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.4 rebounds in 8.5 minutes per game … Shot 26-of-68 from the floor (38.2 percent), including 5-of-20 from 3-point range … Also made 10-of-16 from the free throw line (62.5 percent) … On the season, totaled 67 points, 40 rebounds, 18 assists, nine steals and one block … Scored in double figures once, a season-high 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting, including a season-high 2-of-3 from deep, and season-best 3-of-3 from the free throw line with two rebounds and an assist in a win at South Carolina State on Jan. 21 … Made a season-best 4-of-4 from the field for nine points in a win at UTEP on Dec. 21 … Shot 3-of-6 from the field and had eight points, one rebound and one assist at South Carolina on Nov. 13 … Had season-high seven rebounds with six points and two steals in a win over Coppin State on March 2 … Also added six points at Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 9 … Contributed five points in the season finale at Colorado on March 25 … Had a season-high three assists with three rebounds and a steal in a season-best 22 minutes at Michigan on Nov. 6.
High School
Competed at Lake Taylor High School under coach Kenny Brown … Led Lake Taylor to the Class 4A state title, the first in its history, and a 26-1 record as a senior … Averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists … Scored 33 points in the state semifinal win over Huguenot … Named first-team Class 4 All-State, first-team 4A All-East Region and first-team All-Tidewater by the
Virginian Pilot … Named the Conference 17 Player of the Year as a junior in 2017 … Averaged 17 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals per game … Garnered first-team All-Region and second-team All-State accolades … Earned first-team All-Tidewater and first-team all-conference honors … Led the Titans to the conference regular season and tournament titles, the 4A East quarterfinals and a 20-4 record … Averaged 12 points, six rebounds and four assists as a sophomore, leading Lake Taylor to the state championship game and a 24-5 overall record … Earned second-team all-conference honors that year … Tallied 12 points, four rebounds and three assists as a freshman … Led Lake Taylor to the 4A regional semifinal round … Was a career 1,000-point scorer … Also competed on Lake Taylor’s football team that won the state title and went 15-0 in 2014 his freshman year, playing wide receiver and defensive back while serving as the backup quarterback … Ran track as a junior.
AAU/Club
Competed for the Boo Williams and Team Loaded 757 AAU teams.
Personal
Full name is Jamonda Roshawn Bryant Jr. … Goes by Joe … Born on March 5, 2000 … Son of Helen and Jamonda Bryant … Has two younger siblings twins Jaden and Jada Bryant … Relative Glenda Wiggins also attended NSU … Mother Helen played basketball at Penn State from 1991-94 … Majoring in mass communications … Wants to pursue a professional career or become a TV analyst … Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) … Enjoys listening to music and playing video games.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
30, vs. North Carolina Central (3-11-21) |
| FG Made |
11, vs. Howard (3-3-22) |
| FG Att. |
23, at Coppin State (2-19-22) |
| 3 Pt. FG Made |
7, vs. North Carolina Central (3-11-21) |
| 3 Pt. FG Att. |
13, at Coppin State (2-19-22) |
| FT Made |
16, vs. Tennessee State (11-13-21) |
| FT Att. |
18, vs. N.C. Central (3-10-23) |
| Rebounds |
14, vs. Hampton (12-17-22) |
| Assists |
7 (2x), last: vs. UMES (1-7-23) |
| Steals |
6, vs. Apprentice School (11-14-19) |
| Blocks |
2 (2x), last: vs. Delaware State (2-13-23) |
| Minutes |
40, vs. N.C. Central (3-10-23) |
