A 6-foot-2 guard, Mashburn played three seasons at New Mexico.
Coach Adam Fisher of Temple high-fiving the players before the team played East Carolina at the Liacouras Center on Jan. 10, 2024.men’s basketball coach Adam Fisher got a little creative late Monday morning. NCAA rules forbid coaches from talking publicly about unsigned athletes, but GIFs? They’re free game.The Owls landed a commitment from New Mexico transfer Jamal Mashburn Jr., the son of the former NBA All-Star announced Monday afternoon.
Mashburn, a 6-foot-2 guard, has one year of eligibility remaining. He played his freshman season at Minnesota and then followed coach Richard Pitino Jr. to New Mexico, where he was a two-time all-conference selection in the Mountain West. Mashburn posted 14.1 points per game and shot 31.7% from three-point range while helping lead New Mexico to the NCAA Tournament in 2023-24. Those numbers were a decline from his sophomore and junior seasons, when Mashburn averaged 18.2 and 19.1 points and shot 34.2% and 38.2% from beyond the arc, respectively. Mashburn’s scoring average in his junior season was tied for the first in the Mountain West.Mashburn’s commitment is a big one for coach Adam Fisher and the Temple staff.
Temple is losing a few players from its own roster via the portal, including point guard Hysier Miller, the team’s leading scorer, and second-leading scorer Jordan Riley. Mashburn’s commitment is a good starting point for Fisher as he continues to build the Owls’ 2024-25 roster in the portal. Rivals ranked Mashburn 103rd out of the more than 1,700 players who were in the portal as of Monday morning.
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