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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

3 Ja'Juan Carr

3 Ja'Juan Carr

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Burgaw, NC
  • Highschool:
    Pender HS
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 195

Summary

Biography

Accolades
  • Conference Carolinas Championship Most Valuable Player (2025)
  • 2x All-Conference Carolinas (Second Team, 2024-25; Third Team, 2022-23)
  • Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll (2022-23)

At Elon
2025-26 (Gr.)
  • Graduate student-athlete in his first season with the Elon men's basketball program
  • Joined the Phoenix via the transfer portal in April 2025

Before Elon
2024-25 (R-Sr.) (UNC Pembroke)
  • Entered the transfer portal as a graduate following the 2024-25 campaign
  • Voted onto the All-Conference Carolinas Second Team following a dynamic senior season
  • Named the Conference Carolinas Championship Most Valuable Player after leading UNC Pembroke to its second straight tournament title
  • Logged 28.4 minutes played per game & started all 32 games
  • Averaged 13.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, a team-best 3.2 assists & 1.0 steals per game
  • Shot 55.1% (161-292) from the floor & 45.6% (41-90) from 3-point range
  • Double-figure scorer in 23 of 32 games, including the final eight games of the year
  • Dished out 5-plus assists in nine games, including a season-high 9 dimes vs. Mount Olive (Dec. 7)
  • Averaged 17.0 PPG in UNC Pembroke's five postseason contests
  • Poured in a season-best 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting vs. King (March 8) in the Conference Carolinas Championship semifinals
  • Tallied 19 points, 8 rebounds & 4 steals in the Braves' overtime loss to Lenoir-Rhyne (March 18) in the NCAA Division II Tournament Southeast Regional final
  • Knocked down three or more 3-pointers three times; had a season-best 4-of-5 shooting effort from deep vs. USC Aiken (Nov. 8)
2023-24 (R-Jr.) (UNC Pembroke)
  • Made 28 starts while seeing action in 29 total games & averaged 29.2 minutes played per game
  • Averaged 9.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game
  • Dished out four-plus assists 11 times, including a season-high six vs. Erskine (Feb. 10)
  • Double-figure scorer in 16 games; had a season-high 20 points twice vs. USC Aiken (Nov. 12) & Converse (Jan. 6)
  • Averaged 5.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG & 3.0 APG across two games to help lead UNC Pembroke to Conference Carolinas Tournament title
  • Shot 7-of-10 from the floor & 4-of-6 from 3-point range while posting 5 rebounds & 4 assists to go along with his 20 points vs. Converse (Jan. 6)
  • Posted 16 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists & 3 steals in the Braves' NCAA Division II Tournament Southeast Regional first round loss to Catawba (March 16)
2022-23 (R-So.) (UNC Pembroke)
  • Earned as spot on the All-Conference Carolinas Third Team in his first season at UNC Pembroke
  • Played in all 30 games & made 29 starts
  • Averaged 10.2 points, 2.4 rebounds & 2.8 assists per game while shooting 55.7% from the floor (117-210)
  • Led the Braves with 28.3 minutes played per game
  • Totaled 23 steals & 21 blocks
  • Scored double figures 14 times, including two 20-point efforts
  • Shot 7-of-11 from the floor, 2-of-3 from deep & 7-of-9 at the free throw line for a season-high 23 points vs. Barton (Jan. 18)
  • Dished a season-best 7 assists to go along with 17 points vs. Chowan (Feb. 15)
  • Scored 13 points & had 3 rebounds & 2 assists in the Braves' NCAA Division II Tournament first-round loss to North Georgia (March 11)
  • Stuffed the box score with 9 points, 8 boards, 5 assists & 2 blocks vs. Catawba (Nov. 13)
  • Tallied 15 points, 4 rebounds & 3 assists over 37 minutes in his UNC Pembroke debut vs. Newberry (Nov. 12)
  • Selected to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll
2021-22 (R-Fr.) (Cape Fear Community College)
  • Made 23 starts across 25 games played in his first collegiate season of action at Cape Fear Community College
  • Averaged 14.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists & 1.2 steals in 30.3 minutes played per game
  • Shot 51.8% (144-278) from the floor & 31% (13-42) from deep
  • Scored double figures in 19 games, including eight contests with 20-plus points
  • Recorded a double-double with 20 points & 10 rebounds vs. Gaston
  • Tallied 3-plus assists 15 times & posted multiple steals in six games
  • Added 13 blocks on the defensive end
2020-21 (Fr.) (UNCW)
  • Redshirted as a true freshman member of the UNCW men's basketball program
  • Entered the transfer portal following the 2020-21 season
High School
  • Graduated from Pender High School (Burgaw, North Carolina) in spring 2020
  • Signed with UNC WIlmington out of high school
  • Hauled in All-State, All-District & All-Conference honors as a senior after averaging 21.5 PPG, 7.0 RPG & 7.0 APG
  • Tabbed as conference & district player of the year in 2020 as a senior
  • 2019-20 Wilmington Star-News Player of the Year
  • Played on the AAU circuit for WBC Elite

Personal
  • Son of Adrian Carr & Lacold Pridgen
  • Has one brother, Jalen & one sister, Brianna
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