A.J. Staton-McCray Season 2024-25
#11PositionGuard
Weight196 lbs
Height6-4
ClassRedshirt Junior
HometownDelray Beach, Fla.
Previous SchoolSamford
- Played in all 31 games for the Hurricanes, starting 17
- Averaged 7.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game
- Second on the team in total steals at 33
- Scored in double-figures on eight occasions, eclipsing the 20-point mark twice
- Poured in a season-high 22 points at Louisville
- Tallied a career-high four blocks against Duke
- Recorded four multi-block games in 2024-25
- Southern Conference All-Defensive Team member
- Southern Conference Third Team honoree
- Appeared in 31 of 35 games, making 27 starts
- Averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per contest
- Recorded 18 double-digit outings and one double-double
- Finished fifth in SoCon in steals (1.6) and sixth in free throw percentage (.835)
- Set new career high in scoring (29) against Chattanooga
- Played in 31 games, while earning the starting nod 11 times
- Averaged 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game
- Shot 45 percent from the floor and 77 percent from the charity stripe
- Posted a field-goal efficiency of 50 percent in SoCon play, while averaging 10.3 points per game
- Led the SoCon with an average of 1.8 steals per game
- Tallied three or more steals on eight occasions and grabbed five steals in a game twice
- Scored 10 or more points nine times, with a season-high 18 points at Western Carolina on Feb. 1
- Played in just three games before being sidelined the rest of the season due to injury
- Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team after playing in all 19 games for the Bulldogs while making 14 starts
- Averaged 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game
- Scored in double figures 10 times including a career-high 23 points versus Belhaven (12/21)
- Dished out 32 assists on the season
- Recorded a team-high 30 steals
- Finished the season ranked second in the SoCon steals per game (1.7) and 30th overall in scoring
- Named First-Team All-SIAA at West Oaks Academy in Florida
- Averaged 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals per game as a senior
- Team was ranked in the top 10 in the nation
- Won a state championship as a junior at Blanche Ely High School
- Named the MVP of the state tournament as a junior
- Rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals