PERSONAL...
Son of Natalie Maxwell.
AT DRURY...
CAREER/SENIOR
The Second Team All-GLVC selection led the Panthers, was fourth in the GLVC and was 36th in the nation with a 57.2% field goal percentage on 190-of-332 shooting...Shot a season best 85.7% vs. Ferris State on November 26 on 6-of-7 shooting, was 9-of-11 at Missouri S&T on January 15 for 81.8% and shot 80.0% vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on 8-of-10 on January 17...Also earned GLVC Player of the Week honors for the Week of January 24...Was eighth in the GLVC and second on the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg. and scored a season high 23 points in back to back games, those coming on January 27 vs. Maryville on on January 29 vs. Missouri-St. Louis...Scored 22 points four times and 21 points three times with 489 for the season...Led the Panthers in rebounding and was fifth in the GLVC averaging 7.1 per game and 221 for the season...Had a season high 15 boards vs. Rockhurst on February 20 and pulled down 12 boards in the Midwest Regional vs. Ferris State on March 13 and 12 vs. Southwestern College on December 30...Had a season highs of seven offensive boards vs. Rockhurst on February 20 and vs. Southwestern College on December 30...Posted a season high eight defensive rebounds in back to back games coming against Rockhurst on February 20 and vs. Saint Joseph's on February 26...Led the Panthers with 19 blocks and finished 13th in the conference averaging .61 blocks per game...Had a season high three blocks vs. Saint Joseph's on February 26 and three at Kentucky Wesleyan on January 8...Had a season high six steals at Kentucky Wesleyan on January 8 and had three steals twice in games vs. Ferris State in the Midwest Regional on March 13 and at Quincy on January 22...Made a season high nine free throws on 9-of-11 vs. Missouri-St. Louis on January 29...Had a season high four assists vs. Saint Joseph's on February 26 and dished out 31 for the year... Had a three pointer vs. Ferris State on November 26...His 589 points for 2010-11 tied him for 34th most for a season.
PREP/PREVIOUS SCHOOL...
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Maxwell will have one season of eligibility with the Panthers after playing three seasons with the Redhawks of Southeast Missouri State...Maxwell played 27 games and started seven last season for SEMO, averaging 5.4 points and 3.1 rebounds and finishing second on the team with 12 blocked shots in his nearly 14 minutes per game as Maxwell and the Redhawks made the transition to new head coach Dickey Nutt...As a sophomore, Maxwell played in 38 games and made 15 starts for the Redhawks, averaging 7.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game and had two double-doubles, including a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against Kansas State in November, 2008...He also had a 17-point game that season against Tennessee State and a 16-point, 8-rebound effort against Bradley...He picked up double-figure rebounds five times in 2008-09 - snagging 13 against Eastern Kentucky, 11 vs. Longwood and 10 each against K-State, Eastern Illinois and Austin Peay...Maxwell suffered a season-ending knee injury and redshirted in 2007-08, but played in 30 games and started three as a true freshman in 2006-07, averaging 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds and scoring a game-high 15 points when the Redhawks played Big Ten Conference member Purdue, which followed a 14-point night against Big 12 member Iowa State in the previous contest, when he also sank three 3-pointers in the latter... Maxwell hails from Raytown, Mo., where he was recruited by the DU basketball coaching staff out of high school after averaging 15 pionts and 10 rebounds and earning all-state honors his senior season while battling illness...Maxwell averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds his junior campaign at Raytown...He was a McDonald's All-America nominee and was named the conference MVP at Raytown High School.
JAJUAN'S FAVORITES...
Food: Chinese
Restaurant: P.F. Chang's
Musical Artist: Drake, Lil' Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z
Movie: More Than a Game
TV Show: The Game and The Office
Hobbies: Playing XBOX 360
Pro Athlete: Carmelo Anthony
Your Dream Job: Pro Athlete/FBI Agent
JAJUAN MAXWELL'S DRURY CAREER HIGHS...
Points: 23 vs. Missouri-St. Louis (1/29/11)
23 vs. Maryville (1/27/11)
3 Pointers Made: 1 vs. Ferris State (11/26/10)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Rockhurst (2/20/11)
Assists: 4 vs. Saint Joseph's (2/26/11)
Steals: 6 at Kentucky Wesleyan (1/8/11)
Blocks: 3 vs. Saint Joseph's (2/26/11)
3 at Kentucky Wesleyan (1/8/11)
For a game-by-game statistical review of JaJuan's Drury career click on the year below.
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YEAR
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GP-GS
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FG%
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FT%
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REB-AVG
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TP-AVG
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BLK
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STL
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A
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2010-11
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31-16
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57.2
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75.0
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221-7.1
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489-15.8
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19
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28
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31
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