2019-20 Merrimack College Men's Basketball Roster

Jim Stankiewicz
Mary Schwalm
Nick Grace
J.D. Cavrich
J.D. Cavrich
J.D. Cavrich
Nick Grace
Jim Stankiewicz

0 Juvaris Hayes

  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 195
  • Hometown Paterson, N.J.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Saint Anthony's
  • Major Communications

Biography

2019-20

  • Started in all 31 games for Merrimack
  • Led the team in steals (121)
  • Set the all time NCAA steals record across all divisions with 457 career steals
  • Led the team in minutes played (1121)
  • Led the team in points (332)
  • Led the team in assists (198)
  • Averaged 10.7 points per game, ranking second on the team
  • Led the team in rebounds
  • Received All American honors for third consecutive season
  • Achieved NEC Defensive Player of the Year
  • Was named to NEC All-Conference First Team
  • Received the Lefty Driesell Award as the nation's top defensive player


2018-19:

  • Division II Bulletin All-American (Honorable Mention)
  • Preseason All-American (Street & Smith’s Yearbook, DII Bulletin)
  • Bevo Francis Award Watch List (Top 100, Top 50, Top 25)
  • D2CCA All-East Region First Team, NABC All-District First Team
  • NE10 Defensive Player of the Year
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • NE10 All-Tournament Team
  • USBWA National Player of the Week (3/5)
  • Two-time NE10 Player of the Week (11/12, 2/28)
  • Became the sixth two-time All-American in program history
  • Finished as the season as the first player in NCAA Basketball history to total at least 600 points, 200 assists, 200 rebounds and 100 steals in a single season
  • Totaled career highs with 618 points, 217 rebounds and 125 steals; Posted 212 assists, the third straight season with over 200
  • Set a NE10 single-season record in steals; led the nation in total steals and steals per game (3.91)
  • Ranked third in DII in total assists and sixth in assists per game (6.6)
  • Led the NE10 in steals, steals per game and total assists while ranking second in helpers per contest
  • Established new career highs in total rebounds, offensive boards (70) and rebounding average (6.8)
  • The lone NE10 player to rank among the top 15 in the league in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game
  • Recorded the first 600-point season in school history since Steve Curran '92 in 1991-92, and the most overall points in a single season since Paul Neal in 1989
  • Hit a career-high 241 field goals, the most for a Merrimack player since 1984; Ranked 18th nationally in FGM
  • Shot a career-high 53.4 percent from the field, scored in double figures in 30 of 32 games and notched 13 games of at least 20 points
  • 46-point performance in the NE10 Quarterfinals against Adelphi registered as the highest scoring output for a Merrimack player in a single game in over two decades (1997)
  • Finished his DII career ranking 10th in career steals (336) and 16th in career assists (754)

2017-18:

  • Division II Bulletin Honorable Mention All-American
  • NABC All-District First Team, D2CCA All-East Region First Team
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • Street & Smith’s Yearbook Preseason All-American
  • One of two Warriors to start in all 32 games in 2017-18
  • Led the NCAA & NE10 with 3.88 steals per game, 255 total assists and 124 total steals
  • Became the 44th player in program history to score 1,000 career points
  • Led team in field goals (212), free throws (132), points (570), points per game (17.8), rebounds (187) and rebounds per game (5.8)
  • Set a new personal best with 35 points versus Adelphi (1/09)
  • Set a new personal-best for assists in a game with 17 at Holy Family
  • Recorded a triple-double vs Southern Conn. State (1/03)
  • Scored in double figures in 29 of 32 games and recorded eight games with at least 10 assists
  • Set the nation’s single-game high in assists (17) and tied the country’s single-game high with nine steals vs. Bentley (12/12)

2016-17:

  • NE10 Rookie of the Year, NE10 All-Conference Second Team, NE10 All-Rookie Team
  • Broke Merrimack's single-season assist record (287), ranking second all-time in NE10 single-season annals
  • NCAA statisitcal champion in assists per game (9.3) and total assists
  • Finished top-five nationally in total steals (87) and steals per game (2.8)
  • Posted the second-most steals in a single season in school history, which was good for the seventh-most in NE10 history
  • Led Merrimack with 12 double-doubles and one triple-double against Concordia (11/27)
  • Scored in double figures in 23 games, totaling at least 10 assists in 16 games
  • Notched 16 assists against LIU Post (12/30), tied for the single-game high nationwide throughout the year
  • Scored a season-high 28 points against Franklin Pierce (12/6)
  • Led the team in minutes per game (34.9), finished second in FG% (50.2) and third in scoring (13.9 ppg)

Before Merrimack: 

  • Member of the nationally ranked Saint Anthony's boys basketball program
  • Posted a undefeated 32-0 record during his final season 

Personal: 

  • Born on Feb. 8, 1998
  • Son of Tawana Hayes
  • Has 13 siblings
  • Communications major at Merrimack

Career Highs:

Points: 46 vs. Adelphi - March 3, 2019
Rebounds: 13, vs Jefferson - Nov. 11, 2017; Southern N.H. - Dec.18, 2016
Assists: 17 at Holy Family - Nov. 12, 2017 
Steals: 9 vs. Bentley - Dec. 12, 2017; vs. Saint Michael's - Dec. 8, 2018; at Central Conn. St. - Jan. 11, 2020
Blocks: 2 vs. Jefferson - Nov. 11, 2017; vs. New Haven - Feb. 25, 2018; vs. Assumption - Nov. 14, 2018
FG made: 19 vs. Adelphi - Mar. 3, 2019
FG attempts: 30 vs. Adelphi - Mar. 3, 2019
3FG made: 3 vs. Franklin Pierce -Dec. 6, 2016; at Le Moyne - Mar. 11, 2017; at So. New Hampshire - Nov. 21, 2017; at Bryant - Feb. 18, 2020
3FG attempts: 10 at Bryant - Feb. 18, 2020
FT made: 11 vs. Southern Conn. St. - Jan. 3, 2018; vs. Post - Jan. 25, 2018
FT attempts: 14 Concordia (N.Y.) - Nov. 27, 2016; American Int'l - Jan. 24, 2017; vs. Post - Jan. 25, 2018 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

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    2017-18Sophomore

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    2018-19Junior

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    2019-20Senior

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