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Pitt G Jaland Lowe Takes Home Local Player of the Year Award

Pitt Panthers freshman Jaland Lowe took home player of the year honors in his home district.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt G Jaland Lowe Takes Home Local Player of the Year Award
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers' highest-rated commit in the incoming recruiting class, Jaland Lowe, isn't done separating himself as one of the best players in his class and region. 

This week, the newly-minted Pitt freshman took home Fort Bend Independent School District Basketball Player of the Year honors at a ceremony in his hometown of Houston, Texas. 

He averaged 27 points per game and cracked the 2,000-point threshold for his career while leading his Buffaloes to a 35-4 record and 14-0 mark this past season. 

Lowe is still the highest-rated signee in Pitt's 2023 class, which had been ranked in the top-25 of both Rivals' and 247Sports' team rankings earlier in the cycle. The Panthers now sit at 34th in Rivals' pecking order and 24th in 247Sports'. The class also includes fellow four-star combo guard, Carlton Carrington and three-star wing Marlon Barnes. 

Lowe moved into campus housing in Oakland earlier this week, per a report from George Michalowski of Pittsburgh Sports Now and he will begin taking classes and practicing this summer. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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