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2017-18: Earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors in a breakout campaign, leading the team with his 14.1 point-per-game scoring average (finishing 12th in the conference) ... team captain ... appeared in 32 games on the season, starting the final 23 ... also led the Panthers in three-point field goal percentage (.383), three-pointers made (75) and steals (38) ... DNP at Marquette Oct. 22 ... played 19 minutes off the bench in the exhibition against Wisconsin Lutheran Nov. 2, finishing with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a pair of steals ... chipped in 8 points in the opener against La Crosse Nov. 10 ... chipped in 8 points and tied his career-high by grabbing 6 rebounds at Iowa State Nov. 13 ... season-high 11 points against FIU Nov. 18, hitting a trio of 3’s ... hit a couple of big 3’s on his way to 10 points against Elon Nov. 19, adding a career-best 3 steals ... a spark off the bench in the win at Jacksonville Dec. 5, leading the team with 14 points ... added a 4-4 showing at the FT line ... had the best outing of his season to date, scoring a team-high 21 points at Western Illinois Dec. 9 ... set a season-best in points for the second game in a row, finishing with the second 20-plus point effort of his UWM career ... also set bests with 35 minutes and 5 made 3’s ... netted 20-plus points in back-to-back games for the first time in his UWM career at Belmont Dec. 13, finishing with a team-high 20 points in a career-best 38 minutes ... scored 14 points against Western Michigan Dec. 22 ... led the way with 18 points in the win over Detroit Mercy Dec. 30 ... paced the offense with a season-high 24 points against YSU Jan. 4, tying his UWM-high with 9 made FG’s ... led team in scoring for third game in a row at CSU Jan. 6, netting 19 that included five 3’s while adding a career-high tying 6 rebounds ... led the way once again, netting 21 points at IUPUI Jan. 10 ... scored 16 points at UIC Jan. 10, with season-highs of 8 made FT and 38 minutes played ... put together one if his best games in a UWM uniform at Green Bay Jan. 15 ... had a season-high 26 points (on 10-14 shooting), while tying or setting career-highs in assists (6), steals (3/tie), field goals (10), 3’s (5/tie) and minutes played (42) ... tied for team lead with 17 points in the win over YSU Jan. 25, netting 15 of them in the second half ... led the way against UIC with 17 points Jan. 29 ... led the way in the upset of Wright State Feb. 10, scoring a team-high 18 points ... lit it up for a season-high 29 points against IUPUI Feb. 16, the highest single-game output for any Panther this season ... also recorded a career-best 4 steals against the Jags ... led the Panthers with 22 points in the Horizon League semifinal against Wright State March 5.

• 2017-18 game-by-game in PDF Format

2016-17: Played in all 35 games in his first season with the Panthers, providing a spark off the bench ... averaged 7.2 points (third on the team), 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest ... contributed 9 points in his UWM debut against Concordia in the exhibition Nov. 5, making 4-8 shots from the floor ... finished in double-figures with 10 points against MSOE Nov. 11, adding 4 boards and 2 assists ... chipped in 6 points and tied for the team lead with 5 rebounds at DePaul Nov. 20 ... scored in double-figures against ETSU Nov. 25, finishing with a season-best 11 points, including a 4-5 effort from the line ... chipped in seven points and 4 rebounds, while adding a season-high 5 assists in the contest against SDSU Nov. 27 ... played in a season-best 31 minutes against the Jackrabbits ... posted his best outing to date of his freshman season against Jacksonville Nov. 30 ... finished with season-bests of 14 points, 2 steals and 5 made FG’s, while also handing out 4 assists to 0 turnovers ... in double-figures for the second game in a row at Montana Dec. 3, finishing with 13 ... in double-figures again against Montana State Dec. 5, finishing with 12 points, including a 3 at the shot clock horn in the first half that gave UWM the lead it would keep the rest of the way ... finished with 13 points off the bench against Western Illinois Dec. 17, making 6-9 shots from the floor ... shared the team scoring lead with 10 points against Belmont Dec. 19, tying season high with 5 boards while adding 4 assists ... established a season-high with 16 points and 4 made 3’s at Youngstown State Dec. 29 ... added 4 assists and 3 rebounds ... 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists at Cleveland State Dec. 31 ... chipped in 11 points off the bench in the win against Northern Kentucky Jan. 12 ... had 7 points and a pair of boards against CSU Jan. 20 ... chipped in 5 points and a season (and team)-high 6 boards against Valpo Feb. 2 ... also tied season-best with 2 steals ... tied season-high with 16 points against UIC Feb. 4, seeing the court for a season-best 34 minutes ... notched 15 points in front of a large group of family and friends at NKU Feb. 11 ... went off for a season-high 31 points in just 26 minutes against Detroit Mercy in the postseason March 3, making 9-10 FG, 4-5 3FG and 9-11 FT’s ... the 9 FG and 9 FT were season bests, becoming just the second-ever UWM sophomore to score 30-plus in a game, while also tying the school record for most points in a Horizon League Tournament contest ... also became the first Panther to score 30-plus off the bench since December of 2006.



• 2016-17 game-by-game in PDF Format

Prior to UWM: Played at Vincennes University in 2015-16, helping the Trailblazers to a 26-8 overall record … averaged team bests of 14.3 points and 4.2 assists per game to go with 3.2 rebounds per contest … connected on 39.4 percent (67-for-170) of his attempts from beyond the arc and 76 percent (130-for-171) of his charity tosses … dropped in a season-high 35 points in a victory over John A. Logan on Dec. 12, 2015.

High School: Put up 21.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a senior at Boyle County High School … earned all-area accolades and helped the Rebels to a school-record 28 wins in 2014-15 … led the program to its first-ever appearance in the state tournament semifinals.

Personal: Son of Bruce Bell and Ivy Bell Brito ... born Oct. 5, 1996 ... nickname is JB ... a journalism major ... chose UWM because of the coaching staff ... career goal is to win a national championship ... most memorable sports experience was the state tournament run his high school team went on ... lists hobbies as playing video games and watching moves.
 

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UWM Career Highs
Points    31 vs. UDM, 3/3 
Rebounds    6 vs. Valpo, 2/2 
Assists    5 vs. SDSU, 11/27  
Steals    2, three times 
Blocks    1 vs. ETSU, 11/25 
Field Goals    9 vs. UDM, 3/3 
Three’s    4, two times 
Free Throws    9 vs. UDM, 3/3 
Minutes    34 vs. UIC, 2/4