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Men's Basketball Adds Freidel for 2022-23
4/29/2022 10:05:00 AM | Men's Basketball
HARRISONBURG, Va. - The James Madison men's basketball team has officially added guard Noah Freidel for the 2022-23 season, Head Coach Mark Byington announced on Friday morning.
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Freidel joins the Dukes after three standout seasons at South Dakota State, having averaged 13.6 points and 3.7 rebounds across 63 career games with the Jackrabbits, posting an eye-popping 39.2% (146-372) clip from the three-point line in that time.
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"Noah is very talented - he is very competitive and an elite scorer with deep range," Byington said. "In his young career, he's already had many big games - I'm excited to coach him. He has dealt with some adversity and is eager to be a role model for others and help us win at a high level."
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This past season, the 6'4" guard averaged 20.1 points across the first 11 games of the season, hitting at least two three-pointers in each of those contests. In 2019-20 as a freshman, he averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists in conference games, earning both Summit League Rookie of the Year and All-Summit League Honorable Mention honors.
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Freidel, who arrives in Harrisonburg with two years of eligibility remaining, will be the fourth different player on the JMU roster to have earned a league's Rookie of the Year honors in his career, joining Takal Molson (MAAC, 2017-18), Vado Morse (NEC, 2018-19) and Tyree Ihenacho (Summit, 2020-21).
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Prior to arriving at SDSU, Freidel averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds 2.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a senior at Tea High School, capturing First Team All-State honors for the second straight season after racking up 26 points per contest as a junior.
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Freidel will join a JMU roster that returns more than 80% of its scoring from the 2021-22 campaign and already added incoming freshman forward Jerell Roberson this past November.
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Freidel joins the Dukes after three standout seasons at South Dakota State, having averaged 13.6 points and 3.7 rebounds across 63 career games with the Jackrabbits, posting an eye-popping 39.2% (146-372) clip from the three-point line in that time.
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"Noah is very talented - he is very competitive and an elite scorer with deep range," Byington said. "In his young career, he's already had many big games - I'm excited to coach him. He has dealt with some adversity and is eager to be a role model for others and help us win at a high level."
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This past season, the 6'4" guard averaged 20.1 points across the first 11 games of the season, hitting at least two three-pointers in each of those contests. In 2019-20 as a freshman, he averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists in conference games, earning both Summit League Rookie of the Year and All-Summit League Honorable Mention honors.
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Freidel, who arrives in Harrisonburg with two years of eligibility remaining, will be the fourth different player on the JMU roster to have earned a league's Rookie of the Year honors in his career, joining Takal Molson (MAAC, 2017-18), Vado Morse (NEC, 2018-19) and Tyree Ihenacho (Summit, 2020-21).
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Prior to arriving at SDSU, Freidel averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds 2.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a senior at Tea High School, capturing First Team All-State honors for the second straight season after racking up 26 points per contest as a junior.
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Freidel will join a JMU roster that returns more than 80% of its scoring from the 2021-22 campaign and already added incoming freshman forward Jerell Roberson this past November.
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