All-WAC Second Team (2024-25)
NCAA Starting 5 Top Performances (Feb. 12, 2025)
WAC Player of the Week (Feb. 10, 2025)
Senior (2024-25):
Named Second Team All-WAC … Led Tarleton State in scoring in conference play with 13.3 points per game, helping the Texans to a second-place finish in the WAC … Averaged 10.3 points per game (349) points and 4.4 rebounds per game (150 rebounds) … Dished out 48 assists to go with 38 steals and 16 blocks … Scored at least 20 points in four different WAC games, scoring a season-high 26 points with seven 3-pointers in the Texans' final game at Wisdom Gym against CBU (3/6) … Shot 70% from beyond the arc against CBU (3/6), the second-highest 3-point percentage by a Texan in a game in the Division I Era … Made her first two starts in Tarleton State’s first two home games against New Orleans (11/12) and Northwestern State (11/16), recording two consecutive 11-point games … Had 16 points and nine rebounds while playing all 40 minutes to lead the Texans past Delaware (11/29) in the Big Easy Classic … Dished out her 100th career assist against Utah Tech (1/11) … Averaged 19 points per game between Feb. 1-22, starting with a 21-point performance at Southern Utah (2/1) … Recorded back-to-back 25-point outings Feb. 6-8, being named WAC Player of the Week on Feb. 10 in the process … Listed on the NCAA’s Starting 5 for top performances of the week on Feb. 12 … Became the first Texan in the Division I Era to post two consecutive 25-point games … First Texan since the 2013-14 season to post back-to-back games with at least 25 points (Kiara Wright, Feb. 5-8, 2014) … Became the first Texan in the Division I Era to have back-to-back games with six or more 3-pointers … First Texan since the 2011-12 season to have two consecutive games with six or more 3-pointers (Peyton Adamson, Jan. 11-14, 2012).
Junior (2023-24):
Led Tarleton in scoring with 348 points, averaging 11.2 points per game … Finished in the top 20 in the WAC in scoring … Scored in double figures 18 times and had two games with at least 20 points … Led the team in made 3-pointers with 31 … Played 31 games, starting the final 27 games for Tarleton … Grabbed 85 rebounds to go with 76 assists and 11 blocks … Was second on the team in steals with 26 … Began the season with two consecutive double-digit outings with 10 points against Howard Payne (11/6) and 13 points at Texas Tech (11/10) … Scored 16 points and grabbed four rebounds against Eastern Washington (11/22) … Made 11 of her 13 shots en route to a season-high 34 points at McNeese (12/16) … Earned WAC Player and Newcomer of the Week honors for her efforts on Dec. 18 … Entered the new calendar year with three consecutive double-digit outings, starting with 10 points at Texas Southern (12/30) … Dropped 13 points at UT Arlington (1/4) and 17 points against California Baptist (1/11) … Recorded back-to-back games with 17 points against UTRGV (1/20) and at Southern Utah (1/25) … Followed that up with 12 points at Utah Tech (1/27) and 16 points against Abilene Christian (2/1) … Scored 15 points in two consecutive games against Utah Valley (2/8) and Seattle (2/10) … Finished the season scoring at least 12 points in five out of Tarleton’s final six games, beginning with 14 points at California Baptist (2/24) … Had 14 points against Utah Tech (2/29) and 13 points against Southern Utah (3/2) … Finished Tarleton’s regular season road swing with 12 points at Utah Valley (3/7) and 17 points at Seattle (3/9) … Led Tarleton with 20 points to lift the Texans to its first WAC Tournament victory in program history.
Blinn College (2021-23):
NJCAA honorable mention in 2022-23 … Two-time NJCAA national tournament guard … Had her best year last season, averaging career-highs in scoring (8.7 PPG), assists (3.0 APG) and steals (1.2 SPG) … Also added 3.2 RPG, starting all of Blinn College's 35 games in which the Buccaneers went 31-4, 15-1 in conference play … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championships as the No. 5 seed … Led her team in scoring in the national tournament at 14.0 PPG … Scored 10+ points 16 times and had 5+ assists nine times in 2022-23 ... Scored a career-high 21 points in the opener against Bill Brock's McLennan CC team, making 7-of-12 from the field and 3-of-7 from the three-point line, to go with six rebounds and five assists … Went a combined 59-9 in her two seasons with Blinn College, advancing to the second round of the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Tournament in 2021-22 as a No. 7 seed … That season, Long helped Blinn to the program's first ever Region XIV championship … In both seasons the Buccaneers qualified for the national tournament, it marked two of their four times making it in 21 years … Entering Tarleton, has played in 84 career collegiate games, averaging 7.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals.
Ranger College (2020-21):
Played in 20 games, averaging 4.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game … Scored a season-high 11 points twice … Secured a season-high eight rebounds against her future school, Blinn College.
Midway High School:
Played three years of varsity basketball and was on the cheer team all four years.
Personal:
Is a 2020 graduate of Midway High School graduate in Hewitt, Texas … Hometown is Waco, Texas … Was on the dean’s list at Blinn College … Had a cheer scholarship at Blinn College before walking on to the women’s basketball team … Did both for half a year before focusing solely on basketball … Full name is Jakoriah Brandasia Leshanti Long … Nicknames are Ja and Jay … Daughter of Latoya Foster … Has two brothers, Corey and Darnell, and two sisters, Erica and Latesha … Majoring in criminal justice ... Born Aug. 5.
