Taj Royster

33 Taj Royster

Height:

6'9"
Weight:

230
Hometown:

Houston, TX
Position:

F
Year:

Fr
City:

Houston
State:

TX
High School:

Christian Life Center Academy

gp

31
pts/g

14.0
fg %

65.3
3pt %

16.7
ft %

74.0
reb/g

9.9
a/g

1.4

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	31	12
Games started	24	11
Minutes	705	283
Minutes per game	22.7	23.6
FG	179-274	73-115
FG Pct	65.3	63.5
3PT	1-6	1-3
3PT Pct	16.7	33.3
FT	74-100	23-35
FT Pct	74.0	65.7
Off rebounds	125	48
Def rebounds	183	87
Total rebounds	308	135
Rebounds per game	9.9	11.3
Personal fouls	70	27
Disqualifications	1	-
Assists	42	21
Turnovers	41	18
Assist to turnover ratio	1.0	1.2
Steals	42	14
Blocks	46	20
Points	433	170
Points per game	14.0	14.2
Points per 40.0 min	24.6	24.0

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 11	Monterey Peninsula	W, 74-57
Feb 13	at Cabrillo	W, 78-68
Feb 20	Hartnell	W, 87-38
Feb 28	Feather River	W, 78-64
Mar 7	Modesto	W, 75-65
Mar 13	vs. Fullerton	L, 74-63

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Sep 19	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 20	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 20	vs. Fullerton		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 25	Columbia		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Compton	L, 87-75	-	9	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	2-3	66.7	6
Nov 6	Palo Verde	W, 92-71	-	3	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	2
Nov 7	Lassen	W, 72-53	-	20	3-3	100.0	0-0	-	3-5	60.0	9
Nov 8	Feather River	W, 75-64	-	19	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 18	Diablo Valley	W, 83-71	-	19	9-12	75.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	20
Nov 21	at Allan Hancock	L, 70-63	1	15	6-6	100.0	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	15
Nov 22	vs. San Diego City	L, 65-64	1	14	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	6
Nov 23	vs. Barstow	W, 62-46	1	30	15-22	68.2	0-0	-	7-9	77.8	37
Dec 2	Fresno	L, 80-76	1	29	8-8	100.0	0-0	-	3-3	100.0	19
Dec 5	at Modesto	L, 57-52	-	30	7-15	46.7	0-3	0.0	5-6	83.3	19
Dec 11	Lemoore	W, 69-57	1	28	4-10	40.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	10
Dec 12	Sequoias	W, 90-86	1	45	5-7	71.4	0-0	-	3-5	60.0	13
Dec 13	vs. Merritt	W, 89-48	1	24	6-10	60.0	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	13
Dec 17	Chabot	W, 80-73	1	29	10-12	83.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	20
Dec 20	at De Anza	W, 101-84	1	29	12-16	75.0	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	25
Jan 3	at Las Positas	W, 71-69	1	15	3-7	42.9	0-0	-	3-6	50.0	9
Jan 7	at Gavilan	W, 97-40	1	14	8-8	100.0	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	17
Jan 9	West Valley	W, 81-68	1	29	8-15	53.3	1-1	100.0	7-7	100.0	24
Jan 14	Foothill	W, 85-74	1	29	6-14	42.9	0-1	0.0	3-8	37.5	15
Jan 16	at Monterey Peninsula	W, 60-51	1	27	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	6
Jan 21	Cabrillo	W, 63-54	1	27	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	2-4	50.0	8
Jan 28	at Hartnell	W, 75-46	1	20	5-9	55.6	0-0	-	0-0	-	10
Jan 30	Gavilan	W, 103-43	1	21	11-12	91.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	22
Feb 4	at West Valley	L, 64-54	1	34	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	7
Feb 6	at Foothill	W, 70-68	1	21	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Feb 11	Monterey Peninsula	W, 74-57	1	25	5-10	50.0	0-1	0.0	3-6	50.0	13
Feb 13	at Cabrillo	W, 78-68	1	35	11-16	68.8	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	25
Feb 20	Hartnell	W, 87-38	-	1	9-11	81.8	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	19
Feb 28	Feather River	W, 78-64	1	31	4-5	80.0	0-0	-	5-6	83.3	13
Mar 7	Modesto	W, 75-65	1	1	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	6-6	100.0	14
Mar 13	vs. Fullerton	L, 74-63	1	32	5-6	83.3	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	11

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Sep 19	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 20	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 20	vs. Fullerton		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	San Jose		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 25	Columbia		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Compton	L, 87-75	-	9	3	1	4	0	1	0	1
Nov 6	Palo Verde	W, 92-71	-	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 7	Lassen	W, 72-53	-	20	2	3	5	1	0	2	2
Nov 8	Feather River	W, 75-64	-	19	1	6	7	1	2	1	1
Nov 18	Diablo Valley	W, 83-71	-	19	4	2	6	0	0	1	2
Nov 21	at Allan Hancock	L, 70-63	1	15	4	5	9	0	0	1	0
Nov 22	vs. San Diego City	L, 65-64	1	14	3	5	8	1	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs. Barstow	W, 62-46	1	30	4	5	9	1	4	3	1
Dec 2	Fresno	L, 80-76	1	29	4	4	8	0	5	4	3
Dec 5	at Modesto	L, 57-52	-	30	6	10	16	0	4	1	1
Dec 11	Lemoore	W, 69-57	1	28	5	6	11	3	4	1	1
Dec 12	Sequoias	W, 90-86	1	45	8	7	15	2	0	0	2
Dec 13	vs. Merritt	W, 89-48	1	24	3	5	8	2	1	4	0
Dec 17	Chabot	W, 80-73	1	29	8	6	14	1	0	3	2
Dec 20	at De Anza	W, 101-84	1	29	6	4	10	2	0	1	3
Jan 3	at Las Positas	W, 71-69	1	15	3	8	11	2	0	1	0
Jan 7	at Gavilan	W, 97-40	1	14	3	7	10	0	1	0	0
Jan 9	West Valley	W, 81-68	1	29	4	6	10	0	0	0	1
Jan 14	Foothill	W, 85-74	1	29	6	10	16	1	3	1	3
Jan 16	at Monterey Peninsula	W, 60-51	1	27	3	5	8	5	1	2	0
Jan 21	Cabrillo	W, 63-54	1	27	5	9	14	1	1	0	3
Jan 28	at Hartnell	W, 75-46	1	20	3	5	8	2	0	2	2
Jan 30	Gavilan	W, 103-43	1	21	1	9	10	3	0	3	0
Feb 4	at West Valley	L, 64-54	1	34	2	4	6	0	3	1	2
Feb 6	at Foothill	W, 70-68	1	21	5	7	12	1	4	0	3
Feb 11	Monterey Peninsula	W, 74-57	1	25	4	5	9	2	3	1	1
Feb 13	at Cabrillo	W, 78-68	1	35	11	14	25	3	2	3	4
Feb 20	Hartnell	W, 87-38	-	1	1	6	7	3	0	1	1
Feb 28	Feather River	W, 78-64	1	31	3	7	10	2	1	1	3
Mar 7	Modesto	W, 75-65	1	1	8	4	12	1	0	1	4
Mar 13	vs. Fullerton	L, 74-63	1	32	1	8	9	2	1	3	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Sep 19	San Jose		-	-	-	-
Sep 20	San Jose		-	-	-	-
Sep 20	vs. Fullerton		-	-	-	-
Oct 5	San Jose		-	-	-	-
Oct 25	Columbia		-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Compton	L, 87-75	-	1	-	0.0
Nov 6	Palo Verde	W, 92-71	-	0	-	-
Nov 7	Lassen	W, 72-53	-	2	-	-
Nov 8	Feather River	W, 75-64	-	3	-	0.5
Nov 18	Diablo Valley	W, 83-71	-	2	-	-
Nov 21	at Allan Hancock	L, 70-63	1	4	-	-
Nov 22	vs. San Diego City	L, 65-64	1	5	1	-
Nov 23	vs. Barstow	W, 62-46	1	2	-	0.3
Dec 2	Fresno	L, 80-76	1	2	-	0.0
Dec 5	at Modesto	L, 57-52	-	0	-	0.0
Dec 11	Lemoore	W, 69-57	1	0	-	0.8
Dec 12	Sequoias	W, 90-86	1	3	-	-
Dec 13	vs. Merritt	W, 89-48	1	1	-	2.0
Dec 17	Chabot	W, 80-73	1	4	-	-
Dec 20	at De Anza	W, 101-84	1	0	-	-
Jan 3	at Las Positas	W, 71-69	1	4	-	-
Jan 7	at Gavilan	W, 97-40	1	0	-	0.0
Jan 9	West Valley	W, 81-68	1	3	-	-
Jan 14	Foothill	W, 85-74	1	2	-	0.3
Jan 16	at Monterey Peninsula	W, 60-51	1	4	-	5.0
Jan 21	Cabrillo	W, 63-54	1	3	-	1.0
Jan 28	at Hartnell	W, 75-46	1	1	-	-
Jan 30	Gavilan	W, 103-43	1	3	-	-
Feb 4	at West Valley	L, 64-54	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 6	at Foothill	W, 70-68	1	2	-	0.3
Feb 11	Monterey Peninsula	W, 74-57	1	3	-	0.7
Feb 13	at Cabrillo	W, 78-68	1	2	-	1.5
Feb 20	Hartnell	W, 87-38	-	2	-	-
Feb 28	Feather River	W, 78-64	1	2	-	2.0
Mar 7	Modesto	W, 75-65	1	4	-	-
Mar 13	vs. Fullerton	L, 74-63	1	4	-	2.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2025-26	31	22.7	5.8-8.8	0.0-0.2	2.4-3.2	14.0
Total	31	22.7	5.8-8.8	0.0-0.2	2.4-3.2	14.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2025-26	31	24	705	179-274	65.3	1-6	16.7	74-100	74.0	433
Total	31	24	705	179-274	65.3	1-6	16.7	74-100	74.0	433

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2025-26	31	705	22.7	10.2-15.5	0.1-0.3	16.7	4.2-5.7	24.6
Total	31	705	22.7	10.2-15.5	0.1-0.3	16.7	4.2-5.7	24.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2025-26	31	4.0	5.9	9.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5
Total	31	4.0	5.9	9.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2025-26	31	24	125	183	308	42	41	42	46
Total	31	24	125	183	308	42	41	42	46

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2025-26	31	7.1	10.4	17.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6
Total	31	7.1	10.4	17.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	31	22.7	5.8-8.8	0.0-0.2	2.4-3.2	14.0
Conference	12	23.6	6.1-9.6	0.1-0.2	1.9-2.9	14.2
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	17	21.5	5.4-8.2	0.1-0.2	2.6-3.5	13.5
Away	10	24.0	5.9-9.2	0.0-0.3	1.9-2.6	13.7
Neutral	4	25.0	7.0-10.5	0.0-0.0	2.8-3.5	16.8
Result
Wins	24	22.6	6.1-9.4	0.0-0.1	2.4-3.2	14.6
Losses	7	23.3	4.7-6.9	0.0-0.4	2.4-3.1	11.9
Month
November	8	16.1	4.8-6.9	0.0-0.0	2.6-3.4	12.1
December	7	30.6	7.4-11.1	0.0-0.4	2.1-2.6	17.0
January	8	22.8	5.8-9.5	0.1-0.2	2.2-3.5	13.9
February	6	24.5	5.7-8.5	0.0-0.2	2.2-3.2	13.5
March	2	16.5	4.5-7.0	0.0-0.0	3.5-4.0	12.5

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	31	24	705	179-274	65.3	1-6	16.7	74-100	74.0	433
Conference	12	11	283	73-115	63.5	1-3	33.3	23-35	65.7	170
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	17	11	365	92-140	65.7	1-3	33.3	44-60	73.3	229
Away	10	9	240	59-92	64.1	0-3	0.0	19-26	73.1	137
Neutral	4	4	100	28-42	66.7	0-0	-	11-14	78.6	67
Result
Wins	24	19	542	146-226	64.6	1-3	33.3	57-78	73.1	350
Losses	7	5	163	33-48	68.8	0-3	0.0	17-22	77.3	83
Month
November	8	3	129	38-55	69.1	0-0	-	21-27	77.8	97
December	7	6	214	52-78	66.7	0-3	0.0	15-18	83.3	119
January	8	8	182	46-76	60.5	1-2	50.0	18-28	64.3	111
February	6	5	147	34-51	66.7	0-1	0.0	13-19	68.4	81
March	2	2	33	9-14	64.3	0-0	-	7-8	87.5	25

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	31	705	22.7	10.2-15.5	0.1-0.3	16.7	4.2-5.7	24.6
Conference	12	283	23.6	10.3-16.3	0.1-0.4	33.3	3.3-4.9	24.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	17	365	21.5	10.1-15.3	0.1-0.3	33.3	4.8-6.6	25.1
Away	10	240	24.0	9.8-15.3	0.0-0.5	0.0	3.2-4.3	22.8
Neutral	4	100	25.0	11.2-16.8	0.0-0.0	-	4.4-5.6	26.8
Result
Wins	24	542	22.6	10.8-16.7	0.1-0.2	33.3	4.2-5.8	25.8
Losses	7	163	23.3	8.1-11.8	0.0-0.7	0.0	4.2-5.4	20.4
Month
November	8	129	16.1	11.8-17.1	0.0-0.0	-	6.5-8.4	30.1
December	7	214	30.6	9.7-14.6	0.0-0.6	0.0	2.8-3.4	22.2
January	8	182	22.8	10.1-16.7	0.2-0.4	50.0	4.0-6.2	24.4
February	6	147	24.5	9.3-13.9	0.0-0.3	0.0	3.5-5.2	22.0
March	2	33	16.5	10.9-17.0	0.0-0.0	-	8.5-9.7	30.3

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	31	4.0	5.9	9.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5
Conference	12	4.0	7.3	11.3	1.8	1.5	1.2	1.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.8
Away	10	4.6	6.9	11.5	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.5
Neutral	4	2.8	5.8	8.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.3
Result
Wins	24	4.3	6.1	10.3	1.6	1.1	1.3	1.6
Losses	7	3.3	5.3	8.6	0.4	2.0	1.4	1.0
Month
November	8	2.8	3.4	6.1	0.5	0.9	1.0	0.9
December	7	5.7	6.0	11.7	1.4	2.0	2.0	1.7
January	8	3.5	7.4	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.1	1.1
February	6	4.3	7.2	11.5	1.8	2.2	1.2	2.3
March	2	4.5	6.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	31	24	125	183	308	42	41	42	46
Conference	12	11	48	87	135	21	18	14	20
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	11	68	91	159	21	20	20	30
Away	10	9	46	69	115	15	15	12	15
Neutral	4	4	11	23	34	6	6	10	1
Result
Wins	24	19	102	146	248	39	27	32	39
Losses	7	5	23	37	60	3	14	10	7
Month
November	8	3	22	27	49	4	7	8	7
December	7	6	40	42	82	10	14	14	12
January	8	8	28	59	87	14	6	9	9
February	6	5	26	43	69	11	13	7	14
March	2	2	9	12	21	3	1	4	4

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	31	7.1	10.4	17.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6
Conference	12	6.8	12.3	19.1	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.8
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	7.5	10.0	17.4	2.3	2.2	2.2	3.3
Away	10	7.7	11.5	19.2	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.5
Neutral	4	4.4	9.2	13.6	2.4	2.4	4.0	0.4
Result
Wins	24	7.5	10.8	18.3	2.9	2.0	2.4	2.9
Losses	7	5.6	9.1	14.7	0.7	3.4	2.5	1.7
Month
November	8	6.8	8.4	15.2	1.2	2.2	2.5	2.2
December	7	7.5	7.9	15.3	1.9	2.6	2.6	2.2
January	8	6.2	13.0	19.1	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.0
February	6	7.1	11.7	18.8	3.0	3.5	1.9	3.8
March	2	10.9	14.5	25.5	3.6	1.2	4.8	4.8

News mentions

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March 13, 2026

No. 1 Fullerton pulls away in second half, eliminates San José 74-63 in state quarterfinals

March 13, 2026

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March 07, 2026

Jaguars Rally in Second Half to Reach State Quarterfinals

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March 07, 2026

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San José City College Advances to Regional Final with 78-64 Win Over Feather River

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Awards, Records and a Championship: The Jaguars' Season is One for the Books

February 26, 2026

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February 20, 2026

San José City College Clinches Coast South Title with 87-38 Rout of Hartnell

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February 13, 2026

Royster Dominates as Jaguars Top Cabrillo 78–68 on the Road

February 13, 2026

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February 11, 2026

Jaguars Pull Away in Second Half, Defeat Monterey Peninsula 74–57

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February 06, 2026

Jaguars Hold Off Late Foothill Rally, Escape With 70–68 Victory

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January 30, 2026

Jaguars Extend Win Streak to 13, Rout Gavilan 103–43 Behind Royster’s Big Night

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January 21, 2026

San José City College Jaguars rally past Cabrillo College with dominant second half, 63–54

January 21, 2026

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January 16, 2026

San José City College Jaguars grind out 60–51 road win over Monterey Peninsula College

January 16, 2026

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January 14, 2026

San José City College Rides Fast Start and Interior Strength to 85–74 Win Over Foothill

January 14, 2026

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January 09, 2026

Royster Powers Second-Half Surge as San José City College Pulls Away From West Valley, 81–68

January 09, 2026

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January 07, 2026

Royster, Jaguars run past Gavilan 97–40 on the road

January 07, 2026

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January 03, 2026

Butler lifts SJCC past Las Positas 71–69 in road thriller

January 03, 2026

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December 17, 2025

Balanced San José City effort holds off Chabot, 80-73 at Percy Carr Gym

December 17, 2025

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November 24, 2025

Jaguars Go 1–2 at Home Motors Tournament, Royster Powers Finale Win

November 24, 2025

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November 19, 2025

Balanced Jaguars Overpower Diablo Valley for 83–71 Home Victory

November 19, 2025

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November 09, 2025

SJCC Men’s Basketball Wins Tipoff Tournament at Percy Carr Gym, Improving to 3–1

The San José City College men's basketball team rebounded from an opening loss at Compton with three straight home victories at the annual Tipoff Tournament at Percy Carr Gym, defeating Palo Verde, Lassen, and Feather River to move to 3–1 on the young season.

November 09, 2025

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November 01, 2025

Compton rallies past San José City College 87–75 in season opener at Percy Carr Gym

The San José City College Jaguars showed flashes of their offensive potential but couldn’t overcome Compton College’s second-half surge, falling 87–75 in their home opener Saturday afternoon at Percy Carr Gym.