Tajenae Gooden

15 Tajenae Gooden

Height:

5-10
Hometown:

Dallas, Texas
Position:

Guard
Year:

So.
High School:

Cedar Hill High School

gp

31
pts/g

11.8
fg %

35.1
3pt %

25.7
ft %

80.5
reb/g

4.4
a/g

3.4

Bio

2024-25 – Member of McLennan squad that was the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Co-Champion, the Region V Champions and advanced to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament • Appeared in 32 games, averaging 13.6 points (second on team), 4.9 rebounds (third on team), 2.8 assists (second on team) and 1.7 steals (second on team) per game • NTJCAC Freshman of the Year • All-Conference selection.

High School – Averaged 15 points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block per game playing for coach Nicole Collins • First-Team All-District selection • TABC All-State selection • TABC All-Star selection • Honor roll student.

Personal – Daughter of Jennifer Gooden • Born in Mesquite, Texas • Communications major.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	31	16
Games started	24	11
Minutes	895	504
Minutes per game	28.9	31.5
FG	119-339	54-177
FG Pct	35.1	30.5
3PT	36-140	16-70
3PT Pct	25.7	22.9
FT	91-113	53-63
FT Pct	80.5	84.1
Off rebounds	32	24
Def rebounds	104	59
Total rebounds	136	83
Rebounds per game	4.4	5.2
Personal fouls	67	32
Disqualifications	-	-
Assists	106	56
Turnovers	78	48
Assist to turnover ratio	1.4	1.2
Steals	41	27
Blocks	5	3
Points	365	177
Points per game	11.8	11.1
Points per 40.0 min	16.3	14.0

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 25	Collin County Community College	W, 59-56
Feb 28	at Hill College	W, 77-55
Mar 4	at Temple College	W, 63-53
Mar 7	Southwestern Christian College	W, 80-65
Mar 11	vs. Howard College	W, 72-56
Mar 13	vs. Grayson College	L, 68-60

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 11	vs. Shalin Hoops Showcase		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Paul Quinn College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 27	University of North Texas at Dallas		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Angelina College	W, 71-42	1	38	5-12	41.7	3-6	50.0	3-6	50.0	16
Nov 5	at Blinn College	W, 67-63	1	37	4-8	50.0	0-2	0.0	6-7	85.7	14
Nov 11	Coastal Bend College	W, 90-28	1	4	2-5	40.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Nov 14	vs. South Plains College	L, 79-74	1	1	4-12	33.3	0-3	0.0	5-5	100.0	13
Nov 15	at Frank Phillips College	W, 73-53	-	23	2-6	33.3	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	5
Nov 20	vs. Southern Arkansas University Tech	W, 64-44	1	21	6-9	66.7	4-6	66.7	0-0	-	16
Nov 21	at Louisiana State University Eunice	W, 88-51	1	25	8-14	57.1	1-4	25.0	3-5	60.0	20
Nov 25	Nelson University	W, 68-48	1	34	5-14	35.7	1-6	16.7	1-2	50.0	12
Dec 1	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	W, 107-72	1	37	8-19	42.1	2-3	66.7	4-5	80.0	22
Dec 6	Panola College	W, 78-55	1	37	4-14	28.6	1-4	25.0	8-9	88.9	17
Dec 8	at Coastal Bend College	W, 59-38	1	14	2-6	33.3	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	4
Dec 11	Blinn College	W, 65-60	1	35	2-9	22.2	1-5	20.0	2-2	100.0	7
Dec 15	at Paris Junior College	W, 77-53	-	20	5-9	55.6	0-3	0.0	4-7	57.1	14
Jan 3	at Angelina College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Cisco College	W, 60-38	-	28	4-12	33.3	2-6	33.3	1-2	50.0	11
Jan 10	at Weatherford College	W, 63-55	-	38	7-22	31.8	1-6	16.7	4-4	100.0	19
Jan 17	Ranger College	W, 63-51	-	34	5-18	27.8	0-5	0.0	3-4	75.0	13
Jan 21	at Grayson College	L, 62-54	1	37	2-12	16.7	0-6	0.0	4-4	100.0	8
Jan 28	Hill College	W, 62-43	-	40	3-7	42.9	0-3	0.0	2-3	66.7	8
Jan 31	Temple College	L, 61-50	1	40	3-10	30.0	2-5	40.0	9-9	100.0	17
Feb 2	at Collin County Community College	L, 58-44	1	34	1-9	11.1	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	3
Feb 4	at Southwestern Christian College	W, 85-74	-	31	4-14	28.6	1-5	20.0	8-10	80.0	17
Feb 7	at Cisco College	W, 70-46	1	19	3-8	37.5	0-2	0.0	4-4	100.0	10
Feb 11	Weatherford College	W, 67-50	1	40	3-8	37.5	2-3	66.7	2-2	100.0	10
Feb 18	at Ranger College	W, 55-41	1	39	3-10	30.0	2-5	40.0	5-6	83.3	13
Feb 21	Grayson College	L, 81-70	1	40	3-10	30.0	0-5	0.0	3-4	75.0	9
Feb 25	Collin County Community College	W, 59-56	1	20	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	3-6	50.0	8
Feb 28	at Hill College	W, 77-55	1	26	3-9	33.3	1-3	33.3	1-1	100.0	8
Mar 4	at Temple College	W, 63-53	1	37	4-13	30.8	2-6	33.3	2-2	100.0	12
Mar 7	Southwestern Christian College	W, 80-65	1	1	4-10	40.0	1-3	33.3	2-2	100.0	11
Mar 11	vs. Howard College	W, 72-56	1	34	5-14	35.7	4-10	40.0	0-0	-	14
Mar 13	vs. Grayson College	L, 68-60	1	31	3-11	27.3	2-8	25.0	2-2	100.0	10

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 11	vs. Shalin Hoops Showcase		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Paul Quinn College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 27	University of North Texas at Dallas		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Angelina College	W, 71-42	1	38	0	7	7	5	1	2	0
Nov 5	at Blinn College	W, 67-63	1	37	0	4	4	5	3	0	0
Nov 11	Coastal Bend College	W, 90-28	1	4	0	3	3	3	0	2	0
Nov 14	vs. South Plains College	L, 79-74	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
Nov 15	at Frank Phillips College	W, 73-53	-	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs. Southern Arkansas University Tech	W, 64-44	1	21	0	1	1	5	3	0	0
Nov 21	at Louisiana State University Eunice	W, 88-51	1	25	0	5	5	3	1	2	0
Nov 25	Nelson University	W, 68-48	1	34	1	3	4	1	3	2	0
Dec 1	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	W, 107-72	1	37	1	8	9	5	0	1	1
Dec 6	Panola College	W, 78-55	1	37	1	1	2	3	3	0	0
Dec 8	at Coastal Bend College	W, 59-38	1	14	2	1	3	3	2	0	0
Dec 11	Blinn College	W, 65-60	1	35	1	3	4	2	3	1	0
Dec 15	at Paris Junior College	W, 77-53	-	20	1	2	3	2	2	1	0
Jan 3	at Angelina College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Cisco College	W, 60-38	-	28	3	0	3	2	0	2	0
Jan 10	at Weatherford College	W, 63-55	-	38	2	3	5	4	2	1	0
Jan 17	Ranger College	W, 63-51	-	34	4	0	4	2	3	2	2
Jan 21	at Grayson College	L, 62-54	1	37	0	4	4	3	4	3	0
Jan 28	Hill College	W, 62-43	-	40	1	5	6	4	2	3	0
Jan 31	Temple College	L, 61-50	1	40	0	3	3	3	3	2	1
Feb 2	at Collin County Community College	L, 58-44	1	34	0	3	3	2	5	1	0
Feb 4	at Southwestern Christian College	W, 85-74	-	31	2	6	8	7	5	1	0
Feb 7	at Cisco College	W, 70-46	1	19	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
Feb 11	Weatherford College	W, 67-50	1	40	0	8	8	6	3	2	0
Feb 18	at Ranger College	W, 55-41	1	39	3	6	9	4	2	4	0
Feb 21	Grayson College	L, 81-70	1	40	0	2	2	5	4	3	0
Feb 25	Collin County Community College	W, 59-56	1	20	0	2	2	0	3	0	0
Feb 28	at Hill College	W, 77-55	1	26	1	3	4	6	3	2	0
Mar 4	at Temple College	W, 63-53	1	37	1	5	6	4	5	1	0
Mar 7	Southwestern Christian College	W, 80-65	1	1	5	8	13	0	4	0	0
Mar 11	vs. Howard College	W, 72-56	1	34	0	2	2	3	5	1	0
Mar 13	vs. Grayson College	L, 68-60	1	31	1	5	6	4	2	2	1

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 11	vs. Shalin Hoops Showcase		-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Paul Quinn College		-	-	-	-
Oct 27	University of North Texas at Dallas		-	-	-	-
Nov 1	Angelina College	W, 71-42	1	2	-	5.0
Nov 5	at Blinn College	W, 67-63	1	2	-	1.7
Nov 11	Coastal Bend College	W, 90-28	1	3	-	-
Nov 14	vs. South Plains College	L, 79-74	1	4	-	2.0
Nov 15	at Frank Phillips College	W, 73-53	-	3	-	-
Nov 20	vs. Southern Arkansas University Tech	W, 64-44	1	1	-	1.7
Nov 21	at Louisiana State University Eunice	W, 88-51	1	4	-	3.0
Nov 25	Nelson University	W, 68-48	1	2	-	0.3
Dec 1	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	W, 107-72	1	2	-	-
Dec 6	Panola College	W, 78-55	1	4	-	1.0
Dec 8	at Coastal Bend College	W, 59-38	1	2	-	1.5
Dec 11	Blinn College	W, 65-60	1	1	-	0.7
Dec 15	at Paris Junior College	W, 77-53	-	1	-	1.0
Jan 3	at Angelina College		-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Cisco College	W, 60-38	-	3	-	-
Jan 10	at Weatherford College	W, 63-55	-	3	-	2.0
Jan 17	Ranger College	W, 63-51	-	2	-	0.7
Jan 21	at Grayson College	L, 62-54	1	3	-	0.8
Jan 28	Hill College	W, 62-43	-	1	-	2.0
Jan 31	Temple College	L, 61-50	1	2	-	1.0
Feb 2	at Collin County Community College	L, 58-44	1	3	-	0.4
Feb 4	at Southwestern Christian College	W, 85-74	-	3	-	1.4
Feb 7	at Cisco College	W, 70-46	1	1	-	-
Feb 11	Weatherford College	W, 67-50	1	0	-	2.0
Feb 18	at Ranger College	W, 55-41	1	2	-	2.0
Feb 21	Grayson College	L, 81-70	1	3	-	1.3
Feb 25	Collin County Community College	W, 59-56	1	3	-	0.0
Feb 28	at Hill College	W, 77-55	1	2	-	2.0
Mar 4	at Temple College	W, 63-53	1	1	-	0.8
Mar 7	Southwestern Christian College	W, 80-65	1	0	-	0.0
Mar 11	vs. Howard College	W, 72-56	1	2	-	0.6
Mar 13	vs. Grayson College	L, 68-60	1	2	-	2.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	31	28.9	3.8-10.9	1.2-4.5	2.9-3.6	11.8
Conference	16	31.5	3.4-11.1	1.0-4.4	3.3-3.9	11.1
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	14	30.6	3.8-10.9	1.1-4.1	3.1-4.0	11.8
Away	13	29.2	3.7-10.8	0.8-4.2	3.2-3.8	11.3
Neutral	4	21.8	4.5-11.5	2.5-6.8	1.8-1.8	13.3
Result
Wins	25	28.5	4.1-11.0	1.2-4.3	2.7-3.6	12.2
Losses	6	30.5	2.7-10.7	0.8-5.3	3.8-4.0	10.0
Month
November	8	22.9	4.5-10.0	1.2-4.2	2.2-3.1	12.5
December	5	28.6	4.2-11.4	0.8-3.6	3.6-4.6	12.8
January	6	36.2	4.0-13.5	0.8-5.2	3.8-4.3	12.7
February	8	31.1	2.8-9.1	1.0-3.8	3.2-4.1	9.8
March	4	25.8	4.0-12.0	2.2-6.8	1.5-1.5	11.8

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	31	24	895	119-339	35.1	36-140	25.7	91-113	80.5	365
Conference	16	11	504	54-177	30.5	16-70	22.9	53-63	84.1	177
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	14	11	428	53-153	34.6	16-58	27.6	43-56	76.8	165
Away	13	9	380	48-140	34.3	10-55	18.2	41-50	82.0	147
Neutral	4	4	87	18-46	39.1	10-27	37.0	7-7	100.0	53
Result
Wins	25	18	712	103-275	37.5	31-108	28.7	68-89	76.4	305
Losses	6	6	183	16-64	25.0	5-32	15.6	23-24	95.8	60
Month
November	8	7	183	36-80	45.0	10-34	29.4	18-25	72.0	100
December	5	4	143	21-57	36.8	4-18	22.2	18-23	78.3	64
January	6	2	217	24-81	29.6	5-31	16.1	23-26	88.5	76
February	8	7	249	22-73	30.1	8-30	26.7	26-33	78.8	78
March	4	4	103	16-48	33.3	9-27	33.3	6-6	100.0	47

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	31	895	28.9	5.3-15.2	1.6-6.3	25.7	4.1-5.1	16.3
Conference	16	504	31.5	4.3-14.0	1.3-5.6	22.9	4.2-5.0	14.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	14	428	30.6	5.0-14.3	1.5-5.4	27.6	4.0-5.2	15.4
Away	13	380	29.2	5.1-14.7	1.1-5.8	18.2	4.3-5.3	15.5
Neutral	4	87	21.8	8.3-21.1	4.6-12.4	37.0	3.2-3.2	24.4
Result
Wins	25	712	28.5	5.8-15.4	1.7-6.1	28.7	3.8-5.0	17.1
Losses	6	183	30.5	3.5-14.0	1.1-7.0	15.6	5.0-5.2	13.1
Month
November	8	183	22.9	7.9-17.5	2.2-7.4	29.4	3.9-5.5	21.9
December	5	143	28.6	5.9-15.9	1.1-5.0	22.2	5.0-6.4	17.9
January	6	217	36.2	4.4-14.9	0.9-5.7	16.1	4.2-4.8	14.0
February	8	249	31.1	3.5-11.7	1.3-4.8	26.7	4.2-5.3	12.5
March	4	103	25.8	6.2-18.6	3.5-10.5	33.3	2.3-2.3	18.3

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	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	2.5	1.3	0.2
Conference	16	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.5	3.0	1.7	0.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	1.2	3.8	5.0	2.9	2.3	1.6	0.3
Away	13	1.1	3.3	4.4	3.8	2.6	1.2	0.0
Neutral	4	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.3
Result
Wins	25	1.2	3.5	4.7	3.4	2.3	1.2	0.1
Losses	6	0.2	2.8	3.0	3.5	3.3	1.8	0.3
Month
November	8	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.5	1.6	1.0	0.0
December	5	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.0	2.0	0.6	0.2
January	6	1.7	2.5	4.2	3.0	2.3	2.2	0.5
February	8	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.3	3.1	1.6	0.0
March	4	1.8	5.0	6.8	2.8	4.0	1.0	0.3

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	31	24	32	104	136	106	78	41	5
Conference	16	11	24	59	83	56	48	27	3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	11	17	53	70	41	32	22	4
Away	13	9	14	43	57	49	34	16	0
Neutral	4	4	1	8	9	16	12	3	1
Result
Wins	25	18	31	87	118	85	58	30	3
Losses	6	6	1	17	18	21	20	11	2
Month
November	8	7	1	23	24	28	13	8	0
December	5	4	6	15	21	15	10	3	1
January	6	2	10	15	25	18	14	13	3
February	8	7	8	31	39	34	25	13	0
March	4	4	7	20	27	11	16	4	1

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	1.4	4.6	6.1	4.7	3.5	1.8	0.2
Conference	16	1.9	4.7	6.6	4.4	3.8	2.1	0.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	1.6	5.0	6.5	3.8	3.0	2.1	0.4
Away	13	1.5	4.5	6.0	5.2	3.6	1.7	0.0
Neutral	4	0.5	3.7	4.1	7.4	5.5	1.4	0.5
Result
Wins	25	1.7	4.9	6.6	4.8	3.3	1.7	0.2
Losses	6	0.2	3.7	3.9	4.6	4.4	2.4	0.4
Month
November	8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.1	2.8	1.7	0.0
December	5	1.7	4.2	5.9	4.2	2.8	0.8	0.3
January	6	1.8	2.8	4.6	3.3	2.6	2.4	0.6
February	8	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.5	4.0	2.1	0.0
March	4	2.7	7.8	10.5	4.3	6.2	1.6	0.4