Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Scoreboard

Schedule

Longwood University Athletics

2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Todd Drexler/SESPORTSMEDIA.com
Mike Kropf/Apex Media
Mike Kropf/Apex Media
Shaban Athuman/Apex Media
Mike Kropf/Apex Media
Ryan Kelly/Apex Media
Will Johnson
Keith Lucas/Sideline Media
Keith Lucas/Sideline Media

35 Jesper Granlund

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Helsinki, Finland

Biography

2022-23: Composed wing who played a variety of roles on the floor while playing all 32 games with 25 starts…Averaged 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game to help Longwood to a second straight 20-win campaign and a second place finish in the Big South…Scored in double figures eight times…Surpassed double digits in three straight games against The Citadel (10 points, Dec. 17), South Carolina State (14 points, Dec. 20) and High Point (10 points, Dec. 29)…The 14 points against S.C. State tied a then-career high…Matched that with 14 points on Jan. 4 at Charleston Southern…Set a new career high with 16 points on Jan. 14 against USC Upstate while going 3-4 from three and 5-7 from the floor…Followed it up with 10 points against Gardner-Webb on Jan. 18…Tied a career best with four assists at Radford on Jan. 26…

2021-22: Steady, reliable wing who fills in the cracks while playing multiple positions for a Longwood team that won the Big South regular season and tournament titles to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament…Has started every game in his Longwood career after starting all 33 games…Averaged 4.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game in 20.1 minutes per game…Was one of three players on the team with double digit blocks and steals, with 12 of each…Shot .387 from three (24-62)…Scored in double figures twice…Notched a career best 14 points against Radford on Feb. 23 to help Longwood clinch the top seed in the league…In the game, shot 5-10 from the floor and 4-7 from three, with the four threes also a career high…Had a season-high seven rebounds against Morgan State on Dec. 11…
 
2020-21: One of only two Lancers to start every game, joining former senior teammate Christian Wilson…ranked second on the team with 758 total minutes, averaging 26.1 per game…contributed 5.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game…shot .390 (60-of-154) from the floor and .333 (20-of-60) from three-point range…scored in double figures five times, including three 12-point games…put together three of those double-figure scoring outbursts within his final seven games of the year…attempted more than five field goal…shot .483 (29-of-60) from the floor in his final 12 games…played at least 20 minutes in 27 of his 29 games and at least 30 minutes nine times.
 
High School: Competed with the Finnish National Team’s U-18, U-19 and U20 divisions…in 38 games over the past two seasons, scored at least 20 points 27 times…has a 55-point game to his credit, doing so against Kouvot by hitting 20-of-25 shots from the field and 15-of-16 free throws (March 17, 2018)…named MVP of the U-19 National League that year after averaging 26.5 points per game…went on to lead the U-20 squad in points per game…played that season with Helsingin NMKY in the Finnish Division III where he averaged 19.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game…ended the season with four consecutive 20-point games, including two of those in the postseason.
 
Personal: Son of Dan and Anna-Kaisa Granlund…attended high school at Brandon Gymnasium.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2020-21Freshman

    Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2021-22Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    35