#4 Dji Bailey Season 2025-26
Updated on March 24, 2025
Chris Daniels (Most Improved in A-10 Award), 2024
GRADUATE SEASON (2024-25 at LSU)
One of two players who started all 32 games this season for LSU …. Averaged 8.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game … Averaged 31.4 minutes a game … 12 games in double figures topped by 15 points versus Alabama State (11/10) … Had two 13 point games in SEC play – against Auburn (1/29) and at Oklahoma (2/15), in which he was 3-of-3 from three-point range … High of nine rebounds in the win over Arkansas (1/14) … Six games of four assists or more … Shot 50.7 percent from the field with 18 three-point goals … One of the top 10 in two-point field goal percentage in the SEC, making 84-of-133 (63.1 percent) … 72 assists and 51 turnovers (1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio) … 40 steals.
SENIOR SEASON (2023-24 at Richmond)
Co-Winner of the Chris Daniels Award, given to Atlantic 10’s Most Improved Player … 24 starts as a senior, averaging 31.1 minutes per game … Made 59.4 of his field goal attempts (130-of-219), sixth highest percentage in a season in program history … Ranked first in A-10 in FG percentage (minimum 200 FG attempts) … Averaged 10.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game … Ranked fourth on team in scoring, third in rebounding and third in assists … 1.7 steals per game ranked fourth in A-10 … Career high 22 points versus LaSalle (2/10/24) … Layup with 13 seconds left was the game winner at Duquesne (1/16/24) … Career best six steals, most by a Richmond player since 2022, vs. Florida (12/9/23).
JUNIOR SEASON (2022-23 at Richmond)
Appeared in 20 games with seven starts … Averaged 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 14.4 minutes per game … Made first career start at Richmond vs. St. Bonaventure (2/1/23) … 40.0 three-point FG percentage, tied for best on team … Season shortened by a couple of injuries that caused him to miss a combined 12 games.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021-22 at Richmond)
Appeared in 16 games, averaging 1.9 points, 0.7 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per game … Second on the team in steals per 40 minutes (1.9) … Season high 10 points vs. Mississippi State in the Bahamas.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21 at Richmond)
Appeared in nine games, averaging 1.8 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7.6 minutes per game … Ranked second on team in steals per 40 minutes (3.0) and third in rebounds per 40 minutes (7.2) among players to play at least 10 minutes … Played season high 19 minutes versus Mississippi State in NIT quarterfinals.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Attended the Greenfield School in Wilson, North Carolina … Let team to NC Independent Schools Athletic Association 1A state title in 2019 … Averaged 17 points, nine rebounds, eight assists per game as a senior … NCISAA All-State selection, Wilson Times All-Area selection as a senior … 2020 1A/2A Coastal Plain Independent Conference Player of the Year … No. 15 recruit in North Carolina’s Class of 2020 according to ESPN.com.
PERSONAL
Born on May 19, 2002 … Son of Sharon and Hart Bailey … First name is pronounced “jai” (rhymes with fly).
Single Game Highs
Points – 22, vs. La Salle, 2/10/24
Rebounds – 9, vs. Arkansas, 1/14/25; at Saint Louis, 2/28/24
Assists – 7, vs. UNLC, 11/21/23
Steals – 6, vs. Florida, 12/9/23
Blocks – 2, vs. Saint Joseph’s, 3/6/24; vs. William & Mary, 12/2/23
FG Made – 8, at George Washington, 2/17/24
FG Attempts – 14, vs. UCF, 11/24/24
3FG Made – 3, at Oklahoma, 2/15/25
3FG Attempts – 5, vs. Auburn, 1/29/25
FT Made – 9, vs. La Salle, 2/10/24
FT Attempts – 10, vs. La Salle, 2/10/24, vs. Alabama St., 11/10/24
Top Career Scoring Games
1. 22 – vs. La Salle – 2/10/24
2. 16 – at George Washington – 2/17/24
3. 15 — vs. Alabama State — 11/10/24
15 – at Virginia Tech – 3/19/24
5. 14 — vs. Stetson — 12/17/24
14 — vs. UCF — 11/24/24
14 – at Fordham – 1/31/24
14 – vs. Siena – 11/11/23
9. 13 — 7 times