24 PJ Charles
PJ Charles
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Altoona, PA
  • High School:
    Altoona
  • Position:
    C
  • gp
    19
  • pts/g
    12.8
  • fg %
    56.0
  • 3pt %
    20.0
  • ft %
    65.0
  • reb/g
    8.2
  • a/g
    1.9

Bio

2021-22: Played in 24 games as a freshman with the Penn State Altoona men’s basketball program, including making 18 starts…was voted to the third team of the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad…in the AMCC, ranked second in offensive rebounds (60), third in field goal percentage (57.1), fifth in free throws made (97), seventh in rebounds per game (6.8), eighth in total rebounds (164) and points per 40 minutes (22.3), 10th in defensive rebounds (104), 11th in free throw percentage (78.2), 20th in points (282), 21st in points per game (11.8), 24th in steals (24), and 27th in field goals made (92)…was tabbed as the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Division III South Region Rookie of the Month for January.

High School: Member of the 6A District champion basketball team at Altoona Area High School...was a first team All-Mid-Penn Conference selection...honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Erica Allison and Paul Charles...majoring in Early Childhood Education...transferred to Penn State Altoona from Juniata College.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 8 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 97-68
Feb 11 Penn St.-Behrend W, 76-69
Feb 15 La Roche L, 86-81
Feb 18 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 80-76
Feb 24 vs. Pitt.-Bradford W, 109-96
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 84-61
  Overall Conf
Games 19 11
Games started 16 8
Minutes 484 262
Minutes per game 25.5 23.8
FG 102-182 55-97
FG Pct 56.0 56.7
3PT 1-5 1-4
3PT Pct 20.0 25.0
FT 39-60 20-31
FT Pct 65.0 64.5
Off rebounds 66 35
Def rebounds 90 52
Total rebounds 156 87
Rebounds per game 8.2 7.9
Personal fouls 33 18
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 37 21
Turnovers 38 20
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.1
Steals 17 10
Blocks 5 2
Points 244 131
Points per game 12.8 11.9
Points per 40 min 20.2 20.0

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Wash. & Jeff. L, 85-84 1 31 7-16 43.8 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 17
Nov 13 at Washington and Lee L, 81-72 1 25 5-7 71.4 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 11
Nov 18 vs. Neumann L, 85-74 1 26 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 19 vs. Pratt W, 84-66 1 29 8-12 66.7 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 20
Nov 22 Juniata W, 77-64 1 28 5-14 35.7 0-0 - 5-8 62.5 15
Nov 27 at Salisbury L, 89-81 1 29 9-11 81.8 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 21
Dec 6 at Marietta L, 82-67 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 Albion W, 81-75 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at No. 2 Indiana (Pa.) L, 99-54 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 20 at York (Pa.) L, 81-69 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Oberlin W, 83-78 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Alfred St. W, 104-68 - 15 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 12
Jan 7 at Hilbert L, 101-96 1 25 6-7 85.7 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 18
Jan 11 at Pitt.-Greensburg W, 79-75 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 Pitt.-Bradford W, 81-73 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Mt. Aloysius W, 97-63 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Penn St.-Behrend W, 65-59 - 18 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 26 at La Roche W, 87-77 - 17 5-6 83.3 0-0 - 1-6 16.7 11
Jan 28 Hilbert W, 129-90 1 17 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Feb 1 at Mt. Aloysius W, 116-93 1 26 7-13 53.8 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 15
Feb 4 at Alfred St. W, 96-64 1 26 9-14 64.3 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 19
Feb 8 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 97-68 1 29 6-13 46.2 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 17
Feb 11 Penn St.-Behrend W, 76-69 1 27 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 6
Feb 15 La Roche L, 86-81 1 27 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Feb 18 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 80-76 1 35 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 14
Feb 24 vs. Pitt.-Bradford W, 109-96 1 28 7-11 63.6 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 15
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 84-61 1 26 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 10

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 8 Wash. & Jeff. L, 85-84 1 31 8 4 12 1 6 0.2 0 0 4 -
Nov 13 at Washington and Lee L, 81-72 1 25 1 2 3 2 2 1.0 2 0 3 -
Nov 18 vs. Neumann L, 85-74 1 26 3 1 4 1 1 1.0 1 0 3 -
Nov 19 vs. Pratt W, 84-66 1 29 3 6 9 1 2 0.5 1 0 1 -
Nov 22 Juniata W, 77-64 1 28 5 4 9 2 1 2.0 0 0 1 -
Nov 27 at Salisbury L, 89-81 1 29 3 7 10 4 2 2.0 0 0 2 -
Dec 6 at Marietta L, 82-67 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 Albion W, 81-75 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at No. 2 Indiana (Pa.) L, 99-54 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 20 at York (Pa.) L, 81-69 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Oberlin W, 83-78 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Alfred St. W, 104-68 - 15 6 3 9 1 2 0.5 1 0 0 -
Jan 7 at Hilbert L, 101-96 1 25 3 7 10 4 1 4.0 0 0 4 -
Jan 11 at Pitt.-Greensburg W, 79-75 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 Pitt.-Bradford W, 81-73 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Mt. Aloysius W, 97-63 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Penn St.-Behrend W, 65-59 - 18 2 4 6 0 2 0.0 0 0 2 -
Jan 26 at La Roche W, 87-77 - 17 2 3 5 2 1 2.0 0 0 3 -
Jan 28 Hilbert W, 129-90 1 17 1 6 7 1 4 0.3 1 0 3 0
Feb 1 at Mt. Aloysius W, 116-93 1 26 4 4 8 0 2 0.0 1 0 0 0
Feb 4 at Alfred St. W, 96-64 1 26 1 6 7 3 1 3.0 2 0 0 -
Feb 8 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 97-68 1 29 3 5 8 1 0 - 3 1 1 -
Feb 11 Penn St.-Behrend W, 76-69 1 27 3 7 10 2 3 0.7 0 0 2 -
Feb 15 La Roche L, 86-81 1 27 5 1 6 3 1 3.0 0 1 1 -
Feb 18 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 80-76 1 35 5 6 11 4 3 1.3 2 0 2 -
Feb 24 vs. Pitt.-Bradford W, 109-96 1 28 5 9 14 5 1 5.0 0 3 0 -
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 84-61 1 26 3 5 8 0 3 0.0 3 0 1 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2021-22 24 18 21.0 3.8-6.7 57.1 0.0-0.3 14.3 4.0-5.2 78.2 11.8
2022-23 19 16 25.5 5.4-9.6 56.0 0.1-0.3 20.0 2.1-3.2 65.0 12.8
Total 43 34 23.0 4.5-8.0 56.6 0.0-0.3 16.7 3.2-4.3 73.9 12.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 24 18 505 92-161 57.1 1-7 14.3 97-124 78.2 282
2022-23 19 16 484 102-182 56.0 1-5 20.0 39-60 65.0 244
Total 43 34 989 194-343 56.6 2-12 16.7 136-184 73.9 526

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2021-22 24 18 21.0 7.3-12.8 57.1 0.1-0.6 14.3 7.7-9.8 78.2 22.3
2022-23 19 16 25.5 8.4-15.0 56.0 0.1-0.4 20.0 3.2-5.0 65.0 20.2
Total 43 34 23.0 7.8-13.9 56.6 0.1-0.5 16.7 5.5-7.4 73.9 21.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2021-22 24 18 21.0 2.5 4.3 6.8 1.8 0.0 0.7 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.2
2022-23 19 16 25.5 3.5 4.7 8.2 1.7 0.0 1.9 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.3
Total 43 34 23.0 2.9 4.5 7.4 1.8 0.0 1.2 1.7 0.7 1.0 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2021-22 24 18 505 60 104 164 44 0 16 35 0.5 24 4
2022-23 19 16 484 66 90 156 33 0 37 38 1.0 17 5
Total 43 34 989 126 194 320 77 0 53 73 0.7 41 9

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 24 18 21.0 4.8 8.2 13.0 3.5 0.0 1.3 2.8 0.5 1.9 0.3
2022-23 19 16 25.5 5.5 7.4 12.9 2.7 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.0 1.4 0.4
Total 43 34 23.0 5.1 7.8 12.9 3.1 0.0 2.1 3.0 0.7 1.7 0.4

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

    gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Event Total 19 16 25.5 5.4-9.6 56.0 0.1-0.3 20.0 2.1-3.2 65.0 12.8
Conference 11 8 23.8 5.0-8.8 56.7 0.1-0.4 25.0 1.8-2.8 64.5 11.9
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Location Home 7 6 24.9 4.7-10.3 45.8 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.6-3.7 69.2 12.0
Away 9 7 25.2 5.8-8.9 65.0 0.1-0.3 33.3 1.8-3.2 55.2 13.4
Neutral 3 3 27.7 5.7-10.0 56.7 0.0-0.3 0.0 1.7-1.7 100.0 13.0
Result Wins 12 9 24.6 5.4-9.8 55.6 0.1-0.3 25.0 1.9-3.1 62.2 12.8
Losses 7 7 27.0 5.3-9.3 56.9 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.3-3.3 69.6 12.9
Month November 6 6 28.0 6.0-11.2 53.7 0.0-0.0 - 2.7-3.8 69.6 14.7
January 5 2 18.4 4.0-6.4 62.5 0.0-0.0 - 2.2-3.4 64.7 10.2
February 8 8 28.0 5.8-10.4 55.4 0.1-0.6 20.0 1.5-2.5 60.0 13.1

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

    gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event Total 19 16 484 102-182 56.0 1-5 20.0 39-60 65.0 244
Conference 11 8 262 55-97 56.7 1-4 25.0 20-31 64.5 131
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location Home 7 6 174 33-72 45.8 0-1 0.0 18-26 69.2 84
Away 9 7 227 52-80 65.0 1-3 33.3 16-29 55.2 121
Neutral 3 3 83 17-30 56.7 0-1 0.0 5-5 100.0 39
Result Wins 12 9 295 65-117 55.6 1-4 25.0 23-37 62.2 154
Losses 7 7 189 37-65 56.9 0-1 0.0 16-23 69.6 90
Month November 6 6 168 36-67 53.7 0-0 - 16-23 69.6 88
January 5 2 92 20-32 62.5 0-0 - 11-17 64.7 51
February 8 8 224 46-83 55.4 1-5 20.0 12-20 60.0 105

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

    gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Event Total 19 16 25.5 8.4-15.0 56.0 0.1-0.4 20.0 3.2-5.0 65.0 20.2
Conference 11 8 23.8 8.4-14.8 56.7 0.2-0.6 25.0 3.1-4.7 64.5 20.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Location Home 7 6 24.9 7.6-16.6 45.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 4.1-6.0 69.2 19.3
Away 9 7 25.2 9.2-14.1 65.0 0.2-0.5 33.3 2.8-5.1 55.2 21.3
Neutral 3 3 27.7 8.2-14.5 56.7 0.0-0.5 0.0 2.4-2.4 100.0 18.8
Result Wins 12 9 24.6 8.8-15.9 55.6 0.1-0.5 25.0 3.1-5.0 62.2 20.9
Losses 7 7 27.0 7.8-13.8 56.9 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.4-4.9 69.6 19.0
Month November 6 6 28.0 8.6-16.0 53.7 0.0-0.0 - 3.8-5.5 69.6 21.0
January 5 2 18.4 8.7-13.9 62.5 0.0-0.0 - 4.8-7.4 64.7 22.2
February 8 8 28.0 8.2-14.8 55.4 0.2-0.9 20.0 2.1-3.6 60.0 18.8

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

    gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Event Total 19 16 25.5 3.5 4.7 8.2 1.7 0.0 1.9 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.3
Conference 11 8 23.8 3.2 4.7 7.9 1.6 0.0 1.9 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 6 24.9 4.4 4.3 8.7 1.7 0.0 1.6 2.4 0.6 0.7 0.3
Away 9 7 25.2 2.7 4.9 7.6 1.9 0.0 2.1 1.9 1.1 1.1 0.0
Neutral 3 3 27.7 3.7 5.3 9.0 1.3 - 2.3 1.3 1.8 0.7 1.0
Result Wins 12 9 24.6 3.3 5.3 8.6 1.3 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.3
Losses 7 7 27.0 3.7 3.9 7.6 2.6 - 2.1 2.3 0.9 0.9 0.1
Month November 6 6 28.0 3.8 4.0 7.8 2.3 - 1.8 2.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
January 5 2 18.4 2.8 4.6 7.4 2.4 0.0 1.6 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.0
February 8 8 28.0 3.6 5.4 9.0 0.9 0.0 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.4 0.6

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

    gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Event Total 19 16 484 66 90 156 33 0 37 38 1.0 17 5
Conference 11 8 262 35 52 87 18 0 21 20 1.1 10 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 6 174 31 30 61 12 0 11 17 0.6 5 2
Away 9 7 227 24 44 68 17 0 19 17 1.1 10 0
Neutral 3 3 83 11 16 27 4 - 7 4 1.8 2 3
Result Wins 12 9 295 40 63 103 15 0 22 22 1.0 11 4
Losses 7 7 189 26 27 53 18 - 15 16 0.9 6 1
Month November 6 6 168 23 24 47 14 - 11 14 0.8 4 0
January 5 2 92 14 23 37 12 0 8 10 0.8 2 0
February 8 8 224 29 43 72 7 0 18 14 1.3 11 5

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

    gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Event Total 19 16 25.5 5.5 7.4 12.9 2.7 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.0 1.4 0.4
Conference 11 8 23.8 5.3 7.9 13.3 2.7 0.0 3.2 3.1 1.1 1.5 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 6 24.9 7.1 6.9 14.0 2.8 0.0 2.5 3.9 0.6 1.1 0.5
Away 9 7 25.2 4.2 7.8 12.0 3.0 0.0 3.3 3.0 1.1 1.8 0.0
Neutral 3 3 27.7 5.3 7.7 13.0 1.9 0.0 3.4 1.9 1.8 1.0 1.4
Result Wins 12 9 24.6 5.4 8.5 14.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 1.5 0.5
Losses 7 7 27.0 5.5 5.7 11.2 3.8 0.0 3.2 3.4 0.9 1.3 0.2
Month November 6 6 28.0 5.5 5.7 11.2 3.3 0.0 2.6 3.3 0.8 1.0 0.0
January 5 2 18.4 6.1 10.0 16.1 5.2 0.0 3.5 4.3 0.8 0.9 0.0
February 8 8 28.0 5.2 7.7 12.9 1.3 0.0 3.2 2.5 1.3 2.0 0.9

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