| Javonte Perkins | |
| Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lbs: | 215 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1998 |
| High School: | Miller Career Academy (St. Louis, Missouri) |
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| Draft Year: | 2023 |
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Javonte Perkins (born August 24, 1998) is an American college basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball for the Southwestern Illinois Blue Storm and the Saint Louis Billikens.
Perkins attended Clyde C. Miller Career Academy in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] He averaged 15.7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a junior, leading the team to a 21–5 record.[2] As a senior, he averaged 20.8 points and 15.6 rebounds per game.[3] Perkins competed for Gateway Basketball Club on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit.[4]
In his first two years of college basketball, Perkins played for Southwestern Illinois College. As a freshman, he averaged 20 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, shooting 60.5 percent from the floor.[3] He averaged 26.4 points per game as a sophomore, which ranked third in the nation among junior college players. Perkins left as the program's all-time leading scorer.[5] For his junior season, he committed to Saint Louis over two other NCAA Division I offers, including Louisiana–Monroe.[6] [7] After struggling initially, Perkins was given an expanded role during Atlantic 10 Conference play.[8] [9] [10] In January 2020, he scored 25 points in consecutive games against Dayton and Davidson. On February 1, Perkins scored a season-high 33 points in a 78–73 win over Saint Joseph's.[11] As a junior, he averaged 15 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, earning Third Team All-Atlantic 10 and Sixth Man of the Year honors.[12] On November 28, Perkins posted 32 points, including 26 in the second half, and five assists in an 85–81 victory over LSU.[13] As a senior during the 2020-2021 season he averaged 17.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Perkins was named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10. He missed the entire 2021-2022 season due to a torn ACL. Following the season, he announced he was taking advantage of the additional season of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic and wil return for the 2022-2023 season as a redshirt graduate athlete.[14]
After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Perkins joined the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League on October 29, 2023.[15] However, he was waived on November 6.[16]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Saint Louis| 31 || 1 || 27.3 || .443 || .351 || .768 || 3.5 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 15.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Saint Louis| 21 || 21 || 30.5 || .465 || .376 || .866 || 3.9 || 1.8 || .7 || .5 || 17.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Saint Louis| 33 || 33 || 22.6 || .420 || .361 || .815 || 1.9 || .5 || .5 || .2 || 10.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 85 || 55 || 26.2 || .442 || .362 || .801 || 3.0 || .9 || .6 || .3 || 14.0
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Southwestern Illinois| 28 || 27 || — || .605 || .426 || .814 || 6.9 || 1.8 || 1.1 || .2 || 20.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Southwestern Illinois| 27 || 27 || — || .537 || .360 || .797 || 7.9 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .4 || 26.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 55 || 54 || — || .567 || .383 || .803 || 7.4 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .3 || 23.2