High School Basketball: Wood’s Jenkins scores, gets fouled
Archbishop Wood center Jaydn Jenkins takes a feed from teammate Brady MacAdams and converts a layup in PCL game against Devon Prep
Former Archbishop Wood basketball star Jalil Bethea is transferring to Alabama after spending his college freshman season at Miami.
Bethea, a 6-foot-5 guard, announced the move via Instagram on Sunday. He averaged 7.1 points and 2.1 rebounds and started 16 of the 31 games in which he appeared for the Hurricanes in 2024-25.
Nate Oats and Alabama went 28-9 this season and 13-5 in the Southeastern Conference, losing to Duke in the Elite Eight. The Hurricanes finished 7-24 overall (3-17 ACC) in the wake of established coach Jim Larranaga’s Dec. 26 resignation.
Bethea was the PIAA Class 6A state player of the year as a senior at Wood, leading the Vikings to the state semifinals and averaging 22.7 points, 7 rebounds and shooting 88.3 percent from the foul line while earning Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year honors. He also repeated as Philadelphia Catholic League MVP and was a two-time Courier Times/Intell Player of the Year.
He earned McDonald’s All-American honors as a Wood senior and ESPN ranked him as the No. 6 prospect in the class of 2024. Bethea is the Vikings’ all-time leading scorer with 1,693 points.
Bethea’s season-high at Miami was 21 points on 6-for-8 shooting in a Feb. 11 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Syracuse.
