Josh Cohen

Player
Seasons: 2023-24
Number: 23
Position: F
Height: 6' 10“
Weight: 220
Hometown: Lincroft NJ
High School: none
Prep School: Christian Brothers Academy
Transfer From: St. Francis (PA)
Transfer To: Southern Cal
Birthday: ?

At UMass

Verbally committed on 4/6/2023.¹⁾²⁾³⁾ Signed on 4/14/23.⁴⁾ Interview shortly after his signing
Chose UMass over Florida, Iowa, ⁵⁾ and Penn State⁶⁾
Roster page at UMassAthletics.com
NIL partner with The Mass Collective⁷⁾

2023-24 Season

Atlantic 10 First Team⁸⁾
NABC All-District Second Team⁹⁾
Started all 31 games on the season, averaging 15.9 points and 6.8 rebounds, in 28.9 minutes per game
Led the team in several stat categories, including field goals, free throws, points, and points per game
Within the Atlantic 10, Cohen's 15.9 ppg was 8th, 6.8 rpg was 5th, .544 FG% was 7th
October: Named to the watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award¹⁰⁾, Interview with The Mass Collective, A quick "get to know" video for Cohen and Matt Cross
Solid start with 22 points and 8 boards against Albany (11/7), and hit his first career 3-pointer
Tallied 11-7-5 in the win over Quinnipiac (11/13)
Finished with 13 & 8, but held to 5-14 (.357) shooting in the loss to Harvard (11/17)
Came back strong with 10-11 (.909) shooting against Central CT (11/22), tallying 26 & 7
Fouled all day by South Florida (12/2), getting to the line a season-high 18 times, made 13. Finished the day with 21 pts and 9 boards
Got into foul trouble in the loss at Towson (12/6), limited to 8 points and 3 boards
Shot 10-15 from the floor, tallying 25 points and a season-high 14 boards against UMass-Lowell (12/9)
December: Interview with The Field of 68, recorded just after the season's 5-2 start
Shot 6-12 from the field, 7-9 from the line, for 19 points, plus 7 boards, in the win over West Virginia (12/16)
Held to 10 & 3 in the loss to Georgia Tech (12/21)
Perfect shooting against Portland (12/22): 9-9 FG, 1-1 3FG, 9-9 FT. Finished with a season-high 28 points
Back-to-back 28 point efforts, this time against Old Dominion (12/24), coming from 10-15 FG and 8-9 FT
A-10 Player of the Week for the week ending 12/26¹¹⁾¹²⁾
Off-game against Siena (12/30), with just 1 FGA and 3 boards, but UM still got the win. Frank called out the lack of effort in the post-game presser
Fouled out after 15 minutes and finished with season-lows of 15 minutes, 2 points and 2 boards, but the bench stepped up and got the win over Duquesne (1/3)
Held to 5-13 (.385) shooting in the close loss at Dayton (1/7), finishing with 15 & 9
Put up 24 & 10 in the win over La Salle (1/10)
Led UM with 23 & 11 at Rhode Island (1/13), but team defense lapsed and UM lost 89-77
Matched his season-high with 28 points at Loyola (1/17), also snared 8 rebounds
Tallied 15 & 12 in the win over GW (1/20)
Off-game in the loss to Saint Joe's (1/23), with 2-7 shooting and 4 boards in 22 minutes
Limited to 21 minutes with foul trouble at Saint Louis (1/27). Held to 8 points and 3 boards
Put up 17 & 6 in the win over George Mason (2/3)
Held to 2-8 shooting, 4 points and 3 boards in the loss at St. Bonaventure (2/7)
Tallied 13 & 6 in the win over Rhode Island (2/11)
Held to 3-11 shooting, but UM still took the win at Richmond (2/14). Finished with 11 & 7
Led the team with 21 & 13 at La Salle (2/17), but UM faltered to a loss
Put up 20-7-4 in the win over VCU (2/20)
Shot 6-9, tallied 18 points, and snared 6 boards in the home loss to St. Bonaventure (2/24)
Shot 6-8 and finished with 12 points in the road win at GW (2/27). Didn't get to the line for the first time since Duquesne (1/3)
Held to 2-9 shooting and 8 points at Davidson (3/2), but still snagged 8 boards in UM's win
Tallied 19 & 9 in the home finale over Fordham (3/6)
Limited to just 5 shots in the A-10 Tournament loss to VCU (3/14), but went 8-9 from the line and rebounded 6
Game logs

Post-UMass

Entered the transfer portal on 3/18/24.¹³⁾ Visited Notre Dame,¹⁴⁾ then committed to Arkansas.¹⁵⁾ Decommitted and went to USC to follow coach Eric Musselman.¹⁶⁾
April 2024: Spoke with Rhody Vault about his journey.

Pre-UMass

Saint Francis (PA) (2019-23)

Co-Player of the Year in the Northeast Conference in 2022-23
Roster page at SFUAthletics.com
Was majoring in Business Analytics
Graduated in 2023¹⁷⁾

2022-23

Co-Player of the Year in the Northeast Conference¹⁸⁾
NEC Player of the Week five times¹⁹⁾
Started in all of the Red Flash's 31 games
Averaged 21.8 points and 8.3 rebounds, each leading the team. The 21.8 ppg led the NEC, the 8.3 rebounds was 6th within the league.²⁰⁾
Scoring average was 10th-best in D-I²¹⁾
Attempted 247 free throws, tied for 5th-most in D-I²²⁾
Scored in double-figures in every game
Scored 30+ four times, including two 40-point outputs
Tallied seven double-doubles over the season, and another seven near-double-doubles with nine rebounds in those
Put up four double-doubles over the last eight games of the season
Scored 31 against FDU (2/23)
Tallied 27 & 7 at Wagner (1/7)
Double-double at Robert Morris (12/21) with 28 & 14
Put up 30 & 9 at Miami FL (12/17). Went 10-16 from the floor and 10-13 from the line
Showed no signs of jet lag on 12/11 at Hawaii, going 16-23, plus 8-10 from the stripe, for 40 points, plus 9 rebounds
Put up back-to-back double-doubles, with 18 & 10 at Ohio State (12/3) and 14 & 12 in just 22 minutes against St. Vincent (PA) (12/8)
Made 15 of 19 shots, plus 10-13 from the line, for 40 points, plus 9 boards, against Lehigh (11/21)
Tallied 24 & 8 against Cornell (11/14)
Opened the season with 9-11 shooting, 21 points, and 7 boards at St. Bonaventure (11/7)

2021-22

NEC Most Improved Player²³⁾
Appeared in 26 games including 14 starts
Selected as NEC Player of the Week after posting a then career-high 23 points against American on Dec. 8
Paced the team in scoring (12.9 ppg), rebounds (7.0 rpg) and blocks (19)
Registered 19 double-figure point games, 11 games with 15+ points; 4 games with 20+ points
Tallied six double-digit rebound games and five double-doubles
Notched a career-high 26 points against Merrimack on Feb. 5
Hauled in a personal-best 12 rebounds against Sacred Heart on Jan. 23

2020-21

Appeared in 21 games with two starts
Averaged 5.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game
Registered four 10+ point games
Tallied 11 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-digit rebound game and double-double of his career at Sacred Heart on Jan. 21
Notched a season-high 13 points at Merrimack on Feb. 4

2019-20

Took a redshirt year

High School

A four-year letterwinner on the Christian Brothers Academy boy's basketball team
Came in as a 6'0” freshman, playing point guard, and grew to 6'10“ over final three seasons
Scored 1,000 points in his career
Named All-Shore Conference first team as a senior
Averaged 21.0 ppg as a senior and posted 20 points in 14 of the 24 contests
Prior to Saint Francis, also held offers from Fairleigh Dickinson and Southern New Hampshire

Statistics

Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FO
2020-21	SF PA	NEC	21	2	290	13.8	49	75	.653	49	74	.662	0	1	.000	22	36	.611	120	5.7	39	57	96	4.6	11	8	5	11	40	0
2021-22	SF PA	NEC	26	14	673	25.9	126	219	.575	126	219	.575	0	0	–	84	130	.646	336	12.9	72	109	181	7.0	46	10	19	35	53	0
2022-23	SF PA	NEC	31	31	1049	33.8	257	439	.585	257	438	.587	0	1	.000	162	247	.656	676	21.8	79	177	256	8.3	77	28	27	55	78	0
Total	SF PA	NEC	78	47	2012	25.8	432	733	.589	432	731	.591	0	2	.000	268	413	.649	1132	14.5	190	343	533	6.8	134	46	51	101	171	0
2023-24	UMass	A-10	31	31	897	28.9	167	307	.544	156	275	.567	11	32	.344	149	214	.696	494	15.9	79	133	212	6.8	53	28	16	47	78	1
Career	Overall		109	78	2909	26.7	599	1040	.576	588	1006	.584	11	34	.324	417	627	.665	1626	14.9	269	476	745	6.8	187	74	67	148	249	1

From Sports-Reference.com: Stats, Game Logs

Career Highs

Through the 2023-24 season

	UMass	St. Francis
Points	28 - three times, last at Loyola (1/17/24)	40 - Lehigh (11/21/22)
Points	28 - three times, last at Loyola (1/17/24)	40 - at Hawaii (12/11/22)
Field Goals	10 - three times, last vs Old Dominion (12/24/23)	16 - at Hawaii (12/11/22)
Field Goals Att.	19 - La Salle (1/10/24)	23 - at Hawaii (12/11/22)
3-Point FG	2 - Albany (11/7/23)	none
3-Point FG Att.	3 - GW (1/20/24)	1 - Mount St. Mary's (2/25/21)
3-Point FG Att.	3 - GW (1/20/24)	1 - at FDU (3/4/23)
Free Throws	13 - South Florida (12/2/23)	10 - Lehigh (11/21/22)
Free Throws	13 - South Florida (12/2/23)	10 - at Miami FL (12/17/22)
Free Throw Att.	18 - South Florida (12/2/23)	17 - at LIU (2/18/23)
Rebounds	14 - UMass-Lowell (12/9/23)	14 - at Robert Morris (12/21/22)
Assists	5 - Quinnipiac (11/13/23)	6 - Bryant (2/3/22)
Assists	5 - Quinnipiac (11/13/23)	6 - Merrimack (2/11/23)
Blocks	2 - three times, last Fordham (3/6/24)	3 - three times, last at FDU (1/26/23)
Steals	4 - UMass-Lowell (12/9/23)	4 - CCSU (12/29/22)
Minutes	36 - at Loyola (1/17/24)	40 - Merrimack (2/11/23)