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Jalen Jackson

Position:
G
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Northrop
Prev School:
UIC

• 2024-25 All-NABC Great Lakes Region Second Team
• 2024-25 All-Horizon League First Team
• 2024-25 Horizon League Academic All-League Team
• 2024-25 Horizon League Sportsmanship Award
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2023-24 All-Horizon League Third Team
• 2023-24 & 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District
• 2x Horizon League Player of the Week (Jan. 20, 2025 and Jan. 27, 2025)
• 2024-25 NABC Honors Court

at UIC
• Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 20, 2023)

2024-25: Started and played in 31 out of 32 games … Finished first in the Horizon League for scoring (19.2) … Fifth for field goal percentage (48.4 percent) … Fifth for steals (1.6 per game) … Earned a career-high 38 points scored against IU Indy (Jan. 25), most in the Horizon League in 2024-25 … Scored in double digits 30-of-31 games … Scored 20 or more in 11 games … Grabbed 11 rebounds against Youngstown State (Mar. 6) … Shot 10-of-17 at Michigan scoring 27 points (Dec. 22) ... Had 31 points at Penn State (Nov. 20).

2023-24: Started all 36 games … Finished seventh in the Horizon League in field goal percentage at 49.7 percent … Ranked 10^th in the league in scoring with 15.7 points per game … Scored eight or more points in 35-of-36 games … Reached double-digits in 31-of-36 games … Scored 20 or more points seven times … Scored 27 points with five assists at Wright State (Feb. 28) … Recorded 20 points in three straight games, 23 vs. Youngstown State (Feb. 4), 21 vs. Cleveland State (Feb. 7) and 24 at IUPUI (Feb. 10) … Notched 24 points and five rebounds at Wright State (Jan. 6) … Dished out seven assists while scoring 16 points at Milwaukee (Feb. 25) … Shot an efficient 9-of-13 for 18 points with six rebounds and no turnovers at Bowling Green in the CIT (March 20) … Finished a rebound short of a double-double three times.

2022-23 (at UIC): Played in 30 games with 14 starts ... Eight games of double-digit points ... Made two or more 3-pointers five times ... Scored a season-high 23 points vs. Indiana State, shooting 9-of-15 with three 3-pointers (Feb. 15) ... Totaled 21 points on 8-of-19 shooting with four steals and three assists vs. Belmont (Feb. 11) ... Added 19 points with four rebounds, three steals and two blocks vs. Valparaiso (Feb. 19).

Prep: Selected to compete on the 2022 IndyStar Indiana Boys All-Stars Team … Ended his senior year at Northrop High School as the No. 2 scorer in the state, averaging 27.6 points per game to go along with 9.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game … A varsity starter in each of the last three seasons of high school, Jackson shot 50 percent from the field last year while helping the Bruins to an appearance in the sectional finals of the IHSAA Class 4A State Tournament.

Personal: Mother Katie Jackson (nee Bruening) played basketball (1997-99) and volleyball (1997 and 1998) at IPFW, earning an All-GLVC Honorable Mention selection in basketball in 1998-99 ... Majoring in General Studies.