IRVING, Texas – For the second time this season UTSA’s Jhivvan Jackson has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, for the week ending Dec. 24, the league office announced Tuesday.
Jackson, who leads the Roadrunners in scoring at 17.0 points per outing, was also recognized as the league’s top frosh on Nov. 2. Jackson along with teammate Keaton Wallace (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11) have combined for five of the seven weekly C-USA freshman honors this season.
The Bayamón, Puerto Rico native poured in a game-high 26 points as UTSA scored 94 points at Nebraska on Dec. 20. The Roadrunners’ point total is the most surrendered by the Cornhuskers this season and the third most by a team at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the facility opened in 2012. Jackson went 9 of 20 from the floor, including five of UTSA’s facility-record 15 3-pointers, and 3 of 3 at the free-throw line. He also totaled two assists and three rebounds in 27 minutes off the bench.
Jackson scored 15 first-half points and 11 in the second half with four of his nine field goals tying the game. He sparked a 10-0 run that leveled the game at 70 with a three from the left wing, then scored eight points during a 10-5 UTSA run, including a transition 3-pointer that tied the game at 86 with 4:23 to play.
The 6-foot guard has tallied four 20-plus point and 10 double-digit scoring performances in his 13 career games. He scored 29, 31 and 26 in UTSA’s three games this season at Tulsa, Oklahoma and Nebraska, respectively.
Second-year head coach Steve Henson has now coached nine C-USA Freshman of the Week award winners – the five this season along with Byron Frohnen’s three last season and Giovanni De Nicolao’s one.
UTSA returns to the court Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. to open Conference USA play against Rice.
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Jackson, who leads the Roadrunners in scoring at 17.0 points per outing, was also recognized as the league’s top frosh on Nov. 2. Jackson along with teammate Keaton Wallace (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11) have combined for five of the seven weekly C-USA freshman honors this season.
The Bayamón, Puerto Rico native poured in a game-high 26 points as UTSA scored 94 points at Nebraska on Dec. 20. The Roadrunners’ point total is the most surrendered by the Cornhuskers this season and the third most by a team at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the facility opened in 2012. Jackson went 9 of 20 from the floor, including five of UTSA’s facility-record 15 3-pointers, and 3 of 3 at the free-throw line. He also totaled two assists and three rebounds in 27 minutes off the bench.
Jackson scored 15 first-half points and 11 in the second half with four of his nine field goals tying the game. He sparked a 10-0 run that leveled the game at 70 with a three from the left wing, then scored eight points during a 10-5 UTSA run, including a transition 3-pointer that tied the game at 86 with 4:23 to play.
The 6-foot guard has tallied four 20-plus point and 10 double-digit scoring performances in his 13 career games. He scored 29, 31 and 26 in UTSA’s three games this season at Tulsa, Oklahoma and Nebraska, respectively.
Second-year head coach Steve Henson has now coached nine C-USA Freshman of the Week award winners – the five this season along with Byron Frohnen’s three last season and Giovanni De Nicolao’s one.
UTSA returns to the court Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. to open Conference USA play against Rice.
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