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Jackson Earns Second Consecutive MAC Player of the Week Honor
January 04 | Men's Basketball
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the second consecutive week, senior guard Loren Cristian Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Jackson led the Zips to a 2-0 start in league play with 31 points and six assists en route to defeating Akron's archrival Kent State on New Year's Day, 66-62. With the win, Akron gained a half point for the Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge.
Jackson scored Akron's first 16 points of the game, firing away from deep to help keep his squad close before the rest of the Zips found their stride. He buried 9-of-23 shots from the field, including an impressive 50 percent showing from deep. Jackson drained seven triples and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Jackson added a pair of rebounds and a steal in the winning effort.
The first Akron basket by someone other than Jackson came with 5:12 left in the opening half, when Camron Reece drained a short jump hook moving across the lane, drawing a foul in the process.
The Zips are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in MAC play, as Jackson leads the league in scoring (25.4 pts/g), assists (8.0 ast/g), 3-point field goals made per game (3.8 3pt fg/g) and assist/turnover ratio 3.64 with 40 assists and 11 turnovers to date.
Akron will once again have a break of more than a week between games as the Zips must wait eight days to get back into action, traveling to Ypsilanti, Mich. to face Eastern Michigan in a contest that was postponed four days and will tip off Jan. 9 at 2 p.m., with the broadcast to be heard on WHLO 640-AM.
2020-21 MAC Players of the Week
Jan. 4 - Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron, Guard
Dec. 28 - Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron, Guard
Dec. 21 - Marreon Jackson, Toledo, Guard
Dec. 14 - Danny Pippen, Kent State, Forward
Dec. 7 - Justin Turner, Bowling Green, Guard
Nov. 30 - Jason Preston, Ohio, Guard
CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the second consecutive week, senior guard Loren Cristian Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Jackson led the Zips to a 2-0 start in league play with 31 points and six assists en route to defeating Akron's archrival Kent State on New Year's Day, 66-62. With the win, Akron gained a half point for the Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge.
Jackson scored Akron's first 16 points of the game, firing away from deep to help keep his squad close before the rest of the Zips found their stride. He buried 9-of-23 shots from the field, including an impressive 50 percent showing from deep. Jackson drained seven triples and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Jackson added a pair of rebounds and a steal in the winning effort.
The first Akron basket by someone other than Jackson came with 5:12 left in the opening half, when Camron Reece drained a short jump hook moving across the lane, drawing a foul in the process.
The Zips are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in MAC play, as Jackson leads the league in scoring (25.4 pts/g), assists (8.0 ast/g), 3-point field goals made per game (3.8 3pt fg/g) and assist/turnover ratio 3.64 with 40 assists and 11 turnovers to date.
Akron will once again have a break of more than a week between games as the Zips must wait eight days to get back into action, traveling to Ypsilanti, Mich. to face Eastern Michigan in a contest that was postponed four days and will tip off Jan. 9 at 2 p.m., with the broadcast to be heard on WHLO 640-AM.
2020-21 MAC Players of the Week
Jan. 4 - Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron, Guard
Dec. 28 - Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron, Guard
Dec. 21 - Marreon Jackson, Toledo, Guard
Dec. 14 - Danny Pippen, Kent State, Forward
Dec. 7 - Justin Turner, Bowling Green, Guard
Nov. 30 - Jason Preston, Ohio, Guard
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