Loren Cristian Jackson

Height:
5-8
Weight:
150
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Victory Rock Prep | Long Beach State

Jackson excels off ball screens and in the open court ... He is a gifted leader with a high basketball I.Q. ... He is a high-character guy with a relentless work ethic and knows what it takes to get better.

As a redshirt junior (2019-20): Earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Year ... first Team All-MAC and All-NABC ... named to Lou Henson All-American Team ... earned Lou Henson National Player of the Week ... earned four Mac Player of the Week honors ... notched 1,000 career points at Akron (1,075 pts., 40^th all-time at UA, 64 games) ... scored a career-high 35 points (three times - at Ohio 1/25, at Bowling Green 2/25, at Buffalo 2/28) ... scored double-digits in 27 games, including five 30-plus point performances ... led the Zips to a 2020 regular season MAC Championship with a team-high 19.8 points per game (615 total points) and 4.5 assist per game (138 assists) ... ranked second in MAC scoring and 35^th in NCAA ... buried 92 3-point field goals, ranking second in the MAC and 23^rd in NCAA ... shot 42.8 percent from deep (92-of-215) which ranked first in the MAC and 14^th in the NCAA ... shot 46.5 percent from the field (194-of-417) ... posted a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio (138 assists/72 turnovers), ranking third in MAC and 94^th in NCAA ... collected a second team-best 31 steals

As a redshirt sophomore (2018-19): Started all 33 games ... averaged a second-best 13.9 points per game while scoring 460 total points ... set career highs in points (31, Bowling Green 3//5/19), rebounds (8, Bowling Green 3/5/19), assists (7, Bowing Green 3/5/19), steals (3, 4x last vs Eastern Michigan 1/15/19), blocks (1, 4x last vs Miami 1/19/19), field goals made and attempted (13-of-22, Bowling Green 3/5/19), free throws made and attempted (9-of-11 Northern Illinois 11/26/19) and minutes played (39, Central Michigan 1/8/19) ... dished out a second best 102 assists for 3.1 assist per game ... scored double-digits in 24-of-33 games ... had seven 20-plus point performances ... shot 34.5 percent from the floor (137-of-397) and 30.0 percent from deep (66-of-220) ... recorded 30 steals .... named to the Cayman Island Classic All-Tournament team ... ranked in the Mid-American Conference Top 20 in scoring (19^th, 13.9 ppg), assists (102, 3.1 ast/g), free throw percentage (4^th, 80.5 percent 120-of-149) ... 3PT FG PCT (13^th, 30.0 percent 66-of-220), 3PT FG MADE (13^th, 2.0 per game) ... Assist/Turnover ratio (8^th, 1.7 (102 assists/60 turnovers).

At Akron (2017-18): Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

As a Freshman (Long Beach State (2016-17): Played in every game for the Beach in 2016-17 as a true freshman, starting five times ... Played 21 minutes at the point against Cal State Los Angeles, scoring five points with two rebounds and two steals. ... Tied his scoring with five points at Wichita State ... Set a career high with two assists at North Carolina ... Had his best game as a 49er so far at UCLA, leading the Beach in assists with six and points with 15 ... Scored seven points at New Mexico State ... Had eight first-half points against Pepperdine ... Scored seven points with three rebounds against the Master’s ... Matched a season-high with 26 minutes and three rebounds against Colorado State ... Made his first career start at Eastern Michigan, scoring 14 points, tying the team-high ... Tied his career high in steals and rebounds with three 3-pointers against the Eagles ... Scored six points in 18 minutes against UC Riverside ... Reached double figures for the third time against Hawai’i with 11 points and five assists ... Sealed the UCSB win with two free throws in the closing seconds, scoring five points with two assists ... Scored 12 points at Cal Poly, including two crucial free throws to send the game to overtime with 0.3 seconds remaining ... Made his second start of the season at CSUN, scoring 14 points and making a career high four rebounds ... Scored in double figures for the second straight game with a career-high tying 15 points and a new career best three steals against UC Irvine ... Scored nine points with three rebounds at UC Riverside ... Scored 11 points with a team-high tying four assists at Cal State Fullerton ... Came off the bench and scored nine points against UC Davis ... Scored 11 first-half points off the bench on the road at UC Davis.

High School: Averaged 22.2 points and 7.3 assists per game as a senior at Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Florida … Led his team to a 27-6 overall record as the starting point guard … A three-star prospect rated as the No. 9 prospect from Illinois in the 2016 class by ESPN.com.

Personal: Born December 15, 1996, in Chicago, Ill. … son of Loren and Paula Jackson … has two brothers, Tommy Rush and Mac Koshwal, and a sister, Ai-Ja Jackson … business administration major.