Guard
Sr-3L
6-0, 165
Merrillville, IN
(Andrean)
#21 Jeff Jacobs
· AVERAGED 11.1 POINTS AND 5.0 ASSISTS OVER 30.9 MINUTES/GAME
· STARTED 27 OF 29 GAMES IN 1995-96 AND 77 OF 83 CAREER GAMES
· CURRENTLY STANDS THIRD ON TCU CAREER ASSIST CHART
· HAS 47 CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING OUTINGS
· HIT FIVE LAST-MINUTE, GAME-WINNING SHOTS IN 1995-96
1995-96 .... Call it a flair for the dramatic, or just chalk it up to his love for the game, but Jacobs proved to be TCU's go-to clutch performer in '95-96, registering no fewer than five, last-minute, game-winning buckets. His three-pointer with :02 seconds remaining gave TCU an 86-83 win over Middle Tennessee St.; He broke an 84-84 tie with a trey against Coppin St., then sank a crucial free throw with :19 seconds to play; With TCU clinging to a one-point advantage at Rice, he nailed a pair of free tosses to give the Frogs a 91-89 win; He hit a pair of three-pointers against Baylor, pulling the Purple from a 72-70 deficit to a 77-75 win; and his dramatic dribble-drive jumper from the left baseline in the final five seconds lifted the Horned Frogs to a 91-89 win at Texas A&M. When Jacobs wasn't hitting clutch shots, it was a good bet that he was dishing out assists. With a team-leading 145 assists, he is just 72 shy of the TCU career mark (he currently stands third on the list). Not shabby, considering that he alternated between the point and the two-guard slot!
1994-95 .... TCU's starting point guard in 22 of 27 contests during the 1994-95 campaign, Jacobs ranked fourth among 1994-95 Southwest Conference assist leaders with 5.5 assists per outing, and was among the SWC's leading three point men, hitting 38.7 percent. He tallied a career-high 31 points at Louisiana Tech (canning 7-of-11 three's) and registered three outings of 20+ points, hitting 25 at Virginia Tech, 26 against Texas (nailing 10-of-14 field goals) and 21 points at Houston while posting a total of 16 double-digit scoring outings. An 80.3 percent free throw artist for the year, Jacobs hit 10-of-12 from the line at Loui siana Tech and 12-of-14 against SMU. His season and career-high assist night was a 13-dish performance against Midwestern State. He also recorded three double-digit assist games, while averaging 32 minutes per contest.
1993-94 .... He began his initial collegiate campaign with a bang, then continued his strong play enroute to being named Fort Worth Star-Telegram Co-Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year. In his initial collegiate outing he scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds against Drexel. He then hit a career-high 24 points the following evening against North Carolina A&T, going 7-of-14 from the field and a perfect eight-of-eight from the line to average 21.5 points over those two games and earn Independent Mortgage Classic all-tournament honors. popped the nets for 21 points at SMU (including 12-14 free throws), 20 points and six assists against Baylor and 20 points, five assists against Texas. For the season, Jacobs registered a 10.4 scoring average in 31 minutes per contest, to finish the year as what was then the third highest-scoring freshman in TCU history. also recorded a 3.5 assist average and was the Frogs' top free throw shooter for the season (as well as the SWC's third best), at 76.0 percent. He hit 37-of-87 from three-point range (42.5), to rank third among SWC leader in 3-point. percentage, including his hitting four-of-five against both Oral Roberts and Texas A&M and nailing four-of-five at ORU. He dished seven assists twice (at Texas and at ORU) and registered six assists in three games Texas Tech, Baylor and at Texas Tech.
PERSONAL .... A point guard at Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean High, Jacobs comes from a family of collegiate cagers - his grandfather was a letterman at Michigan State, while his uncle earned monograms while attending Creighton Jeffrey John Jacobs is majoring in finance while at TCU. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs of Merrillville Ind., and was born March 19, 1975 in Hobart, Indiana.
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