Ben Jacobson, UNI
6-3, 190, Jr., Gd., Sioux City (Iowa) East High
Jacobson averaged 25.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game last week in a pair of UNI road games. He scored a career-high 31 points in an 83-82 loss at Creighton, hitting 14-of-24 shots from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range.
At Illinois State on Feb. 12, Jacobson scored 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting, 4-of-8 from three-point range. He scored 13 of the team’s final 15 points, including three three-pointers, and his two free throws with 11 seconds left gave UNI the final margin of victory. For the week, Jacobson hit on 55.3 percent of his shots (21-for-38) and 50.0 percent of his three-pointers (7-for-14).


