Charles Jackson (basketball)
| No. 33 – New Zealand Breakers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 22, 1993 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Grant Union (Sacramento, California) |
| College |
Lassen (2012–2013) College of Southern Idaho (2013–2014) Tennessee Tech (2014–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–present | New Zealand Breakers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Edward Jackson (born May 22, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He attended Grant Union High School in Sacramento, California before attending and competing for three different colleges.
College career
Jackson was a standout freshman center at Lassen College in 2012–13, averaging an impressive 11.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. He also averaged 12.2 points and tallied 21 double-doubles. As a sophomore, Jackson moved to the College of Southern Idaho. He managed just 16 games in 2013–14 after recovering from a broken leg earlier in the season. He averaged 5.8 points and 5.6 rebounds in limited action, appearing in just 17.8 minutes per game.[1]
As a junior in 2014–15, Jackson played Division I college basketball for the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. In 30 games (all starts), he averaged 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks per game.[2] He subsequently earned OVC All-Newcomer Team honors.
On April 24, 2015, Jackson declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.[3]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Jackson joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2015 NBA Summer League where he averaged 7.5 points and six rebounds in four games.[4]
On August 10, 2015, Jackson signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2015–16 NBL season.[5] In his debut game for the Breakers in the team's season opener on October 7, he came off the bench to record 12 points and seven rebounds in a loss to the Adelaide 36ers.[6] On December 5, he scored a season-high 22 points in an 86–75 win over the Townsville Crocodiles.[7] On January 17, 2016, he recorded 11 points and 18 rebounds in a 103–96 double overtime loss to the Illawarra Hawks, fouling out in the second overtime.[8] Of his 18 rebounds, 10 of them were offensive, becoming the first player in Breakers' history to grab 10 offensive rebounds in a game, and the first player in the NBL to record that mark since Rosell Ellis did so in January 2007.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "33 – Charles Jackson". TTUSports.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "#33 Charles Jackson". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Charania, Shams (April 24, 2015). "Tennessee Tech's Charles Jackson Declares For NBA Draft". RealGM.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Summer League Player Profile – Charles Jackson". NBA.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "GET SET FOR DOUBLE THE JACKSON ACTION". NZBreakers.co.nz. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Rechichi, Andrew (October 8, 2015). "Adelaide 36ers power past NZ Breakers to get NBL season off to a cracking start". FoxSports.com.au. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ↑ Hinton, Marc (December 5, 2015). "NZ Breakers double road tally with victory over Townsville Crocs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ↑ Wilson, Clay (January 17, 2016). "NZ Breakers go down to Illawarra Hawks in double-overtime Australian NBL thriller". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Breakers vs Hawks". NBL.com.au. January 17, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ "@CharlesJackson6 becomes 1st player in...". Twitter. January 17, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
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