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Q&A

Favorite sports quote: “Go
JACKSoN
hard or go home.”

Favorite sports movie:
Guard • 6-5 • 180 • Senior
Love and Basketball

Major: University Studies Favorite guilty-pleasure

Hometown: Warren, Ohio movie: Finding Nemo
H.S.: Warren G. Harding
If you could be be
Previous School: Wyoming
one NBA player for a

day: LeBron, of course
2012-13 Season
Honorable Mention All-MVC
Favorite pre-game
H
H MVC All-Newcomer Team
meal: Steak
Ranked sixth in the MVC in scoring (15.1 ppg), 13th in rebound- What would you consider

ing (5.4 rpg) and fourth in steals (1.9 spg)...His 58 steals were a good night: Hanging with good friends and good food.
the ninth most in a season in school history...Recorded three-
Your celebrity crush: Megan Fox
straight 20-point games — the first Saluki player to do so since
Kent Williams in 2001...A two-time winner of MVC Newcomer Favorite person to follow on twitter, Instagram, Vine: LeBron

of the Week honors (Dec. 3, March 4)...Made the game-winning James, Kevin Hart
Your nickname: Dezo
3-pointer with 12 seconds left to beat Fresno State...Named to
the All-Tournament team at the World Vision Challenge in Utah, Favorite food: Chicken

where he averaged 22.7 points, 7.3 rebounds...Scored double Favorite subject: Math
figures all but six games...Had two double-doubles.
Favorite TV shows: Martin
After college, I plan to: Play basketball
2011-12 Season
Hobby outside of basketball: Playing video games
Sat out after transferring from Wyoming.
Favorite actor: Kevin Hart

University of Wyoming
Favorite place to eat in southern Illinois: Avant’s and Moe’s
Scored 804 points in two seasons...Led the team in scoring Favorite video game: 2K14, Madden 14, GTA

as a sophomore in 2011 with 14.6 points per game...Ranked I chose SIU because: Their winning history
fifth in the Mountain West Conference in scoring and 13th in
A Saluki is: No limit
rebounding...In a game against nationally ranked BYU, Jackson
had a season-high 23 points...Led the team in scoring 14 times My hero: My mother

and scored in double figures in 25 of 30 games...In 2010, he My values: Family, basketball, waking up every day
averaged 11.8 points and was named to the CollegeInsider.com Talent I wish I had: Super powers

Freshman All-America Team.
My motto: Do what you gotta do.

If you walked into my apartment you would say: You have a lot of
Warren G. Harding High School
Averaged 20.0 points as a senior, 16.0 points as a junior and 24.0 shoes.
Not many people know this about me: I like shopping.
points as a sophomore...Led Warren G. Harding to a 46-5 record
in two seasons...Was a finalist for the Ohio Player of the Year

Award his senior year...Played in the North-South All-Star game.

Dawg Bites
Born Aug. 9, 1990...Son of Valerie Jackson and Omar Provitt...

Is second-youngest of five brothers and two sisters...Majoring
in University Studies.

Career Stats
Season GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2012-13 31 28 923
29.8 168 383 .439 38 119 .319 93 135 .689 49 118167 5.4 90 1 61 84 15 58 467 15.1

Conference Games Only
Season GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2012-13 18 16 526
29.2 93 215 .433 20 73 .274 55 74 .743 22 67 89 4.9 50 0 29 45 3 26 261 14.5

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