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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

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21 A.J. Jacobson

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fargo, N.D.
  • High School Shanley HS

Biography

2017-18 Season (Senior): Earned CoSIDA first-team Academic All-America honors for the second straight year and Academic All-District honors for the third straight year … Summit League Academic All-League Team … Started all 32 games and played an average of 26 minutes per contest … Ranked third on the team with 9.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game … Made a career-high 55 three-pointers on the season, shooting a career-best 44.7 percent from beyond the arc … Shot 48 percent from the field overall and 90 percent at the free throw line … Scored a season-high 21 points at Fort Wayne on Jan. 20 … Tied his career-high with 12 rebounds in a road victory over UTEP on Dec. 22 … Recorded 6 assists in a win over Stetson on Nov. 25 … One of five national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award … Ended his career ranked 7th all-time at NDSU with 211 three-pointers made, 10th with a 40.3-percent career three-point percentage, and 20th in school history with 1,355 points … His 122 career starts were the 4th-most ever by a Bison.

2016-17 Season (Junior): Ranked fourth on the team with 10.6 points per game … Averaged 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest … Shot 42.7 percent from three-point range for the season and was second the team with 50 three-pointers made … Started 29 of 30 games, missing one game due to injury, and averaged 31.9 minutes per game … Had the second-most blocks on the team with 23 … Scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in NDSU’s win over South Dakota State on Feb. 8 … Poured in 23 points on 6-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc at Western Illinois on Jan. 21 … Earned CoSIDA first-team Academic All-America and Academic All-District honors … Summit League Academic All-League Team.

2015-16 Season (Sophomore): Honorable mention All-Summit League … Started all 33 games … One of only two Bison to play in all 33 games for the season … Led the team with 34.3 minutes per game … Ranked second on the team with 12.7 points per contest … Averaged 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game … NDSU’s leading free throw shooter at 78 percent … Scored a season-high 22 points in NDSU’s win over IPFW on Feb. 6 … Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds vs. Idaho State on Dec. 21 … Ranked second on the team with 52 three-pointers made on the season … Named Summit League Player of the Week on Feb. 8 after averaging 21 points in a pair of Bison wins … Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and third-team Academic All-America honors … Summit League Academic All-League Team.
 
2014-15 Season (Freshman): Honorable mention All-Summit League … Only freshman named to the Summit League All-Newcomer Team … Started 28 of 33 games for the Summit League champion Bison, missing five games in December with a knee injury … Ranked second on the team in scoring at 11.6 points per game … Also second on the team in minutes at 32.8 per contest … Shot 41.3 percent from the field, 40.3 percent from three-point range, and 82.0 percent from the free throw line … Second on the team with 54 three-pointers for the season … Averaged 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game … Scored a season-high 23 points in a win over Denver in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament … Poured in a season-best 5 three-pointers at Montana State on Nov. 30 … 18 games with double-digit points … 4 games with a season-high 8 rebounds … Named Summit League Academic All-League.
 
2013-14 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program ... Played in NDSU’s 98-49 exhibition win over Concordia Moorhead on Oct. 30 ... Scored eight points and tallied four assists in 26 minutes.

HIGH SCHOOL: North Dakota Class A all-time leading scorer with 2,002 career points ... North Dakota’s Mr. Basketball in 2013 ... North Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year and North Dakota Powerade Player of the Year as a senior in 2013 ... Averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds and five assists as a senior ... Helped Shanley to a 26-4 record and the Class A state title in 2013 ... Averaged 23.8 points, 10.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.9 blocks and 2.5 steals per game as a junior for Shanley HS in Fargo ... The Deacons went 19-6 and were Class A state finalists in 2012 ... Three-time all-conference and all-state pick in basketball ... Two-time all-state performer in soccer.

PERSONAL: Son of David and Pat Jacobson ... Has one younger sister, Sarah, who is a member of the NDSU women’s basketball team ... Earned his bachelor's degree in zoology / pre-dentistry in 2017 ... Now working toward his MBA ... Mother, Pat (Smykowski) Jacobson, played basketball at NDSU from 1985-89 and was inducted into the NDSU Hall of Fame in 2004 ... She was NDSU’s all-time leading scorer from 1989-97 and now ranks second all-time ... Pat played in four NCAA Tournaments and was the 1989 North Central Conference Player of the Year.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2013-14Freshman

    Guard
    6'6" 205 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2014-15Redshirt Freshman

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 215 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 215 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2016-17Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2017-18Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 210 lbs
    21