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Jersey Number 22
Javon Jackson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- C.E. King HS
- Prev School:
- UIC / Utah State / Southern Nazarene
At Murray State
Before MSU
- Joined the Racers for the 2025-26 season as a transfer from UIC.
- Played as a Racer for the first time as a starter in the season opener vs Omaha with game-high 24 points on 6-of-13 from the field and 10-of-10 from the free throw line.
- Scored 26 points on 8-14 from the field including 8-8 from the free throw line at SMU.
- Made it back to back games of 20-point scoring when he had 23 points against Nicholls.
- Drove length of the floor to score the game winning basket for the Racers with 1.2 seconds remaining against GWU in the Cayman Islands Classic.
- In MSU’s 115-100 win over Akron, scored 20 points in 9-13 shooting with five assists.
- Scored 20 points against Bradley at home.
- Was 8-16 from the field at Evansville with 22 points.
- Was 7-7 from the free throw line at home against Indiana State and finished with his ninth 20-point game with a game high 21.
- Scored 30 points in the MVC Tournament in a loss to UIC in the first round.
- Ended his 32-game MSU career as the 54th player in program history to reach the 500-point mark with 523, good for 47th place all-time at Murray State.
- Had 13 games of 20 points or more and only four games in which he didn’t score in double-figures.
- Adding up his career at Southern Nazarene, Utah State, UIC and Murray State, Jackson scored 1,515 points with an average of 12.3ppg.
- Named All-MVC First Team.
Before MSU
- Played the 2024-25 season at UIC in the Missouri Valley Conference.
- Played against MSU twice in the 2024-25 season, had a career-high 30 points vs Racers (Jan. 15) on 12-of-20 from the field with five assists in a double-overtime game.
- Appeared in 31 games at UIC with 29 starts, scored team-high 11.9 points per game and totaled 83 assists and his 48 steals ranked third in The Valley.
- Scored in double figures across 15 games in the season and had three games of 20+ points.
- Collected a season high 10 assists in UIC’s 117-59 win over St. Mary’s (Minn.) (Nov. 16).
- Played 2023-24 season at Utah State where he played in 28 games and scored 4.5 points per game for the Aggies who won 28 games and won the regular season championship in the Mountain West Conference.
- In 2022-23 season, played at Southern Nazarene in Oklahoma where he played in 32 games and made 25 starts.
- Was second on the team in scoring 15.8 points per game and scored in double-figures 26 times with nine games of 20 points or more and was named Great American Conference Freshman of the Year and First Team in the GAC.
- As a senior in 2019-20 at C.E. King High School in Houston, Texas, was a Class 6A All-State selection by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.
- Was a four-time first-team all-district selection at C.E. King, helping lead the Panthers to consecutive District 22-6A championships. As a senior in 2019-20, averaged 19.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.
- After high school, spent one year at Impact Basketball Academy.
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