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Jersey Number 24
JaCobi Wood
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, Tenn.
- High School:
- Cleveland HS
- Prev School:
- Belmont
Bio
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
Before MSU
Personal
- In the opener against Bethel, scored 17 points on 5-of-8 from the field.
- Against Maryland Eastern Shore, dished out a career-high 13 assists.
- Scored 15 points with eight assists vs Utah Valley.
- Scored a season-high 21 points with six rebounds and five assists against Evansville.
- The 21 points vs UE was his fifth game as a Racer of 20 or more points and his 10th between his time at Belmont and MSU.
- Followed up with a game-high 23 points, while playing the point for 32 minutes with only one turnover.
- Flirted with a triple-double again at WKU with 22 points (five 3-pointers) and seven rebounds and six assists.
- At home against Valparaiso, surpassed the career 1500-point mark between his two seasons at Belmont and his three seasons with the Racers.
- In the Belmont game at home (Jan. 25) became 48th member of the Murray State 1000-Point Club as he became the 33rd fastest to reach the coveted mark in 85 games in the Navy & Gold.
- Scored a career-high 29 points at Evansville on 9-of-14 from the field as he tied his career-high with six 3-point baskets.
- Dished four assists at Valparaiso (Feb. 8) giving him 401 in three seasons with the Racers.
- Moved into sixth place in all-time assists at MSU in 89 games.
- The sixth Racer in program history to reach 400 career assists.
- The others are: Ja Morant (2017-19) 532, Don Mann (1985-89) 531, Lamont Sleets (1979-80) 458, Glen Green (1979-83) 423 and Tevin Brown (2018-22) 407.
- Scored his 11th career game of 20 points with 20 at Southern Illinois (Feb. 18) with four assists and two steals.
- Finished with 95 games played for MSU with 1,146 points (20th all-time at MSU) and became the 48th member of the MSU 1000-Point Club in the game against Belmont (Jan 25).
- 33rd fastest to reach 1,000 points at MSU.
- With 431 career assists in MSU games, Wood is fourth place all-time and one of only six MSU players to reach 400.
- At the MVC Tournament, had 16 assists in the two games two surpass Glen Green (1979-83) at 423.
- His career between Belmont and MSU saw him play in 157 games with 1,688 points, 504 rebounds, 566 assists and 165 steals.
2023-24
- Tied his career-high for the third time of 24 points vs UNCW on 6-10 3pts.
- Scored 19 points in the Racers’ MVC opener vs Bradley on 5-7FG and 3-5 from 3PT range.
- Became the 48th Racer to join the 1000-Point Club in the Mississippi State game.
- Recorded his third career double-double at Mississippi State with 18 points and 10 assists.
- In MSU’s 3-game win streak, Wood led the Racers with 16.3ppg,and was 16-22FG (.727), 9-12 3PT (.750), 8-8FT (.1.000) with 15 assists.
- Had one of the top 4-game stretches in MSU history in the games with MTSU, UIC, UE and MOST.
- In four games: 17ppg on 23-33FG (.697), 12-18 3PT (.667), 10-10FT (1,000), 19R, 20A, 3ST.
- Was named the MVC Player of the Night in a fan vote on Twitter after he scored 19 points at MOST on 7-11FG, 3-6 3PT, 2-2FT, with five rebounds and five assists.
- Had an impressive second half in MSU’s 28-point win at UNI with 14 points on a perfect 5-of-5 from the field (including two 3-point baskets) and six rebounds.
- Tallied 130 assists to post the Racers 18th consecutive season with a player notching 100 assists in a season. The last time MSU failed to reach that mark was in the 2006-07 season when Ed Horton led the MSU team with 96 assists.
- Hit a walk-off 3-pointer to give the Racers a home win over Evansville. Ended the game with 12 points and five assists with 5-9 shooting from the field.
- 18 points in the second half vs Valpo led him to scoring his career-high 24 points for the fourth time.
2022-23
- Started all 32 games with a scoring average of 10.6 points and ranked third in the MVC with 4.5 assists per game.
- His 147 assists make him the leading returning MVC assister in 2023-24 as he trailed only Roman Penn (Drake) with 186 and Nick Edwards (Valparaiso) with 160, for the MVC lead.
- Had eight rebounds in the season opener at Saint Louis.
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at Myrtle Beach and was the MVC Newcomer of the Week.
- At Myrtle Beach, he scored two career highs with 23 points against Texas A&M and 24 points the next day against UMass.
- Wood was an amazing 25-26 from the free throw line in Myrtle Beach.
- Against Tulsa in the Myrtle Beach 3rd place game, was one rebound from a triple-double with 12 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists.
- (Nov. 22) Named MVC Newcomer of the week. He was the first Racer men’s basketball weekly award winner in The Valley.
- Had his second double-double (Dec. 10) at Bellarmine with 11 points and 10 rebounds to go with five assists.
- Scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half as the Racers erased a 15-point halftime deficit to Chicago State with a 66-65 win.
- Produced his fourth game of the season of 20 or more points at Drake with 20 points on 8-14 from the field and 3-6 from the 3-point line.
- Had his fifth game of the season with 20 or more points vs UIC. He scored 21 points and flirted with a triple-double with seven rebounds and assists. As the only player that knows what it’s like playing for the Racers and Belmont Bruins, Wood scored 12 points in his first game against his old team. Once again flirted with a triple-double at home vs Belmont with 8PTS/8REB/8A.
- Tied his career-high with 11 assists at Illinois State.
- Hit the game-tying 3-pointer vs Valparaiso sending the game to OT where the Racers eventually won the game 77-76.
Before MSU
- Joins the Racers from Belmont where he appeared in 64 career games.
- In 2021-22 season, helped the Bruins to 25 wins while scoring 6.3 points per game to go with 70 assists and 26 steals.
- Hit 40 percent from the field, 33 percent from the 3-point line and 76 percent from the free throw line.
- Posted seven games of double-digit scoring including a season-high 18 points against UT Martin on 6-of-9 shooting.
- Had a season-high eight assists against Eastern Illinois.
- Racked up 20 games of 10 points or more as a freshman in 2020-21 including an outstanding debut of 21 points against Howard.
- Out of Cleveland High School, was the Tennessee’s Mr. Basketball for class 3A in 2020.
- Named All-State by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and was the Chattanooga Free Press Player of the Year.
Personal
- Son of Greg and Tiffany Wood.
- Siblings: brothers, Curtis and Jay Mee.
- Born May 24, 2002.
Conlee Crossno Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
Jody Wright Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
09-22-25 Coach Ryan Miller Press Conference
Monday, September 22
09-22-25 Mason Miller & Fred King Press Conference
Monday, September 22
