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Jersey Number 5
Jacob Ivory
- Position:
- G
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 168
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Miss.
- High School:
- Murrah HS
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2015-16 (Sophomore): Made 16 appearances as a sophomore with 11 starts at point guard … Tallied 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Played a limited 16.1 minutes per game when healthy despite starting in most of his appearances … Dished out 28 assists to just 16 turnovers and added 11 steals … Excelled from the charity stripe, making 31-of-34 free throw attempts (.912) … Missed the first eight games of the season after suffering a concussion in the exhibition against Faulkner (Nov. 12) … Returned against Belmont (Dec. 17) to contribute two points and a rebound … Had six points, three rebounds and three assists at South Dakota State (Dec. 27) … Played a season-high 25 minutes in win at Old Dominion (Jan. 16), hitting 7-of-8 free throws down the stretch to help seal the win and adding five assists … Totaled a season-high eight points to go along with three rebounds, two assists and two steals at WKU (Jan. 30) … Suffered a second concussion of the season in practice prior to the contest at Southern Miss (Feb. 13), prematurely ending his sophomore campaign.
2014-15 (Freshman): Played in 22 games, starting four … Averaged 12.2 minutes per contest … Made 20-of-54 field goal attempts (.370) … Was a 77.3 percent free throw shooter (34-of-44) … Had 22 rebounds, 18 on defense … Tallied 24 assists … Stole four passes … Scored 75 points … Collected his first start against Chattanooga (Dec. 19) … Tallied a season-best four assists at Akron (Dec. 13) … Poured in a season-high 12 points vs ODU (Jan. 22) and Charlotte (Jan. 24) … Registered a season-high 35 minutes at Rice (Feb. 1) … Secured a personal-best four rebounds against Southern (Nov. 22) and at North Texas (Feb. 14) … Averaged 3.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game … Scored in double-figures on two occasions.
Murrah High School: Ivory's Murrah High School team won the Mississippi Class 6A State Championship during his junior season … averaged 14 points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals per game in senior season … led Murrah to a 24-9 record and the state title, where he had 14 points and four steals in the championship game … a Clarion-Ledger All-Metro Team selection.
Personal: Born July 10, 1996 … Son of Michelle Griffin … Favorite sports figure is Michael Jordan … Favorite supehero is the Hulk … Majoring in Physchology and minoring in Business.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Made 16 appearances as a sophomore with 11 starts at point guard … Tallied 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Played a limited 16.1 minutes per game when healthy despite starting in most of his appearances … Dished out 28 assists to just 16 turnovers and added 11 steals … Excelled from the charity stripe, making 31-of-34 free throw attempts (.912) … Missed the first eight games of the season after suffering a concussion in the exhibition against Faulkner (Nov. 12) … Returned against Belmont (Dec. 17) to contribute two points and a rebound … Had six points, three rebounds and three assists at South Dakota State (Dec. 27) … Played a season-high 25 minutes in win at Old Dominion (Jan. 16), hitting 7-of-8 free throws down the stretch to help seal the win and adding five assists … Totaled a season-high eight points to go along with three rebounds, two assists and two steals at WKU (Jan. 30) … Suffered a second concussion of the season in practice prior to the contest at Southern Miss (Feb. 13), prematurely ending his sophomore campaign.
2014-15 (Freshman): Played in 22 games, starting four … Averaged 12.2 minutes per contest … Made 20-of-54 field goal attempts (.370) … Was a 77.3 percent free throw shooter (34-of-44) … Had 22 rebounds, 18 on defense … Tallied 24 assists … Stole four passes … Scored 75 points … Collected his first start against Chattanooga (Dec. 19) … Tallied a season-best four assists at Akron (Dec. 13) … Poured in a season-high 12 points vs ODU (Jan. 22) and Charlotte (Jan. 24) … Registered a season-high 35 minutes at Rice (Feb. 1) … Secured a personal-best four rebounds against Southern (Nov. 22) and at North Texas (Feb. 14) … Averaged 3.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game … Scored in double-figures on two occasions.
Murrah High School: Ivory's Murrah High School team won the Mississippi Class 6A State Championship during his junior season … averaged 14 points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals per game in senior season … led Murrah to a 24-9 record and the state title, where he had 14 points and four steals in the championship game … a Clarion-Ledger All-Metro Team selection.
Personal: Born July 10, 1996 … Son of Michelle Griffin … Favorite sports figure is Michael Jordan … Favorite supehero is the Hulk … Majoring in Physchology and minoring in Business.
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