Truman State University senior guard Seth Jackson has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week for men's basketball, it was announced by the league office Monday.
Jackson averaged 31.0 points on 13-of-21 shooting (61.9 percent), to go along with 7.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in two road wins against GLVC West-division rivals Drury and Missouri S&T last Thursday and Saturday. The wins helped move the Bulldogs into a first-place tie in the West division, as Truman now holds the second-longest active winning streak in the GLVC at five.
In an 85-81 victory at Drury on Thursday, Jackson registered a career high and GLVC season-high 42 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and an impressive 25-of-30 from the free-throw line. He also added seven rebounds, one block, one steal and an assist in the win. His 42 points are tied for the third-most in Truman single-game history, while his 25 made free throws marked the most by a Bulldog in a single-game in nearly 60 years (Dec. 12, 1955). He finished one shy of the all-time FT attempts school-record. GLVC records indicate that both the 21 free throws made and the 26 attempts from the line are new conference records.
In the 96-74 victory at Missouri S&T, Jackson scored 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting, while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing three assists.
The St. Louis, Missouri, native earns his second career weekly honor as he was also recognized earlier this season on Dec. 8, 2014.