Luke Jackson (basketball)

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Luke Jackson (basketball) : biography

November 6, 1981 –

Luke Ryan Jackson (born November 6, 1981, in Eugene, Oregon) is an American former professional basketball player.

High school and college career

A four-year letterman in both basketball and baseball at Creswell High School, he was Oregon’s Class AAA Basketball Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. He averaged 24.2 points, 8.1 assists and 5.0 steals per game as a senior to help Creswell win the 2000 Oregon State Basketball Championship (Class AAA). He finished his career ranked fourth all-time in Oregon high school history, with 2,095 points.

Jackson continued his on court success with a storied four-season career at the University of Oregon, leading the Ducks to an Elite Eight finish in 2002 NCAA Tournament as a sophomore. Among his teammates at Oregon were future NBA players Luke Ridnour and Fred Jones.

Jackson is the only men’s basketball player in school history to place in the top ten in nine different statistical categories. He is second all-time in points scored, third in total steals, fourth in assists and seventh in rebounds and is first in free throws made. Jackson is one of two Pac-10 players to score over 1,900 points, grab over 700 rebounds and contribute over 400 assists over their career. In one of the greatest individual performances of all-time at Mac Court, Jackson scored 40 points – including 29 straight in the second half and overtime – as Oregon overcame an 18-point deficit to defeat Colorado 77–72 in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on March 17, 2004. He also became only the second freshman in Pac-10 history to record a triple-double when on February 17, 2001 he added 14 points, 11 rebounds and ten assists in a contest versus Washington. In his junior year, Jackson’s second and final career triple-doubles against Florida A&M made him only the third Pac-10 player in history to achieve multiple career triple-doubles (joining Jason Kidd and Loren Woods).

Named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2000–01, Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001–02, and All Pac-10 in 2002–03 and 2003–04, he also garnered All-American honors from The Sporting News, Basketball Times, ESPN.com and CBS SportsLine.com.

His senior campaign saw the lanky swingman lead Oregon in points (21.2), rebounds (7.2) and assists (4.5) while becoming a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith College Player of the Year award. Jackson graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in political science.

Coaching

On February 20, 2013, Jackson was introduced as the new head coach at Northwest Christian University, in Eugene, Oregon, replacing Corey Anderson.

NBA career averages

Regular season Team GP GS MPG SPG BPG RPG APG PPG
2004–05 Cleveland 10 0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 2.9
2005–06 Cleveland 36 0 8.8 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.7 2.7
2006–07 L.A. Clippers 3 0 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.0
Toronto 10 2 12.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.9 4.5
2007–08 Miami 14 1 16.3 0.6 0.0 2.4 1.2 5.6
Playoffs Team GP GS MPG SPG BPG RPG APG PPG
2006–07 Toronto 3 0 3.7 0.3 0.0 1.7 0.3 2.0