Saturday, December 1, 2012

Former Indian Darnell Jackson


Jackson Named LSC Defensive Player of the Week
RICHARDSON, Texas _ West Texas A&M senior guard Darnell Jackson has been named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week announced on Tuesday afternoon by the conference's office in Richardson, Texas.
Jackson has stepped into a starting role for his first and only season at West Texas A&M as the senior guard averaged 10.5 points and a team leading 8.0 rebounds in WT's wins against CSU-Pueblo and Oklahoma Christian this past weekend to pick up MVP honors at the 29th annual Al Kaly Shriners' Classic in Pueblo, Colorado.


The Savannah, Georgia native registered eight rebounds in each game to go along with a team leading 12 assists and four steals on the weekend. Jackson found teammate Kennon Washington open in the corner for a game winning three as time expired on Friday night as the Buffs topped CSU-Pueblo in their home opener.


Courtesy of West Texas A&M Athletics