D.J. Jackson does a little bit of everything for the Nittany Lions.
When coach Ed DeChellis talked to Slippery Rock coach Kevin Reynolds following their exhibition game Friday, Reynolds told DeChellis that Jackson’s nose for the ball on defense was unlike any player he had seen.
With the departure of Stanley Pringle and Jamelle Cornley, who combined to average 27.2 points last season, DeChellis hopes Jackson also has the sense for scoring the basketball.”
We need him to be a double-digit guy,” DeChellis said at his press conference Monday. “If that’s 10 or 12, I don’t know. He has to be a consistent guy for us.”
Jackson has always been an unselfish player by trade, dating back to high school. Jackson is more concerned with doing the little things to win, rather than admiring his stats, DeChellis said.
Still, DeChellis hopes he becomes a little more selfish this season to develop as a better scorer.
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