Tye Jackson
11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 20, 2007
An All-America candidate ... The type of player with next-level potential ... One of the top players in C-USA ... Has the ability to make every player around her better ... Moves back to her natural position at shooting guard this season ... Coming off a season that saw her earn First Team All-C-USA honors and an invitation to team trials for the U.S. U-20 National Team Trials in May.
SOPHOMORE (2005-06)
First Team All-Conference USA selection a year ago ... Participated in team trials for the U.S. U-20 National Team in Colorado Springs, Colo. this past spring ... She was the lone C-USA player to receive an invitation ... Led UH in points per game (17.7), free throws made (78) and assists (119) ... Two of her season averages, points per game (fourth) and assists per game (second), rank in the top five all time in the UH record book ... Had three double-doubles on the season ... Also had two games with double-digit assists. ... A natural shooting guard who was pressed into duty at the one slot at times last season ... Missed UH's first seven games while fulfilling NCAA Transfer requirements ... C-USA's second-leading scorer with her 17.7 ppg average ... ranked second in the league, averaging 5.41 assists per game ... Also ranked in the league's top-10 in steals (2.05), and three-pointers made per game (1.82) ... Averaged nearly 35 minutes per game (34.9) in 22 starts ... Failed to reach double figures in only two games with seven 20-plus point performances and two 30-plus point games ... Her career-best 37-point performance against Rice (Jan. 15) was the top single-game effort in C-USA last season ... Also hit a career-best 14 field goals in the contest ... Tallied two double-doubles on the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds against Dartmouth (Dec. 19) and 11 points and 12 assists against Prairie View A&M (Dec. 20) ... Also finished with 11 assists against UCF (Jan. 6) ... Led UH in scoring nine times ... UH averaged 63.7 ppg with her in the lineup (53.7 without) ... Opened up her UH career with a than career-best 26 points at Michigan State (Dec. 17) ... Was 4-for-4 and 6-for-6 from the free throw line in consecutive games against SMU (Jan. 22) and Tulsa (Jan. 24) ... Had 13 points and nine assists against UTEP (Jan. 29) ... Hit 10 field goals for 24 points, also adding eight assists and five rebounds at Rice (Feb. 3) ... Knocked down 20 points against Marshall (Feb. 6) ... Just missed a double-double against Tulsa (Feb. 17), finishing with 19 points and nine rebounds ... Hit for 35 points at UAB (Feb. 26) on a 12 for 27 shooting night ... Had UH's first 23 points of the second half ... Was 10 for 12 from the charity stripe with seven rebounds, six assists and three steals before fouling out with under a minute left ... Finished with 17 points, a career-high tying 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals in UH's second-round win over UTEP in the C-USA Championship (March 2) ... Closed out the season with 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the quarterfinal loss to Rice (March 3).
FRESHMAN (2004-05)
Appeared in 17 games with five starts during her first collegiate season at Purdue... Finished as the Boilermakers' fourth-leading scorer with 6.8 points per game... Scored 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting with four 3-pointers at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Was the first of four consecutive games in double digits... Enjoyed a career night against, ironically, Houston... Posted a season high with 20 points and four treys in only 25 minutes against the Lady Cougars... Also grabbed a career-best seven rebounds against Houston... Added 12 points at UC Santa Barbara... Followed that with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting with a pair of treys at UCLA... Dished out a career-best five assists against Western Michigan... Blocked three shots against Indiana... Scored 10 points with two 3-pointers at Notre Dame.
HIGH SCHOOL
2004 Texas Miss Basketball as selected by Texas Association of Basketball Coaches... Texas Class 5A Player of the Year as a senior by TABC and the Houston Chronicle... 2004 WBCA All-American Honorable Mention... Member of teams which posted a combined 130-13 four-year record at Westfield High... Member of 2005 Class 5A state championship team... Averaged 12.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.8 steals and 3.1 assists as a senior... School career leader in points and assists... Two-time District 15-5A Most Valuable Player.... Two-TABC All-Region and All-State pick... Two-time Greater Houston Area Player of the Year by the Houston Chronicle... One of 32 players invited to try out for USA Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team in June 2004... 2003 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival participant... Coached by Susan Smith... Also recruited by Texas and Texas A&M.
PERSONAL
Full name is Tyeisha Elaine Jackson... Born on June 27, 1986, in Houston... Daughter of Tonice Jackson... Health major.