PIERRE JACKSON RUMORS
Standout JUCO guard Chery signs with Baylor
Junior college standout point guard Kenny Chery has signed a national letter of intent with NIT champion Baylor.
Chery, a 6-foot guard who played the past two seasons at State Fair Community College in Missouri, signed Wednesday. Three post players signed with the Bears during the early period in November.
Chery, from Canada, averaged 16.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in...
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April 17, 2013
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Baylor wins first ever NIT championship
Associated Press
Pierre Jackson has done his best to lead the Baylor team to a not so great 9-9 Big 12 record his hard work has paid off leading the Bears to their first ever NIT Championship title.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pierre Jackson had his fourth straight double-double with 17 points and 10 assists to lead Baylor to the first National Invitation Tournament title in school history...
Iowa set to face Baylor for NIT championship
Pierre Jackson is one win away from capping his stellar Baylor career with the Bears' first NIT championship.
To do that, he'll have to break down Iowa's defense in the title game of the 76th National Invitation Tournament on Thursday night.
The Hawkeyes have faced plenty of good point guards this season in the Big Ten, though none quite put up Jackson's type of...
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April 03, 2013
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Jackson's double-double gets Baylor to NIT final
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pierre Jackson has saved some of the best basketball of his career for the end of it.
Jackson earned himself and Baylor another game, putting up his third straight double-double with 24 points and 10 assists to lift the Bears back into the National Invitation Tournament championship with a 76-70 win over BYU on Tuesday night.
"We got one more," Jackson...
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April 02, 2013
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Jackson carries Baylor in rout
Pierre Jackson had 28 points and 10 assists as Baylor finished the regular season with an 81-58 victory over Kansas on Saturday to keep the fourth-ranked Jayhawks from the outright Big 12 regular-season title.
Cory Jefferson added 25 points for Baylor (18-13, 9-9 Big 12), combining his usual powerful dunks with his first three career 3-pointers.
Even after their worst loss in seven...
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March 09, 2013
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Kansas denied outright Big 12 title with loss to Baylor
WACO, Texas (AP) -- Pierre Jackson had 28 points and 10 assists as Baylor finished the regular season with an 81-58 victory over Kansas on Saturday to keep the fourth-ranked Jayhawks from the outright Big 12 regular-season title.
Cory Jefferson added 25 points for Baylor (18-13, 9-9 Big 12), combining his usual powerful dunks with his first three career 3-pointers.
Even after their...
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March 09, 2013
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Scouting Report - Pierre Jackson
Photo: Matt Strasen/Associated Press
Name: Pierre Jackson Age: 21 School: Baylor
Height: 5’10 Weight: 180 Projected Position: PG
2012-13 Stats (As of 1/23/13):
18.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 5.9 apg, 1.8 spg, 3.3 tpg (33.8 minutes per game)
41.8 FG%, 78.8 FT%, 36.0 FG%, 56.1 TS%, 50.4 eFG%
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No. 19 Baylor 78, Jackson St. 47
Pierre Jackson had 25 points and seven assists for No. 19 Baylor, and the Bears rolled to a 78-47 victory over Jackson State on Sunday.
Jackson, the senior guard named the preseason Big 12 player of the year, scored the game's first five points - on a free throw, a jumper and a tip-in in the first 3 minutes - and the Bears (2-0) never trailed.
Cory Jefferson added 14 points...
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November 11, 2012
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The 6-foot-and-under All-American team
You have to be careful when you're walking into a gym to play pick up. If you're not picking up on clues - how players walk into the gym, how they tie their shoes and get loose - then you might get stuck guarding someone who is going to embarrass you. These are guys who might not look like ballers when they're walking down the street. But once the game tips then look...
Baylor's Jackson finds his confidence
Pierre Jackson fidgets with his left wrist, the two wristbands adorning it serving as an everyday reminder of the past and present.
One is colored darker than the other and is inscribed with the phrase Matthew Man CAN in white letters. He takes more pride in that one. He takes it off and holds it up for the curtained-off room to see, a look of satisfied remembrance on his face....
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March 25, 2012
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