Biography
Career Honors:
2x - MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)
MIAA first-year or transfer students Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)
2022-23 - Jackson appeared in 20 games for the Lions with six starts as a guard while averaging 4.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.2 blocks a game in 13.2 minutes ... For the season scored 81 points going 32-for-62 from the field, 9-for-25 from three, 8-for-13 from free throws while grabbing 45 rebounds, dishing out six assists, blocking three shots and collecting six steals ... Shot 51.6 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from three and 61.5 percent from free throws.
2021-22 - Jackson appeared in four games from the bench for the Lions, capable of playing as a guard or forward ... For the season averaged 0.8 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 blocks a game while 6.0 minutes a game ... Against john Brown (Nov. 27) played in 13 minutes where he drained a three, going one-for-two from deep and collected a rebound.
2020-21 - Jackson appeared in four games from the bench for the Lions playing as a guard/forward ... Averaged 3.8 minutes a game and was part of the Lions team that was was ranked in Division II, seventh in defensive rebounds per game (29.35) and total rebounds /9888), ninth in assists (368), 10th in free throws attempted (488) and blocks (81), 11th in free throws made (354), 18th in scoring offense (83.4), 20th in field goal percentage (49.0), 21st in three-point field goals made (202), 22nd in assists per game (16.0), 27th in three-point field goals attempted (532) and 29th in rebounding margin (+4.7). The Lions led the MIAA in assists per game, defensive rebounds, scoring offense and rebounds per game (38.61), were second in blocked shots per game (3.5), field goal percentage, rebound margin and blocks. Ranked third in scoring margin (+1.5), three-point field goals made per game (8.8), three-point field goals percentage (38.0), assists and rebounds. The Lions were fourth in field goal percentage defense (45.0) and three-point field goals made, fifth in free throws made, offensive rebounds per game (9.26), sixth in three-point field goals attempted, assist to turnover ratio (1.03) and free throws attempted.
2019-20 - Jackson redshirted and was named on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for first-year or transfer students with a 3.11 GPA.
Prior to Southern - Jackson prepped at Lonoke High School for coach Dean Campbell and the Jackrabbits ... A four-year letter winner at the school, Jackson was a 1,000 point scorer, as well, while earning All-Conference honors three times, as well as All-State honors as a senior ... He scored a career-high 38 points in a game against Malvern as a senior.
Personal - The son of Lester Jackson, Tyriqe plans to major in kinesiology at Southern.
