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2022-23 Men's Basketball

1 Jackson Danzig

  • Height 6-5
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Clarks Green, Pa.
  • High School Abington Heights
  • Position G
  • Major Health Administration

Biography

  • Program's all-time leader in games started (114)
  • Ranks second in minutes played (3,762), fourth in three-pointers made (209), seventh in scoring (1,764), ninth in assists (405), 11th in field goals made (616), 14th in steals (130) & 15th in blocks (89)
  • One of 11 NABC All-Americans in program history

Graduate Student Year (2022-23)

  • Started all 28 games he appeared in for the Royals and led the Landmark Conference in scoring (19.9 points per game)
  • Also led the conference in three-point percentage (44.5%) and three-pointers made (73)
  • Ranked 13th in all of Division III in three-point shooting
  • Ranked second in FT% (79.8%), fourth in FG% (51.8%) and 12th in rebounding (5.3 rpg)
  • Scored 20 or more points on 15 different occasions
  • Buried a career-high seven threes and scored 29 points to go along with five assists in a win over Penn State-Harrisburg (Dec. 10)
  • Scored 31 points on 12-of-18 shooting at Cortland (Jan. 3)
  • Recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in a win at Goucher (Jan. 28)
  • Notched a season-high 32 points (13-of-17 FG) in a victory versus Susquehanna (Feb. 1)
  • Scored 20-plus points in seven straight games from Feb. 8 - Mar. 3
  • Posted 23 points and eight rebounds in NCAA Tournament First Round win over NC Wesleyan (Mar. 3)

Senior Year (2021-2022)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 24 games for Scranton while earning his second All-Landmark Conference first team honor
  • Averaged a team-high 18.8 points per game and six rebounds per game to go along with four assists per game
  • Also recorded a career-high in steals per game with 1.4
  • Posted 20 double digit scoring games this season to pace the Royals offensively
  • Finished with a career-high 34 points in an 85-72 win over Elizabethtown (Jan. 22)
  • Also scored over 30 points in an 84-71 win over Arcadia (Nov. 23) when he led the Royals with 32 points
  • Recorded back-to-back double doubles in a pair of non-conference games against Franklin & Marshall (Dec. 8) and at Penn St. Harrisburg (Dec. 11)

Junior Year (2021)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 10 games for the Royals on his way to earning All-Landmark Conference honors for the first time
  • Averaged 13.2 points per game and six rebounds a game
  • Also averaged 3.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.3 blocks per game
  • Scored in double-figures five times throughout the Royals' shortened 2021 season on Scranton's run to the Landmark Conference championship game
  • Had a season-high 22 points on two seperate occasions - vs. Juniata (Feb. 27) and at Drew (Mar. 6)
  • Posted his lone double-double of the year in the Landmark title game at Drew, as he pulled down 11 rebounds
  • Scored over 20 points on two other occasions - in a win over Drew on Feb. 14 (21 points) & vs. Catholic on Feb. 19 (20 points)

Sophomore Year (2019-20)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started every game but one in his second season in the program, leading the team in minutes played per game once again at 32.6 per game
  • Averaged 11.2 points per contest, scoring in double-figures on 15 different occasions
  • Also led the Royals in assists with 101 and free throw shooting percentage at 81.3 percent
  • Shot 45.8 percent from the field for the year and 37.7 percent from three-point range (the 24th best season in program history in terms of three-point shooting percentage)
  • Played 888 total minutes (23rd highest in a season in program history)
  • Poured in a career-high 25 points in 85-79 win over King's on Jan. 4 in the Long Center
  • Added 18 points in Scranton's 93-81 Landmark Conference semifinal win at Drew on Feb. 26 and 16 points in a 66-62 win over Susquehanna in overtime on Feb. 5 in the Long Center

Freshman Year (2018-19)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 26 games during his rookie season and led the Royals with 33.8 minutes per game
  • Averaged 12.5 points and 5.0 rebounds to go along with a team-best 4.3 assists per game
  • Totaled 324 points, 131 rebounds, 113 assists, 28 blocks, and 25 steals
  • Led the Royals with 40 three-pointers made
  • Shot 47.4 percent from the field, 35.4 percent from three-point range, and 72.5 percent from the free throw line
  • Tied for the 23rd most minutes played in a season in program history with 878 while his 33.8 minutes per game tied for the eighth most in a season
  • Tied for the 10th most assists in a game in Scranton history with 10 in an 86-80 win over Moravian on Feb. 6
  • Scored a season-high 21 points in a 67-64 loss at Elizabethtown on Jan. 5

Awards/Honors

  • NABC All-American Second Team (2022-23)
  • USBWA National Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2022)
  • Landmark Conference Player of the Year (2022-23)
  • All-Landmark Conference First Team (2021, 2021-22, 2022-2023)
  • D3hoops.com All-Region 5 First Team (2022-23)
  • D3hoops.com All-Region 5 Second Team (2021-22)
  • NABC All-District First Team (2022-23)
  • NABC All-District Second Team (2021-22)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Feb. 21, 2023, Dec. 12, 2022, Feb. 7, 2022, Jan. 24, 2022, Dec. 13, 2021, Nov. 28, 2021, Feb. 28, 2021)
  • NABC Honors Court (2020-21)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023, Feb. 27, 2023)
  • Landmark Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (Winter 2020)
  • Cross County Challenge All-Tournament Team (Dec. 30, 2018)

High School/Personal

  • Earned eight varsity letters at Abington Heights H.S. including four in basketball and four in soccer
  • Led the Comets to a state championship during his senior year, four straight district championships (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) and back-to-back league championships (2017, 2018)
  • Also guided soccer team to four straight league crowns (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Was a two-time All-State honoree, earning First Team accolades in 2017-18 season and Second Team laurels in the 2016-17 season
  • Totaled 1,179 points during his career and made 178 three-pointers
  • Guided Abington basketball team to a 99-15 record during his four-year career
  • Son of (Royals' head men's basketball coach) Carl and Lynette Danzig.  Both of his parents graduated from Baker University where his father played on the basketball team.
  • Is the the younger brother of former Royals' men's basketball standouts Ross and Ethan Danzig

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2018-19Freshman

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    1
  • 1

    2019-20Sophomore

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    6'5"
    1
  • 1
    C

    2020-21Junior

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    6'5"
    1
    C
  • 1
    C

    2021-22Senior

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    6'5"
    1
    C
  • 1

    2022-23Graduate Student

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    6'5"
    1
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