Markese Jacobs

Photo by: DePaul Athletics

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Uplift Community

Career

Signed with DePaul on Nov. 15, 2018.

2020-21

Did not play in a game.

2019-20

Played in 21 games off the bench... averaged 9.3 minutes per game.
Scored six points against Villanova... nine points against Fairleigh Dickinson... 16 points against Chicago with an assist... scored eight points in DePaul debut against Alcorn State.

High School

All-State and All-Area honoree at Chicago’s Uplift Community High School... USA TODAY All-Illinois first team honoree.
Averaged 30.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.8 steals and 3.3 assists during senior season to finish career with 1,613 points.
Scored 46 points against Whitney Young that including tying an Illinois state record with 22 consecutive free throws... finished the game 25-of-26 at the free throw line... added eight steals and six rebounds.
Set career high with 47 points against Prosser with six rebounds and five assists.
Averaged 18.4 points, 3.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game during junior season... averaged 15.7 points, 2.6 assists and 2.1 steals while starting every game as a freshman.
Ranked No. 87 on ESPN.com’s Top 100 rankings for the class of 2019... also No. 16 by ESPN.com among the nation’s point guards and the third-ranked player in Illinois... No. 14 among the country’s point guards and 155th overall in the 247Sports.com composite... ranked No. 28 in the national point guard rankings by Rivals.com.
Played for the Mac Irvin Fire on the Nike EYBL circuit where he averaged 14.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in 12 games in 2018.

Personal

Son of Demarcus Jacobs and Applonia Stover... has a brother Demarius Jacobs and a sister, Aziza Dukes.
Undecided on major.

Printable Statistics
Career Statistics
2019-20 Game-by-Game Statistics

Career Highs
Points: 16, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
Rebounds: 1 (7x), last at Providence (March 7, 2020)
Assists: 1 (3x), last vs. St. John’s (Jan. 25, 2020)
Steals: 1 (6x), last at Creighton (Feb. 15, 2020)
Blocked Shots: 1, at Iowa (Nov. 11, 2019)
Field Goals: 5, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
Field Goal Attempts: 9, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
3pt. Field Goals: 3, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
3pt. Field Goal Attempts: 7, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
Free Throws: 4 (2x), last vs. Cornell (Nov. 16, 2019)
Free Throw Attempts: 8, vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 8, 2019)
Minutes: 22:30, vs. Chicago (Nov. 6, 2019)
Games in Double Figures: 1