Angel Jackson’s skilled basketball journey continues. The previous Jackson State College WNBA draft choose has signed a contract to play with Faenza Basket Mission Lions in Italy.
The 2023-24 SWAC ladies’s basketball defensive participant of the 12 months, was drafted thirty sixth total by the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on this 12 months’s WNBA draft however was waived earlier than the common season started.
After studying of her launch, Jackson took to Twitter, merely stating “15 will probably be again.”
15 will probably be again
— Angel
(@hooper_angel15) Might 7, 2024
The 6-foot-6 middle who transferred from USC in 2021, averaged 10 factors, 6.8 rebounds, and a conference-leading 2.9 blocks per sport for JSU this previous season.
Jackson helped the Girl Tigers win their third SWAC match championship and an NCAA match look in 4 seasons.
She scored 13 factors and blocked two pictures within the Tigers’ 86-64 loss to UConn within the first spherical of the NCAA match.
Jackson was the seventh HBCU participant to be drafted within the WNBA and the second from JSU within the final three years, following Ameshya-Williams Holliday in 2022.
