Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER
2013-14: Appeared in 30 of the Gamecocks’ 31 games as a junior, earning the starting nod in 18 of them…led the Gamecocks in scoring with 13.1 points per game, while shooting 40 percent from the floor and just under 30 percent from behind the arc…was 17th in the OVC in scoring…scored in double figures 20 times, including six games with 20 or more points…scored 27 points in a game twice, vs. Dalton State on Nov. 22 and at Southeast Missouri on Feb. 20…had back-to-back 23-point performances early ion the season – at Chicago State on Nov. 12 and vs. Alabama State on Nov. 16…made four 3-pointers in a game twice…got to the charity stripe 198 times, 73 more than any other Gamecock, and converted on  75 percent of his attempts…pulled down a season-high six rebounds in the Dalton State game.

2012-13: Played in 18 games and started 13 as a sophomore…sat out 10 games with a hand injury suffered in January…was second on the team and 15th in the OVC in scoring with 13.7 points per game and shot over 41 percent from the floor and 39 percent from behind the arc, which ranked 15th in the OVC…also one of the team’s best free throw shooters, making 86 of his 116 (.741) attempts…his 116 free throw attempts were second on the team despite missing one third of the year…scored in double figures in all but two games during the season, including two 20-plus performances…poured in 27 points vs. Martin Methodist on Dec. 11, making six 3-pointers…scored 22 points vs. Tennessee State on Jan. 5…had one game in which he didn’t make a single field goal vs. Northern Arizona on Nov. 23 but scored 10 points by going to the free throw line and making 10.

2011-12: Played in 32 of the Gamecocks’ 33 games as a true freshman and evolved into a formidable scorer by the final stretch of the season…on the year, averaged 7.7 points and just under two rebounds per game…served as the Gamecocks’ first man off of the bench for most of the year but averaged almost 30 minutes per game over the final 13 games of the year, a stretch that saw JSU go 9-4…in those final 13 games, averaged 12.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game…scored in double figures in nine of those 13 games and JSU went 8-1 in those nine and 1-3 in the four others…scored a season-high 20 points at Morehead State on Feb. 8, thanks in large part to an 11-for-13 night from the free throw list…was named the OVC Freshman of the Week three times, on Jan. 30, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27…scored double figures a total of 11 times, including a stretch of five-straight games from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2…scored 16 points in JSU’s win over Austin Peay in the first round of the OVC Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped four seasons for head coach Robert McCormack at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Mo…was a second team all-state and first team all-district selection a s a senior after averaging 21 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals per game…earned All-Metro honors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…led the Cadets to a 19-8 record as a senior, knocking down three buzzer beaters.

PERSONAL
Born on Aug. 8, 1992, in St. Louis, Mo…the son of DaRon and Angie Rackley…has two older brothers, Darius Rackley and Sergio Jones, and two younger sisters, Abrelyn and Elan Rackley…is majoring in business at JSU.