Men's Basketball's Jackson Danzig Earns Landmark Athlete of the Week Accolades

Graduate student guard Jackson Danzig* (Clarks Green, Pa./Abington Heights) of The University of Scranton men's basketball team buried a career-high seven threes in Saturday's 83-57 victory over Penn State Harrisburg and has been named Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

This marks the first of the season and sixth career Landmark Athlete of the Week award.

Danzig scored a season-high 29 points on 7-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc as the Royals broke the program record with 16 made three-pointers in Saturday's win. The seven threes was also the most by a Scranton player since his older brother, Ethan Danzig, hit seven in a win over Drew on Jan. 24, 2018.

Scranton's 16 three-pointers surpassed the previous record of 15 that had been set on two occasions.

Earlier last week, Danzig scored 13 points and added five rebounds in a 67-58 victory at Franklin & Marshall.

On the season for the 8-0 Royals, he ranks second in the Landmark Conference in scoring at 18.4 points per game and also second in three point percentage at 52.4% (22-of-42). Danzig has also averaged 4.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

The Royals will return to action on Monday, Dec. 19 against Lycoming at 12 p.m. as part of the Puerto Rico Classico.

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