Born and raised in Omaha, Jacob has been writing about local sports in Nebraska since he joined Creighton's student newspaper as a freshman in 2011. He's covered prep sports as well as Creighton and Nebraska athletics (including football, basketball and volleyball) for Hail Varsity and Hurrdat Sports since 2015.
His love of basketball can best be described as an obsession and if you need to find him, he’s probably in a gym somewhere watching, coaching or playing hoops.
Creighton men’s basketball commit Jaidyn Coon has had quite the last few days. The Storm Lake (Iowa) senior broke his school’s career scoring record on Saturday, and he followed that up with a near-career high in a triple-overtime win over Omaha Westside in the MLK...
Through the first 16 minutes of the 97th annual MUDECAS Basketball Tournament A Division boys championship, Class C2’s leading scorer didn’t have a field goal. Tri County’s Drew Siems had just two points on a pair of free throws — 20 below his class-leading average....
Creighton men’s basketball let another game on the road slip away Friday, falling to Providence 91-88 at Amica Mutual Pavilion after building a double-digit lead in the first half. A Creighton drought allowed the Friars to cut the deficit to one at halftime, then...
Creighton men’s basketball found a way to escape with an overtime win over Georgetown Tuesday night, despite allowing the Hoyas to score on 16 straight possessions and shoot 56.9% from the field. While needing overtime at home to beat team with only one win in...
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, and Creighton men’s basketball was a little of both on Tuesday night as the Bluejays escaped with an 86-83 overtime win over Georgetown. The fans that stuck around until the end saw a buzzer-beating game-winner for...
The Creighton men’s basketball team is coming off a stretch of three games in a seven-day span, including two on the road, that ended in a flat effort against a physical, relentless St. John’s squad on Saturday. Greg McDermott said the difficult stretch showed itself...
After a big step forward at Villanova, Creighton men’s basketball took another step back on Saturday as St. John’s handed the Bluejays a 90-73 loss at CHI Health Center Omaha. The Bluejays fell to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in Big East play, dropping from second place in...
The Prasch Activities Center played host to the last two unbeaten boys basketball teams in Class A on Friday, but at the end of the night, the Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks stood alone. Lincoln Southwest, No. 1 in both the NebPreps Coaches Poll and the NebPreps...
Following the win at Villanova on Wednesday, the Creighton men’s basketball team sits at second place in the Big East standings (4-1) — a half game up in the win column on the Wildcats, Seton Hall and St. John’s. There may not have been a Creighton fan out there...