2014-2015: Played in 17 games as a junior guard...averaged 10.6 minutes per game...netted 6.9 points, grabbed .9 boards, and dished out .4 assists per game...shot 48.1% from the floor, 86.7% from the line, and 46.8% from behind the arc for a total of 118 points on the season...dropped 15 in a 75-64 win over Mt. Ida on January 19th...followed that up with a 19 point performance in the next game against Norwich on January 22nd, a 91-64 win...added 16 points in a loss to Anna Maria on January 31st.
2013-14: Played in nine games as a sophomore guard…totaled six points, two steals, and a rebound in limited duty…was 2-3 from three-point distance on the season…scored three in a win over Anna Maria College on January 11th…netted three points with a pair of steals in a victory over Mount Ida College on February 20th.
2012-2013: Appeared in five games as a freshmen...averaged 2.4 minutes per game as freshman point guard…saw his first collegiate action in a victory over Bates College on November 27th…grabbed a steal in a win against Mount Ida on January 15th…saw four minutes of action and netted his first collegiate points in a triumph over Emerson College at the Alfond Center on February 16th.
High School: Played two years of varsity basketball for Greg Stillman at Simsbury High School…started at point guard both years…helped his team advance to the State Tournament both seasons and the CCC West Tournament his senior year…earned CCC All-Conference honors as a senior after averaging 16 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists that season...scored 32 points and drained eight three-pointers against Southington High School...also played soccer and baseball.
Personal: Jacob Aaron Downing, born in Allentown, PA…son of Jennifer Downing of Simsbury, CT & James Collins of Old Orchard Beach, ME…majoring in Fine Arts.
