Deconstructing the NBL Free Agent Lists
March 31, 2017
Jackson Hussey
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 24/01/92
- Place of Birth: Attadale (WA)
- Position: SG
- Height (CM): 191
- Weight (KG): 84
- Junior Assoc: WA - Willetton
- College: Pikeville (2014–2016)
- NBL DEBUT: 28/10/16
- AGE AT DEBUT: 24
- LAST NBL GAME: 5/11/16
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 24
- NBL History: Perth 2017
- Championships: 1
- Perth (2017)
BIO: Jackson Hussey was born in Attadale (WA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Willetton basketball program. Hussey received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 2009. He spent three years year there and played for the program’s state league team (2009, 2010, 2011).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Jackson Hussey made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 24 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Hussey would play as a developmental player deal with the Wildcats during the 2016/17 season. He would see limited opportunities to play, appearing in only two games and failing to score in both.
the Wildcats would finish in fourth place and go onto win the NBL championship, defeating the Illawarra Hawks in three straigtht games.
Jackson Hussey played one season in the NBL.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 25 | Perth | 15-13 (3) | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 25 | Perth | 15-13 (3) | 2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- AIS 2009-11 | Joondalup 2012 | Geraldton 2016-17 | Perth 2018 | Willetton 2019 | Rockingham 2020
COLLEGE
Hussey played college basketball at Pikeville during the 2014-15 season after transferring in from Fort Hays Tech Northwest (Northwest Kansas Tech), where he then competed through the 2015-16 season.
Hussey was on Pikeville’s roster by the 2014-15 season, and he recorded an early double-figure scoring game on November 22, 2014, finishing with 11 points in a 99–78 loss at Campbellsville, with Pikeville’s recap also noting K.K. Simmons had 14 points and Kenny Manigault posted 20 points and 11 rebounds in the same game.
In postseason play during the 2014-15 campaign, Hussey scored 14 points in Pikeville’s 94–86 win over Bethel in the opening round of the NAIA National Championship tournament on March 19, 2015, in a game where Macari Brooks led Pikeville with 21 points and Pikeville had five players reach double figures.
In 2015-16, Hussey played in all 31 games and made 16 starts for Pikeville, averaging 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game across the season.
That 2015-16 season included a career-high 22 points at Ave Maria, and he followed that with consecutive Mid-South Conference games scoring 21 points against Georgetown and 21 points against Shawnee State.
Late in the 2015-16 season, Pikeville’s Senior Day on February 13, 2016 included Hussey being recognized as part of the program’s group of five seniors, with Pikeville’s game recap noting the seniors checked out to a standing ovation in the closing minutes of an 87–70 win over St. Catharine at the East Ky. Expo Center.
Hussey also received national academic recognition in 2015-16 when he was named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete, an honour that requires at least junior academic standing, a minimum cumulative GPA threshold, and nomination by the institution.
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