EVANSTON, Ill. | Jackson State gets set to face Northwestern on Saturday afternoon, ending the week with its second consecutive road game, with a 1 p.m. tip scheduled on BTN.

This will be the second meeting between the two schools after meeting on December 29, 2023 when Northwestern won 74-63. Daeshun Ruffin leads Jackson State averaging 14.3 points and 3.2 assists per game, and was named the SWAC Impact Player of the Week after his 28-point performance on the road at Kennesaw State last week. Meanwhile, Jayme Mitchell Jr. is averaging 13.3 points and 3.9 rebounds, while Dorian McMillian is averaging 10.3 points per game for the Tigers.

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Saturday, Dec. 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Welsh-Ryan Arena
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Game Notes

• The game on Wednesday at Houston marked the fifth game against a nationally-ranked opponent after Jackson State has faced [ranked at the time] Illinois [17th], Louisville [11th], Auburn [20th], and Arkansas [14th] so far this season.
• Mike Williams had a career game against Kennesaw State finishing with a career-high 12 points, earning his first start on the road against Houston.
• Ruffin was named the SWAC Impact Player of the Week for the first week of the season after he averaged 17.0 points per game in the two games of the season against No. 14/17 Illinois and No. 10/11 Louisville on the road. 
• Delyle Williams got his first start of the year with Ruffin missing the Winthrop game [11.23]. 
• The Tigers return a pair of starters from last season in Ruffin and McMillian, who earned Freshman of the Year honors last season. He returns as a Preseason Second-Team selection, while Ruffin returns as the top scorer in the conference and was named Preseason Player of the Year.
• Head coach Mo Williams will have two sons on the bench [at least at some point this season] with his son KyDarrius serving as a an assistant coach, while another of his sons - Mike - comes in as a highly-touted recruit from Germantown High School.
• Mitchell missed his career high in points by just two when he scored 24 points against Auburn on Wednesday, while Ebo Wilson equaled his career-high with eight rebounds.
• Jackson State has the second toughest schedule in the country entering this week.
• The home game against Winthrop was the first non-conference home game in six years.
• Jackson State held Louisiana to 45 points, the lowest point total an opponent has scored since Mississippi Valley State [Feb. 8] was held to 44 in Jackson State win in the lone win of the 2025 season.

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