PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Life at the Power Five level didn’t start out so easy for Marreon Jackson.
The four-year Toledo standout transferred to Arizona State after the 2020-21 season, with an eye on his NBA draft stock and experiencing a Cadillac conference.
Eight points on 3 of 14 shooting, including 0-for-6 six from three-point range, is not how the ball-dominant point guard envisioned his Sun Devil career beginning. But that was his stat line in the first two games, which featured a loss to UC-Riverside on a three-quarter court shot at the buzzer.
The past two games have resembled the Jackson who won Mid-American Conference player of the year honors last season, the guy that Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley coveted.