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  Jake O'Brien
Jake O'Brien

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Weymouth, Mass.

High School:
Boston College (HS)

Height / Weight:
6-8 / 220

Position:
F


O'BRIEN RADIO INTERVIEWS:
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - November 20, 2008


AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009-10

Blocked a career-high five shots against George Washington (11/17) ... Posted his first career double-double in 71-67 win over Indiana with 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds (11/20) ... Led BU with 16 of his 18 points in the second half in 69-64 win over Northeastern (11/25) ... Posted double-double with18 points and 10 rebounds at Connecticut (12/2) ... Led Terriers with 17 points and eight rebounds in 63-53 win over Bucknell (12/6) ... Posted third double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in 88-72 win at Marist (12/12) ... Recorded a career-best two steals in games at Connecticut (12/2) and Marist (12/12) ... Tallied a career high 27 points off a personal best six 3-pointers against Stony Brook (1/2) ... Posted a career-high three steals and tallied a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in 63-55 win at Binghamton (1/14).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09

Earned BU's third consecutive America East Rookie of the Year award ... Set the record for minutes played by a BU freshman and seventh all-time with 1,043 ... Also tied-9th for made 3-pointers in a season with 61 ... Third on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and fourth in rebounding (4.6 rpg) ... Also 15th and 18th, respectively, in the AE ... Led all AE freshmen in scoring ... Took sixth in the league in blocking at 1.0 bpg and eighth in the league in free throw shooting at 77.2 percent ... Tabbed AE Rookie of the Week on Monday after averaging 15.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg against Maine and Hartford ... Received the same honor after leading BU with a season-high 25 points at UMBC ... Recorded a career-high nine rebounds at Binghamton ... Had a team-high 24 points at Maine, 16 against Holy Cross and 13 against Yale ... Earned AE Rookie of the Week on 12/1 for his performance against Northeastern and Mount St. Mary's ... Scored all of his then-season-high 21 points in the second half against Northeastern ... Tallied 10 of 15 in the first half to keep BU in the game against Bucknell before the Terriers eventually rallied to win in OT ... Started in his first career game for an injured Scott Brittain ... Left the starting lineup for the first time on Senior Day against Hartford (3/1) for Marques Johnson.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Served as a senior captain at Boston College High ... Earned Catholic Conference MVP honors by averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds ... Team made an appearance in the EMass final that senior and had a final mark of 21-4 ... Was a Catholic Conference All-Star when his team went 25-0 en route to BC High's first-ever state championship his junior year ... Also named the Braintree tournament MVP that season ... Received Catholic Conference All-Star recognition as a sophomore ... Played baseball as well ... Made the Honor Roll as a junior and a senior.

PERSONAL

Born June 3, 1989 ... Son of Thomas and Patricia O'Brien ... Has one sibling, Brehan (21) ... Enrolled in the College of General Studies.

STATISTICS
Year GP/GS MIN AVG. Total
FG-FGA
FG. PCT. 3-Pt.
FG-FGA
3-Pt.
PCT.
Total
FT-FTA
FT PCT.
09-10 21-21 714 34.0 90-240 .375 29-84 .345 66-87 .759
08-09 30-29 1043 34.8 126-310 .406 61-167 .365 61-79 .772
Total 51-50 1757 34.5 216-550 .393 90-251 .359 127-166 .765

Year Reb.
O-D
TOT AVG. PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG.
09-10 39-97 136 6.5 69-2 9 40 31 13 275 13.1
08-09 36-102 138 4.6 91-4 23 36 29 12 374 12.5
Total 75-199 274 5.4 160-6 32 76 60 25 649 12.7