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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

15 Jordan Geist

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • High School Homestead HS

Biography

HONORS:

  • 2018-19 SEC Community Service Team
  • 2019 Team SEC 3x3U National Championships representative

2017-18 (JUNIOR, Mizzou):

  • Dished out a team-high 95 assists as a junior, while averaging 7.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 33 appearances with 11 starts to his credit.
  • Ranked ninth in the SEC for league games only in assist/turnover ratio 1.9
  • Had 23 multi-assist games with a high of six in road wins at South Carolina (Jan. 3) and Ole Miss (Feb. 6).
  • Recorded positive assist/turnover ratio in 21 outings, including a 2.3 ratio over Mizzou’s final four regular-season contests to help secure the Tigers first NCAA Tournament bid since the 2012-13 campaign.
  • Totaled 15 points and seven rebounds in a career-high 40 minutes vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 20).
  • Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds at LSU (Feb. 17).
  • Conference season-best 17 points in the overtime win vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 10), playing a then-career-high 38 minutes.
  • Career-high 28 points (11-of-14 FGs) vs. Green Bay (Dec. 9), setting career-bests in field goals (11), field goal attempts (14), three-pointers made (five) and attempted (eight).
  • First Tiger to score 28 points in 23 minutes or less since the 1982-83 season.
  • Mizzou was 8-2 when he produced a double-figure scoring game.
  • Then-season-best 16 points against Long Beach State (Nov. 23).
  • Ranked third on the team in steals (27) and fourth in made three-pointers (33).

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE, Mizzou):

  • Averaged 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in his debut season at the NCAA Division I level, providing depth from the point guard role for the Tigers.
  • Adjusted well from the junior college ranks on the floor for Mizzou, appearing in all 32 games and drawing 14 starts.
  • One of his standout games of the season came vs. Auburn (March 8) at the SEC Tournament in Nashville, recording 14 points, a season-best seven assists and six rebounds to help fuel the Tigers to the opening-round victory.
  • Played superb basketball down the stretch of the season, averaging 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists over the final five games of 2016-17. 
  • Solid stat line on the road at Auburn (March 4), recording 13 points, six rebounds and a then-season-best five assists, while connecting on a season-high four three-pointers.
  • Earned first start in nearly a month at Ole Miss (Feb. 25) and responded with an 11-point scoring performance.
  • Matched his season-high in scoring with 18 points at Mississippi State (Jan. 25) while sinking a season-high six field goals.
  • Set his season-high in scoring for the second consecutive game with 18 points in a season-high 35 minutes vs. Lipscomb (Dec. 29). 
  • Then-season-best output of 12 points vs. Illinois (Dec. 21), playing a high-energy 17 minutes off the bench for the Tigers.
  • Recorded five assists while grabbing five rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench in a win over Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.

AT RANGER (Texas) COLLEGE

  • Averaged 15.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a freshman during the 2015-16 season, helping head coach Billy Gillispie's Ranger (Texas) College squad to a stout 35-3 record.
  • Earned second-team NJCAA All-America recognition after leading the Rangers to a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NJCAA Division I National Championship.
  • Showed impressive marksmanship throughout his first Ranger campaign, shooting 45.6 percent from the field and 35.3 percent from three-point territory.
  • Averaged 11.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.0 steals during Ranger College's five-game stretch at the 2016 national tournament.
  • Dropped 29 points in his squad’s second-round victory over sixth-seeded Eastern Florida State College (87-74), shooting 9-of-15 from the field with a 10-of-15 mark at the charity stripe.

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Helped Fort Wayne’s Homestead High School to an Indiana Class 4A State Championship as a senior in 2014-15. 
  • Played point guard for head coach Chris Johnson’s group, compiling averages of 16.8 points and 3.6 assists per game in his final high school season.
  • Earned Indiana Junior All-Star honors following his junior season at Penn High School (Mishawaka, Ind.), in which he averaged 17.7 points and 3.3 assists per game.
  • Led effectively while at Penn, guiding his squad to a stout 23-2 season record in 2013-14.
  • Also played tennis throughout prep career.

PERSONAL:

  • The son of Scott Geist and Jennifer Perham, with her husband, Glenn Perham.
  • Born Jan. 10, 1997, in Elkhart, Ind.
  • Represented Mizzou at the 2018 SEC Leadership Council.
  • Thought highly of Mizzou’s program culture during the recruiting process.
  • Agriculture Education Leadership major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016-17Sophomore

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2017-18Junior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2018-19Senior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    15