Prospect Watch: Jacob Meinershagen
Class of 2017 shooting guard Jacob Meinershagen of West County Leadwood is a small-school talent who knows how to get buckets. The 6’2″ Meinershagen averaged more than 20 points a game to earn all Mineral Area Athletic Association honors. Meinershagen…
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Continue ReadingClass of 2017 shooting guard Jacob Meinershagen of West County Leadwood is a small-school talent who knows how to get buckets.
The 6’2″ Meinershagen averaged more than 20 points a game to earn all Mineral Area Athletic Association honors. Meinershagen excels in West County’s pressure defense which affords him many opportunities to play in transition.
“We’re a fast tempo team,” he said. “I do a little bit of everything on offense. We like to get the ball up and down the floor a lot, so I score a lot off the fast break.”
Meinershagen has proven to be a very resourceful scorer. He plays very well without the ball where he can score coming off screens and on hard cuts t the basket. When the ball is in his hands, he is strong at getting to the basket and he can draw fouls and make free throws. During one game last season, Meinershagen scored a career-high 51 points. He said he was in such a zone that night that he had no idea how many points he had scored.
“It was just amazing,” he said. “I had no idea I had that many points. I felt really good at the end of the game when they told me how many points I had.”
Meinershagen spent the past summer playing with the Missouri Mavericks Silver team. As a small-school player, he had a chance to test his skills against players from around the region and the country. He played on a team which several other small school standouts who could also put the ball in the basket.
“It was great playing during the summer against better players,” he said. “It helped slow the game down for me. Playing with other good scorers during the summer made the game a lot easier. We moved the ball well and really looked for each other.”
As he enters his senior year, Meinershagen is hoping to get his name out there to college coaches. He is looking to add to his offensive prowess by improving his 3-point shooting.
“I’ve been in the gym almost every day shooting the basketball,” he said. “I really want to improve that part of my game.”