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LOS ANGELES - LMU Men's Basketball Head Coach Mike Dunlap announced on Wednesday, Nov. 12, that Adom Jacko has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the basketball program for the 2015-16 season. Jacko averaged 13.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

"We are very excited to have Adom join our program," said Head Coach Mike Dunlap. "He gives us an athletic and skilled player that is different than anything on our current roster. His coach at Chaffey, Jeff Klein, did a great job in terms of Adom's development, and obviously he won a ton of games. He has great length, has shown that he can finish at the rim and can play multiple positions. Most importantly, once we got to spend time with him and his mom, Annette, we knew he was the kind of person we wanted in our program."

Jacko, a 6-8, 210-pound forward, was named to the CCCAA All-State team and the 2014 CCCAA Men's Basketball Championships All-Tournament Team. He was part of a program that went to the CCCAA Final Four in back-to-back seasons.

As a sophomore at Chaffey in 2013-14, he shot 61.7 percent from the field to get to his 13.6 points per contest, ranking sixth in the state. He had 229 rebounds in 34 games, 115 coming on the offensive glass. He ranked third in the state in offensive boards. He added 22 blocks to his resume. The Panthers finished the season 28-6 overall and 10-2 in conference play.

He had four double-doubles on the season, including a 25-point, 11-rebound effort against LA Trade Tech on Dec. 12. He added 22 points and 10 rebounds against East Los Angeles and 17 points and 10 rebounds against Victor Valley. The Panthers fell in the State Championship semifinals to current LMU Lion Matt Hayes and eventual champion Santa Rosa Junior College.

As a freshman, Jacko helped the squad to a 27-7 overall record and 12-2 in the conference. They reached the 2013 CCCAA Men's Basketball State Championships, falling in the state title game, 102-88, to Mt. San Antonio College. He averaged 4.5 points on 58.9 percent shooting with 2.9 rebounds in his first season.

Jacko, a graduate of Alta Loma High School, plans to major in Sociology and continues to take classes at Chaffey before joining the Lions in 2015-16. He averaged 13.4 points as a senior in high school and finished his career at Alta Loma averaging just under 10 points a contest.

The Lions 2014-15 season begins on Friday with the 2014 LMU Classic. San Diego will take on Boise State to open the tournament on Friday, Nov. 14 at 3:30 pm, followed by the Lions taking on SE Missouri State at 6 pm. The tournament continues on Saturday, Nov. 15, with San Diego facing SEMO at 2:30 pm, followed by LMU facing Boise State at 5 pm. For tickets, click here.