Sam Jacobs

Sam Jacobs is an American former college basketball player. He played for the Cornell Big Red.

High school career Jacobs graduated from Cherry Hill High School West in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in 1983.

College career Jacobs played three seasons at Cornell Big Red from 1985 to 1988. As a senior at Cornell in 1987–88, Jacobs started all 27 games and averaged 15.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game while being named to the 1987-88 All-Ivy League team.

In 1987–88, Jacobs was the leading scorer on a Cornell team that went 17–10, won the Ivy League regular season title and qualified for the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. At the 1988 NCAA tournament, they lost to Arizona 90–50 in the first round.

Halls of fame In 2015, Jacobs was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. A resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, he is a member of the Cherry Hill West Hall of Fame and was inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.