2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Bob Hubner, Washington State University
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23 Andrej Jakimovski

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia
  • Prev School Basket Torino (Serie A2)
  • Twitter andrejjaki23
  • Pronunciation ON-dray YAK-uh-mohv-SKI

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
Senior (2023-24) - Played and started in all 35 games... averaged 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game... shot 116-of-321 from the field, posting a 36.1 field goal percentage... scored a season-high 21 points against Idaho in the season-opener (Nov. 6) ... surpassed 500 career rebounds against Arizona ... played in his 100th career game against Oregon (Jan. 6)... finished his career top 10 in 3-pointers made in school history (9th) and top 10 career 3-pointers attempts (7th).  

Junior (2022-23) – Played in 23 games while starting 21 … averaged 7.7 points , 4.6 rebounds per game, and 1.1 assists per game in 26.7 minutes per game … shot 61 of 169 from the field posting a 35% field goal percentage … recorded a career high 22 points, season high 3 assists, season high 7 field goals made, and first time in his career to score 20 points, in the Cougs 17 point win over Arizona State (1/28/23) … posted a double double (fourth of his career) in the Cougs 9-point win over Washington (12p/17r)…missed the first 10 games of the season with injury.
 
Sophomore (2021-22) – Returned from offseason surgery to be one of three Cougs to play in all 37 games on the year while starting six contests ... went 44-of-115 (38.3%) with nearly 70% of his shots came from behind the arc ... posted his first career double-double against Boise State (11p/12r) ... scored a season-high 16 in the win over Cal while going for a double-double, 14p/10r against Colorado ... tied for the team lead with a third double-double at #17 USC when he posted 10p11/r.

Freshman (2020-21) – Played in 25 games while starting 19 contests in his inaugural season ... averaged 5.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 25.2 minutes per game, the highest minute per game average for any freshman on the year ... scored in double figures in eight games including notching a season-best 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting (5-of-9 from deep) at Stanford, Jan. 9, 2021 ... flirted with triple-doubles vs Cal, Feb. 18, 2021 with 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists and against Stanford, Feb. 20, with 11 points, six rebounds, and nine assists in 51 minutes of play .... the nine assists were the most for a Cougar wing player since CJ Elleby, a second-round NBA selection, posted nine in 2019.

PRIOR TO WSU
Played in the Italian Serie A2 Basket League as a member of Reale Mutua Torino prior to WSU ... averaged 28 points, 14 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game at the Italian NextGen Under-19 competition ... in addition to his club play, has been a stalwart in the North Macedonian national system playing both in the youth system and most recently with a call up to the full national team playing in European qualifying play ... at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship, led the tournament in scoring at 18.4 ppg while adding 9.4 rpg and 3.1 apg.

PERSONAL
Played in the academy system with Basket Torino, formerly known as Reale Mutua Torino…speaks six languages, including Macedonia, Serbian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Italian, English.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21Freshman

    Forward
    6'8" 215 lbs
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    2021-22Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 215 lbs
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    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 215 lbs
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    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    6'8" 220 lbs
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