Backcourt Hoops WNBA's   Amber Jacobs Baptist Bible College Head Womens Basketball Coach Former WNBA Player and Abington Heights Graduate Amber Jacobs returns to this area as  Head Women’s Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director at Baptist Bible College. Amber previously was an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at NCAA Div 1 University of Rhode Island

Basketball Lessons

                                                                                                        2 Players     3 Players     4 Players
College players                                      75.00 an hour              105.00         125.00         135.00

JR High &  High School Player            60.00 p/hour                90.00            110.00        120.00



If you want group lessons all players should be of equal ability
and your are responsible for arranging your group of players.

To schedule lessons with Amber you can email jbucci@backcourthoops.com

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Abington Heights High School (1996–2000)

A four-year letter winner on the basketball team at Abington Heights High School ... Averaged 23 points and five assists a game as a senior ...  Finished her career with over 2,400 points, 600 assists and 600 steals ... Three-time USA Today Honorable Mention All-America selection ... Two-time Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American ... USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year as a senior ... Named Miss Pennsylvania Basketball (inaugural award) following the 1999-2000 season ... A Parade  All-American as a senior ... Ranked as the nation’s No. 31 player on the  Blue Star Index and No. 28 on the All-Star Girls Report ... A member of
the Abington Heights team that won the AAAA District 2 championship all four years and advanced to the Eastern Semifinals of the PIAA State Playoffs in 1997-98 and 1998-99 ...
 

Boston College (2000–2004)

2000–01 (Freshman)
Earned BIG EAST All-Rookie Team honors… The only player to start all 29 games ...

2001–02 (Sophomore)
Played and started all 31 games .. Was the team’s leading scorer with 11.9 points per Outing.  Invited by USA Basketball to participate in the World Championships for Young  Women

2002–03 (Junior)
Her back to back game winning  shots in the NCAA Tournament first  and second rounds were named as  the third best moment of the NCAA
 Tournament, according to ESPN’s “Top  Ten Tournament Moments” ... Was, according to ESPN, the “Leading Lady” of the NCAA Tournament first and second  rounds ... Hit two game-winning buzzer- shots to land BC in its first-ever  Sweet Sixteen ... All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention team ... BIG EAST Academic  All-Star ... BIG EAST Player of the Week  (2/3/03) ... Started 30 of 31 games ...  Averaged 12.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game ... Scored her career 1,000th point on March 4, 2003.

2003–2004 (Senior)
Team Co-captain
ALL-BIG EAST Second Team and All-Tournament Team
WBCA Kodak District One All-American
BC “Eagle of the Year” Award
Led Boston College to its first-ever Big East Tournament championship as a senior
AP Honorable Mention All-American
WBCA All-Star Challenge participant
Won the WBCA All-Star Challenge Three-Point Shooting

Is BC’s 4th-leading scorer (1544) ... Is fifth on BC’s all-time assist board (469) ... Is sixth on BC’s all-
time steal board (158) ... Is second on BC’s all-time three-point field goals made (183) and attempted (502) lists.

Spring 2004

33rd pick in WNBA draft to Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Minnesota LYNX (2004–2007)

2004–Rookie Season

Made her WNBA debut in Minnesota’s win at Sacramento on May 22 ... Scored a season-high 11 points July 15 at New York, her first double-figure effort of the year ... Swiped a season-high three steals July 14 vs. Connecticut ... Added eight points and a season-high four assists July 9 vs. Phoenix ... Had six points in 16 minutes May 30 vs. New York ... Had six points July 28 vs. San Antonio ... Recorded at least one three-pointer in six consecutive games from July 11-22 ... The Lynx are 9-1 when she hits a three-pointer ... Logged a season-high 25 minutes July 18 at Phoenix ... Minnesota’s second-leading scorer in the preseason (7.7 ppg) ... Selected by Minnesota in the third round (33rd overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft on April 17 ... Signed on April 23.

2005

Completed her second WNBA campaign by seeing action in 33 games (all in a reserve role), Tallied 3.7 ppg and 2.1 apg while logging 14.5 mpg; she hit 37.7% from three-point distance, sinking 12 of her final 27 attempts (44.4%), Equaled her career high with five assists Aug. 21 at Phoenix (also Aug. 9 vs. San Antonio), one of nine times she topped Minnesota in assists, Put together back-to-back 10-point nights (July 26 at San Antonio, July 29 vs. Phoenix), her lone double-digit efforts of the year, Missed seven of her final 14 FTAs, after beginning the season 14-for-15, Logged a season-high 29 minutes Aug. 23 at LA, and swiped a career-high four steals May 25 vs. L.A.

2006

Concluded her third season with the Lynx by starting all 34 games... Registered career-bests with 8.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 3.4 apg (good for 15th in the WNBA); her 115 assists equals the second-best total in club history... Shot 44.9% from the field (up from 38.5% a year ago and 31.0% in her rookie season), and  was ninth in the league in three-point accuracy at 39.2% (40-102)... Dealt seven assists Aug. 1 vs. Seattle, one of 16 times she led Minnesota in that category... Notched 12 double-digit scoring nights, with Minnesota going 7-5 in those games... Logged 30+ minutes on nine occasions, topped by a career-high 34:58 outing June 2 vs. Indiana... Tallied 18 points July 25 at Charlotte and had 15 points and six assists July 5 vs. Washington... Scored a career-high 24 points July 19 vs. Chicago; her 7-7 effort from the floor was one off Svetlana Abrosimova’s single-game club accuracy mark... Hauled down a career-high seven rebounds June 9 at San Antonio and tallied 16 points and a career-high four steals June 2 vs. Indiana... Dished out a career-high nine assists May 23 vs. Connecticut.