Xavier's Jackson Joens chooses Upper Iowa

Jun. 2, 2017 6:04 pm, Updated: Jun. 2, 2017 11:13 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Xavier senior-to-be Jackson Joens has decided to play college basketball at Upper Iowa, he said Friday afternoon on Twitter.

A 6-foot-6 wing, Joens averaged 11.6 points per game this past season for Xavier, which won its second consecutive Class 3A state championship. He led the Saints in 3-pointers, making 45.2 percent of them (56 of 124).

Joens will be one of the key returnees this coming season for Xavier, as it seeks a three-peat. Point guard Matt Mims also comes back.

He's a likely Division I player.

Upper Iowa is coached by Brooks McKowen, brother of Cedar Rapids Kennedy head coach Jon McKowen.

June 2, 2017

#cockpower pic.twitter.com/huKEDAGtqb

— Jackson Joens (@jackson_joens)

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Cedar Rapids Xavier's Jackson Joens (14 front) and Pella's Tyson Wassenaar (50) scramble for the ball in the first half of their 3A semifinal game at the boys' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Thursday, March 10, 2016. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)