For ADM junior forward Molly Jacobsen, it was a moment too familiar to her in her career.

Jacobsen took an inadvertent elbow to the head late  in the first half of the Tigers’ 23-point win over Carroll on Dec. 12 that caused a mild concussion. It’s not the first she’s dealt with the head trauma, so ADM’s training staff was extra careful with her the following week in practice, and she was able to return without any noticeable lingering effects the following Friday in ADM’s loss at Ballard.

It was evident, however, that Jacobsen was rusty having played less than half a game the previous Friday and having not been able to go through a full week of practice.

Tigers head coach Corey Schneider said after the loss to Ballard he was happy Jacobsen was able to get healthy following the scare, but now that she’s back, ADM needs Jacobsen to resemble the versatile offensive threat she was as a sophomore.

“It’s definitely good. We need her out there. We don’t have enough scoring threats to have one of our scoring threats out,” Schneider said. “She didn’t have her best night shooting the ball, and you’re going to have nights like that where it doesn’t go in the hoop. But just to have her presence out there — she’s a calm player — so it’s good to see. We’ll definitely need her in the future and need her to have better games than she had tonight.”

Jacobsen was second on the team in scoring last season at 9.3 points per game, and lead ADM in 3-point makes on 29 percent shooting from long range. Through six games this year, her scoring average has dipped to 7.7 points per game and her shooting percentages are down across the board due to a shooting slump over the past four games.

 

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