After playing an outstanding rookie season in Luxembourg Jesse Morgan moved to the German Pro A playing for the RheinStars Köln in the 2017-2018 season.
Last season as a rookie Jesse Morgan was a scoring magnet in the lower league Luxemburg and now he will try to make the next step in the higher level Pro A with the RheinStars Cologne. Morgan is a 26 year old 196cm guard from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia and as a rookie tore up Luexemburg with AB Contern (Luxembourg-Total League) playing 26 games and was the leagues second top scorer averaging (27.2ppg), 5.6rpg, 2.7apg, Steals-5 (2.1spg), FGP: 48.7%, 3PT: 36.1%, FT: 83.9%. "Jesse is a real shooter. We got a very good impression of him thanks to family DiLeo", stressed manager Stephan Baeck. He also showed his scoring qualities in the NCAA with Massachusetts (NCAA) and Temple (NCAA). "He is another combo guard and building block at the small positions that will help us with his shot", stressed head coach Denis Wucherer. Last season in Luxemburg he scored 30 points or more 10 times including three games with 40 or more points. He scored 41 points against the Musel Pikes and Sparta.
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