2012-13: Senior season saw him average 6.1 points per game while hitting 40.2% of his shots…saw action in 35 games while making a career-best 21 starts…posted a season-high of 14 points on two occasions, the second game of the season against Buffalo and the home overtime win over Missouri State…hit 6-of-11 shots vs. Buffalo en route to the total…tallied 10 next time out vs. Yale hitting three shots and four free throws…registered 11 points against Oakland City before scoring 14 against Missouri State…in the win over the Bears, he hit 5 out of 6 free throws…tallied 11 points in home victory against SIU, hit all six free throws…over a stretch of eight games, scored at least eight points in seven of those efforts…finished with 10 points on a 5-of-7 shooting output in BracketBuster win over Wright State…set season mark with 9 rebounds against Eastern Kentucky.
2011-12: Came off the bench to see action in all 32 games of junior campaign…chipped in 5.3 points per game in an average of 17.3 minutes per outing…began the year with a 12-point effort in win over Butler, hit 5-of-8 attempts…set career marks in seven categories in overtime win at Missouri State, scored 24 points on 9-14 shooting, hit all six free throws while hauling in seven rebounds over the course of 34 minutes of action…tallied ten points in home win over Northern Iowa, shot 5-7 while playing 20 minutes…Evansville was 9-1 when Jones scored eight points or more.
2010-11: Nominated for the MVC Most Improved Team...became a significant player off the bench as a sophomore...UE’s ninth leading scorer with a 3.6 average...averaged 11 minutes of playing time per game...UE’s second leading scorer Feb. 26 with a career-high 13 points vs. Illinois State... totaled 9 points, 4 rebounds Feb. 12 at Bradley... had an 8-point, 7-rebound game Feb. 8 vs. Northern Iowa...tied his career high with 10 points vs. Southern Illinois Jan. 29 and Missouri State Feb. 2...also scored 10 points vs. Md. Eastern Shore Dec. 11...hit all 3 shots and scored 6 points in 11 minutes at Indiana State Jan. 26...scored 7 points and helped start UE’s comeback in Jan. 1 win over Indiana State... key player against Final Four team Butler, scoring 6 of team’s final 8 points of the first half...made his first collegiate 3-pointer at Butler...totaled 4 points in 17 minutes off the bench Nov. 13 vs.
Oakland City.
2009-10: Showed the potential to become an important player in the future at UE...the only player on the team to block three shots in a game, Dec. 19 against Tennessee-Martin...despite his size, often used in the frontcourt defensively because of his leaping ability...scored six points in three games: at Western Kentucky Dec. 8, at Missouri State Jan. 27 and at home against Illinois-Chicago Feb. 20...grabbed five rebounds against Alabama State Dec. 4 and in MVC Tournament against Missouri State March 4...made his only start Jan. 31 against Indiana State...played at least 11 minutes in six games, including four of the Aces’ final eight games.
At George Washington Carver: One of the top high school scorers and rebounders in Memphis in 2008-09...became the fifth newcomer on the Purple Aces’ 2009-10 roster when he signed a national letter of intent on April 21, 2009...second leading scorer in the city of Memphis as a senior with 21.9 points per game at GW Carver High School, where he also averaged 9.1 rebounds and shot 47 percent from three-point range...led his team to a 20-12 record...scored a season-high 39 points against Mitchell... member of the 15-player All-Metro Team as a junior and senior, and was the only player in the city in 2008-09 who ranked in the top five in both scoring and rebounding.
Why UE? “Great school and great coaching staff.”
Personal:
Parents: Lewis and Barbara Jones
Siblings: Two older brothers and one older sister
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
High School: G.W. Carver
Major: Sociology
