Andrew Jones (basketball)

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Andrew Jones
undrafted
Career history
2022–2024SC Rasta Vechta
2024–presentBC Orchies
Career highlights and awards

Andrew Jones (born December 9, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Orchies in the French Nationale Masculine 1. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference.

Early life and high school career

Jones at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game

Jones was born in

Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M, among others. He credited his commitment to a strong relationship with coach Shaka Smart.[5]

College career

On February 25, 2017, Jones scored a freshman season-high 18 points in a 77–67 loss to third-ranked

NBA Draft Combine and team workouts before ultimately withdrawing from the 2017 NBA draft.[7]

On December 5, 2017, as a sophomore, Jones scored a season-high 19 points in a 71–67 win over

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for treatment, and after being released in late February, he finished outpatient treatment in August.[11] While recovering, Jones missed the second half of his sophomore season and was granted medical redshirts for both the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[12] On October 13, 2018, he suffered a fractured toe in practice, shortly after his return to the team.[12] He returned to action on November 6, scoring one point in nine minutes in a 71–59 victory over Eastern Illinois, one of his two appearances in the season.[11]

Jones made his redshirt sophomore season debut on November 5, 2019, scoring a then-career-high 20 points in a 69–45 win over Northern Colorado.[13] He established a new career high on February 19, 2020, after recording 21 points in a 70–56 victory over TCU.[14] On March 2, Jones was named Big 12 Conference Co-Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 22 points twice in wins over West Virginia and Texas Tech.[15] By the end of the season, he was averaging 11.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game and was named All-Big 12 honorable mention. He reached double figures in scoring 15 times on the season.[16]

Jones chose to return for a sixth season in 2021–22 after the NCAA ruled that the 2020–21 season, heavily disrupted by COVID-19, would not be counted against the athletic eligibility of any basketball player. At the end of that season, he was named as one of two recipients of the Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award, presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association to one or more individuals associated with men's college basketball who have exhibited extraordinary courage on and off the court. Both Jones and his fellow recipient, Justin Hardy of NCAA Division III Washington (MO), averaged double figures in scoring during the season while battling cancer (with Hardy battling stomach cancer).[17]

Professional career

On July 20, 2022, Jones signed with SC Rasta Vechta in the German ProA.[18] He signed with BC Orchies in the French Nationale Masculine 1 on January 10, 2024.[19]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Texas 33 23 27.9 .425 .328 .775 3.9 3.5 1.2 .4 11.4
2017–18 Texas 10 8 22.6 .522 .463 .733 2.4 2.0 .6 .2 13.5
2018–19 Texas 2 0 5.5 .000 .000 .750 1.0 .5 .5 .0 1.5
2019–20 Texas 31 11 26.5 .410 .383 .722 2.3 1.9 .7 .2 11.5
2020–21 Texas 26 26 31.4 .404 .338 .831 4.5 2.3 1.0 .1 14.6
2021–22 Texas 33 20 26.3 .413 .320 .814 2.8 1.6 1.2 .2 11.2
Career 135 88 27.1 .419 .348 .785 3.2 2.3 1.0 .2 12.0

Personal life

Jones is a

Baylor at the collegiate level, before winning a WNBA championship with the Minnesota Lynx.[21] His favorite subject in high school was mathematics, and he said “I like dealing with numbers and money,” adding that it would help him with the business side of basketball.[2]

References

  1. ^ Canizales, Nick (May 1, 2017). "Bouncing Back: Alexis and Andrew Jones make their mark". KCEN-TV. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Torres, Aaron (May 25, 2016). "Texas' Andrew Jones had to grow up early before basketball stardom". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 16, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Andrew Jones Doing Big Things For Irving MacArthur Basketball". KTVT. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2020.[dead link]
  4. 247Sports. Retrieved March 17, 2020.[dead link
    ]
  5. ^ Nathan, Alec (December 14, 2015). "Andrew Jones to Texas: Longhorns Land 4-Star Guard Prospect". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Deutsch, Jonathan; Rosner, Mark (February 25, 2017). "Kansas clinches 13th straight Big 12 title outright". WIBW (AM). Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Medcalf, Myron (May 22, 2017). "Longhorns guard Andrew Jones withdraws name from NBA draft". ESPN. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Davis, Brian (December 5, 2017). "Texas 71, VCU 67: Longhorns survive harrowing trip to Shaka Smart's old stomping grounds". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Texas guard Andrew Jones diagnosed with leukemia". USA Today. Associated Press. January 10, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Fuller, Marcus (January 19, 2018). "Texas' Andrew Jones getting widespread support after leukemia diagnosis". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Grathoff, Pete (November 7, 2018). "Texas' Andrew Jones, who is battling leukemia, gets nice ovation in first game back". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Davis, Brian (October 13, 2018). "On his journey back, Texas G Andrew Jones suffers fractured toe". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  13. ^ "Texas guard Andrew Jones scores career-high 20 points as Longhorns defeat Northern Colorado 69-45". The Dallas Morning News. Associated Press. November 5, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  14. ^ "Freshman Baker's 20 points helps lead Texas over TCU". USA Today. Associated Press. February 19, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Andrew Jones named Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week". University of Texas Athletics. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  16. 247Sports
    . Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "Jones, Hardy to Receive Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  18. ^ Glick, Adam (July 20, 2022). "Former Longhorn G Andrew Jones Finds new home in Germany". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  19. ^ "Andrew Jones ex Vechta agreed terms with Orchies". Eurobasket. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  20. ^ Ackerman, Jon. "Texas guard Andrew Jones scores career-high 20 points in return from leukemia". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  21. ^ Hatfield, Jenn (December 7, 2019). "Having a sister in the WNBA inspires not one, but two Texas men's basketball players". High Post Hoops. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

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