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Denver Jones Season 2023-24

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Denver Jones Season 2023-24

PositionG
Weight205 lbs
Height6-4
ClassJunior
HometownNew Market, Ala.
Previous SchoolFIU

CAREER HONORS
• 2022-23 All-Conference USA First Team
• Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Dec. 13, 2021)
• 2020-21 Jayhawk Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2020-21 NJCAA All-Region 6 Second Team
• 2020-21 All-Jayhawk Conference First Team
 
FIU (2021-23)
Became the first Panther in program history to be named first team all-conference as a sophomore in 2023 … Averaged 20 points, 3.8 rebounds per game ... Rated the No. 26 overall transfer in the country by 247Sports ... Shot 35.7 percent from behind the 3-point arc, 86.4 percent from the free throw line and 43.4 percent from the field ... Started and played in all 27 games of the 2022-23 season for the Golden Panthers, scoring in double figures in 25 of those contests ... Registered a career-high 30 points at Rice (3/4/23) ... Ranked fifth nationally in mid-range field-goal percentage ... During his freshman year, named Conference USA Freshman of the Week and led the league in free-throw percentage (89.6).
 
GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2020-21)
Began his collegiate career at Garden City (Kan.) Community College ... Garnered all-region second team, all-conference first team and Jayhawk Conference Freshman of the Year honors ... Averaged 19.1 points per game and shot 40 percent from long range.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Finished his prep career at Memphis (Tenn.) Day Academy and was tabbed all-area, first-team all-region and second team all-state … Previously played at Buckhorn High School and Tennessee Preparatory Academy … Scored 2,000+ career points in high school … Led Buckhorn to a 22-8 overall record as a sophomore … Played AAU Basketball for Team Thad.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Ernest and Jennelle Jones ... Born on Nov. 2, 2000 … Has two siblings, Dallas and Dominique Jones … His older brother, Dallas, played college basketball at South Alabama and Texas Wesleyan … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
 
CAREER SUPERLATIVES
Points: 30 at Rice (3/4/23)
Field Goals Made: 10 (three times)
Field Goals Attempted: 23 vs. Louisiana Tech (3/8/23)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 7 vs. Southern Miss (2/3/22)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 11 at UTSA (1/21/23)
Free Throws Made: 11 vs. UAB (1/7/23)
Free Throws Attempted: 12 vs. Rice (2/19/22)
Rebounds: 13 at Eastern Michigan (12/11/21)
Assists: 6 vs. Eastern Washington (11/27/22), vs. UNCG (11/21/21)
Blocks: 1 (three times)
Steals: 4 (six times)
Minutes Played: 47 at Eastern Michigan (12/11/21)
Double-Figure Games: 46
30-Point Games: 1
20-Point Games: 19
10-Rebound Games: 1
Double-Doubles: 1 
Dunks: 9
 

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Senior
2024-25

Guard
6-4 / 205 lbs