2022-23: Notched three points (1-2 3pt FG) and an assist in 11 minutes vs. Longwood...Career-best two assists in Dec. 23 win vs. Coppin State...Hit a 3-pointer in seven minutes vs. Saint Joseph’s on Jan. 29...Notched two assists, two rebounds and a steal vs. UMass on Feb. 1...Season-best four rebounds (three offensive) at Loyola Chicago on Feb. 4.
2021-22: Saw action in 28 games and made one start...Averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds in 8.3 minutes per game...Made seven 3-pointers on the year...Four points, four rebounds and two blocks in debut vs. Stony Brook...Season bests in rebounds (5), minutes (21) vs. South Dakota State...Notched three points, three rebounds and an assist in an A-10 high 18 minutes at Richmond on February 7...Season-best seven points (3-3 FG) to go along with four rebounds and two steals in 16 minutes at Davidson on March 2.
Career Highs
Points: 7, at Davidson (3/2/22)
Rebounds: 5, vs. South Dakota State (11/24/21)
Assists: 1, Seven times (last at Richmond, 2/7/22)
Steals: 1, vs. Penn (11/12/21)
Blocks: 2, vs. Stony Brook (11/9/21)
FG Made: 3, at Davidson (3/2/22)
FG Attempts: 4, Twice (last at Saint Joseph's, 2/16/22)
3FG Made: 1, Seven times (last at Davidson, 3/2/22)
3FG Attempts: 3, Three times (last at Saint Joseph's, 2/16/22)
FT Made: 1, vs. Stony Brook (11/9/21)
FT Attempts: 2, vs. Stony Brook (11/9/21)
Prep: Graduate of NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia…Competed at NBA Academy games in July 2019, finishing as tournament champions…Jones had an 18-point effort vs. NBA Academy India and a 17-point, 16-rebound, 6-assist effort against World Select Blue…Competed along other top prospects at the NBA G League Winter Showcase in December 2019…Played for NBA academies select team in the 2019 Tarkanian Classic prior to the G League Showcase both years…Was part of the NBA Academy Select Team that was in the prestigious 2020 Torneo Junior Ciutat de L’Hospitalet in Barcelona in January 2020…Averaged 15.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists while leading the Australian National Team to the 2019 Oceania U-17 championship, including a 26-point, 11-rebound performance vs. Guam during the group stage…Named MVP of Australian U-20 National Championship...Ranked second in the 2019 Australian Schools Championship while competing for Lake Ginninderra College secondary school, averaging an impressive 31.2 points and 18.4 rebounds per game.
Personal: Blake Jones…Born Feb. 28, 2002, to Brad and Trudy Jones in Canberra, Australia…Has one sibling, his sister Ashley.
