DeVante' Jones (born April 9, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the ABA League . He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
Jones with Michigan in 2021 | |
No. 2 – Cedevita Olimpija | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | ABA League |
Personal information | |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | April 9, 1998
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College |
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NBA draft | 2022: undrafted |
Playing career | 2022–present |
Career history | |
2022–2023 | Metropolitans 92 |
2023–2024 | Le Mans |
2024–present | Cedevita Olimpija |
Career highlights and awards | |
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High school career
editJones attended Tyner Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee and led his team to the Region 3-AA championship in 2014. As a sophomore, he averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. For his last two years of high school, he transferred to St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, where he helped his team achieve a combined 52–9 record. As a junior, he averaged 16.5 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game. As a senior, he averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3 steals per game. Jones played for Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts for a postgraduate season where he averaged 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game.[1] He committed to playing college basketball for Coastal Carolina.[2]
College career
editJones was ruled ineligible by Coastal Carolina for the 2017–18 season for academic reasons and was granted a redshirt for the second half of the season.[3] He suffered an injury during his second career game and missed his next 12 games.[4] On March 25, 2019, Jones posted a freshman season-high 32 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a 109–91 win over West Virginia in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational.[5] As a freshman, he averaged 14 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, earning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.[4]
Prior to his sophomore season, Jones suffered a broken bone in his left foot during a pick-up game.[6] On March 7, 2020, he recorded 31 points, 14 rebounds and five assists in a 63–62 victory over UT Arlington in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.[7] As a sophomore, he averaged 17.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He was named to the Second Team All-Sun Belt after leading the conference in assists.[8] On December 17, Jones reached 1,000 career points while tallying 33 points, seven rebounds and six steals to help his team defeat Delaware State, 99–73.[9] In his following game, he recorded 35 points and five steals in an 86–63 win over Alice Lloyd.[10] As a junior, Jones averaged 19.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game.[11] He ranked second nationally in steals per game was selected as Sun Belt Player of the Year and First Team All-Sun Belt.[12]
On May 1, 2021, Jones transferred to Michigan, choosing the Wolverines over offers from Texas Tech, Texas and Memphis.[13]
Professional career
editOn July 25, 2022, he has signed with Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A.[14]
On June 27, 2023, he signed with Le Mans of the LNB Pro A.[15]
On July 11, 2024, he signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. [16]
Career statistics
editGP | 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
editYear | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | Coastal Carolina | |||||||||||
2018–19 | Coastal Carolina | 23 | 20 | 29.8 | .461 | .337 | .818 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.3 | .0 | 14.0 |
2019–20 | Coastal Carolina | 32 | 31 | 32.8 | .488 | .296 | .867 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 1.7 | .2 | 17.4 |
2020–21 | Coastal Carolina | 26 | 26 | 32.8 | .487 | .368 | .862 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | .2 | 19.3 |
2021–22 | Michigan | 33 | 33 | 28.8 | .463 | .342 | .792 | 4.5 | 4.6 | .9 | .1 | 10.3 |
Career | 114 | 110 | 31.0 | .477 | .336 | .845 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 1.7 | .1 | 15.1 |
References
edit- ^ Henley, Gene (July 9, 2020). "Former Tyner star Devante Jones was big talent in a small package". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Notre Dame's Jones Makes Pick". New England Recruiting Report. May 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Livingston Brooking, Ian (January 16, 2020). "Coastal guard Devante Jones eyes greatness at the collegiate and professional levels". My Horry News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Cuthbertson, Jones Earn Sun Belt Hoops Honors". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. March 11, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Jones leads Coastal Carolina over West Virginia 109-91". ESPN. Associated Press. March 25, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Blondon, Alan (September 26, 2019). "How adding size and international players may help CCU basketball reach uncharted heights". The Sun News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Coastal Carolina upsets UT Arlington in Sun Belt tourney". USA Today. Associated Press. March 7, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Parks, Chris (November 11, 2020). "CCU's Devante Jones named 1st team preseason All-Sun Belt member". WBTW. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Jones Scores his 1,000th Career Point as Coastal Carolina Drops Delaware State". WCSC-TV. Associated Press. December 17, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Jones Sets Career-High in Win over Eagles". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. December 18, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (April 20, 2021). "Coastal Carolina's DeVante' Jones, Sun Belt Player of the Year, planning to transfer". ESPN. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "CCU guard DeVante' Jones named Sun Belt Player of the Year". WMBF-TV. March 11, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (May 1, 2021). "Michigan basketball lands transfer PG DeVante' Jones from Coastal Carolina". ESPN. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Devante' Jones, nouvelle recrue des Metropolitans 92 !". metropolitans92.com (in French). July 25, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ "Wembanyama's teammate DeVante' Jones lands at Le Mans". Eurohoops. June 27, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "DeVante Jones je nova okrepitev Zmajeve družine!". KK Cedevita Olimpija, Ljubljana (in Slovenian). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11.