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Avonte Jones
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    170
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • High School:
    Pickerington Central
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • gp
    7
  • pts/g
    3.7
  • fg %
    37.5
  • 3pt %
    16.7
  • ft %
    -
  • reb/g
    1.0
  • a/g
    1.4

Bio

Freshman (2019-20): Played in all 25 games with one start... Led the team with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.2 (41 assists, 19 turnovers)... Scored in double digits in seven contests, including four times in the first six when the squad was 6-0... Tossed in a career-high 16 points in the home loss to 2020 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament champion Transylvania (2/1/19)... Shot 5 of 6 (83.3 percent) from both the field and foul line, plus added two rebounds, two assists and a steal in 20 minutes during that Transy game... On the court for a season-best 29 minutes, tallying 11 points and four assists, in the HCAC win at Rose-Hulman (12/7/19)... Dished out a career-high five assists to go with 11 points in a conference loss at Hanover (1/25/20)... Grabbed a career-best four rebounds in the season-opening victory against Spalding (11/15/19)... Twice had two steals in a game.

Prep: Graduate of Pickerington (Ohio) High School Central in 2019... Varsity letterman in a strong Division I basketball program... Team went 25-2 overall his senior season, advancing to the regional semifinals.

Personal: Son of Anitra Lomax, Andre Jones and stepfather Leon Rodgers... Majoring in business administration... Favorite players are Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Luka Doncic and the late Kobe Bryant... Admires Canadian rapper Drake.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.)
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.)
Feb 13 Earlham (Ind.)
Feb 19 at Mt. St. Joseph
Feb 20 Mt. St. Joseph
Mar 3 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 101-70
  Total Conference
Games 7 -
Games started 1 -
Minutes 130 -
Minutes per game 18.6 -
FG 12-32 0-0
FG Pct 37.5 -
3PT 2-12 0-0
3PT Pct 16.7 -
FT 0-0 0-0
FT Pct - -
Off rebounds 2 -
Def rebounds 5 -
Total rebounds 7 -
Rebounds per game 1.0 -
Personal fouls 6 -
Disqualifications 0 -
Assists 10 -
Turnovers 15 -
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 -
Steals 3 -
Blocks 0 -
Points 26 0
Points per game 3.7 -
Points per 40 min 8.0 -

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Jan 15 Bluffton L, 71-64 - 19 1-8 12.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 16 at Bluffton L, 69-60 1 24 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 22 Franklin (Ind.) L, 88-65 - 11 1-6 16.7 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 23 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 86-77 - 11 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 78-74 - 30 6-8 75.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 14
Jan 30 Anderson (Ind.) W, 87-71 - 13 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 Earlham (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Mt. St. Joseph   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Mt. St. Joseph   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 3 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 101-70 - 22 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Jan 15 Bluffton L, 71-64 - 19 1 0 1 2 4 1 0
Jan 16 at Bluffton L, 69-60 1 24 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jan 22 Franklin (Ind.) L, 88-65 - 11 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Jan 23 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 86-77 - 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 78-74 - 30 0 1 1 0 6 2 0
Jan 30 Anderson (Ind.) W, 87-71 - 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 Earlham (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Mt. St. Joseph   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Mt. St. Joseph   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 3 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 101-70 - 22 0 0 0 5 1 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Jan 15 Bluffton L, 71-64 - 0 - 0.5
Jan 16 at Bluffton L, 69-60 1 0 0 1.0
Jan 22 Franklin (Ind.) L, 88-65 - 2 - 0.5
Jan 23 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 86-77 - 0 - -
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 78-74 - 4 - 0.0
Jan 30 Anderson (Ind.) W, 87-71 - 0 - 1.0
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.)   - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.)   - - - -
Feb 13 Earlham (Ind.)   - - - -
Feb 19 at Mt. St. Joseph   - - - -
Feb 20 Mt. St. Joseph   - - - -
Mar 3 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 101-70 - 0 0 5.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2019-20 25 18.6 2.0-4.9 0.8-2.0 0.5-0.7 5.3
2020-21 7 18.6 1.7-4.6 0.3-1.7 0.0-0.0 3.7
2021-22 22 14.4 1.7-3.8 0.3-1.2 0.5-0.7 4.2
2022-23 25 23.7 3.9-7.7 1.4-3.2 1.6-1.9 10.8
Total 79 19.0 2.5-5.5 0.8-2.1 0.8-1.0 6.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2019-20 25 1 466 51-123 41.5 19-50 38.0 12-18 66.7 133
2020-21 7 1 130 12-32 37.5 2-12 16.7 0-0 - 26
2021-22 22 1 316 37-83 44.6 6-26 23.1 12-15 80.0 92
2022-23 25 12 592 98-193 50.8 34-80 42.5 39-48 81.3 269
Total 79 15 1504 198-431 45.9 61-168 36.3 63-81 77.8 520

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2019-20 25 466 18.6 4.4-10.6 1.6-4.3 38.0 1.0-1.5 11.4
2020-21 7 130 18.6 3.7-9.8 0.6-3.7 16.7 0.0-0.0 8.0
2021-22 22 316 14.4 4.7-10.5 0.8-3.3 23.1 1.5-1.9 11.6
2022-23 25 592 23.7 6.6-13.0 2.3-5.4 42.5 2.6-3.2 18.2
Total 79 1504 19.0 5.3-11.5 1.6-4.5 36.3 1.7-2.2 13.8

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2019-20 25 0.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.4 0.0
2020-21 7 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 0.4 0.0
2021-22 22 0.2 1.5 1.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.0
2022-23 25 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.2
Total 79 0.4 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.5 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2019-20 25 1 9 32 41 41 19 10 0
2020-21 7 1 2 5 7 10 15 3 0
2021-22 22 1 5 33 38 13 18 12 0
2022-23 25 12 16 58 74 45 34 18 6
Total 79 15 32 128 160 109 86 43 6

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2019-20 25 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.5 1.6 0.9 0.0
2020-21 7 0.6 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.6 0.9 0.0
2021-22 22 0.6 4.2 4.8 1.6 2.3 1.5 0.0
2022-23 25 1.1 3.9 5.0 3.0 2.3 1.2 0.4
Total 79 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.9 2.3 1.1 0.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 7 18.6 1.7-4.6 0.3-1.7 0.0-0.0 3.7
Conference - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 3 14.3 0.7-5.0 0.0-2.0 0.0-0.0 1.3
Away 4 21.8 2.5-4.2 0.5-1.5 0.0-0.0 5.5
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 1 13.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 6 19.5 2.0-5.2 0.3-2.0 0.0-0.0 4.3
Month            
January 6 18.0 1.8-5.0 0.3-1.8 0.0-0.0 4.0
March 1 22.0 1.0-2.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 2.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 7 1 130 12-32 37.5 2-12 16.7 0-0 - 26
Conference - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 3 - 43 2-15 13.3 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 4
Away 4 1 87 10-17 58.8 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 22
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 1 - 13 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Losses 6 1 117 12-31 38.7 2-12 16.7 0-0 - 26
Month                    
January 6 1 108 11-30 36.7 2-11 18.2 0-0 - 24
March 1 - 22 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 7 130 18.6 3.7-9.8 0.6-3.7 16.7 0.0-0.0 8.0
Conference - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 3 43 14.3 1.9-14.0 0.0-5.6 0.0 0.0-0.0 3.7
Away 4 87 21.8 4.6-7.8 0.9-2.8 33.3 0.0-0.0 10.1
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 1 13 13.0 0.0-3.1 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 6 117 19.5 4.1-10.6 0.7-4.1 16.7 0.0-0.0 8.9
Month                
January 6 108 18.0 4.1-11.1 0.7-4.1 18.2 0.0-0.0 8.9
March 1 22 22.0 1.8-3.6 0.0-1.8 0.0 0.0-0.0 3.6

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 7 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 0.4 0.0
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 3 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.3 2.3 0.3 0.0
Away 4 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 6 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.5 2.3 0.5 0.0
Month                
January 6 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.8 2.3 0.5 0.0
March 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 7 1 2 5 7 10 15 3 0
Conference - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 3 - 2 2 4 4 7 1 0
Away 4 1 0 3 3 6 8 2 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 1 - 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Losses 6 1 2 5 7 9 14 3 0
Month                  
January 6 1 2 5 7 5 14 3 0
March 1 - 0 0 0 5 1 0 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 7 0.6 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.6 0.9 0.0
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 3 1.9 1.9 3.7 3.7 6.5 0.9 0.0
Away 4 0.0 1.4 1.4 2.8 3.7 0.9 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.1 0.0 0.0
Losses 6 0.7 1.7 2.4 3.1 4.8 1.0 0.0
Month                
January 6 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.9 5.2 1.1 0.0
March 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 1.8 0.0 0.0

News Mentions

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Men’s basketball returns with loss in HCAC Championship quarterfinals

HANOVER, Ind. – Playing its first game since Jan. 30, the Defiance College men's basketball team returned to the court on Wednesday night...

March 3, 2021

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Men’s basketball battles until end in tight loss at Anderson

ANDERSON, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s basketball team traveled to play Anderson University on Friday night and battled until the...

January 29, 2021

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Men’s basketball picked seventh in 2020-21 HCAC preseason poll

CARMEL, Ind. – Heading into its long-awaited upcoming season, the Defiance College men’s basketball team is picked to finish seventh...

January 11, 2021

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Men’s basketball to open 2020-21 season with Monday road game at Miami (Ohio)

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Despite having a roster that includes no seniors for the second straight season, the Defiance College men’s basketbal...

November 28, 2020

Photos

Avonte Jones action photo 1
Anderson (Ind.) vs. Defiance

1/30/2021 6:00 PM EST

Avonte Jones action photo 2
Anderson (Ind.) vs. Defiance

1/30/2021 6:00 PM EST

Avonte Jones action photo 3
Anderson (Ind.) vs. Defiance

1/30/2021 6:00 PM EST