Chris Jones

Position:
G
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Garland, TX
High School:
Lakeview Centennial HS

2013-14
• Ranks 3rd in NT history with 127 career steals.
• 282 career assists rank 6th in North Texas history.
• 127 assists in 2013-14 are the 8th most by an NT player.
• Tallied 48 steals, which are tied for 10th in NT single-season history.
• Ranked 4th in C-USA with 4.10 assists per game, and 8th with 1.55 steals per game.
• His assist/turnover ratio of 1.98 ranked 3rd in C-USA.
• Posted a team-season high eight assists in the win at Marshall.
• Racked up 13 games with at least five steals.
• Five games with at least four steals.
• Hit a contested runner at the buzzer for the game winner at FIU.
• Recorded his 200th career assist in the win at Texas A&M.
• Posted second career double-double in the double-overtime win at Portland (12 points, 10 rebounds, six assists).

2012-13
• Missed 16 games with a broken foot sustained Dec. 29 at Western Kentucky, but returned to average 9.2 points and 4.6 assists per game on the year (third in Sun Belt).
• Tallied six assists in just 20 minutes in his return from injury at South Alabama.
• Ranked third in the Sun Belt with 2.1 steals per game, which included a career-high six steal outing against UT Arlington.
• 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio was the SBC[apos]s fourth highest.
• Racked up seven double-digit scoring games, including back-to-back 20-plus point games against Louisiana-Lafayette (23) and St. Louis (21).
• Also had seven boards and seven assists in nearly helping NT upset St. Louis on the road.
• Posted at least five assists in eight of his 16 games.

2011-12
• Jones[apos] 4.26 assist per game average was the highest by a freshman in NT history (8th overall).
• Was the NCAA[apos]s 19th highest scoring frosh at 14.1 points per game.
• Was one rebound versus Troy from the first North Texas triple-double since 1993 (21 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists).
• The 10 assists against Troy ranks 12th in school history, and are the most by an NT player since 2000.
• College Sports Madness Sun Belt POW (Dec. 12).
• Missed the final 13 games of the year (Was leading the SBC with 6.0 assists per game in league games, also ranked top 10 in SBC in points, assists, steals, A/TO ratio & defensive rebounds).
• His 2.4 steals per game ranks 21st in the NCAA, third in SBC.
• 31 points at Texas Tech are the fifth most by a frosh in NT history.
• Four games of 20+ points.

Lakeview Centennial High School
• Named All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball coaches as a junior and senior.
• Led DFW area with 6.9 assists per game as a senior.
• Ranked 13th in the area with 16.6 points per game.
• Had Lakeview Centennial ranked No. 2 in the final TABC State Poll.
• Played in the TABC State All-Star Game.
• District 10-5A MVP as both a junior and senior.
• Listed as the No. 24 player in the state by Texas Hoops, and registers as Hoop Scoop[apos]s 237th ranked player nationally.
• 13.9 points per game, 5.6 assists per game and 4.2 steals per game as a junior.
• Led Centennial to records of 32-3 (2010) and 36-1 (2011) and the 5A State title game in both seasons.
• Scored a team-high 19 and 17 points in those respective title games.
• For his career, Jones averaged 20.3 points, 3.0 assists and 5.0 steals per game in four state tournament games.

Personal
• Was honored by the Garland Sports Hall-of-Fame with the Gale Fields Scholarship for outstanding high school athletics.

Career Statistics