2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Rubin Jones
- Position:
- Guard
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, TX
- High School:
- Jack Yates HS
NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-TIME WINNINGEST PLAYER (93)
Last Updated on March 26, 2024
Honors
- 2024 Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball Magazine's All-Texas Honorable Mention
- 2023 Conference USA All-Defensive team
- 2021 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
- Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Jan. 11, 2021)
Single Game Highs
Points – 20. vs. Mississippi State, 12/17/23
Rebounds – 8, vs. Tulane, 3/14/24
Assists – 8, vs. Omaha, 11/11/23
Steals – 6, vs. Towson, 11/19/23
Blocks – 3, twice
FG Made – 6, five times
FG Attempts – 16, twice
3 FG Made – 5, vs. Sam Houston, 3/19/23
3 FG Attempts – 6, nine times
FT Made – 8, vs. Charlotte, 2/11/23
FT Attempts – 9, at Tulane, 2/28/24
Top Career Scoring Games
1. 20, vs. Mississippi State, 12/17/23
2. 18, vs. East Carolina, 3/3/24
3. 17, at LSU, 3/19/24
3. 17, vs. Sam Houston, 3/19/23
5. 16, at Tulane, 2/28/24
5. 16, at Boise State, 12/5/23
5. 16, vs. Old Dominion, 1/22/22
8. 15, vs. Tulane, 3/14/24
8. 15, vs. Mississippi Valley, 12/2/24
8. 15, vs. LSU, 11/17/23
8. 15 vs. Northern Iowa, 11/07/23
8. 15, vs. Texas State, 3/15/22
8. 15, vs. Drake, 11/28/21
2023-24
Played in 23 games and made 23 starts...Missed 11 games due to a injury...Team captain...Became the program's all-time winningest player on Feb. 7 at Tulsa with a 68-55 win...Averaged a career-high 12.1 points per game and had a team-leading 84 assists...Made 37 3-pointers and shot a career-high 41.6 percent from deep...Grabbed a career-high 3.6 rebounds per game...Scored a career-high 20 points versus Mississippi State on Dec. 17 in a neutral site game...Led UNT to a NIT First Round victory at LSU by scoring 17 points and making 3-5 from deep and having four steals...Scored in double figures 13 times...Had 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the second round of the AAC Championship versus Tulane...Had nine points and a career-high eight assists on Nov. 11 versus Omaha....Named Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball Magazine's All-Texas Honorable Mention
Played in 35 games and made five starts...Named to the 2023 C-USA All-Defensive Team...Averaged 6.7 points per game and grabbed 3.0 rebounds per game...Had 68 assists on the year...Made 31 3-pointers...Had 14 blocks on the year...Scored a career-high 17 points versus Sam Houston in UNT's 75-55 NIT Second Round victory...Scored 12 points in the second half versus Wisconsin in UNT's 56-54 NIT Semifinal win...Scored in double figures 10 times...Was a perfect 5-of-5 from deep versus Sam Houston on March 19...Had a career-high seven rebounds versus UAB on Feb. 9...Averaged 9.0 points per game in the NIT...His 10 made 3-pointers in the NIT were the second-most in the whole tournament...Shot 47.6 percent from deep in the NIT...Started the final four games of the year...Played a career-high 42 minutes on Feb. 9 versus UAB in the Mean Green's 82-79 double overtime win over the Blazers...Was a perfect 8-of-8 at the free throw line versus Charlotte on Feb. 11...Missed the first two games of the year as he recovered from offseason knee surgery...Also missed UNT's Dec. 6 win at UT Arlington for rest
2021-22
Played and started in 30 of the Mean Green's 31 games...Averaged 8.2 points per game (255 total)...Grabbed 3.0 rebounds per game (94 total)...Dished out 68 total assists...His 41 made 3-pointers were the third-most on the team...Averaged 31.7 minutes per game, which was the second-highest on the team...Scored a season-high 16 points on Jan. 22 in UNT's 69-56 win over Old Dominion...Had a season-high seven assists on Jan. 27 in UNT's 63-54 win at Southern Miss...Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on Jan. 27 at Southern Miss in a 63-54 win...Made a season-high three 3-pointers six times throughout the year...Scored in double figures 11 times...Named the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Player of the Game in UNT's 66-57 win over UMass after scoring 13 points and making three 3-pointers in the win...Had 15 points in North Texas' NIT First Round victory over Texas State...Dropped 15 points and had four assists in North Texas' 57-54 win over Drake at the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando, FL...Missed UNT's NIT Second Round game versus Virginia with lower body strain
2020-21
Played in 22 games...Named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team...Had a lower body injury in the final regular season game of the year that caused him to miss the remainder of the season...Averaged 22.6 minutes per game...Averaged 6.2 points per game...His 36 assists were the fourth most on the team...Was 26-of-64 from deep (.406)...Scored a season-high 14 points at Mississippi State on Dec. 4...Had a season-high six rebounds at No. 11 West Virginia on Dec. 11...Made a season-high four 3-pointers at Mississippi State on Dec. 4...Had a season-high four assists versus LA Tech on Feb. 5...Scored in double figures six times...Voted C-USA Freshman of the Week on Jan. 11
JACK YATES HS
2020 TABC All-State...2020 TABC All-Region...Named one of 10 finalist for the 2020 Guy V. Lewis Award, which is given to the Houston Prep Player of the Year...VYPE Public School Houston Player of the Year Finalist...Reached the 2020 4A UIL Texas Boys State Basketball championship before the season was cut short due to COVID pandemic...As a senior, Yates went 26-3 overall and 14-0 in district and was the No. 1 ranked 4A team...During his senior season, Jones led Yates to 21 straight games of scoring 100 or more points, which broke the national record of 16 previously held by the 2010 Yates team...Ended his senior season on a 23-game winning streak...Yates scored 100+ points in 22 of its last 23 games in 2019-20...As a junior he led Yates to the state semifinals...Went 12-0 in district play as a junior
