Askia Jones

American-Venezuelan basketball player


Basketball careerPersonal informationListed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)Career informationHigh school John Marshall (San Antonio, Texas)CollegeKansas State (1990–1994)NBA draft1994: undraftedPlaying career1994–2010PositionShooting guardNumber2Career history1994Minnesota Timberwolves1994–1995Rockford Lightning1995Illiabum Clube1995Aspac Jakarta1995–1997Rio Claro Basquete1996–2001Guaiqueríes de Margarita1997Polluelos de Aibonito1997–1998Apollon Limassol1998–1999Flamengo1999–2000Joventut Badalona2001Los Barrios2001–2002Shell Turbo Chargers2002–2004Trotamundos de Carabobo2005–2009Gaiteros del Zulia2010Guaros de Lara Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.comStats at Basketball-Reference.com

Askia Rahman Jones (born December 3, 1971) is an American-Venezuelan retired professional basketball player, a 6'5" (1.96 m) shooting guard.

Basketball career

A Kansas State University graduate born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jones left college as the third-leading scorer in its history. He finished his four-year college career averaging 14.8 points a game.

His scoring prowess was demonstrated on March 24, 1994, when he scored sixty-two points in only twenty-eight minutes against Fresno State in the 1994 NIT quarterfinals, the second-highest postseason scoring total in college basketball history.[1] The fourteen three-point field goals scored by Jones in that game are a postseason record.[2] He was also the first to make 14 against a NCAA Division I opponent.[citation needed]

He is also the last Division I men's player to date to have a sixty-point regulation game; the only other players since then to score sixty points, Eddie House in 2000 and Ben Woodside in 2008, respectively required two and three overtimes.

The son of former National Basketball Association player Wali Jones,[2] Jones, after brief spell with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1994–95, took his game to Venezuela, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Portugal, Cyprus and Spain, in a professional career spanning almost two decades.

He eventually received Venezuelan citizenship and played with Venezuela national basketball team in the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, winning the bronze medal.

See also

References

  1. ^ ESPN's Top March Performances
  2. ^ a b Douchant, Mike. "NIT historical facts". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2024.

External links

  • Basketpedya career data[permanent dead link]
  • NBA stats @ basketballreference.com