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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

21 Jemel Jones

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Dwight D. Eisenhower HS
  • Previous School Cal State Bakersfield

Biography

2024-25 (Cal State Bakersfield): Appeared in all 33 games for CSUB, starting in 26... Made his Division I collegiate debut versus California and scored 22 points, grabbed five rebounds, while dishing out four assists, and recording two steals ... He reset Kenny Warren's single-game scoring record (40 points versus Grand Canyon, 3/12/1993) with a 45-point (12-22 FG, 6-11 3FG, 13-16 FT) outburst in the comeback victory over CSUN on Jan. 11 ... Reset Kaleb Higgins' CSUB DI single-season scoring record (572, 2023-24) scoring his 573rd point at Cal Poly on March 1... Reset the CSUB DI single-season scoring average record with 18.9 points per game, previously held by Kaleb Higgins (17.9, 2023-24)... Reset the all-time field goals made record (228, 1996-97) previously held by Bakersfield's only NBA Draft Pick, Kebu Stewart; Jones finished the year with 237 field goals made ... Scored 15+ in 20 of the 33 games played... Earned Big West Player of the Week on March 3 after his buzzer-beating shot for the 88-87 win over the Beach as he finished the game with 37 points (14-23 FG, 8-11 FT) with five rebounds and three assists... Earned All-Big West Second Team and All-Big West Newcomer of the Year... Averaged 18.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists in 27.0 minutes per game while shooting 47.8% from the floor, 35.2% from the arc, and 85.7% from the free throw line. 

Prior to Cal State Bakersfield: Competed at South Suburban after transferring from Olive-Harvey ... Earned 2023-24 NJCAA II National Player of the Year, MVP of the Midwest District A Tournament, All-Tournament team at the NJCAA National Championship Tournament, Region IV-A Player of the Year, NABC Two Year College Player of the Year, and earned back-to-back nods as a NJCAA II All-American in the 2022-23 season with Olive Harvey and in 2023-24 with South Suburban ... Helped lead the Bulldogs to a 34-3 record ... Averaged 33.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists per contest ... Had a season high 56 points versus Bosco Institute, eleven days later scored 51 points versus Black Hawk College-Moline ... Finished first in defensive rebounds (273), total rebounds (362), assists (207), steals (122), points (1,245), and points per game (33.6).

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