Askia Jones
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American / Venezuelan |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | John Marshall (San Antonio, Texas) |
| College | Kansas State (1990–1994) |
| NBA draft | 1994: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1994–2010 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 2 |
| Career history | |
| 1994 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1994–1995 | Rockford Lightning |
| 1995 | Illiabum Clube |
| 1995 | Aspac Jakarta |
| 1995–1997 | Rio Claro Basquete |
| 1996–2001 | Guaiqueríes de Margarita |
| 1997 | Polluelos de Aibonito |
| 1997–1998 | Apollon Limassol |
| 1998–1999 | Flamengo |
| 1999–2000 | Joventut Badalona |
| 2001 | Los Barrios |
| 2001–2002 | Shell Turbo Chargers |
| 2002–2004 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
| 2005–2009 | Gaiteros del Zulia |
| 2010 | Guaros de Lara |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
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
[edit]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 an 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
[edit]- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 12 or more 3-point field goals in a game
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 60 or more points in a game
References
[edit]- ^ ESPN's Top March Performances
- ^ a b Douchant, Mike. "NIT historical facts". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Basketpedya career data[permanent dead link]
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- 1971 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American expatriate basketball people in Brazil
- American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Philadelphia
- Flamengo basketball players
- Gaiteros del Zulia players
- Guaiqueríes de Margarita players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Rockford Lightning players
- Shell Turbo Chargers players
- Shooting guards
- Trotamundos de Carabobo players
- Undrafted NBA players