Height: | 6-4 |
Weight: | 180 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Pittsfield, Mass. |
High School: | Pittsfield |
Position: | G |
2010-2011: Played in 21 games, starting in
20…Led team in both points per game (19.2) and rebounds per
game (6.7)…Also averaged 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks per
game…Poured in season high 39 points at Lesley
(12/2/10)…Pulled down season best 12 rebounds vs. Babson
(11/16/10)…Scored 20 or more points in nine different
contests, and 10 or more points in all but one contest…Also
recorded five double-doubles…Named as CCC Player of the Week
on 11/29/10…Named as team’s Most Valuable Player.
Previous College: Played basketball for
Division I UMass Amherst in 2007-2008…Played in eight games,
scoring nine total points.
High School: Jones prepped for a year at Notre
Dame Prep in Fitchburg where he averaged 8.0 points...Starred at
Pittsfield High School for Coach Ron Wojcik...Scored 1,984 career
points, fifth-most in Western Mass., surpassing NBA player Travis
Best's 1,918 at Springfield Central...In 2006, he shared the John
"Honey" Lahovich Award with Ray Witkos as the top player in Western
Massachusetts...In the Western Mass. Tournament, scored 34 of his
team's 70 points in a loss to Amherst Regional High School...Played
in the HoopHall Tournament in Springfield,
Massachusetts…All-Berkshire Eagle Team…Berkshire
Eagle MVP...As a senior, averaged 28.3 points and 14.7 rebounds per
game.
Personal: Criminal Justice Major…Son of
Robert Armstrong and Judi Jones.