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Mookie Jones 
College Syracuse Sport Basketball Position Forward Jersey # 3 Class Junior Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Weight 220 lb (100 kg) Nationality USA Born February 22, 1990
Peekskill, NYHigh school Peekskill High School Mookie Jones (born February 22, 1990) is a 6'6", 190 lbs. forward who plays for the Syracuse Orange.
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High school
In his senior season at Peekskill High School, Jones averaged 17.1 points per game and was named to the 2008 First-Team Journal News Westchester/Putnam All-Star team. The New York State Sportswriters Association named him 2008 First-Team Class A All-State.[1] In his Junior year Jones lead Peekskill to the 2007 class A State Title over a Glens Falls team led by current BYU guard Jimmer Fredette. Jones played AAU with current West Virginia forward Kevin Jones.
College
Jones had offers from Rutgers, DePaul, Marquette and St. Johns before settling on Syracuse.[2]
2008-09
Jones would make his debut against Le Moyne, playing 10 minutes and scoring three points.[3] The freshman would make his biggest impact in an 86-51 win against Colgate on December 1, 2008, as he played 21 minutes and scored nine points.[4] On January 26, 2009, it was announced that Jones had suffered a muscle tear in his right hip and would miss the remainder of the season. He received a medical redshirt.[5]
2009-10
During the Nov 24, 2009 game against Cornell Jim Boeheim approached Jones and had words with him. Mookie then got up and flung his headband as he disappeared into the tunnel leading to the locker room. Jones reapeared with 90 seconds left in the game to shake hands with Cornell. When reporters were allowed in the Syracuse locker room Jones was not at his locker.[6] Jones cleared things up with Boeheim following the game and would go on to score 12 points in just 14 minutes the following game in a 85-60 win over Columbia.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.newyorksportswriters.org/reference/boys_hoops_stars_2008.shtml
- ^ http://hsnewyork.scout.com/a.z?s=403&p=8&c=1&nid=1957384
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283210183
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283360183
- ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2009/01/syracuse_freshman_mookie_jones.html
- ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2009/11/mookie_jones_leaves_bench_duri.html
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293320183
External links
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from New York
- People from Westchester County, New York
- Small forwards
- Syracuse Orange men's basketball players
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