22 Bijon Jones
Bijon Jones
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    175
  • Hometown:
    Jackson, Tenn.
  • Position:
    PG
  • Year:
    SR
  • High School:
    Southeast Missouri State Univ.

Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Averaged 10.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 27 games. ... Most productive game was 24-point, 12-rebound, 4-assist effort Feb. 4 at Asbury College. ... Recorded season-high eight assists Feb. 1 against Berea College and Feb. 13 at Alice Lloyd College. ... Named to IU/PU Challenge All-Tournament Team after scoring 31 points and dishing out eight assists in two games Nov. 13 and 14. ... Scored 10 points in last five minutes to lead IU East to comeback win Dec. 12 at Purdue University-Calumet.

AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: Averaged 3.0 points, 3.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 29 games. Started 12 games for the Redhawks.

AT MOTLOW STATE: Ranks in school's top 10 in single-season assists, assists per game, 3-point shots made, and in the school's career top 10 in total assists, assists per game, steals, steals per game, free throw percentage and 3-point shots made.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped Liberty High School win Tennessee Class AA state championship in 2006. Averaged 10.5 points, 5.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game as a senior.

ALL ABOUT BIJON

PREVIOUS COLLEGES: Motlow State Community College, Southeast Missouri State University.

AREA OF STUDY: Communication

MOST MEMORABLE BASKETBALL MOMENT: High school state championship in 2006

PARENT: Kim Jones

SIBLING: Stephan Jones

FAVORITE FOOD: Popeye's chicken

FAVORITE TV SHOW: "Chappelle's Show"

FAVORITE SUBJECT: Math

FAVORITE MOVIES: "The Wood" and "Gladiator"

FAVORITE SONG AND ARTIST/GROUP: The Roots

HOBBIES: Xbox 360

ATHLETE I ADMIRE MOST: Michael Jordan

NON-ATHLETE I ADMIRE MOST: My mother