2016-2017 Women's Basketball Roster

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40 Amber Jones

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Ben Davis HS
  • Prev School Ben Davis HS/Florida State College at Jacksonville

Biography

2016-17
Played in 30 games, making 18 starts … Starter in 16 straight games from Jan. 12-March 9 … Averaged 6.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … Led Texas State with a 55.9 shooting percentage, making 81-of 145 field goal attempts … Averaged 6.9 points and 2.9 boards against Sun Belt Conference competition … Was 34-of-51 at the free-throw line for a 66.7 percentage … Logged 18.9 minutes per outing …. Made season debut with nine minutes off the bench against Incarnate Word (Nov. 15) after missing all but two games of the 2015-16 season with injury … Scored a season and career-high 15 points (6-7 FG, 3-4 FT) in leading TXST to a road win at Houston (Nov. 23) … Controlled a season and career-high seven rebounds (4 off./3 def.) in win over ULM (Jan. 19) … Scored 10 points in road wins over North Texas (Dec. 22) and South Alabama (Jan. 14), going 5-of-7 from the field in both contests … Dished out a season-best two assists against Sam Houston State (Dec. 19) and UTA (Jan. 7) … Set career-best with two blocks against Texas Southern (Nov. 20) and at Georgia Southern (Feb. 18) … Started and scored 14 points (5-8 FG, 4-6 FT) in Sun Belt Championship quarterfinal round against Louisiana (March 2) … Came off the bench to play 21 minutes and score four points against Eastern Washington (March 16) in the Women’s Basketball Invitational opening round.

2015-16
Awarded medical redshirt, retaining year of eligibility ... Played in just two games before suffering a season-ending injury … Scored a career-high three points and two rebounds against Texas A&M on Nov. 13 … Averaged 8.0 minutes in two games.
 
Prior to Texas State
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Averaged 15.8 PPG and 7.2 RPG for the Blue Wave her sophomore season after recording 9.6 PPG and 6.3 PRG as a freshman … Ranked second on the Florida State College squad in PPG and RPG as a sophomore … named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2015 … Recorded 24 double-digit point totals and six double-doubles as a sophomore … Named All-Conference in the Mid-Florida Conference in 2015 … Scored a career-high 37 points against Hillsborough Community College on January 21, 2015 … Finished her freshman season with 16 double-digit games, including a season-high 20 points in a victory over Daytona State College … Named All-Conference in 2014 and the conference Freshman of the Year for leading her squad to an 11-1 conference record and conference championship … Led team to 44-14 overall record and 18-6 conference mark … Started in 57 games for the Blue Wave.
 
High School
Graduated from Ben Davis High School … Finished her career with an 83-18 overall record … Named All-County and All-Conference after her junior and senior seasons … After her senior year, she was ranked in the Top 60 in the state of Indiana … Named the MVP of the City-County All-Star game.
 
Personal
The daughter of Sharriee Ford and Keith Jones … Has four siblings, David, Ebony, Rickellia and Keionna … Enjoys shopping … Her favorite basketball players are LeBron James and Steph Curry.

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2015-2016Junior

    Forward
    5'11"
    40
  • 40

    2016-2017Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    40