Ebony Jones
- position Guard
- height 5-6
- class Senior
- Hometown Aiken, S.C.
- High school Aiken
- position Guard
- height 5-6
- class Senior
- Hometown Aiken, S.C.
- High school Aiken
Ebony Jones Bio
Career Highs | |
Pts | 12, 2x, last, vs. Mississippi, 2/10/08 |
FG | 4, 2x, last, vs. Mississippi, 2/10/08 |
FGA | 9, 3x, last, vs. Florida, 3/6/08 |
FG % | .750 (3-4) vs. UNC Asheville, 1/3/08 |
3FG | 4 vs. Jackson St., 12/7/07 |
3FGA | 9 Mississippi State, 2/21/09 |
3FG % | .800 (4-5) vs. Jackson St., 12/7/07 |
FT | 2 vs. Savannah State, 1/6/08 |
FTA | 2, 5x, last, Mississippi State, 2/21/09 |
FT% | 1.000 (2-2) vs. Savannah State, 1/6/08 |
Reb | 5 vs. Florida, 1/27/08 |
Off Reb | 3, 2x, last, vs. Mississippi, 2/10/08 |
Def Reb | 3, 3x, last, Mississippi State, 2/21/09 |
Asst | 6 vs. North Carolina A&T, 3/21/08 |
Stl | 4 at Auburn, 2/17/08 |
Min | 30 at Fla. Int[apos]l., 11/25/07 |
Senior Year (2007-08)
Played in 29 games, including six starts and scored a career-best 4.3 points per game …dished out a career-high six assists in just 12 minutes in the WNIT first-round game against North Carolina A&T … snagged three rebounds and hit a 3-pointer against Florida in the SEC Tournament … picked up four rebounds as a starter on Senior Night against No. 20 Georgia … sank a pair of 3-pointers en route to eight points at Florida … netted seven points and swiped three steals against Mississippi State … hit a pair of 3-pointers for six points and swiped a career-high four steals at Auburn … sparked the second-half comeback against Mississippi with back-to-back 3-pointers en route to tying her career high of 12 points … keyed the second-half comeback against Florida with 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and a career-high five rebounds … hit a pair of 3-pointers en route to eight points at Alabama … posted eight points, including the first six of the game on back-to-back 3-pointers, and tied her career high with three rebounds against UNC Asheville … was 3-of-5 from 3-point range in just 13 minutes against Alabama A&M … hit a pair of 3-pointers in just 11 minutes at No. 2 UConn … hit a career-high four 3-pointers against Jackson State, including three to stave off a Lady Tigers[apos] rally, for a career-high 12 points … added eight points, including two 3-pointers, against Charleston Southern … made her first career start at Florida International and responded with career-high numbers in points (9), field goals (3), 3-point field goals (3), assists (3), steals (2) and minutes (30) … tied her then-career high with six points on two 3-pointers against Illinois … made her season debut against Saint Francis (Pa.).
Junior Year (2006-07)
Set a new career high with six points in Carolina[apos]s 81-40 pounding of Hartford in the second round of the Women[apos]s NIT … saw her first game action of the season against North Carolina A&T, scoring two points in four minutes against the Aggies on Nov. 17 … also saw four minutes of game action against Mercer, scoring one point … drained a three-pointer from the top of the key against South Carolina State … blocked the first shot of her career at UNC Wilmington … scored on a fast-break layup against Winthrop … drained a 3-pointer against Alabama … also made a steal and had an assist against the Crimson Tide.
Sophomore Year (2005-06)
Reserve guard saw her first action of the year in the Gamecocks[apos] win over Ohio, playing four minutes and attempting a trio of 3-pointers … also saw action against South Carolina State, Savannah State, Bethune-Cookman, Western Carolina, Longwood and Mississippi State, scoring a career-high five points and recording a steal in five minutes of action against South Carolina State … matched her career high with five points against Longwood and also grabbed a rebound and had an assist in that contest.
Freshman Year (2004-05)
Enrolled at South Carolina in 2003 and served as a team manager during the 2003-04 season and the beginning of the 2004-05 season … suited up as a player for the first time for Carolina[apos]s game at Middle Tennessee State on Dec. 18, though she did not get into the game … saw her first game action at Carolina when she checked in with two minutes remaining against the College of Charleston … got on the board when she scored on a breakaway layup.
High School
Standout player for coach Aubrey Pompey at Aiken HS, garnering All-State recognition as a senior and All-Conference accolades during her junior and senior years … played in the North-South All-Star Game as well as the South Carolina vs. Georgia All-Star Game.
Career Stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | PF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts | Avg |
2004-05 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
2005-06 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 4.0 | 6 | 19 | .316 | 3 | 15 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2.3 |
2006-07 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 3.7 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2.4 |
2007-08 | 29 | 6 | 412 | 14.2 | 40 | 129 | .310 | 35 | 108 | .324 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 1.8 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 121 | 4.2 |
Career Totals | 44 | 6 | 468 | 10.6 | 53 | 163 | .325 | 42 | 133 | .316 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 1.3 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 156 | 3.5 |