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Charles Jones |
Long Island
Position: Point Guard/Two-Guard
Height. 6-3
Weight. 185
High School: Bishop Ford, Brooklyn, NY
Age: 22 (7/17/75)
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Season
1996-97
1997-98
totals
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G
30
30
60
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FGM
338
326
664
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FGA
750
720
1470
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PCT
.451
.453
.452
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FTM
118
101
219
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FTA
186
158
344
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PCT
.634
.639
.637
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REB
180
156
336
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AVG
6.0
5.2
5.6
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AST
139
221
360
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AVG
4.6
7.4
6.0
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STL
70
87
157
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PTS
903
869
1772
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AVG
30.1
29.0
29.5
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1997-98 Season (senior)
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- Northeast Conference Player of the Year
- Led the conference in scoring, assists and steals
- Led the nation in scoring for the second consecutive season, only the 7th player in NCAA history to lead the nation in consecutive years (the first since Harry "Machine Gun" Kelly of Texas Southern in 1982 and '83)
- Ranked 5th nationally in assists, 9th in steals, 3rd in 3-point FG's per game (3.9)
- Had 10 games of 30 or more points
- Career high 53 points vs Medgar Evers - 45 points in first round NIT loss to Dayton - 42 points and 12 assists vs Wagner - 39 points vs Ole Miss
- The 53 points was a school record - breaking the previous record of 46 he had tied as a junior
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1996-97 Season (junior)
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- Northeast Conference Player of the Year - first Blackbird to lead the nation in scoring
- Set LIU season marks for points scored, scoring average, FG's made and attempted, 3-point FG's made and attempted
- 14 games with 30-plus points, including 4 of over 40 points
- Helped lead the Blackbirds to their first 20 win season and NCAA tournament berth since 1984 (lost to Villanova in the first round)
- 7th in the nation in 3-point FG's per game (3.6)
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1995-96 -(sat out after transferring from Rutgers)
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1994-95 Season - sophomore at Rutgers
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- Led team in scoring at 13.3 ppg, added 4.6 rebounds
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1993-94 Season - freshman at Rutgers
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- Led team in scoring - 2nd highest averaged for a Rutgers freshman since Phil Sellers averaged 19.5 in 1973
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Career
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- Third on the LIU scoring list
- His brother, Lamont, was a Division II All-American at Bridgeport, now plays professionally in Switzerland
- Other
- The complete list of players who have won consecutive scoring titles in the NCAA
- 1953 Frank Selvy Furman 29.5 ppg
- 1954 Frank Selvy Furman 41.7 ppg
- 1955 Darrell Floyd Furman 35.9 ppg
- 1956 Darrell Floyd Furman 33.8 ppg
- 1958 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 35.1 ppg
- 1959 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 32.6 ppg
- 1960 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 33.7 ppg
- 1968 Pete Maravich LSU 43.8 ppg
- 1969 Pete Maravich LSU 44.2 ppg
- 1970 Pete Maravich LSU 44.5 ppg
- 1977 Freeman Williams Portland St. 38.8 ppg
- 1978 Freeman Williams Portland St. 35.9 ppg
- 1982 Harry Kelly Texas South. 29.7 ppg
- 1983 Harry Kelly Texas South. 28.8 ppg
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1997 Charles Jones Long Island 30.1 ppg
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1998 Charles Jones Long Island 29.0 ppg
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- Before 1970, some all-time greats led the NCAA in scoring - Paul Arizin, Bill Mlkvy, Clyde Lovellette, Oscar Robertson, Rick Barry, Jimmy Walker, Pete Maravich
- Since 1970, there have been some forgettable names to lead the nation in scoring - Larry Fogle, Bob McCurdy, Marshall Rodgers, Larry Butler, tony Murphy, Zam Frederick, Joe Jakubick, Terrance Bailey, Kevin Houston, Kevin Bradshaw
- Since '70, the only national scoring leaders to spend any significant time in the NBA have been Freeman Williams, Xavier McDaniel, Hersey Hawkins and Glenn Robinson - the jury is still out on Kurt Thomas
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