Mookie Jones
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Mookie Jones is a 6'6", 190 lbs. forward who plays for the Syracuse Orange.
, 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. 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
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, DePaul
, Marquette
and St. Johns before settling on Syracuse.
, playing 10 minutes and scoring three points. 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. 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.
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High school
In his senior season at Peekskill High SchoolPeekskill High School
Peekskill High School is located at 1072 Elm St. in Peekskill, New York, and educates most of the district's ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. The high school's current principal is Sherrill Murray-Lazurus. Students at the high school prepare for the New York State Regents Exams in...
, 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. In his Junior year Jones lead Peekskill to the 2007 class A State Title over a Glens Falls team led by current BYU
BYU Cougars men's basketball
The BYU Cougars men's basketball team represents Brigham Young University in NCAA Division I basketball play. Established in 1902, the team has won 30 conference championships and 2 NIT Tournaments , and competed in 26 NCAA Tournaments. It currently competes in the West Coast Conference...
guard Jimmer Fredette
Jimmer Fredette
James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association...
. Jones played AAU with current West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
The West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents West Virginia University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. It is a member of the Big East Conference. West Virginia most recently reached the Final Four of the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, led by...
forward Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones (basketball)
Kevin Jones is an American college basketball player for the West Virginia Mountaineers.-High school:...
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College
Jones had offers from RutgersRutgers Scarlet Knights
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are the athletic teams that represent Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...
, DePaul
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
, Marquette
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
and St. Johns before settling on Syracuse.
2008-09
Jones would make his debut against Le MoyneLe Moyne College
Le Moyne College, named after Simon Le Moyne, is a private, Jesuit college enrolling over 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the first Jesuit college to be founded as a co-educational institution...
, playing 10 minutes and scoring three points. The freshman would make his biggest impact in an 86-51 win against Colgate
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
on December 1, 2008, as he played 21 minutes and scored nine points. 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.
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. 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 ColumbiaColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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