Myreon Jones led the Nittany Lions in scoring during 2020-21 and also tallied the team's best assist-to-turnover ration (51/29).
Harry Fodder: How Myreon Jones Fits In
Friday, April 16, 2021 | Men's Basketball, Chris Harry
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fifteen points per game and nearly 40 percent from the 3-point line in the Big Ten.
Chances are good (outstanding, actually) that Myreon Jones would fit in anywhere he chose. Jones, the Penn State transfer, chose Florida and the Gators got better immediately with proven scoring punch in the backcourt.
UF, remember, said goodbye to leading scorer Tre Mann, who opted to chase his NBA dream, along with three-year starting shooting guard/3-point specialist Noah Locke (transferred to Louisville), plus reserve guards Scottie Lewis (turning pro) and Ques Glover (transferred to Samford). With only one incoming freshman, guard Kowacie Reeves of Macon, Ga., the Gators needed depth and points on the perimeter. Three of the four incoming transfers have some pretty good statistical lines on the back of their cards, with Jones being the most productive over the last two seasons.
Jones, the 6-foot-3, 180-pounder from Birmingham, Ala., averaged a career-high 15.2 points and dropped 39.5 percent of his 3-pointers as a junior in 2020-21. As a sophomore, Jones scored 13.3 points and made 40.3 percent of 3-balls. That's a pretty good sample size. It looks even better when rolling the two seasons together.
* 50 games, 48 starts
* 14.3 points per game
* 41.7 percent from the floor
* 39.9 percent from distance
* 77.4 percent from the free-throw line
Throw in 125 assists during that same two-year span versus just 66 turnovers — that's a 2-to-1 ratio — and it would appear the Gators got themselves a very good one on the offensive end. We'll find out about his defense soon enough (64 steals in those 50 games), but Coach Mike White and his staff feel pretty good about that end of the floor as it relates to the incoming guys, considering two of them — guards Brandon McKissic (Missouri-Kansas City) and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. (Charleston Southern) — were named Defensive Player of the Year in their respective conferences.
This past season, Jones had six games of at least 20 points, including a career-high 29 with six 3-pointers against Nebraska. He had 21 points (and took 17 shots) against Illinois, 23 against Purdue and went 8-for-13 from the floor and hit all three of 3s against Wisconsin. Four times he shot at least eight free throws, which speaks to his aggressiveness. He can make hard shots and also go get his own by using that length against smaller defenders.
Jones will arrive as a senior, but will have the extra COVID season option, if he wants it.
Part I: How Brandon McKissic Fits In
Chances are good (outstanding, actually) that Myreon Jones would fit in anywhere he chose. Jones, the Penn State transfer, chose Florida and the Gators got better immediately with proven scoring punch in the backcourt.
UF, remember, said goodbye to leading scorer Tre Mann, who opted to chase his NBA dream, along with three-year starting shooting guard/3-point specialist Noah Locke (transferred to Louisville), plus reserve guards Scottie Lewis (turning pro) and Ques Glover (transferred to Samford). With only one incoming freshman, guard Kowacie Reeves of Macon, Ga., the Gators needed depth and points on the perimeter. Three of the four incoming transfers have some pretty good statistical lines on the back of their cards, with Jones being the most productive over the last two seasons.
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Jones, the 6-foot-3, 180-pounder from Birmingham, Ala., averaged a career-high 15.2 points and dropped 39.5 percent of his 3-pointers as a junior in 2020-21. As a sophomore, Jones scored 13.3 points and made 40.3 percent of 3-balls. That's a pretty good sample size. It looks even better when rolling the two seasons together.
* 50 games, 48 starts
* 14.3 points per game
* 41.7 percent from the floor
* 39.9 percent from distance
* 77.4 percent from the free-throw line
Throw in 125 assists during that same two-year span versus just 66 turnovers — that's a 2-to-1 ratio — and it would appear the Gators got themselves a very good one on the offensive end. We'll find out about his defense soon enough (64 steals in those 50 games), but Coach Mike White and his staff feel pretty good about that end of the floor as it relates to the incoming guys, considering two of them — guards Brandon McKissic (Missouri-Kansas City) and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. (Charleston Southern) — were named Defensive Player of the Year in their respective conferences.
This past season, Jones had six games of at least 20 points, including a career-high 29 with six 3-pointers against Nebraska. He had 21 points (and took 17 shots) against Illinois, 23 against Purdue and went 8-for-13 from the floor and hit all three of 3s against Wisconsin. Four times he shot at least eight free throws, which speaks to his aggressiveness. He can make hard shots and also go get his own by using that length against smaller defenders.
Jones will arrive as a senior, but will have the extra COVID season option, if he wants it.
Part I: How Brandon McKissic Fits In
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