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2018-19 (Junior): Competed in 31 games with 15 starts ... Led the team in blocks (22) ... Had two blocks in seven different games ... Had double figures in scoring in 10 games ... Scored 16 points with three steals at Pittsburgh on Dec. 15 ... Scored a season-high 19 points and seven rebounds versus Chestnut Hill on New Year's Eve ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ...

2017-18 (Sophomore): Played in 32 games with 31 starts ... Lead the team in scoring with 12.1 ppg (19th in the MEAC) ... Scored a career high 28 points versus Hampton (Jan. 6) ... Scored 20+ points in six MEAC games ... Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds versus Delaware State (Feb. 26).

2016-17 (Freshman): Played in 30 of the team's 34 games as a freshman... Poured in a career-high 28 points in just his second collegiate game against UMBC on Nov. 13... Pulled down a career-high 7 rebounds at Norfolk State Feb. 11... Reached double digits in scoring six times including four of the team's last nine games of the season... Led the team in scoring once and in rebounding twice... Earned a full scholarship for the 2017-18 season after playing his freshman year as a walk-on...

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, N.J., where he averaged 20 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 steals while also a member of the National honor society ... Career high 30 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists, 12 blocks and three steals against Millville High School ... Played his AAU basketball for the South Jersey Select in 2014 and 2015 ... As a senior, was a McDonald's High School All-American nominee ... Was named First-Team All-Cape Atlantic Conference in 2016 ... Was selected to the South squad for the 38th Annual North/South Senior All-Star Basketball Classic ... 

Personal: "Ty" Plans to major in Criminal Justice ... Full name is Tyler Aaron Jones... Nickname "T-Jones"... Parents are Kevin and Velta Jones ... Has one brother, Kevin ... His pregame routine includes listening to music ... The highlight of his sports career has been beating a rival high school in the state playoffs during the 2014-15 season ... Jones said his mother is ther person who most influinced him. "She is a great person and she made me who I am today," he said ... His personal-best non athletic accomplishment was graduating from Holy Spirit High School with a high grade point average ... He plans to play basketball professionally and work in the criminal Justice field upon retirement ... Favorite saying "Why panic, if this is how God planned it?" ... Enjoys hanging out with friends ... Favorite book: The Hobbit ... Favorite Movie: Apocalypto ... Personal athletic goal for freshman season is to improve his skill set ... Goal before graduation is to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year Award ...