Chandi Jones
Personal information
Born (1982-03-25) March 25, 1982
Wharton, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High schoolBay City (Bay City, Texas)
CollegeHouston (2000–2004)
WNBA draft2004: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2004–2006
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2004–2005Detroit Shock
2005–2006Minnesota Lynx
Medals
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place2000 U18 Mar Del PlataTeam Competition

Chandi Jones (born March 25, 1982) is a professional basketball player. Jones is the daughter of Janice and David Jones , a former professional football player who later became a collegiate basketball coach.

High school

Born in Wharton, Texas, Jones was a basketball and long jump standout at Bay City High School in Bay City, Texas. Jones was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored four points.[1]

College

Jones attended college at University of Houston, where she helped bring the women's basketball program to national prominence. During her freshman season, Jones tore an anterior cruciate ligament, and missed the final eleven games of the season. Even with the injury, she was awarded the Conference USA Freshman of the Year honor and was also named to the All-Conference first team. As a leader of the Lady Cougars, Jones helped the team advance to the finals of the 2002 Women's National Invitation Tournament, and to its first NCAA tournament berth in twelve years in 2004. She was named the Conference USA Player of the Year three times, and was subsequently named Conference USA women's basketball Player of the Decade. In 2005, Jones had her number (13) retired by the University of Houston, from which she graduated in 2004. She is currently the all-time leading scorer in school and conference history.

Houston statistics

Source[2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 Houston 20 429 45.1 25.4 71.7 5.7 2.5 2.3 0.5 21.5
2001–02 Houston 34 766 45.9 33.1 68.8 5.8 2.7 2.7 0.3 22.5
2002–03 Houston 28 770 48.8 36.9 72.1 8.2 2.4 3.4 0.8 27.5
2003–04 Houston 32 727 42.0 36.6 73.7 5.5 2.4 3.1 0.7 22.7
Career Houston 114 2692 45.4 34.3 71.4 6.3 2.5 2.9 0.6 23.6

USA Basketball

Jones was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Jones averaged 4.0 points per game.[3]

Professional

Following her collegiate career, Jones was selected by the Phoenix Mercury 8th overall in the 2004 WNBA draft before being traded to the Detroit Shock for Shereka Wright, Erika Valek and Sheila Lambert on draft day. On July 30, 2005 Jones was dealt to the Lynx along with Stacey Thomas and a draft pick for Katie Smith.

After averaging 5.0 points per game in her first two seasons, ankle and knee injuries limited Jones to just six games in 2006. She averaged just 2.8 points and 6.3 minutes in those contests. On May 18, 2007, Jones was released by the Lynx.

Jones played during the 2003-4 European women's basketball season for Maccabi Raanana in Israel, and during the 2006–7 season for a club in Budapest, Hungary. In 2007–8, Jones signed with Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv, but was cut from the team after its first game of the season.[4]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Detroit 31812.8.359.250.8061.11.50.60.21.33.5
2005 Detroit 21015.7.407.486.7891.51.10.60.11.16.0
2005 Minnesota 10928.1.349.344.6323.33.01.30.31.78.1
2006 Minnesota 606.3.556.7501.0000.80.50.20.00.32.8
Career 3 years, 2 teams 681715.4.380.381.7671.51.50.70.11.24.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Detroit 205.0.250.000.0000.00.50.00.00.51.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 205.0.250.000.0000.00.50.00.00.51.0

Notes

  1. ↑ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  2. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fourth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team – 2000". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Safsal, Information, Statistics and daily news about the all the Israeli Basketball Players, Teams and Leagues Archived November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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