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Lucky Jones

  • Award
    Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/23/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    Robert Morris
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    F
  • Hometown
    Newark, NJ
  • High School
    St. Anthony

The Joneses were out in full force for the Colonials last week, as freshman forward Lucky Jones joins teammate and upperclassman Velton Jones as Choice Hotels/NEC Weekly Award Winners for the period ending on Jan. 22. In earning his second Rookie of the Week award of the 2011-12 campaign, he averaged a double-double with 11.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in helping RMU to back-to-back come-from-behind wins over Garden State foes Fairleigh Dickinson and Monmouth. Against FDU on Thursday, the younger Jones continued to shine as a starter after an injury sidelined junior Russell Johnson, scoring 16 points and adding nine boards and four steals in a 67-55 victory over the Knights. He gave the Colonials a spark with five points and two steals in a 1:19 span late in the contest as RMU extended a one-point lead to eight with three minutes to play.  Jones then supplied seven points and a career-high 14 rebounds to a Colonial team that overcame a 15-point second-half deficit to defeat Monmouth, 81-73, in overtime two days later. For the season, Jones leads the Colonials in rebounding with a 6.7 per game average while chipping in 7.5 points per game. Additionally, as a starter over the last three contests - all RMU wins - Jones’ averages stand at 9.3 points and 10.7 rebounds.  He ranks fourth in the NEC in free throw percentage (.841) and 11th in rebounding.