Courtesy: Mount Saint Mary\’s Sports Information
Kevin Jones, #20, Guard, Height: 5-8 Weight 145 Sophomore, Previous Affiliation: Gloucester Catholic High School Hometown: Gloucester City, NJ
High School: Played three years on the varsity at Gloucester Catholic; starting his senior season……
Was the team\’s most improved players as a senior…..
Helped lead team to a playoff appearance and 17-9 record as the starting point guard.
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Mount St. Mary\’s Will Face Coppin State in NCAA Division 1 Opening Round Game Tuesday, Dayton, Ohio
EMMITSBURG, Md. – The Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball team will battle Coppin State in the NCAA Division I Opening Round Game of the NCAA Division I Tournament on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. Game time is 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPN.
Tickets for the game are still available at the UD Arena Ticket Office. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call the UD Arena Ticket Office at (937) 229-4433. Tickets are $13 for adults and $6 for children.
The winner will move onto the field of 64 and play top-seeded North Carolina on Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
The Mount (18-14) won its third Northeast Conference Tournament title after defeating Sacred Heart 68-55 on Wednesday in Fairfield, Conn. The Mountaineers also participated in the \”Big Dance\” in 1995 and 1999.
Coppin State (16-20), located in Baltimore, Md., earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Morgan State 62-60 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament championship game on Saturday.
The Eagles will be making its fourth appearance in the tournament and its first since the 1997.This meeting between the two programs marks the fourth meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1982-83 season, but the first tilt since the Mount moved to Division I in 1988-89. Mount St. Mary’s won the three previous meetings.
Coppin State will have an open practice at UD Arena Monday at 6 p.m., with Mount St. Mary\’s practicing at 7:10 p.m. Both practices are open to the public.
….source http://www.mountathletics.com
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Sam Carchidi: Tiny Jones is a \’Rudy\’ of basketball
The Gloucester Catholic graduate is going to the NCAA\’s big dance.
source http://www.philly.com
Jones should serve as an inspiration to all high school players who find themselves in a backup role. At Gloucester Catholic, Jones was a reserve before finally cracking the starting lineup as a senior point guard.
His offensive production was mediocre, at best: five points per game.
The energy and spark he provided for his teammates: priceless.
\”He was a distributor; his game was to get the ball to the other guys,\” recalled Gloucester Catholic coach Pat Murphy, who is distantly related to Jones.
Murphy let out a robust laugh.
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