Curtis Jones

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Iowa State Men's Basketball Starting Lineup

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Minneapolis, Minn.
High School:
Cretin-Derham Hall
Prev School:
Buffalo

Honors & Awards
Associated Press Second Team All-American (25)
NABC All-Central District First Team (25)
College Hoops Today National Sixth Man of the Year (25)
College Hoops Today Second Team All-American (25)
Lute Olson Award Finalist (25)
All-Big 12 First Team (25)
Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year (25)
Associated Press All-Big 12 Second Team (25)
Jerry West Award Top 10 List (25)
Big 12 Player of the Week (1/13)
Dickie V National Player of the Week (1/27)
Reese's College All-Star Game (25)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S24, F24)
All-MAC Third Team (23)

2024-25
The Best Sixth Man in America, Jones appeared in 34 games, while making nine starts … missed the game at No. 5 Houston with illness … averaged a team-best 17.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 30.6 minutes per game … shot 43 percent from the field, 37.4 percent from deep and a team-best 84.5 percent at the free throw line … averaged 17.2 points off the bench, the most by any player in the country … one of just five players since 1996-97 in the country to average 17 or more points while coming off the bench … only player since at least 1996-97 to score 26 or more points off the bench in multiple NCAA Tournament games … was 64^th in the nation, and fourth in the Big 12, with 235 3-point attempts … his 88 3-pointers were the 70^th-most in the nation and seventh in the Big 12 … ranked 71^st in the country, and fifth in the Big 12, with 458 field goal attempts … was 75^th in the nation, and fifth in the Big 12, in 3-point percentage … ranked 75^th in the nation, and eighth in the Big 12, with 591 points … ranked 84^th in the nation in free throw percentage … his 2.59 3-pointers per game ranked 94^th in the nation and seventh in the Big 12 … was 97^th in the country, and sixth in the Big 12, with 17.4 points per game … scored a career-high 33 points at Arizona State … had a season-high eight rebounds at West Virginia and UCF … tallied a season-high six assists three times … had a season-high four steals against No. 25 Baylor … tied a career-high with two blocked shots against Morgan State … hit a career-high seven 3-pointers against No. 17 BYU in the Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals, the most by a Cyclone in a conference tournament game … made a career-high 12 free throws against Cincinnati … scored in double figures 28 times, with ISU going 21-7 in those games … Iowa State was 11-2 in games he scored 20-plus points … ISU was 13-2 when he hit three or more 3-pointers, while the Cyclones were 10-2 when he had multiple steals … hit a 3-pointer in his final 14 games at Iowa State … scored in double figures in 22-straight Big 12 regular season conference games, the 16^th longest streak in league history and the third-longest by a Cyclone … his 31 points against No. 17 BYU in the Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals were the seventh-most by a Cyclone in a conference tournament game and the third-most by a Cyclone in the Big 12 Tournament ... became the first player under Otzelberger at ISU to have multiple games with 30 or more points … scored in double figures in 25 of his last 28 games he came off the bench going back to the 2024 NCAA Tournament … he scored in double figures in 20-straight Big 12 regular season games, the longest streak in Big 12 history … went 43-of-46 (.935) at the free throw line in the final five minutes of regulation and overtime … his 2.59 3-pointers per game was the 10^th-best in school history, while his 88 3-pointers were the ninth-most in program history … his 2.27 3-pointers per game for his career are the fifth-most at Iowa State, while his 161 career 3-pointers are the ninth-most in program history ... his nine 3-pointers at the 2025 Big 12 Championship were the most in a tournament in school history, while the 13 he hit in his career are the third-most in program history ... scored 94 points over his career in the NCAA Tournament, the fifth-most in school history, while his 32 field goals ranks sixth in school history ... one of three Cyclones that has made 15 or more 3-pointers in their NCAA Tournament careers ...

2023-24
Appeared in all 37 games, tying a school record, while also making a start at No. 19 TCU ... averaged 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game ... shot 39 percent from the field and 35.1 percent from downtown, while connecting on 80.9 percent of his trips to the charity stripe ... scored a season-high 26 points off the bench against No. 10 Illinois in the Sweet 16, becoming just the third player to score at least 26 points off the bench in the Sweet 16 since 1989 ... scored in double-figures 24 times, with ISU going 19-5 in those games ... hit a career-high six 3-pointers against Prairie View A&M ... connected on a 3-pointer in 30 of the 37 games, as ISU was 23-7 in those games ... was a perfect 8-of-8 at the free-throw line against No. 10 Illinois in the Sweet 16 ... had a season-high six rebounds against New Hampshire and at UCF ... tallied a season-high five assists against Grambling, Florida A&M and Oklahoma State ... recorded seven steals at No. 19 TCU, tied for the second-most in program history and the most in a Big 12 game ... ranked ninth in the Big 12 with 52 steals ... his 73 3-pointers made on the year are tied for 16th in program history and ranked eighth in the Big 12, while his 208 attempts were the ninth-most in program history ... his 10 3-pointers made in the NCAA Tournament were the third-most in school history.

2022-23 (Buffalo)
Jones led the Bulls with 15.0 points per game, while also adding 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists ... shot 35.9 percent from 3-point range and 41 percent from the field ... Jones started all 31 games for Buffalo, scoring in double-figures 24 times ... tallied a career-high 32 points in a victory over St. Bonaventure (12/30) and added another 30-point performance later in the year in a victory over Western Michigan ... had 10 games with at least 20 points.

2021-22 (Buffalo)
Played in 28 games off the bench, averaging 2.5 points and 1.3 assists per game ... recorded six assists and four rebounds against Rider (11/20) and scored 11 points, including three made 3-pointers, against Bowling Green (1/5) ... also scored 11 points and added five rebounds at Bowling Green (2/15) ... had six points and four boards at Toledo (1/25) and eight points at Central Michigan (2/5) ... scored seven points against Northern Illinois (2/26) and had four assists against Toledo (3/1).

2020-21 (Indian Hills)
Appeared in 24 games, averaging 12.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game ... shot 41.4 percent from the floor, 38.7 percent from 3-point range and 86.8 percent from the free throw line .... was a second-team All-Region selection by the Iowa Community College Athletic Association ... had 20 or more points in a game four times, including back-to-back 26-point performances against Ellsworth CC and Marshalltown CC ... had a career-high 11 assists against DMACC and a pair of double-digit rebound performances including 11 against Northeast CC.

High School
Played at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul where he led the Raiders to a Section 4 and Class 4A title his senior year.

Personal
Son of Felicia Land and Curtis Jones ... has a brother, Samir ... Majoring in liberal studies.