Chandi Jones
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chandi Jones
| image =
| team =
| position = Shooting guard
| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 150
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|3|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Wharton, Texas
| high_school = Bay City (Bay City, Texas)
| college = Houston (2000–2004)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2004
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 8
| draft_team = Phoenix Mercury
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2006
| years1 = 2004–2005
| team1 = Detroit Shock
| years2 = 2005–2006
| team2 = Minnesota Lynx
| highlights =
- Kodak All-American (2004)
- All-American – USBWA (2004)
- Second-team All-American – AP (2004)
- 3x CUSA Player of the Year (2002–2004)
- CUSA Tournament MVP (2004)
- CUSA Freshman of the Year (2001)
- CUSA All-Freshman Team (2001)
- 4x First-team All-CUSA (2001–2004)
- NCAA season scoring leader (2003)
| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women's Basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2000 Argentina|Team}}
}}
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.
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
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|+ Legend |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP
| Games played | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS | Games started | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG | Minutes per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG% | Field goal percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT%
| Free throw percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG | Rebounds per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG | Assists per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG | Steals per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG | Blocks per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | TO
| Turnovers per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG | Points per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold | Career high | style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | * | Led Division I |
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 2000–01
|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 |bgcolor=#cfecec|*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.
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.
WNBA career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=Regular season=
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 31 || 8 || 12.8 || .359 || .250 || .806 || 1.1 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.3 || 3.5
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Detroit
| 21 || 0 || 15.7 || .407 || .486 || .789 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 10 || 9 || 28.1 || .349 || .344 || .632 || 3.3 || 3.0 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 1.7 || 8.1
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 6 || 0 || 6.3 || .556 || .750 || 1.000 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams
| 68 || 17 || 15.4 || .380 || .381 || .767 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 1.2 || 4.9
{{S-end}}
=Playoffs=
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .250 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team
| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .250 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 1.0
{{S-end}}
Notes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813170239/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/chandi_jones/index.html?nav=page WNBA Player Profile]
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Category:All-American college women's basketball players
Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Texas
Category:Detroit Shock players
Category:Houston Cougars women's basketball players
Category:Minnesota Lynx players
Category:People from Wharton, Texas