2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Kelsey Jones
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School:
- Starkville HS
C-USA Freshman of the Week – 1/28/19
2021-22 (Redshirt Senior): One of just two Lady Eagles to appear in every game, making seven starts ... Scored in double figures nine times over the course of the season ... Led the Lady Eagles in shooting percentage again, having averaged 8.0 PPG with a 62.3 shooting percentage ... Second on the squad with 17 blocks, swatting two shots on three different occasions during the season ... Showed out in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament, going for a career-high 24 points on a 9-of-13 shooting effort, while also pulling down 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the year.
2020-21 (Redshirt Junior): Started in 15 games for the second straight season ... Led the Lady Eagles in scoring and shooting percentage, having averaged 9.4 PPG with a 63.3% shooting clip ... First double figure scoring effort of the season came against UAB (1/8) ... Dropped 10 points in 10 minutes to help the Black and Gold to a road win at MTSU (1/16) ... Matched a career-high at the time with 21 points against UTSA (1/22) ... Double-double with a career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds against LA Tech (1/28) ... Also had a career-high five blocks in the contest against the Lady Techsters ... Just missed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds in the first game at North Texas (2/12) ... Finished in double figures in nine games, including the final three games of the season.
2019-20 (Redshirt Sophomore): Jones played in all 30 games, starting in 15 of them ... She had a season-high points at 18 against Faulkner (12/28) ... She upped her career-high in assists to four and hit it twice against Florida Atlantic (2/13) and Charlotte (2/22) ... Also had a career-high in steals with three and hit it three times during the season against William Carey (11/5), LA Tech (1/4) and North Texas (1/16) ... Against Middle Tennessee she broke her career-high in blocks with four (1/25) ... She had 16 games shooting 10 or more points and five with 10 or more rebounds ... Finished the season tying the No. 4 sophomore season record of double-doubles made with four ... Her double-doubles were against UTSA at home with 13 points, 11 rebounds (1/11), against Middle Tennessee at home with 15 points and 10 rebounds (1/25), at UTEP with 11 points and 11 rebounds (2/29) and lastly against Marshall at the C-USA Tournament with 14 points and 11 rebounds ... She led her team in rebounds 13 times on the season, led three times in assists and three times in points ... She started in her first career game at home against Tulane (12/4) ... Led her team in FG% for the season, finishing at 55% after going 116-211 from the line, which ranks at No. 7 in the record book for individual season records.
2018-19 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 31 of the 32 games for the Lady Eagles, averaging 15.9 minutes a game ... Was a powerhouse down low for Southern Miss, averaging 7.7 points a game and totaling 239 for the year ... Led Conference USA for the majority of the season in field goal percentage, finishing out at .607 percent ... Had a 21-point came against Blue Mountain College where she went 10-for-12 from the field (12/18) ... Averaged 5.3 rebounds a game and led the team in rebounds for the majority of the season ... Had three double-doubles ... Had a season-high 15 rebounds against William Carey (11/6) ... Tied for No. 2 for most rebounds in a game by a freshman at Southern Miss with 15 against William Carey (11/6) behind Caitlin Jenkins who had 18 ... Had eight games with 10 or more points ... Led her team in points in four games and led in rebounds in nine ... Named Freshman of the Week for C-USA on 1/28 ... Played 26 minutes at WKU (1/24).
2017-18 (Freshman): Redshirted the year.
High School: Took the Lady Jackets to three consecutive trips to the Mississippi High School State Tournament ... Averaged a double-double her senior year with 15 points and 10 rebounds ... Averaged 11.3 points over the span of her high school career and two blocks per game her senior season ... Also played softball and volleyball at Starkville High School ... Chosen as The Dispatch’s Large Schools Player of the Year for three straight years ... Played for the Hoop Dreams AAU Team.
Personal: Her parents are Telesia and Melvin Jones ... Brother Kobe played football for Mississippi State ... Majoring in Liberal Studies.
