Marvin Jermaine Jones (born December 29, 1993) is an American professional

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player for

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. He played

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for Highland CC,

Kent State Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ash ...

and

Texas Southern Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the USA with nearly 10,000 ...

High school career

Jones played high school basketball at

Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899, located in Harvey, one of the South Suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The school is one of three administered by Thornton ...

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under head coach Troy Jackson. Jones was named to the NWI Times Illinois All-Area honorable mention honors as a senior and helped the Wildcats capture four consecutive regional championships. He also helped the Wolverines capture a state championship during his sophomore season.

College career

As a freshman at Highland Community College, Jones averaged 1.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, he earned NJCAA First Team All-Region IV honors after leading Highland to a 27-8 record and NJCAA Di National Tournament berth. He led the Cougars with 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game while scoring 9.0 points per game and shooting 57.9% from the field. On 2014, Jones transferred to

. With Kent State, he played in 27 games with one start and in 8.8 minutes he averaged 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game with a total of seven blocks and four assists on the season. The following season he again transferred, to

where he averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, and at the end of the season, he was the SWAC Tournament

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and the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Jones joined Kolossos Rodou of the

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. With Kolossos, he went on to average 10.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1 block per game. On June 15, 2018, he signed a two-year deal with Slovenian club Olimpija. On January 28, 2020, Jones returned to Greece and signed with EuroCup club Promitheas Patras. On July 17, 2020, he moved to BCL club

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek language, Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipali ...

, also of the

. Jones was named player of the week on November 17, after posting 19 points adding eight rebounds for Peristeri in a victory against

Charilaos Trikoupis Charilaos Trikoupis ( el, Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of c ...

. In 31 games overall with Peristeri, he averaged 9.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest. On July 28, 2021, Jones signed a one-year contract with PAOK, his fourth

club. On March 19, 2022, he parted ways with the team. In 13

games, Jones averaged a career-high of 15.7 points (shooting with 62% from the field), as well as 7.6 rebounds per contest. On March 19, 2022, Jones signed with Leones de Ponce of the BSN. He averaged 9.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks (7th in the league) per game. On July 22, 2022, he signed with

of the

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Marvin 1993 births Living people People from Harvey, Illinois Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois ABA League players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Slovenia American men's basketball players Basketball players from Illinois Centers (basketball) Hapoel Holon players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball players KK Olimpija players KK Krka players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players Leones de Ponce basketball players P.A.O.K. BC players Peristeri B.C. players Petkim Spor players Power forwards (basketball) Promitheas Patras B.C. players Texas Southern Tigers men's basketball players