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Tennessee State’s Jaylen Jones tabbed OVC Freshman of the Week for a fourth time

Brandon King

For the fourth time on the season, Tennessee State guard Jaylen Jones was named OVC Freshmen of the Week. Coming off the pine against the Lions of Lindenwood, Jones contributed 12 points and 5 rebounds in just 17 minutes in the Tigers’ 75-60 victory. On the season, the Nashville native has appeared in 17 games, starting 8, averaging 10.8 points and 4.4 assists on .428/.357/.673 splits. He has cracked double figures 13 of those games, while his 46 assists and 19 steals rank first and second on the team, respectively.

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Tennessee State’s Jaylen Jones claims second straight OVC Freshman of the Week

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Assistant Director of Communications  Jaylen Jones earned his second straight Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week award after he was named Co-Freshman of the Week on Monday afternoon. Jones repeated as Freshman of the Week after averaging 12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.0 steals per game in a pair of contests against Alabama A&M and Austin Peay. The Nashville native made his second and third start of the season and tallied 13 points, six rebounds, six assists and a steal in…

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Tennessee State’s Jaylen Jones named OVC Freshman of the Week

Brandon King

title image via Tennessee State Athletics Tennessee State freshman guard was named Freshman of the Week by the Ohio Valley Conference on Monday. In three games last week, the Nashville, Tennessee product put together three double figure scoring performances -10 points against Midway, a career-high us Mercer and 11 on Southeastern Louisiana- in helping the Tigers to a 2-1 week. Jones averaged 13.0 points, 7 boards, 5.0 assists and 1 steal per contest during the three-game stretch. The former 3-star product has scored in double figures 5 times this season…

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