Jones played high school basketball at St. Anthony, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was part of the team that won the Non-Public B state championship in 2011.[1]
College career
Jones played college basketball at Robert Morris, from 2011 to 2015. During his senior year, he averaged 14.3 points 5.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.
Professional career
Following the close of his college career, Jones failed to be drafted in the 2015 NBA draft. On July 7, 2015, Jones joined Liège Basket of the Belgian League.[2] He went on to average 14.3 points 5.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game in 31 Belgian League games.
The following season, he signed with Hyères-Toulon of the French LNB Pro A.[3] On January 4, 2017, Jones left Hyeres-Toulon, and joined the Greek club Promitheas Patras, for the rest of the season, as he replaced Lasan Kromah on the team's squad.[4]
On July 19, 2018, Jones joined local rivals Aris.[6] On July 1, 2019, he parted ways with the Greek club.
In summer 2019, Jones initially signed with his third Greek team, Panionios, but on September 10, 2019, his contract was bought out by German club Medi Bayreuth, which also competes in the FIBA Europe Cup.
On January 14, 2020, he signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.[7] In 2020, he signed with Cherkaski Mavpy of the USL, where in four games Jones averaged 16.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He parted ways with the team on November 4.[8]
^Villanova, Patrick. "Former St. Anthony basketball standout Lucious Jones signs with Robert Morris University", The Jersey Journal, September 8, 2011. Accessed April 1. 2019. "Former St. Anthony High School basketball player Lucious Jones has signed a scholarship with Division I Robert Morris University, of the Northeast Conference.... Jones' seminal moment with St. Anthony came in the Friars' momentous victory over arch-rival St. Patrick in the NJSIAA North Jersey Non-Public B title game in March."
