Jones Earned Third Freshman of Week Honor
January 06, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Center becomes first Beaver to earn the award three times
CORVALLIS – Freshman Taylor Jones has been named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced Monday.
Â
Jones becomes the first player in program history to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors three times. The center also took the award on Nov. 11 and Nov. 18.
Â
Jones opened her Pac-12 career by going for 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the floor, to go along with four rebounds against Utah on Friday. She followed that up by going for 16 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks against Colorado on Sunday.
Â
Overall, Jones is averaging 14.3 points and 7.7 rebounds on the season and is shooting 61.5 percent from the floor. The freshman leads the Pac-12 in blocks and is third in the conference in field goal percentage.
Â
The Beavers are off to the best start in program history, opening the year 14-0. The team is winning by an average of 24.6 points per contest, and is in the top-seven nationally in both field goal percentage and field goal percentage defense.
Â
Oregon State will continue Pac-12 play Friday, when it heads to Tucson to take on No. 18 Arizona.
Â
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Â
Â
Jones becomes the first player in program history to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors three times. The center also took the award on Nov. 11 and Nov. 18.
Â
Jones opened her Pac-12 career by going for 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the floor, to go along with four rebounds against Utah on Friday. She followed that up by going for 16 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks against Colorado on Sunday.
Â
Overall, Jones is averaging 14.3 points and 7.7 rebounds on the season and is shooting 61.5 percent from the floor. The freshman leads the Pac-12 in blocks and is third in the conference in field goal percentage.
Â
The Beavers are off to the best start in program history, opening the year 14-0. The team is winning by an average of 24.6 points per contest, and is in the top-seven nationally in both field goal percentage and field goal percentage defense.
Â
Oregon State will continue Pac-12 play Friday, when it heads to Tucson to take on No. 18 Arizona.
Â
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Â
Players Mentioned
F
/ Women's Basketball"That's Just What My Team Needed Today" | Lizzy Williamson Postgame With ESPN+
Sunday, February 01
Highlights | Oregon State WBB Dominates USF
Sunday, February 01
Ally Schimel, Lizzy Williamson, Scott Rueck | Oregon State WBB Postgame vs. San Francisco
Sunday, February 01
Kennedie Shuler, Lizzy Williamson, Scott Rueck | Oregon State WBB Postgame vs. San Diego
Friday, January 30
