Marcel Jones

During the season, he became just the 34th Beaver to score 1,000 career points, finishing his career with 1,166.

In 30 games, he averaged 10.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Marcel Xavier Jones (born September 2, 1985) is an American-New Zealand professional basketball player.

His 49 steals were the most by a Beaver since 1999–00, and he had a stretch of 20 straight games with a steal.

He scored a career-high 35 points against Northern Colorado, becoming the first Beaver to score at least 30 points in a game since January 2000.

As a sophomore in 2001–02, he averaged 8.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.

As a junior in 2002–03, he averaged 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, helping Mater Dei to the CIF title with a 35–2 record.

As a senior in 2003–04, he averaged 20.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, helping Mater Dei to a 24–5 record and the Sierra League title.

He finished his high school career as a three-time All-CIF and All-Sierra League honoree.

He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers between 2004 and 2008 before embarking on a professional career that spanned across the globe, from Europe and the Middle East, to his adoptive home of New Zealand.

As a freshman at Oregon State in 2004–05, Jones played in 21 games with five starts and averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game.

He posted season highs of 14 points and 32 minutes, as well as eight rebounds, against Georgia.

As a sophomore in 2005–06, Jones was one of only two players to appear in all 31 games (starting 21), averaging 9.2 points in 28.3 minutes.

As a junior in 2006–07, Jones led the team in scoring (15.3 points, eighth in the Pac-10) and steals (1.5, fourth in the Pac-10), and finished second in rebounding (5.7, 15th in the Pac-10).

He was one of two players to start all 32 games and registered 1,000 minutes exactly (31.3 per game).

Following the season, Jones put his name on the early-entry list for the 2007 NBA draft, but decided to return for his senior season.

Jones was the only senior player on the 2007–08 Beavers roster.

After going undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft, Jones played for the Chicago Bulls in the Orlando Summer League, where he averaged 4.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in five games.

On November 7, he was selected by the Iowa Energy in the fourth round of the 2008 NBA Development League Draft.

On December 24, he was waived by the Energy after appearing in just two games.

Since 2009, Jones has had consistent yearly stints in the New Zealand NBL, largely due to gaining New Zealand citizenship in 2012.

He went on to play for the Manawatu Jets during the 2009 New Zealand NBL season, earning Player of the Week honors for Round 8 and averaging 27.3 points (second in the league), 9.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.6 steals in 16 games.

After initially signing in Germany, Jones joined Finnish club Kauhajoen Karhu.

He appeared in seven games for Karhu in October before having a one-game stint with Espoon Honka on November 7.

He then had a five-game stint with Hungarian club Falco KC Szombathely between November 21 and December 19.

On March 4, 2010, Jones signed with the Everton Tigers for the rest of the 2009–10 British Basketball League season.

The Tigers went on to win the BBL play-offs.

In 14 games, he averaged 5.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.

On May 28, 2010, Jones signed with the Wellington Saints as injury cover for Eric Devendorf.

In five games during the 2010 New Zealand NBL season, he averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game.

During the 2010–11 season, Jones played in Syria for Al-Wahda.

He lived in the Syrian capital of Damascus and said he was fortunate to play there before civil war broke out.

Jones regularly played in front of 4,000 fans, including military personnel, at home games.

In eight games for the club between November 26 and January 3, he averaged 12.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

On August 26, 2011, Jones signed with HKK Zrinjski Mostar of Bosnia for the 2011–12 season.

In 24 Bosnian League games, he averaged 14.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game.

He also averaged 15.2 points, 13.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.2 steals in nine Balkan League games.

On April 20, 2012, Jones played for the Manawatu Jets as an injury replacement for Dustin Mitchell.

He also played consistently in the Persian Gulf region between 2017 and 2022.

Jones attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he was a four-year letterman for head coach Gary McKnight.