Hawaii Basketball

Many years before Derrick Low was the Pac-10’s most popular Hawaiian, Clifton Jones was putting in his time as a forward for Oregon State, starting his final two seasons for the Beavers and considered by Sports Illustrated as “one of the Pac-10’s best rebounders.”

After being named an OIA East First Team All-Star as a standout for Kahuku High School in 1996, Jones went on to Skyline Junior College where he is still among the top 10 in career points and top 5 in career rebounds. In 1998, he moved on to the Pac-10 where he started for the Oregon State Beavers averaging 5.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game while shooting 57.1% from the field. In his senior season, Jones led the team in rebounding (5.7 rpg), total blocks (1.1 bpg) and field goal percentage (63.6%) and was 5th on the team in scoring (8.3 ppg).

Currently Jones is in Finland, playing for Joensuun Kataja, the team with which he started his career and led to a Finnish Basketball Association championship in his first season. During that season, he averaged 16.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and a league-leading 2.5 blocks per game.

Now in his 7th season, the 6-8 Hawaii product is averaging 6.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game and shooting 62.2% from the field. Full Statistics » (in Finnish)