AMES — Whenever Felicia Land merges from Minnesota’s U.S. 169 to Interstate 694, she remembers the moment her son, Curtis Jones, said maybe he just wasn’t good at basketball anymore.
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Curtis Jones played his first two years of high school at Minneapolis South. After his sophomore year, he told his mom that, maybe he just wasn't good at basketball any more.
Courtesy Felicia Land
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Curtis Jones didn't have any Division I or II scholarship offers out of high school. Cretin-Derham Hall coach Jerry Kline said he didn't know where else Jones would have gone had Indian Hills Community College not called.
In 24 games at Indian Hills Community College, Jones averaged 12.1 points, six rebounds and 5.5 assists. In the final 10 games of the season he rarely left the floor, playing 35.8 minutes per game. He embraced his year in Ottumwa, Iowa, just thankful to be playing in college.
Curtis Jones played his first two years of high school at Minneapolis South. After his sophomore year, he told his mom that, maybe he just wasn't good at basketball any more.
In 24 games at Indian Hills Community College, Jones averaged 12.1 points, six rebounds and 5.5 assists. In the final 10 games of the season he rarely left the floor, playing 35.8 minutes per game. He embraced his year in Ottumwa, Iowa, just thankful to be playing in college.
Curtis Jones didn't have any Division I or II scholarship offers out of high school. Cretin-Derham Hall coach Jerry Kline said he didn't know where else Jones would have gone had Indian Hills Community College not called.
