Drury University Athletics

PERSONAL...
Daughter of Melvin Jones and Tammy Westbrook.

AT DRURY...
CAREER
Had a stellar career at Drury and was the 2010-11 GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for Women's Basketball...Earned First Team All-GLVC honors as a senior and Third Team All-GLVC honors as a junior...Ranks third all-time at Drury with 434 assists and her 167 assists in 2009-10 is most ever by a Lady Panther for a season...Also tied the single game record for assists with 11 vs. Hawaii Pacific on December 18, 2009...Is tied for sixth all-time with 157 steals, ranks 10th all-time for points with 1,056 and is 13th all-time with 317 rebounds...Her 130 steals in 2010-11 ranks second most in a season by a Lady Panther...Averaged 9.7 ppg for her career and had 317 career rebounds at 3.7 per game...Played in 109 games and made 79 starts as a Lady Panther with a 44.5% field goal percentage on 366-of-823 and a 74.7% free throw percentage on 263-of-352 and had 17 career blocks...Was a 40.7% three point shooter who made 61-of-150.

SENIOR
The 2010-11 GLVC Women's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year and a First Team All-GLVC selection, Ja'Nell led the Lady Panthers in assists,was third in the GLVC and 38th nationally with 130 at 4.6 per game...Had a season high 10 assists at Maryville on February 12...Dished out nine assists on February 26 vs. Saint Joseph's and had eight assists at Southern Indiana on January 13 and eight vs. Saint Joseph's on December 4...Also led the Lady Panthers in steals with 51 and was eighth in the GLVC in steals per game at 1.82...Had a season high five steals vs. Illinois-Springfield on December 2... Posted four steals in three different games those at Missouri-St. Louis on February 10, vs. Missouri-St. Louis on January 29 and vs. Adams State on November 26 at the Chuck CSU-Pueblo Stephens Classic...Was second on the team in scoring, sixth in the GLVC and 104th nationally at 15.8 ppg...Scored a career high 30 points vs. William Jewell on November 16...Also had impressive outings at Maryville where she scored 29 points, at Arkansas-Ft. Smith on December 12 with 28 points and vs. #9 Washburn on November 23 with 27 points...Had a career high three blocks vs. Illinois-Springfield on December 2...Had a career high 10 rebounds at Colordo State Pueblo at the CSU-Pueblo Chuck Stephens Classic on November 27 and pulled down eight rebounds at Washburn on November 23...Had a season high four three points in three games with those coming at Maryville on February 12, at Arkansas-Ft. Smith on December 12 and vs. William Jewell on November 16...Made 29-of-72 three pointers on the season for 40.3% and was 11th in the GLVC for three-point field goal percentage...Was 11th in the GLVC and 118th in the nation for assist/turnover ratio at 1.26...Ranked fourth in the GLVC for minutes played per game at 34.32...Earned GLVC Player of the Week Honors for December 13 in helping the Lady Panthers to non-conference wins over Newman and Arkansas-Ft. Smith.

JUNIOR
Was sixth in the nation for assists per game at six per contest and broke a Drury season record with 167.  Had a career high 11 assists vs. Hawaii Pacific on December 18 and posted nine steals four times.  Was 19th in the nation with a 2.04 assist/turnover ratio.  Had a season high 19 points vs. Northern Kentucky and had 14 double figure scoring games.  Posted a career high six steals vs. Quincy and had five at Maryville with a season total of 51.  Had a season high seven boards at Saint Joseph's on December 3.  Earned Third Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors.   

SOPHOMORE
Scored a career high 20 points in three games at Wisconsin-Parkside, at Southern Indiana and vs. Missouri S&T...Averaged 10.1 ppg. and had eleven double figure scoring games...Led the Lady Panthers with 100 assists and had a career high 10 vs. Quincy...Had a career high five steals at Southern Indiana and was second on the Lady Panthers with 41...Pulled down 77 rebounds which included a career best eight vs. Northern Kentucky...Grabbed five or more rebounds in a game nine times...Made all six free throws she attemped vs. Northeastern State, at Washburn and vs. Lewis...Was 3-for-3 from three point range in the Lady Panthers 82-64 win over Christian Brothers and had 17 points...Finished sixth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.54), seventh in assists (100), eleventh in free throw percentage (82.3%) and was fourteenth in steals (41).

FRESHMAN
Averaged 3.7 ppg. and scored 100 points in 27 games...Shot 48.6% from the field, pulled down 42 rebounds, posted 37 assists and had 14 steals....Scored a season high eight points vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State...Had six rebounds vs. Quincy, six assists at Rockhurst and vs. Rockhurst at home and posted four steals against Harris-Stowe.

PREP...
Was a second team all-state pick and earned first team all-metro, all-region and all-district honors at Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Va...Also named team's MVP for coach Jerry Gibbs...Helped Manchester to a state semi-finalist finish and regional, district and Times Dispatch championships in 2005-06.

Ja'Nell's Favorites...
Food: Shrimp Scampi
Restaurant: Red Lobster
Musical Artist: Lupe Fiasco and Wale
Movie: Love and Basketball/Cars
Book: The Pact
TV Show: The Hard Times of RJ Berger
Hobbies: Drawing and listening to music
Pro Athlete: Bob Sanders
Your Dream Job: Travel the world for five years

JA'NELL JONES' DRURY CAREER HIGHS...
Points: 30 vs. William Jewell (11/16/10)
3 Pointers Made: 4 at Maryville (2/12/11)
4 at Arkansas-Ft. Smith (12/12/10)
4 vs. William Jewell (11/16/10)
Rebounds: 10 at Colorado-State Pueblo (11/27/10)
Steals: 6 vs. Quincy (1/21/10)
Assists: 11 vs. Hawaii Pacific (12/18/09)
Blocks: 3 vs. Illinois-Springfield (12/2/10)

For a game-by-game statistical review of Ja'Nell's Drury career click on the year below.