Hardaway says Jones is ‘one of the best’ to come through Memphis. He may not be wrong.
David Jones had both coaches talking about how well he played after he scored 36 points to help his Memphis Tigers defeat Arkansas on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas. (Tim Aylen/Bahamas Visual Services via AP)
“He’s definitely one of the best players to come through the university, for sure,” Tigers coach Penny Hardaway said of David Jones after Jones’ 36-point performance against No. 20 Arkansas on Thursday.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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