Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant
- Email:
- brianna.jones@siu.edu
Brianna Jones enters her third season as the graduate assistant video coordinator for the Saluki women’s basketball program.
In her second season on staff, the Salukis posted their sixth-straight winning record. Southern defeated a ranked opponent (Missouri State) for the first time since 1991 and the Salukis finished with a RPI of 105, its highest since 2007. SIU’s four top-100 wins during the 2019-20 season were its most since at least 2002. The Salukis also repeated as Compass Challenge Champions and Nicole Martin and Makenzie Silvey were both selected to the All-MVC honorable mention team while Brittney Patrick earned her first career All-Defensive Team honor.
During the 2018-19 season, the Salukis posted a winning record, which included SIU’s first mid-season tournament title since the 1986-87 season. The Salukis earned the No. 11 ranking in the WBCA’s Academic Top-25 Honor Roll, which was the highest finish in program history and Nicole Martin and Makenzie Silvey were selected to All-MVC teams.
Jones came to Carbondale by way of North Dakota State University, where she graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. The Indianapolis, Ind. native started 57 of 59 games during her two seasons with the Bison. She averaged 7.3 points and 7.4 rebounds in 25.2 minutes per game and finished in the top-10 of the Summit League in rebounding in each of her two seasons.
Jones transferred to NDSU from Danville Community College where she was a two-time all-conference honoree, including a nod on the all-conference first-team as a sophomore. In her two seasons at DACC, Jones helped the Jaguars win a conference title in 2015 and, the following season, set a program record for wins in a single-season (24).
Jones was a prep standout at Warren Central High School, where she earned both all-conference and all-county recognition. She returned to her alma-mater this past year as an assistant coach and helped the Warriors win their first-ever IHSAA Class 4A state title.
Jones will be pursuing a masters degree in kinesiology at SIU.
