2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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15 Jalen Cone

  • Position Guard
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 175
  • Hometown Walkertown, NC
  • High School Walkertown HS
  • Prev School Northern Arizona
  • Major Entrepreneurship Certificate Program

Biography

Accolades
  • 2x All-Big Sky Third Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
  • ACC All-Academic Team (2020-21)

At Cal
2023-24 (Graduate)
  • Started all 32 games & played a team-high 35.6 minutes per game in impactful graduate season
  • Averaged 13.4 points, 2.1 rebounds & 2.3 assists
  • Led Pac-12 Conference in 3-point makes (89) & attempts (279)
  • Shot .332/.319/.817 on the season
  • Five 20-point performances, including season-high 26 vs. Santa Clara (Dec. 2)
    • Shot 8-of-11 from the floor & 7-of-10 from beyond the arc in the Santa Clara win
  • Scored 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting (5 of 7 from 3) in overtime win vs. USC (Feb. 7)
  • Tied his single-game career high of seven 3-pointers three times in first nine games of the season
  • Scored 30 of his 32 total points in the second halves of wins vs. Oregon State (Feb. 22) & Oregon (Feb. 24) to lead Cal to a home sweep
  • Reached the 2,000-point milestone for his career with 19 points in his final collegiate game vs. Stanford (March 13); ended his career with 2,003 points
  • Dished out five assists three times vs. San Diego State (Nov. 25), UC San Diego (Dec. 20) & Stanford (March 13)
  • One of four transfer signees who made up Cal's No. 8-ranked transfer class (On3) in the 2023 offseason

Before Cal
2022-23 (Sr.) (Northern Arizona)
  • Received his undergraduate degree from Northern Arizona after the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic year
  • Earned All-Big Sky Third Team honors for the second consecutive year
  • Played in 33 of 35 games & made 32 starts
  • Averaged 17.6 points, 2.8 rebounds & 2.5 assists in 33.2 minutes played per game
  • Shot 40% (96 of 240) from 3-point range & had 16 games with three or more made 3s
  • Finished the season with a career-best 42.4% clip from the floor & shot 86.2% (106 of 123) from the free throw line
  • Amassed 28 double-figure scoring efforts, 13 of which were for 20 or more points
  • Erupted for a career-high 45 points on 18-of-27 shooting at Southern Utah (Dec. 17); fell one point shy of the NAU single-game scoring record
  • Knocked down seven 3s in three games, including a 38-point outburst vs. Abilene Christian (Nov. 27)
  • Double-doubled with 20 points & 10 rebounds in NAU's season opener at Michigan State (Nov. 7)
  • Tallied a season-best five assists three times at UTRGV (Nov. 22), vs. Idaho (Jan. 19) & at Montana (Feb. 4)
2021-22 (Jr.) (Northern Arizona)
  • Named to the All-Big Sky Third Team following a standout season for the Lumberjacks
  • Played in all 32 games with 31 starts, averaging 34.7 minutes per game
  • Averaged career highs of 18.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game
  • Ranked third in the Big Sky and 49th nationally in points per game
  • His 602 points scored were the second most in program single-season history
  • Shot 38.7% from the field, 35.2% from 3-point range & 82.7% at the free throw line
  • Scored in double figures 28 times, including 14 games with 20-plus points & three contests with 30-plus points
    • Poured in a season-high 36 points on 10-of-18 shooting (11-of-12 free throws) against Sacramento State (Jan. 24)
    • Also went for 35 points at Idaho (March 5) & 33 at South Dakota (Dec. 11)
  • Knocked down 93 3-pointers (93 of 264), ranking 32nd nationally & tied for fifth in program single-season history
  • Had five or more 3-pointers in eight games, including season-high seven twice at South Dakota (Dec. 11) & vs. Embry-Riddle (Jan. 5)
  • Posted his first career double-double with 19 points & a career-high 11 assists vs. Northern Colorado (Feb. 5)
  • Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds at Weber State (Dec. 2)
  • Voted as a team captain
  • Recognized as Northern Arizona's Male Newcomer of the Year & Male Lumberjack of the Year
2020-21 (So.) (Virginia Tech)
  • Started four of 15 contests played & averaged 20.0 minutes per game
  • Missed first three games of the season due to an offseason injury & missed Tech’s last four games of the season with another injury
  • Averaged 9.2 points & 1.1 rebounds per game
  • Shot 35.7% from the floor & 34.9% from behind the arc
  • Totaled seven double-figure scoring performances, including six in a row from Dec. 19-Jan. 12
    • Scored a season-high 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting with six 3-pointers made at Louisville (Jan. 6)
    • Tallied 18 points on three occasions against Coppin State (Dec. 19), Longwood (Dec. 21) & Notre Dame (Jan. 10)
  • Made three or more 3-pointers six times
  • Dished out a season-high four assists to go along with his 18 points against Coppin State (Dec. 19)
  • Member of the 2020-21 ACC Men's Basketball All-Academic Team
2019-20 (Fr.) (Virginia Tech)
  • Played in all 32 games, drawing three starts as a true freshman
  • Led the ACC in 3-point field-goal percentage (minimum 50 3s made) & was seventh in the country at 45.7% (64 of 140); shot 40.8% overall from the floor
  • Averaged 8.0 points & 1.1 rebounds in 18.4 minutes played per game
  • Tallied 12 double-figure scoring efforts, including a season-high 20 points vs. MIami (Feb. 19)
    • Shot 5-of-7 from 3-point range in a 19-point performance at Syracuse (Jan. 7)
    • Went for 18 points with six 3s & seven rebounds vs. North Carolina (Jan. 22)
  • Finished 11th in the ACC in 3-pointers made per game (2.00) & tied for sixth for 3-pointers made in ACC-only games (2.20)
High School
  • Graduated from Walkertown High School (Walkertown, NC) in spring 2019
  • Averaged 25.7 points & 6.6 assists per game as a senior in 2018-19
  • Led the state of North Carolina with an eye-catching 35.5 PPG as a junior in 2017-18
  • Won the Frank Spencer Award as the top player in Northwest North Carolina
  • Ranked as the No. 8 point guard in the nation & a four-star prospect by 247Sports.com
  • Ranked 53rd in the ESPN 100 rankings for the Class of 2020
  • Second-team all-state selection by USA Today & the NCBCA as a junior
  • Reclassified from the 2020 class & graduated from high school one year early
Personal
  • Born on Dec. 14 in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Son of Alicia & Harold Cone
  • Has a daughter, Ivy Faithe
  • Has two older brothers, Drew and Madison, and one younger sister, Joy

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