Arizona point guard Lamont “MoMo” Jones announced Monday that he will transfer to another school. He has not yet made a decision on which school he will attend.
Jones, a 6-foot, 196-pound guard from Harlem, N.Y., averaged 9.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in 38 appearances (all starts) in his recently completed sophomore season.
“I would like to thank my coaches, my teammates and all of the U of A fans for making my two years at Arizona very special,” said Jones. “After much thought, I have decided to pursue my goals at a school closer to home. My desire to be closer to my family, and in particular my grandmother, is the reason I am transferring. I want it to be known that I love this program, my coaches and teammates. I appreciate everyone for supporting me through this tough time.”
The itinerant Jones previously decommitted from Louisville, Virginia Tech and USC after attending Rice High School, American Christian (Pa.) and Oak Hill Academy (Va.)
In his two-year career at Arizona, Jones appeared in 68 games (39 starts), helping the Cats amass a 46-23 (.667) record. Along the way, Arizona won a Pac-10 regular-season championship and advanced to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
He posted career averages of 8.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, while shooting 41.8 percent from the field (208-of-498). Jones notched improvement in nearly every statistical category in 2010-11.
“This spring MoMo expressed to me his desire to be closer to home while continuing his life as a student-athlete,” said Arizona head coach Sean Miller.
“After considering this for several weeks this spring, he’s decided to leave our program. He did a great job in his two years here and helped us win a Pac-10 championship this past season. We wish him great success in the future.”
Jones leaves the program in good academic standing.
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SiJessieWildcat / May 16, 2011
Good stuff AZ.
Kevin No. MoMo yes.
Thanks MoMo.
This is a big deicsion for MoMo.
Arizona is one of 6 teams -favorite tow in a national title.
MoMo gives up this title run.
And NBA money (late 1st rounder.)
Thanks Again MoMo
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SiJessieWildcat / May 16, 2011
MoMo best memories…
3OT win over Cal.
Tough play.
And the BEAT DOWN of Duke.
How sweet it is.
Did MoMo say.. Arizona is Arizona.
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bball purist / May 17, 2011
Momo is always on the go-go…decommit, decommit, decommit, transfer…Momo can be the starting PG at the Hall. I always thought they say a little competition is healthy and good for players – I guess not!
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BostonCat / May 17, 2011
nothing to do with not wanting competition. its being shown the door because a shoe company is calling the shots. pump and run brothers doing what they do.
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UAWildcat / May 17, 2011
MoMo would have had plenty of PT if he stayed at UA. He is transferring because of family issues, mainly his grandmother, and will try and see if he can play immediately. Thanks MoMo for two great years.
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SiJessieWildcat / May 17, 2011
LMAO… pump brothers are getting their lunches handed to them.
Go with pump and rankings drop HARD.
And then there is the UCLA recruiting violations.
More is coming out.
With ucla suffering major recruiting failures…going 0 for 5 in PG recruits.
Loud mouth Scott D. sales pitch… come play with Shabazz at ucla.
This is the only sales pitch that all the ucla people WERE saying.
Note to UCLA- You are NOT allowed to discuss a player with a LOI. VIOLATION. And then attempting to get other players by throwing Shabazz name… DIRTY.
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