We signed a two-year contract with American player Tyrique Jones, who plays for Türk Telekom. Born in 1997, the player is 2.06 meters tall and playes as a center.
Tyrique Jones, who graduated from Xavier University in 2020, had his first professional experience in South Korea's Wonju DB Promy team in September. Transferred to Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv team in December 2020, Jones made his way to Italy's Pesaro team after a season. In the 2022-23 season, the successful player who played for Türk Telekom in our country joined our team before the new season.
Tyrique Jones became the rebound king of the Italian League with 9.6 rebounds per game in the 2021-22 season. Selected as the "Most Valuable Player" of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League in the 2022-23 season, Jones made his mark in the second best five of the season in the Eurocup in the same season.
Tyrique Jones played with the average of 12.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game by taking 27:18 minutes in 20 matches with Türk Telekom jersey in Eurocup last season.
In the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League, the American player averaged 27.32 minutes in 34 games, averaging 13.9 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.