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An enthusiastic player who came out strong in her first year for the Deacs ... has tremendous leadership abilities ... is emerging quickly as a team leader, even as a redshirt sophomore ... has a true passion for the game ... a talented, natural point guard ... quick with the ball.
2003-04
Led the Deacs in steals and assists seven times during the season ... reached double figures in scoring twice ... started 21 of 29 games, averaging 23.6 minutes ... Loyola ... opened her collegiate career finding 25 minutes of action with five defensive rebounds and one assist ... Hampton ... shot 3-for-6 at the line and a career-high eight rebounds .. also added three assists and three steals ... Nicholls State ... went 1-for-2 from the field and had two assists ... also had two steals ... Purdue ... had two rebounds, two assists and added one point for the Deacs ... Marshall ... played 18 minutes and shot 2-for-3 with two rebounds, two assists and one steal ... Duke ... had three assists and one steal in first ACC match of the season ... North Carolina ... made her first start of the season, playing 25 minutes ... notched three steals and shot 2-for-4 from the field and 1-for-1 from the line for five points ... Florida A&M ... pulled down six boards and five assists ... added four steals to the mix ... Princeton ... had a second six board game and added a career-high five steals ... East Carolina ... played 31 minutes and scored a career-high 12 points against the Pirates ... also found four steals and three assists ... Holy Cross ... shot 3-for-5 from the line ... Virginia Tech ... shot 3-for-6 from the field and 2-for-2 from the line for eight points ... also had four rebounds, one block and one steal ... North Carolina ... had five assists and two steals ... NC State ... played a career-high 38 minutes and went 4-for-4 from the line ... Maryland ... grabbed three rebounds and had two steals ... also shot two-for-two from the line ... Florida State ... notched her fifth straight perfect game from the line going 2-for-2 ... North Carolina ... sunk two three pointers and two field goals for eight points ... also put up three assists and two rebounds ... NC State ... grabbed five rebounds ... led the Deacs with a career-high seven assists ... scored six points ... Florida State ... found her second double digit game with 10 points ... added two assists and one rebound ... Clemson ... went 2-for-5 from three point territory and added one from the line for seven points ... Georgia Tech ... in 12 minutes of action, found one rebound and one assist ... Georgia Tech ... put up two points in nine minutes in the first round of the ACC tournament.
Before WFU
A four-year standout at Carver ... an all-city/county, all-conference and All-Northwest selection all four years of her prep career ... named the Northwest Player of the Year as a junior ... won the 2001 Mary Garber Award as the top player in the Northwest region ... a three-year member of the all-regional and all-sectional teams ... led the Yellow Jackets to the state championship as a junior, earning tournament MVP honors ... named to the all-state second team twice ... MVP of the Mary Garber Tournament as a junior, and was named to the All-Tournament team three straight years ... finished her prep career as Carver's all-time leader in assists and steals ... also scored over 1,500 points despite battling injuries during senior season ... was team MVP all four years of her career ... selected to play in the North Carolina-South Carolina and East-West All-Star games ... a member of the National Honor Society as well as the Vocational Honor Society ... appeared on the Honor Roll.
Personal
Full name is Porsche' Nakia Jones ... born April 16, 1984 in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... daughter of Cheryl Jones and Albert Scales ... has three siblings, Alasha (21), Kenneth (12) and Misha (11) ... is a cousin of WFU men's basketball player Josh Howard.
