RANKING THE REBELS: 31 – Anthony Jones

ANTHONY JONES

Years: 1984 to 1986

Career highlights:

■ Georgetown transfer scored 1,098 points in two seasons to rank 29th at UNLV.

■ Named Big West Conference co-Player of the Year in 1986.

■ Shot 44.6 percent (41-for-92) from 3-point range in 1985-86, when the Big West first experimented with the 3-point line.

Quotable: “John Thompson delivered him to me from Georgetown. John called me one day when he was at the Barbary Coast and I met him. He said, ‘You want Anthony?’ We only had four McDonald’s All-Americans in 19 years, and Jones was one of them. He was a great talent, and he could jump to the moon.” — Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach

After UNLV: First-round pick by the Washington Bullets in the 1986 NBA Draft. Also played for Chicago, San Antonio and Dallas.

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