Ole Miss makes Top 3 for UNC Greensboro power forward Mikeal Brown-Jones
UNC Greensboro power forward Mikeal Brown-Jones entered the NCAA Transfer Portal last week. And his phone quickly began to ring. Ole Miss is among a growing list of Power 5 programs who are recruiting the Philadelphia, Penn., prospect.
Now the list is shrinking.
On3’s Joe Tipton reports Kansas State, Pitt and Ole Miss are the finalists for the 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward who started his career at VCU. He was named first-team All-Southern Conference this season after averaging 18.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. He is a graduate transfer.
As a junior for the Spartans, Mikeal Brown-Jones averaged 10 points and four rebounds per game.
He posted a new career high of 20 points in a game against Elon on December 3 and recorded a career-high 11 rebounds against Wofford December 31. On3’s Jamie Shaw currently ranks Brown-Jones as the No. 7 prospect in On3’s Transfer Portal Rankings.
The portal prospect was a key cog for IMG Academy (Fla.) in 2018-2019. Brown-Jones helped the Ascenders to a victory in the Geico High School Nationals Championship and a 31-1 record. He averaged 17.9 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 61 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point range as a senior. IMG Academy and Brown-Jones finished with a 50-8 record during his two years.
