Rutgers-Camden Athletics

A transfer from Northampton Community College, Juan Perez-Jones has scored a combined 747 career points between his junior college and Rutgers-Camden careers.
 
Basketball 2017-18: Played in 23 of the Scarlet Raptors’ 24 games, starting four…Averaged 3.7 points and 1.2 rebounds…Shot .308 (28-for-91) from the floor and .700 (21-for-30) from the foul line…Added 30 assists, 18 steals and three blocked shots…Made his Rutgers-Camden debut at Neumann University (Nov. 15), collecting 12 points, aided by 6-for-9 shooting from the foul line, and his Raptor career high of nine rebounds…Shot 4-for-5 from the foul line on his way to 11 points against SUNY New Paltz (Nov. 18)…Made his first start at Rowan University (Nov. 29), scoring six points, while adding three rebounds, three assists and one steal…Had 11 points in a start at Rutgers-Newark (Dec. 9), adding one rebound, one assist, one steal and a career-high two blocked shots…Collected career highs with five assists against both Misericordia University (Nov. 17) and New Jersey City University (Dec. 2)…Notched three steals against both Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 27) and Kean University (Feb. 3) to set his Raptor career highs…Scored his career high of 13 points against Rowan University (Jan. 24), shooting 6-for-10 from the floor and 1-for-3 from the foul line.
 
Pre-Rutgers: Two-year basketball letterman at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania…EPAC Second Team All-Conference…Broke program record for steals in a game with eight against Delaware County (Feb. 9, 2017), while adding nine assists, seven rebounds and 15 points…As a freshman, earned MVP honors at the Onandaga Community College Tournament, leading Northampton to the title and collecting 27 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals in a pair of games…During his freshman year, finished 36th nationally in NJCAA Division III for free throw percentage (75-for-94, .798) and 72nd in three-point field goal percentage (43-for-105, .410)…Started 25 of his 26 games, averaging 13.3 points and 3.0 rebounds, while adding 82 assists, 33 steals and five blocked shots…As a sophomore, finished 29th nationally with 135 assists…Averaged 11.3 points and 3.0 rebounds, while starting all 28 of his games…Notched 35 steals and four blocked shots…For his two-year Northampton career, scored 663 points in his 54 games (12.3 ppg), while adding 161 rebounds (3.0 rpg), 217 assists, 68 steals and nine blocks.
 
High School: Basketball letterman at Pennsbury High School…Named Suburban One League National Conference Honorable Mention in 2015…Graduated in 2015.
 
Club Team: Falcons.
 
Personal: Born June 12, 1997…Likes to work with children and be involved in the community…Works out, plays basketball and plays NBA2K and Madden video games…Psychology major at Rutgers-Camden…Plans to become a psychiatrist for athletes that have addictions to drugs and alcohol…Also wants to work with kids in the adolescent age and guide them to be successful…Juan is the son of Irma Perez and Jon Jones of Trenton.