2020-21 ACC Men's Basketball All-Academic Team
2020-21: Played in 15 games, starting four contests … Missed first three games of the season due to coming back from an offseason injury and missed Tech’s last four games of the season due to an injury … Played only five minutes at Miami (Fla.) (2/6) before getting injured and having to leave the game … Made three triples, his most since Jan. 12, at Pitt (2/3) and had two rebounds and two assists … Hit two 3-pointers and pulled down two rebounds against then-No. 8/8 Virginia (1/30) … Earned his first start of the season at Notre Dame (1/27), recording three points, two steals, one rebound and an assist … Chipped in three points and an assist at Syracuse (1/23) … Cooled off at Wake Forest (1/17), having his first scoreless game in a month … Made three triples on his way to 14 points and owned one rebound, an assist and a steal against No. 19/23 Duke (1/12) … Tallied a team-high 18 points thanks to four 3-pointers and owned a steal versus Notre Dame (1/10) … Poured in a career-high 23 points thanks to tying his career best of six 3-pointers and had three rebounds and a steal at RV/No. 25 Louisville (1/6) … Scored in double figures for the third straight game, owning 12 points, two assists and a steal against Miami (Fla.) (12/29) … Recorded 18 points for the second straight game, with getting it done off of six 3s, tying his career high, and had one rebound as well versus Longwood (12/21) … Poured in a then-season-high 18 points thanks to five 3-pointers and tied his career high of four assists against Coppin State (12/19) … Pulled down a rebound versus then-No. 24/RV Clemson (12/15) … Provided a spark off the bench early in the first half against Penn State (12/8), with scoring eight points and dishing out an assist in his first three minutes and finishing up with 11 points and two rebounds in 19 minutes … Played 14 minutes and hit a 3-pointer at the top of the key off an offensive rebound, while recording one rebound and an assist versus VMI (12/3).
2019-20: Played in all 32 games, drawing three starts … Led the ACC in 3-point field-goal percentage (minimum 50 3s made) and was seventh in the country with a 45.7 clip … Finished 11th in the ACC in 3-pointers made per game (2.00) and tied for sixth for 3-pointers made in ACC-only games (2.20) … Had a double-figure scoring outing against North Carolina (3/10) in the first round of the ACC Tournament, collecting 11 points, one rebound, an assist and a steal … Held scoreless for the first time since Jan. 28, but collected a rebound, two assists and two steals at Notre Dame (3/7) … Registered six points, one rebound and an assist versus Clemson (3/4) … Has scored in double figures in three of his last five games … Posted a team-high 15 points off of five 3-pointers, one rebound and an assist at No. 11/10 Louisville (3/1) … Recorded eight points, including two 3-pointers, and one rebound against [RV/RV] Virginia (2/26) … Tallied six points, two rebounds and one assist at No. 6/6 Duke (2/22) … Played his most minutes (36) and followed suit with a career-high 20 points, hitting four 3-pointers for the second straight game and six free throws, while dishing out two assists versus Miami (Fla.) (2/19) … Cracked the double-digit plateau for the first time since Jan. 22, collecting 12 points off of four 3-pointers against Pitt (2/15) … Made his most field goals in a game since Jan. 22 with three for a total of six points versus Boston College (2/8) … Posted seven points – all off free throws with a perfect 7-of-7 mark – and an assist at Georgia Tech (2/4) … Hit one 3-pointer and had one rebound against No. 5/6 Florida State (2/1) … Held scoreless for third time in his career and first with playing more than 10 minutes, owning two rebounds at Miami (Fla.) (1/28) … Had his five-game streak of scoring in double figures snapped at Boston College (1/25), tallying six points and an assist … Hit a career-high six 3-pointers on his way to 18 points and pulled down a career-best seven rebounds, while collecting the first block of his career and two assists versus North Carolina (1/22) … Posted 14 points – all in the first half – and an assist versus Syracuse (1/18), with 12 of those 14 points coming off of four 3s … Playing near his hometown at Wake Forest (1/14), scored 15 points, including a 4-of-6 mark from downtown … Tallied 10 points, including a 3-pointer from 30 feet out as the shot clock expired, and one rebound against NC State (1/11) … Scored a career-high 19 points (16 in the second half) in 19 minutes off the bench at Syracuse (1/7), getting two huge four-point plays and finishing with five 3-pointers, one rebound and an assist … Grabbed a rebound in 10 minutes off the bench at No. 19/19 Virginia (1/4) … Played 25 minutes versus Maryland eastern Shore (12/29) and had 11 points, four rebounds and one assist … In just 13 minutes off the bench, tallied nine points thanks to two 3-pointers, including one of those being a four-point play, and made three free throws against VMI (12/21) … Scored his most points since Nov. 20 with six versus Gardner-Webb (12/15), while collecting one rebound and an assist … Made his first 3-pointer in three weeks (Nov. 20) versus Chattanooga (12/11), while pulling down a rebound … Made a layup against No. 10/8 Duke (12/6) in five minutes off the bench … Did not play for more than 10 minutes a game in Maui, scoring two points on two occasions against BYU (11/27) and then-No. 3/3 Michigan State (11/25) … Turned in 17 points against Delaware State (11/20), hitting five 3-pointers and doing it in just 18 minutes of action … Dished out a career-high four assists with eight points and a rebound versus Lehigh (11/16) … Was hot from downtown against USC Upstate (11/13), making three 3-pointers on his way to his first game scoring in double figures with 11 points … Tallied five points and a rebound versus Coppin State (11/8) in the home opener … Posted three points and one rebound in eight minutes of action at Clemson (11/5) in the season opener.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Walkertown High School under head coach Kevin Thompson … Averaged 25.7 points and 6.6 assists per game in the 2018-19 season and 35.5 ppg in the 2017-18 season … Won the Frank Spencer Award as the top player in Northwest North Carolina … Top 100 prospect, ranked as the No. 8 point guard in the nation and a four-star prospect by 247Sports.com … Reclassified from the 2020 class and graduated from high school this summer a year early … Ranked 53rd in the ESPN 100 rankings for the Class of 2020 … Second-team All-State selection as a junior by USA Today and the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.
Personal: Jalen Cone ... Son of Harold and Alicia Cone ... Brother of Drew, Madison and Joy ... Has a daughter named Ivy Faithe Cone ... Major is human development.
