2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Jones, Sahara
Jersey Number 24
Sahara Jones
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Memorial
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
Bio
2024-25 (GRADUATE AT TEXAS A&M)
Played and started in all 29 games … Averaged 10.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, o.7 steals and a team-high 30.5 minutes per game … Scored a team-best 293 total points and grabbed a squad-leading 212 rebounds … Hauled in 79 offensive rebounds … Was the only player in the SEC that was 6’0 or shorter to average over seven rebounds for the year … Scored in double figures six of the final seven games, including a career-high 21 points with 11 rebounds on senior night against Arkansas (March 2) … Poured in 16 points and grabbed 13 boards in the final game of her career versus Tennessee in the first round of the SEC Tournament (March 5) … Ended her career as one of 14 players in program history to have played in 130-or-more games in a career (130) … Was selected to the 2025 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2023-24 (SENIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Was one of two players on the team to play and start in all 32 games … Averaged 6.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.7 steals per game … Played 24.9 minutes per outing and shot 35.4% from the field … Scored 10-or-more points on 10 occasions and led the team in assists in three games … Scored a season-high 17 points against No. 1 South Carolina (Jan. 21) … Had 14 points and eight rebounds at Missouri (Jan. 25) … Logged a career-high 36 minutes versus LSU (Feb. 19) … Had six points, seven rebounds, five blocks and four assists at Kentucky (Feb. 11) … Named to the 2023-24 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 23 games with 19 starts … Averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game … Earned the first two double-doubles of her career, putting up 11 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds against Army (Nov. 13), and tallying a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds against Kentucky in the home finale against Kentucky (Feb. 23).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 28 games and made two starts … Averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … Scored a career-high 12 points against Southern (Nov. 11) … Swiped a season-high three steals in the season opener versus A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 9) … Hauled in a career-best eight rebounds against UTSA (Dec. 20) … Posted 10 points and six rebounds versus Northwestern (Nov. 27) to help A&M win the Paradise Jam … Named the team’s Sixth Woman of the Year.
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 18 games this season, averaging 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds per game… Scored her first three collegiate points at the charity stripe in the Lamar rematch (Dec. 2)… Mustered three points and two rebounds in A&M’s road win over Little Rock (Dec. 10)… Made her first collegiate three-pointer in the win against Abilene Christian (Dec. 13)… Registered four points, two rebounds, a block and a steal against Sam Houston State (Dec. 15)… Scored a career-high eight points thanks to two made three-pointers, adding two rebounds and an assist in the historic blowout of Northwestern State (Dec. 28)… Stood out in her SEC regular season debut, finishing with five points on 2-for-3 shooting to go along with a pair of rebounds against Florida (Jan. 3)… Made nine appearances in the SEC regular season and earned her first postseason appearance in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Selected by espnW HoopGurlz as a four-star recruit coming out of high school, ranking her as the No. 20 guard and No. 75 player overall… As a freshman, helped form Veteran's Memorial High School’s first girls basketball team, leading the Patriots to two appearances in the state championship game in her final three years… Named the San Antonio Express-News Girl’s Player of the Year in 2020 after averaging 23.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game… Awarded District 26-5A MVP her senior year… Earned a spot on the 2020 UIL 5A All-Tournament Team… Secured a place on the 2020 TABC All-State Team.
ACADEMIC MAJOR
Communications
Played and started in all 29 games … Averaged 10.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, o.7 steals and a team-high 30.5 minutes per game … Scored a team-best 293 total points and grabbed a squad-leading 212 rebounds … Hauled in 79 offensive rebounds … Was the only player in the SEC that was 6’0 or shorter to average over seven rebounds for the year … Scored in double figures six of the final seven games, including a career-high 21 points with 11 rebounds on senior night against Arkansas (March 2) … Poured in 16 points and grabbed 13 boards in the final game of her career versus Tennessee in the first round of the SEC Tournament (March 5) … Ended her career as one of 14 players in program history to have played in 130-or-more games in a career (130) … Was selected to the 2025 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2023-24 (SENIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Was one of two players on the team to play and start in all 32 games … Averaged 6.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.7 steals per game … Played 24.9 minutes per outing and shot 35.4% from the field … Scored 10-or-more points on 10 occasions and led the team in assists in three games … Scored a season-high 17 points against No. 1 South Carolina (Jan. 21) … Had 14 points and eight rebounds at Missouri (Jan. 25) … Logged a career-high 36 minutes versus LSU (Feb. 19) … Had six points, seven rebounds, five blocks and four assists at Kentucky (Feb. 11) … Named to the 2023-24 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 23 games with 19 starts … Averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game … Earned the first two double-doubles of her career, putting up 11 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds against Army (Nov. 13), and tallying a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds against Kentucky in the home finale against Kentucky (Feb. 23).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 28 games and made two starts … Averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … Scored a career-high 12 points against Southern (Nov. 11) … Swiped a season-high three steals in the season opener versus A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 9) … Hauled in a career-best eight rebounds against UTSA (Dec. 20) … Posted 10 points and six rebounds versus Northwestern (Nov. 27) to help A&M win the Paradise Jam … Named the team’s Sixth Woman of the Year.
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT TEXAS A&M)
Appeared in 18 games this season, averaging 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds per game… Scored her first three collegiate points at the charity stripe in the Lamar rematch (Dec. 2)… Mustered three points and two rebounds in A&M’s road win over Little Rock (Dec. 10)… Made her first collegiate three-pointer in the win against Abilene Christian (Dec. 13)… Registered four points, two rebounds, a block and a steal against Sam Houston State (Dec. 15)… Scored a career-high eight points thanks to two made three-pointers, adding two rebounds and an assist in the historic blowout of Northwestern State (Dec. 28)… Stood out in her SEC regular season debut, finishing with five points on 2-for-3 shooting to go along with a pair of rebounds against Florida (Jan. 3)… Made nine appearances in the SEC regular season and earned her first postseason appearance in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Selected by espnW HoopGurlz as a four-star recruit coming out of high school, ranking her as the No. 20 guard and No. 75 player overall… As a freshman, helped form Veteran's Memorial High School’s first girls basketball team, leading the Patriots to two appearances in the state championship game in her final three years… Named the San Antonio Express-News Girl’s Player of the Year in 2020 after averaging 23.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game… Awarded District 26-5A MVP her senior year… Earned a spot on the 2020 UIL 5A All-Tournament Team… Secured a place on the 2020 TABC All-State Team.
ACADEMIC MAJOR
Communications
Tennessee Postgame: Sahara Jones, Lauren Ware, Joni Taylor
Wednesday, March 05
Arkansas Postgame: Joni Taylor
Sunday, March 02
Arkansas Postgame: Sahara Jones
Sunday, March 02
Highlights: Texas A&M vs Arkansas
Sunday, March 02
