Marcel Xavier Jones (born September 2, 1985) is an American-New Zealand professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers between 2004 and 2008 before embarking on a professional career that spanned across the globe, from Europe and the Middle East, to his adoptive home of New Zealand. Since 2009, Jones has had consistent yearly stints in the New Zealand NBL, largely due to gaining New Zealand citizenship in 2012. He has also played consistently in the Persian Gulf region since 2017. High school career Jones attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he was a four-year letterman for head coach Gary McKnight. As a sophomore in 2001–02, he averaged 8.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. As a junior in 2002–03, he averaged 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, helping Mater Dei to the CIF title with a 35–2 record. As a senior in 2003–04, he averaged 20.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, helping Mater Dei to a 24–5 record and the Sierra League title. He finished his high school career as a three-time All-CIF and All-Sierra League honoree. College career As a freshman at Oregon State in 2004–05, Jones played in 21 games with five starts and averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game. He posted season highs of 14 points and 32 minutes, as well as eight rebounds, against Georgia. As a sophomore in 2005–06, Jones was one of only two players to appear in all 31 games (starting 21), averaging 9.2 points in 28.3 minutes. As a junior in 2006–07, Jones led the team in scoring (15.3 points, eighth in the Pac-10) and steals (1.5, fourth in the Pac-10), and finished second in rebounding (5.7, 15th in the Pac-10). He was one of two players to start all 32 games and registered 1,000 minutes exactly (31.3 per game). His 49 steals were the most by a Beaver since 1999–00, and he had a stretch of 20 straight games with a steal. He scored a career-high 35 points against Northern Colorado, becoming the first Beaver to score at least 30 points in a game since January 2000. Following the season, Jones put his name on the early-entry list for the 2007 NBA draft, but decided to return for his senior season. Jones was the only senior player on the 2007–08 Beavers roster. During