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Terrence Alexander Jones, born on January 9, 1992, is an American former professional basketball player. A highly ranked high school recruit who led Jefferson High School in Oregon to three straight class 5A state titles, he chose Kentucky over Washington and played two seasons for the Kentucky Wildcats. As a freshman he set a school record by scoring 35 points against Auburn, and as a sophomore he was part of the Kentucky team that won the 2012 national championship. He entered the 2012 NBA draft, in which all six Kentucky players who declared were selected, and was taken eighteenth overall by the Houston Rockets. He later played in the NBA for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Milwaukee Bucks, with a career-high of 36 points, and then continued his career abroad.

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