Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (born 5 January 2001) is a New Zealand college basketball player for the UC San Diego Tritons. He previously played for the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans.

Career

Tait-Jones attended St Patrick's College in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] After graduating, Tait-Jones played for the Wellington Saints for a season, before committing to play college basketball in the United States at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.[2] After three seasons with Hawaii–Hilo, he transferred to the University of California, San Diego.[3] In his second season with the Tritons, he was named the Big West Player of the Year and selected in the 2024-25 All Big West First Team.[4][5][6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020–21 Hawaii-Hilo 12 12 29.9 .503 .313 .688 8.5 1.8 1.2 1.2 16.5
2021–22 Hawaii-Hilo 27 27 30.1 .497 .242 .739 8.0 2.4 1.5 .7 17.0
2022–23 Hawaii-Hilo 23 23 32.7 .466 .259 .701 9.2 3.5 1.2 .4 17.6
2023–24 UC San Diego 33 33 29.6 .561 .346 .731 5.8 2.9 1.1 .3 13.8
2024–25 UC San Diego 35 35 29.6 .576 .313 .751 5.4 3.6 1.2 .4 19.1

References

  1. ^ "Back in Business - Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones". College Sport Media. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  2. ^ Jakahi, Kevin. "UHH men's basketball preview: Freshman Tait-Jones takes hits, misses in stride". Hawaii Tribune Herald.
  3. ^ Lee, George (30 January 2025). "UH game will be a homecoming for UCSD's Tait-Jones". West Hawaii Today. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Former UH Hilo standout Tait-Jones wins Big West men's basketball Player of Year". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  5. ^ Vigil, Jennifer (12 March 2025). "UCSD Nearly Sweeps Big West Honors, Including Top Player for Tait-Jones, Coach for Olen". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball All-Big West Teams and Award Winners Revealed". The Big West. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
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