2014 forward Sam Jones commits to Penn basketball

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Now the commitments are starting to come in steadily for Penn basketball.

After the Quakers nabbed Antonio Woods Monday, they've now landed a commitment from Class of 2018 and high school Sam Jones of Gilbert Christian (AZ), a 6-foot-6, 175-pound small forward.

Rated as a one-start recruit by ESPN, Jones can attack off the dribble and has a reliable step-back shot.

Interestingly, as a junior in this video, Jones told sports360AZ.com hat he wanted to be a physical therapist and so wanted to attend "a good medical school and somewhat close to home," on the West Coast. At that time -  March 2013 - Jones was receiving offers from two schools that fit that West Coast bill  - UC Davis and Northern Arizona.

Jones appears to have posted this video in August of a 77-63 Gilbert Christian win over Williams Field High School, so watch for him, No. 14 in white. In this video, also apparently posted by Jones, he notes in the video description that he had a 25-point second half against Salpointe Tucson.

You can tell that Jones is lanky with a high release point and less than stellar ballhandling skills. But he does look like he could be a threat both driving to the hoop and stepping back and shooting from the perimeter.

It is very likely that Jones was recruited by Penn assistant coach Scott Pera, who through six years of assistant coaching and four years of coordinating recruiting at Arizona State under Herb Sendek has plenty of ties in the state.