2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Jala Jordan
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Prev School:
- West Virginia / Auburn / Seton Hall
2022-23 (at Seton Hall): Appeared in 29 games while making two starts at forward... Averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.0 minutes per game while shooting 42.5% from the floor on the year... Ranked 14th in the BIG EAST Conference with 0.8 blocks per game... Reached double figures in scoring four times... Led the team in scoring twice... Erupted for a season-high 19 points to go with five rebounds while going 7-for-14 from the floor and connecting on a pair of triples against #5 UConn (1/17)... Collected 18 points and six rebounds on 7-for-10 from the floor against UCF (12/11) in 21 minutes of work… Posted 11 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks against Wisconsin (11/25)… Had five points and six rebounds against Creighton (3/4) in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament... Tallied 12 points vs. Xavier (3/3) in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament... Notched nine points and four rebounds at #9 UConn (12/21)... Had eight points and five rebounds against Georgia (11/26)… Tied a season-high with eight rebounds in 14 minutes of work in the WNIT Second Round against Syracuse (3/20)… Connected on 21 three-pointers while shooting 29.2% from behind the arc… Grabbed at least five rebounds in eight games… Played 20+ minutes five times… Shot at least 50% from the floor 10 times.
2021-22 (at Auburn): Played in all 28 games while making seven starts at forward… Averaged 6.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game… Shot 38.5% from the field and 32.1% from three-point range… Led Auburn with 25 blocks… Had eight points and three rebounds vs. Alabama (3/2)… Tallied 11 points vs. Mississippi (2/24)… Recorded eight points and seven rebounds vs. Georgia (2/20)… Notched nine points and five rebounds vs. Florida (2/14)… Recorded 13 points and six rebounds at Arkansas (2/10)… Tallied nine points and four rebounds at Vanderbilt (1/30)… Tallied 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks vs. Tennessee (1/27)… Had nine points and five rebounds vs. Kentucky (1/25)… Totaled 17 points and six rebounds vs. Kennesaw State (12/20)… Erupted for a double-double of 23 points on 10-for-13 shooting to go with 10 rebounds vs. Grambling State (12/18)… Tallied 10 points and nine rebounds at Belmont (12/15)… Scored in double figures six times… Grabbed at least five rebounds 13 times… Played at least 20 minutes 12 times.
2020-21 (at Auburn): Played in 15 games while making seven starts... Averaged 7.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 16.6 minutes per game… Shot 34.5% from the field and 28.3% from three-point range… Was Auburn's leading shot-blocker with 11 on the year... Third-leading scorer on the team... Had eight points and three assists at Alabama (1/24)… Tallied 11 points vs. Kentucky (1/21)… Had nine points vs. Georgia (1/3)… Tallied 11 points, eight rebounds and two blocks vs. North Florida (12/17)… Recorded 13 points, five rebounds and two steals at Houston (12/5)… Recorded 11 points, four assists and five rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb (12/1)… Opened the season with 16 points and three rebounds vs. USC Upstate (11/25)… Scored in double figures five times… Grabbed at least five rebounds four times… Played 20+ minutes six times.
2019-20 (at Auburn): Sat out the 2019-20 season after transferring from West Virginia... Played in two games in Auburn's Italy Tour in August... Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (at West Virginia): Played in 27 games, all off the bench…Averaged 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in 6.0 minutes per game... Shot 35% from the field and 36.4% from three-point range… Played a season-high 14 minutes with four rebounds against Rider (3/21) in WNIT… Had season-high six points and two blocks at Texas Tech (2/13)… Recorded six points and two rebounds vs. Niagara (12/29).
High School: Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., as a high school senior... Previously played at St. Francis (Ga.) High School, leading her team to a pair of GHSA Class A state titles... Was rated the No. 14 wing in the class of 2018 by ESPN HoopGurlz... Club team was Essence AAU.
Personal: Parents are Gerald Jordan and Antoinette Jordan... Her father played two seasons of basketball at Pitt, appearing in 55 career games and finishing with 456 points and 342 rebounds... Her twin brother, Jalen, played football at Rutgers and Maine.
