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Jordan Nwora (born September 9, 1998) is a Nigerian-American college basketball player for the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Early life
Jordan was born (September 9, 1998) in Buffalo, New York to a Nigerian father and American mother, his father Alexander Nwora, a basketball coach, helped Jordan in developing his basketball abilities.
High school career
Nwora started playing basketball at The Park School of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York). As a junior at The Park School he shot 42 percent from three-point range leading the Pioneers to the New York State Federation Class B championship. In his stay at The Park School, Nwora averaged 21.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 0.7 assists. Nwora scored over 500 points in his final high School season at Vermont Academy where he averaged 18.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in the 2016-2017 season.
College career
Nwora joined the Louisville Cardinals in 2018. In his freshman season, he averaged 5.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.
During his sophomore season, Nwora became a permanent starter on the team six games into the season.He averaged 17.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game,becoming the second Most Improved Player in the NCAA, and named Most Improved Player in the ACC.
National team career
Nwora was called up to be part of the D'Tigers for the 2019 FIBA world cup qualifier between June 28-30th 2018, by his father Alexander Nwora who is the head coach of the team. In the tournament he averaged 21.7 points,8 rebounds and 2.7 assists. During the 2019 FIBA Worldcup qualifiers in Lagos, Nwora scored 36 points against Mali to be the highest scoring player for Nigeria in history, breaking Ike Diogu's record of 31 points.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Louisville | 28 | 0 | 12.0 | .464 | .439 | .769 | 2.2 | .4 | .6 | .1 | 5.7 |
| 2018–19 | Louisville | 34 | 29 | 31.9 | .446 | .374 | .765 | 7.6 | 1.3 | .9 | .4 | 17.0 |
| Career | 62 | 29 | 22.9 | .450 | .388 | .766 | 5.2 | .9 | .8 | .2 | 11.9 | |
Personal life
Jordan Nwora is the first son of Amy Nwora, an American and Alexander Nwora the Erie Community College and Nigerian National Basketball Team Head Coach His 3 siblings are also into Basketball as his sister Ronni Nwora is ahigh school Basketball player for The Park School of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
During the 2019 FIBA Worldcup qualifier in Lagos, Jordan and his father Alexander became the first Nigerian Son and Father to represent a national team side at the same time.