Jordan Nwora

Jordan Nwora (born September 9, 1998) is a Nigerian-American Basketball player who plays for the Nigerian national team D'Tigers.^[1][2] He plays College Basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

High school career

Nwora started playing basketball at The Park School of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York.^[6] In his stay at The Park School, Nwora averaged 21.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 0.7 assists.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9][10][11]

Nigerian National Team

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.^[12] During the 2019 FIBA Worldcup qualifiers in Lagos, Nwora scored 36 points against Mali to be the highest scoring player for Nigeria in history,^[13] breaking Ike Diogu's record of 31 points.

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^[14] His 3 siblings are also into Basketball as his sister Ronnie Nwora is a high school Basketball player for The Park School of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.^[15]

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.^[16][17]

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