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2017-2018 Women's Basketball Roster

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5 Jordan Strode

  • Height 5-8
  • Position G
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Last School Saint Joseph's / Hickory Ridge HS

Biography

Graduate Year – 2017-18
Did not compete due to injury … Named third-team Preseason All-MEAC.

Redshirt Senior Year – 2016-2017
Named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference third team … Received the NSU Coaches Award … Played in and started 26 games … Averaged 11.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 28.8 minutes per game … Shot 75.8-percent (72-of-95) from the free-throw line, which led the team and was the sixth-best percentage in the MEAC … Finished second on the team and 14th in the conference in scoring … Went 27-of-111 from 3-point range, ranking second on the squad in attempts and makes … Her 2.6 assists ranked second on the team and eighth in the conference … Ranked third on the team and 15th in the MEAC in field-goal percentage (33.7 percent) … Strode also tallied the third-most made field goals (105), rebounds (137), assists (67) and tied for the third-most blocks (17) on the team … Her 72 made free throws made ranks 15th in the school’s Division I era … Recorded 15 double-digit scoring games, including three games with at least 20 points and scored at least a point in every game except against Bethune-Cookman (Jan. 28), when she was injured early and saw limited action … Led the team in assists in seven games, scoring six times, steals five times, blocks in four games and rebounding twice … Registered a double-double against St. Augustine’s (Nov. 15), with 13 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block …  Earned Christmas City Classic All-Tournament Team honors at Lehigh after totaling 19 points, nine rebounds, six assists and one block against Lehigh (Nov. 26) and Hartford (Nov. 27) … Notched a career-high 23 points to go with four rebounds and four assists at Longwood (Dec. 3) … Went 12-for-12 at the free-throw line against Longwood, which ranks third in school history for the most free throws made without missing in a single game … Earlier in the week, had 16 points, six rebounds, two assists and one block in the following game at High Point, earning her MEAC Co-Player of the Week honors for Dec. 5 … Played a career-high 36 minutes at UNC-Greensboro (Dec. 21) … Tied her career high with 10 rebounds against North Carolina Central (Jan. 14) … Set and tied her career-high of five assists in back-to-back games against NCCU and Delaware State (Jan. 16) … Tallied a career-high five steals in the same game against DSU … Scored 21 points at Coppin State (Jan. 23) and against North Carolina A&T (Jan. 30) …Notched 18 points, six rebounds and four assists in a win at S.C. State (Feb. 4) … Tallied 16 points and five rebounds in the regular-season finale at Hampton … Scored 15 points and grabbed six boards in the MEAC tournament loss to Florida A&M … Made the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters.  
 
At St. Joe’s (Redshirt Junior Year - 2015-16)
Played in 14 games, averaging 10.6 minutes per game ... Averaged 2.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Matched career-high with nine points in win over Penn ... Tallied seven points and had a career-high three assists at Lehigh ... Scored two points and had two rebounds and a pair of assists versus Central Michigan ... Had four points and four assists against Richmond ... Scored three points at Massachusetts ... Added two points at VCU ... Tallied two points and had a rebound at George Mason ... Missed a portion of the season due to injury.
 
At St. Joe’s (Redshirt Sophomore Year - 2014-15)
Appeared in 19 games, and made four starts ... Tallied a season-high nine points and added five rebounds in win over St. Bonaventure ... Finished with seven points and three rebounds in victory against VCU ... Played a career-best 30 minutes versus Richmond and had six points, four rebounds, one assist and a steal ... Started season opener versus Rutgers and had five points, two rebounds and a blocked shot ... Added a season-best two blocked shots to go with four points, a steal, a rebound and an assists at George Washington.
 
At St. Joe’s (Redshirt Freshman Year – 2013-14)
Redshirted the season for medical reasons.
 
At St. Joe’s (Freshman Year – 2012-13)
Missed a majority of the season due to a knee injury ... Played 10 minutes against Syracuse and finished 3-of-4 from the foul line to go with three rebounds ... Member of the SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 
High School
A four-time all-district selection ... Averaged 19 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 4.0 blocks per game as a senior ... Named 2011-12 South Piedmont Conference Player of the Year and North Carolina All-Regional Team ... 2011-12 Charlotte Observer First Team selection ... Garnered All-South Piedmont Conference and team MVP honors after averaging 16 points per game as a junior ... Earned second team all-state honors and Charlotte Observer Honorable Mention...Selected to the all-tournament team at the 2009 Lincolnton Christmas Tournament ... As a freshman, named an “Area Top Underclassman” by the Charlotte Observer ... Earned team’s Best Defender Award ... A four-year starter ... Just the second player in team history to score 1,000 career points and finished with over 1,500 career points ... Invited to the MT White-Fila All American Camp three times.
 
Personal
Full name is Jordan Dominique Strode … Born Oct. 8, 1993 … Daughter of Danielle and Jeff Shears and Andre and Karen Strode ... Received a bachelors degree in art from Saint Joseph’s … Pursuing her masters in urban education.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points 23, at Longwood (12-3-16)
FG Made 8 (3x), last: at South Carolina State (2-4-17)
FG ATT. 18, at South Carolina State (2-4-17)
3Pt. FG Made 3 (2x), last: at Coppin State (1-23-17)
3Pt. FG ATT. 8 (2x), last: vs. Hampton (1-21-17)
FT Made 12, at Longwood (12-3-16)
FT ATT. 12, at Longwood (12-3-16)
Rebounds 10 (2x), last: vs. North Carolina Central (1-14-17)
Assists 5 (2x), last: at Delaware State (1-16-17)
Steals 5, at Delaware State (1-16-17)
Blocks 2 (3x), last: vs. Howard (2-25-17)
Minutes 37, vs. Hampton (1-21-17)

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-2017Redshirt Senior

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  • 5

    2017-2018Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    5