Jala Jordan

Kailah Harris

F/C

/ Women's Basketball

Jala Jordan scores against UConn on Jan. 17

Jala Jordan taking a free-throw at Rutgers on Nov. 11

Photo by: Matt Kipp

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School:
IMG Academy
Prev School:
Auburn / West Virginia

2022-23: Played in 29 games, making two starts... Averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.0 minutes per game... Ranked 14th in the BIG EAST Conference with 0.8 blocks per game... Finished fifth on the Pirates in scoring... Reached double-figures in scoring four times... Led the team in scoring twice... Had five points and six rebounds against Creighton in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament on March 4... Tallied 12 points vs. Xavier in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament on March 3... Had nine points at Villanova on Feb. 11... Erupted for a season-high 19 points to go with five rebounds against UConn on Jan. 17... Tallied eight points and five rebounds vs. Butler on Dec. 31... Notched nine points and four rebounds at Connecticut on Dec. 21... Collected 18 points and six rebounds at UCF on Dec. 11... Had eight points and five rebounds against Georgia on Nov. 26... Nearly had a double-double with 11 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks vs. Wisconsin on Nov. 25... Grabbed seven rebounds against Columbia in only 12 minutes on Nov. 17.

2021-22 (at Auburn): Played in all 28 games, making seven starts… Averaged 6.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game… Shot .385 from the field and .321 from three-point range… Led Auburn with 25 blocks… Had eight points and three rebounds vs. Alabama on March 2… Tallied 11 points vs. Mississippi on Feb. 24… Recorded eight points and seven rebounds vs. Georgia on Feb. 20… Notched nine points and five rebounds vs. Florida on Feb. 14… Recorded 13 points and six rebounds at Arkansas on Feb. 10… Tallied nine points and four rebounds at Vanderbilt on Jan. 30… Tallied 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks vs. Tennessee on Jan. 27… Had nine points and five rebounds vs. Kentucky on Jan. 25… Totaled 17 points and six rebounds vs. Kennesaw State on Dec. 20… Erupted for a double-double of 23 points on 10-for-13 shooting to go with 10 rebounds vs. Grambling on Dec. 18… Tallied 10 points and nine rebounds at Belmont on Dec. 15… Had nine points, four rebounds and three blocks vs. Oklahoma State on Dec. 5.

2020-21 (at Auburn): Played in 15 games, making seven starts... Averaged 7.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 16.6 minutes per game… Shot .345 from the field and .283 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 on Jan. 24… Tallied 11 points vs. Kentucky on Jan. 21… Had nine points vs. Georgia on Jan. 3… Tallied 11 points, eight rebounds and two blocks vs. North Florida on Dec. 17… Had eight points vs. SFA on Dec. 16… Recorded 13 points, five rebounds and two steals at Houston on Dec. 5… Recorded 11 points, four assists and five rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb on Dec. 1… Had eight points and four rebounds vs. Samford on Nov. 28… Opened the season with 16 points and three rebounds vs. USC Upstate on Nov. 25.

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 .350 from the field and .364 from three-point range… Played a season-high 14 minutes with four rebounds against Rider in WNIT on March 21… Had season-high six points and two blocks at Texas Tech on Feb. 13… Recorded six points and two rebounds vs. Niagara on Dec. 29.

High School / Personal: 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… Parents are Gerald Jordan and Antoinette Jordan... Her father played basketball at Pittsburgh... Twin brother, Jalen, plays football at Rutgers.