2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
King, Jordan
Jersey Number 2
Jordan King
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Albany, N.Y.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Academy
Bio
GRAD STUDENT (2023-24)
• Named A-10 Co-Player of the Year along with Dayton's DaRon Holmes ... Third Spider to win award, joining Kevin Anderson (2009-10) and T.J. Cline (2016-17)
• Also named First Team All-Conference and selected to the A-10's All-Academic Team ... Second player to win A-10 Player of the Year and be named A-10 All Academic Team, joining Temple's Pepe Sanchez (1999-2000)
• NABC First Team All-District 4 (Atlantic 10)
• One of 40 players named to the watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association
• Led Richmond with 18.0 points per game, third in the A-10 and 78th in D-I
• 84 three-pointers were tied for third most in a season in program history and fourth most in Atlantic 10
• Shot 41.4 percent from 3-point range, second in A-10 and 22nd in D-I among qualifiers
• Left UR with fourth-highest career 3-point FG percentage in program history (41.4)
• Second among Spiders in assists per game (2.5) and steals per game (1.3, 12th in A-10)
• One of three Spiders to start all 33 games
• First among Spiders, fifth in A-10 with 35.2 minutes per game
• 3-time A-10 Player of the Week (Jan. 15, Jan. 29, March 4)
• Shot 7-9 from three-point range at Saint Louis on Feb. 28, tied for the sixth most threes in a game in Spiders history
• Made three game-winning free throws with 2.7 seconds left vs Davidson on Feb. 24
• Scored 15 of his team-high 17 points in 2nd half in win vs #16 Dayton on Jan. 27
• Scored 13 of UR’s final 16 points, including all 7 in OT, at Davidson on Jan. 20
• Named to Sunshine Slam All-Tournament Team after averaging 22 points and shooting 53 percent from the field in two games
• Scored season-high 34 points in his Richmond debut vs VMI on Nov. 16, the most by a Spider in a season opener since 1983 (John Newman - 35) ... Scored 27 points in 1st half, the most by a Spider in a half since Jacob Gilyard scored 27 in the 2nd half vs IUPUI on Nov. 16, 2018
• Committed to Richmond in April, the first member of UR's 2023 transfer class
SENIOR (2022-23 • ETSU)
• Third Team All-Southern Conference selection
• Led ETSU with 15.6 points per game (sixth in Southern Conference)
• Team leader in mins per game (35.9, second in SoCon) and assists per game (3.1, 10th in SoCon)
• Scored a career-high 42 points at Citadel on Jan. 11 (tied for third most in game in ETSU history)
JUNIOR (2021-22 • ETSU)
• Third Team All-Southern Conference selection
• Averaged 14.6 points per game (12th in SoCon)
• Led SoCon with 42.9 3-point FG pct (ninth highest in Division I)
SOPHOMORE (2020-21 • SIENA)
• Started all 17 games, helping Siena to 12-5 record and regular-season MAAC championship
• Averaged 12.2 points per game
FRESHMAN (2019-20 • SIENA)
• Appeared in all 30 games with two starts
• Averaged 4.7 points per game
• Helped team to 20-10 record and regular-season MAAC championship (conference tournament canceled due to COVID-19)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Averaged 24.1 points, 4.5 assists per game at Christian Brothers Academy as a senior
• 2019 Suburban Council Player of the Year
PERSONAL
• Born on March 2, 2001
• Named A-10 Co-Player of the Year along with Dayton's DaRon Holmes ... Third Spider to win award, joining Kevin Anderson (2009-10) and T.J. Cline (2016-17)
• Also named First Team All-Conference and selected to the A-10's All-Academic Team ... Second player to win A-10 Player of the Year and be named A-10 All Academic Team, joining Temple's Pepe Sanchez (1999-2000)
• NABC First Team All-District 4 (Atlantic 10)
• One of 40 players named to the watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association
• Led Richmond with 18.0 points per game, third in the A-10 and 78th in D-I
• 84 three-pointers were tied for third most in a season in program history and fourth most in Atlantic 10
• Shot 41.4 percent from 3-point range, second in A-10 and 22nd in D-I among qualifiers
• Left UR with fourth-highest career 3-point FG percentage in program history (41.4)
• Second among Spiders in assists per game (2.5) and steals per game (1.3, 12th in A-10)
• One of three Spiders to start all 33 games
• First among Spiders, fifth in A-10 with 35.2 minutes per game
• 3-time A-10 Player of the Week (Jan. 15, Jan. 29, March 4)
• Shot 7-9 from three-point range at Saint Louis on Feb. 28, tied for the sixth most threes in a game in Spiders history
• Made three game-winning free throws with 2.7 seconds left vs Davidson on Feb. 24
• Scored 15 of his team-high 17 points in 2nd half in win vs #16 Dayton on Jan. 27
• Scored 13 of UR’s final 16 points, including all 7 in OT, at Davidson on Jan. 20
• Named to Sunshine Slam All-Tournament Team after averaging 22 points and shooting 53 percent from the field in two games
• Scored season-high 34 points in his Richmond debut vs VMI on Nov. 16, the most by a Spider in a season opener since 1983 (John Newman - 35) ... Scored 27 points in 1st half, the most by a Spider in a half since Jacob Gilyard scored 27 in the 2nd half vs IUPUI on Nov. 16, 2018
• Committed to Richmond in April, the first member of UR's 2023 transfer class
SENIOR (2022-23 • ETSU)
• Third Team All-Southern Conference selection
• Led ETSU with 15.6 points per game (sixth in Southern Conference)
• Team leader in mins per game (35.9, second in SoCon) and assists per game (3.1, 10th in SoCon)
• Scored a career-high 42 points at Citadel on Jan. 11 (tied for third most in game in ETSU history)
JUNIOR (2021-22 • ETSU)
• Third Team All-Southern Conference selection
• Averaged 14.6 points per game (12th in SoCon)
• Led SoCon with 42.9 3-point FG pct (ninth highest in Division I)
SOPHOMORE (2020-21 • SIENA)
• Started all 17 games, helping Siena to 12-5 record and regular-season MAAC championship
• Averaged 12.2 points per game
FRESHMAN (2019-20 • SIENA)
• Appeared in all 30 games with two starts
• Averaged 4.7 points per game
• Helped team to 20-10 record and regular-season MAAC championship (conference tournament canceled due to COVID-19)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Averaged 24.1 points, 4.5 assists per game at Christian Brothers Academy as a senior
• 2019 Suburban Council Player of the Year
PERSONAL
• Born on March 2, 2001
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