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Nwora Named All-America by The Sporting News
March 11, 2020 | Men's Basketball
GREENSBORO, N.C. – University of Louisville forward Jordan Nwora has been named to The Sporting News 2020 All-America Men's Basketball team as a third team selection. Nwora is the Cardinals' 21st All-America selection and first since Russ Smith was a consensus All-America choice in 2014.
Members of The Sporting News All-America first team are Luka Garza (Iowa), Obi Toppin (Dayton), Myles Powell (Seton Hall), Markus Howard (Marquette) and Payton Pritchard (Oregon). Second team selections are Devon Dotson (Kansas), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State), Vernon Carey (Duke) and Cassius Winston (Michigan State). Joining Nwora on the third team are Jared Butler (Baylor), Jalen Smith (Maryland), Daniel Oturu (Minnesota) and Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga).
Included on the John Wooden Award final ballot for national player of the year, Nwora was a preseason first team Associated Press All-America selection. Nwora is the only player to rank among the ACC's top ten in (18.0 ppg, second in the ACC), rebounding (7.7, 8th), free throw percentage (.813, 4th), field goal percentage (.440, 8th) and three-pointers made per game (2.5, 2nd). Nwora has scored in double figures in 27 games this season and on 67 occasions in his career. The 6-8 junior from Buffalo, N.Y., has seven double-doubles this season and 16 in the last two years, second-best in the ACC.
Nwora scored a career-high 37 points at Boston College, tied for the seventh-most ever scored at Louisville. His 1,294 points to date in three seasons is tied for 31st in career scoring at UofL. He was named to the 2020 CoSIDA District 2 Academic All-District basketball team and is on target to graduate this summer in three years with a degree in exercise science. He earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team selection last week.
Nwora, a first-team All-ACC selection who was the second-leading vote-getter and finished second in the conference player of the year voting, is only the Cardinals' second All-ACC first team selection in Louisville's six years in the ACC. Donovan Mitchell earned first team All-ACC honors in 2017.
Members of The Sporting News All-America first team are Luka Garza (Iowa), Obi Toppin (Dayton), Myles Powell (Seton Hall), Markus Howard (Marquette) and Payton Pritchard (Oregon). Second team selections are Devon Dotson (Kansas), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State), Vernon Carey (Duke) and Cassius Winston (Michigan State). Joining Nwora on the third team are Jared Butler (Baylor), Jalen Smith (Maryland), Daniel Oturu (Minnesota) and Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga).
Included on the John Wooden Award final ballot for national player of the year, Nwora was a preseason first team Associated Press All-America selection. Nwora is the only player to rank among the ACC's top ten in (18.0 ppg, second in the ACC), rebounding (7.7, 8th), free throw percentage (.813, 4th), field goal percentage (.440, 8th) and three-pointers made per game (2.5, 2nd). Nwora has scored in double figures in 27 games this season and on 67 occasions in his career. The 6-8 junior from Buffalo, N.Y., has seven double-doubles this season and 16 in the last two years, second-best in the ACC.
Nwora scored a career-high 37 points at Boston College, tied for the seventh-most ever scored at Louisville. His 1,294 points to date in three seasons is tied for 31st in career scoring at UofL. He was named to the 2020 CoSIDA District 2 Academic All-District basketball team and is on target to graduate this summer in three years with a degree in exercise science. He earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team selection last week.
Nwora, a first-team All-ACC selection who was the second-leading vote-getter and finished second in the conference player of the year voting, is only the Cardinals' second All-ACC first team selection in Louisville's six years in the ACC. Donovan Mitchell earned first team All-ACC honors in 2017.
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