JORDAN ADAMS #3 – Sophomore – Guard – 6-5, 220 Atlanta, Ga
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JORDAN ADAMS #3 – Sophomore – Guard – 6-5, 220 Atlanta, Ga. (Oak Hill Academy [VA]) 2013-14 Key Honors - First-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection - First-team NABC All-District 20 honoree - First-team USBWA All-District IX selection - Was UCLA’s leading scorer in 2014 (17.4 ppg) Career 5), finishing that game with 21 points … averaged a team-leading 16.7 Played in 69 career games (63 starts) in two seasons at UCLA … points in the Bruins’ six postseason games, shooting at a 52.8 percent averaged 16.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game … scored clip (38-72) in those contests … played at least 30 minutes in 20 of 36 at least 20 points in 24 career games, tied for the 16th-highest total of games, logging at least 23 minutes in all games played. 20-point games in school history (with Kenny Fields) … scored in double figures in 56 of 69 games played … scored 1,131 career points, ranking 2012-13 No. 42 on UCLA’s all-time scoring list … totaled 168 career steals, the Played in 33 games, making 27 starts … ranked second on the team and seventh-highest mark in school history … established UCLA’s single- tied for eighth in the Pac-12 with 15.3 points per game … averaged 3.8 season steals record with 95 steals in 2013-14. rebounds, 1.8 assists and a team-leading 2.2 steals in 30.3 minutes per game … was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 Team selection … one of 2013-14 five players named to the 2013 All-Pac-12 Tournament Team … ranks Played in 36 games, making 36 starts … led UCLA in scoring and ranked fifth on UCLA’s all-time freshman scoring list (15.3 ppg) … led the Pac-12 seventh in the Pac-12 with 17.4 points per game … finished the season in steals (73) and steals per game (2.2) … his total of 73 steals ranks as UCLA’s second-leading rebounder (5.3 rpg) … also averaged 2.3 fifth on UCLA’s single-season list … broke the fifth metatarsal on his assists and 2.6 steals as a sophomore … captured first-team All-Pac-12 right foot on the final play of UCLA’s 66-64 win against Arizona (March honors … was named an honorable mention selection on the All-Pac-12 15), forcing him to miss the team’s final two games … scored in double Defensive Team selection along with teammate Norman Powell … figures in 25 of 33 games ... eclipsed the 20-point plateau in 11 contests concluded the season with three double-doubles … also led UCLA with 52 (including his first four) ... did not start until UCLA’s seventh game of the three-point field goals, 146 three-point attempts, 158 free throws and season … shot a team-leading 84.3 percent at the free throw line (129- 189 free throw attempts … was one of five players, along with teammate 153) … ranked third in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage (84.3 pct) Kyle Anderson, to secure NABC first-team All-District 20 honors … … finished with the highest free throw percentage (84.3) at UCLA since also captured first-team USBWA All-District IX acclaim with Anderson Darren Collison made 89.7 percent of his free throws in 2008-09 … … earned 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament scored in double figures in nine of his final 10 games … scored in double Team honors after averaging 19.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in UCLA’s figures in all nine Pac-12 road games ... scored in double figures in 14 two wins at Orleans Arena (Nov. 28-29) … scored in double figures in of 15 road/neutral site contests ... scored a game-high 24 points in the 31 of 36 games played … eclipsed the 20-point plateau in 13 games Pac-12 Tournament semifinal win over Arizona (March 15), totaling 16 … established the school’s single-season steals record, collecting 95 points in the second half to help UCLA overcome an 11-point deficit in steals (previous school record was 82 steals by Cameron Dollar in the final 11 minutes … scored a team-best 22 points in UCLA’s 79-74 1996-97) … led the Pac-12 in steals for the second consecutive season win over Arizona State (Feb. 27) … led UCLA’s five double-digit scorers … ranked sixth in the nation in steals per game (2.64) … became the with 20 points in a 75-59 win at USC (Feb. 24) … scored 20 points in 50th player at UCLA to have logged at least 1,000 points, accomplishing UCLA’s 88-80 win at Stanford (Feb. 16) … finished with 18 points in that feat in UCLA’s 91-82 victory at Washington (March 6) … scored a UCLA’s 78-75 win at Colorado, converting a “four-point” play with 9:49 career-high 31 points on 11 of 15 shooting in the win at Washington to play in the second half that gave UCLA a 58-45 cushion … Adams (24 … became the second-youngest player in UCLA history to have reached pts) and classmate Shabazz Muhammad (21 pts) became the first duo the 1,000 career point plateau (Tracy Murray reached that mark at 19 of UCLA freshmen to score at least 20 points in one game in school years and 217 days, while Adams reached that mark at 19 years and history (Dec. 18 against Long Beach State) … in the next game, a win 241 days) … reached the 1,000 career point mark in 62 games, the over Fresno State (Dec. 22), Adams, Muhammad and Kyle Anderson seventh-lowest total of any UCLA player … shot 83.6 percent from the became the first trio of UCLA freshmen to score at least 20 points in free throw line (158-189), the fourth-highest percentage in the Pac-12 one game in school history … against Fresno State, had 25 points, seven … totaled 626 points, the highest single-season total by any UCLA player rebounds, five assists and five steals (no turnovers) … became the first since Kevin Love scored 681 points as a freshman in 2007-08 and the freshman in UCLA history to have scored at least 20 points in each of his second-highest single-season total in the last 19 seasons … his 17.4 first four games … scored a game-high 18 points in a comeback victory points per game average was the fifth-highest in school history by any against Texas in Houston (Dec. 8) … scored seven of UCLA’s final 10 UCLA sophomore … recorded his first career double-double in a loss at points in the game’s last 1:59 to help UCLA overcome a 61-53 deficit Missouri (Dec. 7), totaling 22 points and 10 rebounds … registered a in the final four minutes … with his streak of four consecutive games of career-high 13 rebounds and totaled 14 points in UCLA’s 69-56 win 20-plus points, became the first UCLA player to accomplish that feat at at Colorado (Jan. 16) … reached the 30-point plateau for the first time any point in the season since Jan.-Feb. 2005 (Dijon Thompson) … made with a 30-point performance against Morehead State, connecting on 10 16-of-16 free throws against UC Irvine, one shy of UCLA’s “perfect” free of 18 field goal attempts (Nov. 22) … opened the season having scored throw record (Reggie Miller, 17-17, Jan. 16, 1986) … his 21 points in double figures in UCLA’s first 11 games, and in 20 of the team’s against Indiana State were the most points scored by any UCLA player first 21 games … did not play against Oregon (Feb. 27), serving a one- in the team’s season opener and most points by a UCLA freshman in game team-issued suspension … tied his career high with five three-point his collegiate debut since Nov. 9, 2007 (Kevin Love, 22 points versus baskets (eight attempts) in UCLA’s 34-point home victory over USC (Jan. Portland State) … Adams and Shabazz Muhammad became the first UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL – 11-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS UCLA freshmen since Kevin Love (2007-08) to score in double figures in range and 89.5 percent from the free throw line … in the summer of each of their first three collegiate games. 2011, competed for the Atlanta Celtics AAU team and had a breakout performance against Dream Vision … at the Adidas Super 64, scored High School 39 points against Dream Vision, knocking down 8-of-10 three-point Two-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth shots and going 5-for-5 from the free throw line … was a two-year varsity of Wilson, Va.) under head coach Steve Smith after transferring from basketball letterwinner at Central Gwinnett High School (Lawrenceville, Central Gwinnett High School … helped lead Oak Hill Academy to a Ga.) under head coach David Allen … recorded 18.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg and school-record 44-0 mark as a senior (2011-12), guiding the program 2.5 apg as a sophomore (2009-10), leading Central Gwinnett’s team to its seventh FAB 50 national title … served as team captain during his that year in scoring, rebounds and steals … led Central Gwinnett to the senior season and captured co-MVP honors at the end of the season … 5A state semifinals as a sophomore, earning all-state honors (team as a senior, averaged 19.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 6.0 rpg and 3.5 spg … finished went 29-3) … selected as the only sophomore to the 30-player Naismith his career as the school’s fourth all-time leading scorer and one of nine Player of the Year Award list (as announced by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club) … players in program history to have eclipsed the 1,000 point plateau … was rated the No.