Jordan Goldwire

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Jordan Goldwire
Jordan Goldwire.jpg
Goldwire with Duke in 2019
No. 0 – Oklahoma Sooners
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBig 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1999-06-18) June 18, 1999 (age 22)
Lawrenceville, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolNorcross
(Norcross, Georgia)
College
Career highlights and awards
  • ACC All-Defensive Team (2021)

Jordan Alexander Goldwire (born June 18, 1999) is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Duke Blue Devils.

High school career[]

Goldwire played in high school for Norcross High School in Norcross, Georgia. Goldwire played on a talented high school team consisting of Rayshaun Hammonds (Georgia), Lance Thomas (Louisville/Memphis), JoJo Toppin (Georgia/Georgia State), Kyle Sturdivant (USC/Georgia Tech) and Brandon Boston Jr. (Kentucky). Norcross was 26–4 his junior year and 26–6 his senior year losing in the State Championship Game in front a crowd of over 10,000 people at McCamish Pavilion, the arena of Georgia Tech. As a senior, he averaged 12.8 points, 8.3 assists, 2.1 steals per game and was named All Region, All Gwinnett County and All State.

Recruiting[]

By the end of his high school career, he was a consensus three-star recruit.[1]

On May 1, 2017, he committed to play college basketball for Duke.[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jordan Goldwire
PG 		Norcross, GA Norcross (GA) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) May 1, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: —   Rivals: —  247Sports: —  ESPN: —
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Duke 2017 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  • "2017 Duke Blue Devils Recruiting Class". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

College career[]

Goldwire primarily served in a bench role during his first two seasons. By December 2019, he began to see more minutes as starting point guard Tre Jones was sidelined.[3] As a junior, Goldwire started 15 games and averaged 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 48.7 percent from the floor and 35.4 percent from 3-point range. He posted a season-high 13 points in a win over then-eighth-ranked Florida State.[4] As a senior, Goldwire averaged 5.8 points, four assists and 2.9 rebounds per game, earning Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Defensive Team honors, lead the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio this past year while finishing second in the ACC in steals and seventh in assists. Goldwire posted 2+ steals in 19 straight games this year and is only the third Duke Guard under Coach K to average more that two steals per game for a season. After the season Goldwire graduated with a Degree in Sociology on May 2, 2021, with the NCAA granting another year of eligibility Goldwire decided to pursue his Masters Degree and transferred to the University of Oklahoma under new coach Porter Moser.[5]

Career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Duke 26 0 6.5 .321 .263 .750 .5 .9 .3 .0 1.0
2018–19 Duke 35 0 8.6 .273 .120 .500 .8 .7 .6 .0 .9
2019–20 Duke 31 15 24.1 .487 .354 .636 2.5 2.3 1.5 .2 4.7
2020–21 Duke 24 12 28.5 .379 .333 .737 2.9 4.0 2.2 .1 5.8
Career 116 27 16.4 .399 .295 .667 1.6 1.8 1.1 .1 2.9

Personal life[]

Goldwire is the son of Courtney and Connie Goldwire, and has a sister, Jaylen. His cousin, Devin Mitchell, played basketball at Georgia State University. Another cousin, Jalen Mitchell, played basketball at Clark Atlanta University. He is majoring in sociology while at Duke.

References[]

  1. ^ "Basketball Recruiting - Jordan Goldwire - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ "Duke lands commitment from player who was about to sign with Eastern Kentucky". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  3. ^ Bouch, Rick (April 8, 2020). "Season Recap: Jordan Goldwire". 247 Sports. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Duke Basketball Player Review: Jordan Goldwire bursts into vital role". Ball Durham. FanSided. March 26, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Straka, Dean (April 19, 2021). "Duke graduate transfer Jordan Goldwire headed to Oklahoma". 247Sports. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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