Jordan Murphy (basketball)
American basketball player
Jordan Bernard Murphy (born February 28, 1997) is a Puerto Rican-Virgin Islander professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was born in Texas and played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He is the all-time Golden Gopher career rebound and career double-double leader while ranking second in Big Ten history (to Jerry Lucas) in career rebounds.
High school career
Murphy led his middle school to a 75–0 record. There was preseason speculation that he might start as a freshman who was at least 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) for Central Catholic Marianist High School in November 2011. However, that December he came off the bench. As a senior, he helped William J. Brennan High School post a 31–3 record by averaging 23.6 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game and earned Class 6A All-state recognition as a senior from the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Murphy committed to play for VCU on November 13, 2014. When VCU head coach Shaka Smart left VCU to coach Texas the following April, Murphy asked his successor Will Wade to be released from his commitment. Wade granted the release.
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