Junior point guard Jourdan Roberson (Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) of the men’s basketball team is the New Jersey City University Athlete of the Week for December 30, 2013. The honor is for the period of December 23-29, 2013. He takes home the honor for the second time in his inaugural season as a Gothic Knight, previously scoring the accolade on December 2.
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JOURDAN ROBERSON
Roberson, a 5-foot-8, 154-pound junior co-captain majoring in Fire Science, earned All-Tournament Team honors at the 12th annual College of Staten Island Tournament of Heroes with a pair of standout point guard efforts as he averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals in two games while shooting a scintillating .533 from three-point distance (8-15) and .476 from the field (10-21). He tallied 28 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in two games while playing 71 minutes.
In a 64-49 win over Rivier University on December 29 in the consolation game, he scored 41 points, including four three-pointers and dished six assists. Roberson shot 4-of-8 from three-point distance (5-12 FG) and scored 14 points for the second straight game while posting his third effort of five or more assists this season in 34 minutes of action. Â He reached double figures in scoring for the sixth time in 2013-14.
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NJCU led 33-22 at halftime, led by Roberson who was the difference, making all four three-point shots he attempted and 4-of-5 total shots in the period, finishing with a dozen points in the half.
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In a 62-50 loss to Randolph College in the opening round of the tournament on December 28,  Roberson finished with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 4-of-7 three-point accuracy, adding four assists and two steals. He netted 14 of NJCU’s 24 first half points.
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For the year he is averaging 11.4 points (114), 3.7 assists (37), 3.6 rebounds (13-23-36), 2.2 steals (22) while committing only 1.9 turnovers (19) in 33.2 minutes per outing. Roberson has converted 18 consecutive free throws, shooting a remarkable .955 from the line on the season (21-22). He is shooting .402 from the field (35-87) and .371 from three-point distance (23-62). Roberson leads the club in free throw percentage, three-point field goals made per game (2.3), and steals and lists third in scoring and rebounding.
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As of December 30 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference statistical rankings, Roberson leads the conference in free throw percentage by a wide margin (Ramapo’s Frank Nock is second at .889) and he lists eighth nationally in proficiency from the line. Also in the NJAC, he ranks second in steals, third in three-point field goals per game, third in assist/turnover ratio (1.9), fourth in assists, sixth in minutes played and 25th in scoring. He’s also 49th nationally in steals.
