2014-15 Basketball - M Roster
Roster
Jordan Bell
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly HS
2016-17 | JUNIOR SEASON
Named the NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player ... Named the 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year ... An all-Pac-12 second team selection ... Also named to the Pac-12’s all-defensive team ... Chosen as the captain of Sports Illustrated’s 2016-17 “All-Glue Team” ... A USBWA District 9 selection ... Oregon’s career blocked shots leader (235) and career field goal percentage leader (.610) ... Fifth in Pac-12 career blocked shots (235) ... Led the Pac-12 in FG Pct. as a junior with a .636 mark, which is also an Oregon single-season record ... Owns three of the top five single season blocks marks in UO history - 94 in 2015 (second), 88 in 2017 (third) and 53 in 2016 (fifth) ... Became the first player with six straight NCAA Tournament games of 12-plus rebounds since Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985 ... Finished his junior season with seven straight double-digit rebounding games and five double-doubles in his final six games ... Great performance in the Final Four with 13 points and a career-best 16 rebounds to go with four blocks against North Carolina ... Played a sledgehammer of a Midwest Regional Final game against Kansas with 11 points, 13 rebounds, eight blocks and four assists ... The eight blocks was a UO NCAA Tournament record and one shy of the school record ... Netted 16 points with 13 rebounds in the Sweet 16 against Michigan ... Became the 10th member of Oregon’s 80-win club against Rhode Island, where he grabbed 12 boards ... Opened the NCAA Tournament with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Iona ... Was the only player in the Pac-12 ranked in the top 13 in rebounding (6th/8.8), blocks (2nd/2.3) and steals (13th/1.3) ... Oregon’s top rebounder 28 times in 2016-17; his 342 rebounds on the season was seventh in UO single-season history ... Had a pair of solid games in the Pac-12 Tournament, with 15 rebounds and five blocked shots in the semifinal win over Cal ... Followed that with a double-double - 16 points and 10 rebounds in the final against Arizona ... Scored 13 points with 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season March 4 at Oregon State ... Got the tip-in bucket with :14 remaining to lead Oregon to a 75-73 win at Stanford on Feb. 25 ... Had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks in Feb. 16 win over Utah ... Huge effort on the L.A. trip where he grabbed 15 rebounds at UCLA, before nearly matching that with a double-double (12 pts, 14 reb) in the win at USC ... Strong effort in his third double-double of the season (13 pts, 11 reb.) Feb. 2 vs. Arizona State ... Set a career scoring high for the third time in 2016-17 season with 26 points against Cal ... Set a Matthew Knight Arena record in that game by shooting 91.7 percent from the field (11-of-12) ... Second double-double of the year (10 pts, 11 reb) came in Jan. 4 win at Washington ... Solid effort, particularly in the second half, in the Dec. 30 UCLA win with 13 points and seven rebounds ... Had his second straight career high with 23 points (8-of-11 FG) against Fresno State ... Recorded his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds against UNLV.
2015-16 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Became Oregon’s career blocked shots leader in just his 50th game ... Averaged seven points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 30 appearances as a sophomore ... Led the Ducks in field goal percentage, hitting on 57.6 percent of his shots, good for sixth-place in the program single-season record book ... Recorded a season high in rebounds in the Ducks’ Elite Eight loss to Oklahoma with 12 ... Was huge for the Ducks in their Sweet 16 win over Duke, adding 13 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals ... Pulled in 10 rebounds in the Ducks’ NCAA Second Round win over St. Joeseph’s ... Added another nine points, along with three blocks and a career-high three steals in the Pac-12 Championship game ... Contributed nine points and seven rebounds in the Ducks’ Pac-12 semifinal win over Arizona ... Notched his sixth double-digit scoring effort of the season at USC on March 6, adding 10 points, along with four rebounds, a steal and a block ... Was big for the Ducks against Utah (Feb. 7) with 10 points, also leading UO in blocks with three ... Recorded his first double-digit rebounding game of the season against Stanford with 10 boards to go along with eight points and two blocks ... Added six points and five rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench against Cal ... Recorded season high in blocks (5) in the Ducks’ win over Western Oregon ... Scored 15 points and collected five rebounds in the Ducks’ win over Alabama ... Collected eight rebounds and scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points against Long Beach State ... Started and scored 12 points against UC Irvine in his second appearance of the season while also tying his career high in steals with three ... Returned to the Duck lineup against Boise State after being sidelined for the first eight games of the season with a left foot injury, and added three points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
2014-15 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Swatted shots at an unprecedented rate in his freshman campaign as a Duck ... Quickly found his way into the starting lineup a quarter of the way through the season and ended up with the second-highest field goal percentage in UO single season history at 59.7 percent ... Blocked a total of eight shots (four in each game) in the NCAA Tournament, making him Oregon’s career leader in blocks during NCAA Tournament play ... Earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors ... Finished the season 18th in the country and first in the Pac-12 with 2.69 blocks per game ... With 94 blocks on the season, finished the year as the single season leader in blocked shots at Oregon ... Broke Tony Woods’ record of 51 that was set in the 2011-12 season ... The 94 blocks also puts him in second place in career blocked shots, trailing only Blair Rasmussen (114, 1981-85) ... Also finished the season in second place in Pac-12 single season history for blocked shots by a freshman ... His shot-blocking performance against Portland State (6) led the Ducks to a school record and MKA record 12 blocks ... Also finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, giving him his first career double-double ... His eight blocks against Arizona State tied the single-game school record ... Grabbed six rebounds, recorded four assists and two steals in a home win over No. 9 Utah ... Pulled in a career-high 13 rebounds in a home win over USC and had a team-high four assists ... Grabbed nine rebounds and scored eight points in a loss at Washington ... Had a career-high three steals in a loss at Washington State ... Later tied that mark in a road win at Oregon State ... Had a season-high 11 points at home against Arizona ... Swatted five shots in a home win over Oregon State in 28 minutes of play ... Also hauled in nine rebounds and scored eight points against OSU ... Pulled down 10 rebounds and played a season-high 34 minutes in a win over UC Santa Barbara ... Had a season-high five assists in a win over Cal State Northridge ... Earned his second double-double of the season against Concordia with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL
A top 100 recruit with a four-star ranking by ESPN and 247sports, and a three-star mark from Rivals ... Listed as the No. 63 player nationally in the class of 2013 by 247sports ... Developed a reputation as a prolific shot blocker with his long frame and terrific vertical jump … During his senior year at Long Beach Poly (2012-13), had his best season scoring wise, averaging 13.6 points per game … Also pulled down 9.2 rebounds and recorded an astounding 4.8 blocks per game … Known for his defensive dominance, began to come into his own on the offensive end towards the end of his high school career … Was named to the Basketball Recruiting Class of 2013 Honor Roll, along with notable players such as Joel Embid and Tyler Ennis … Was given a rating of 84 on ESPN … One of the leaders on a Long Beach Polytechnic team that finished the season with a record of 28-4 in 2013-14 ... Was at 8.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.7 blocks per game as a junior ... Shot 66 percent from the field as a senior and 61 percent as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born Jordan Bell in Los Angeles, Calif. … Major is general social science.
