West Virginia
Jordan Harrison making an impact in year one at West Virginia – Blue Gold Sports
West Virginia women’s basketball underwent a little bit of roster turnover after Dawn Plitzuweit left the team after only one season to become the head coach at Minnesota.
West Virginia hired Mark Kellogg, who was previously the head coach at Stephen F. Austin. A pair of players from there opted to join forces with him at West Virginia.
Jordan Harrison and Zya Nugent transferred to West Virginia in wake of Mark Kellogg’s hiring. Nugent has served as a bench piece in year one in Morgantown, while Harrison has made in impact as a regular starter.
She may be undersized at five-foot-six, making her the team’s shortest player, but she has averaged the most minutes per game, and she leads the starters in 3-point percentage and is second on the team in most other statistical categories.
West Virginia has gone from averaging 9.6 steals in 2022-23 to averaging 14.3 steals per game in 2023-24, which is second in the nation. JJ Quinerly and Harrison are first and second respectively in the Big 12 in individual steals per game.
“Glad to be part of this team under Coach Kellogg,” Jordan Harrison said. “I think he’s a really great coach and I think people are starting to realize it now, but it’s exciting, we’re enjoying it. We want to be the best that we can and do something that West Virginia Women’s Basketball hasn’t done.”
The sophomore guard has averaged 13.3 points per game and has had at least 10 points in all but four games this season. Head Coach Mark Kellogg has been impressed with her performance this season.
“She finds ways to impact the game when she’s not scoring,” Mark Kellogg said after the win over Oklahoma. “If she’s not the best point guard in the Big 12, she’s one of them. She’s at the top — I think that highly of her.”
West Virginia is sitting at 22-4 on the season, their first season with at least 22 wins since 2020-21. They are ranked 22nd in the AP Poll and have hovered in that area of the AP Poll for nearly two months now.
The Mountaineers have a top 25 showdown later today against No. 24 Baylor at 2 p.m. EST. They close out the regular season after that with games against Oklahoma State and TCU before the Big 12 Tournament begins.