Jerkaila Jordan earns All-SEC honors by the league coaches
As the regular season has concluded, the All-SEC teams have been released and one Mississippi State player was recognized on Tuesday.
Senior guard Jerkaila Jordan earned second-team All-SEC honors by the league coaches. The New Orleans native is enjoying one of her best seasons in maroon and white and leaving a lasting legacy on the Bulldog program.
In her final year, Jordan currently leads the team with 16.0 points and 2.0 steals while also pulling down 5.9 rebounds, dishing out 2.1 assists and blocking 0.7 shot a game. During her time in Starkville, Jordan has racked up 1,837 points, 719 rebounds, 264 steals and 245 assists in 128 games. Her steals are good for second in school history while she sits fifth in scoring all-time.
Against Missouri back in January, Jordan delivered her first 40-point game. It was the first time this season that a player had scored 40 or more points in an SEC game and the first time State had a player notch that total since Rickea Jackson in 2021-22.
It’s the second year in a row that Jordan has grabbed second-team honors by the league. As a junior, she averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists (all MSU highs) on the way to second team.
“The memory I want people to have is that I was a relentless player who gave everything to Mississippi State,” Jordan told Maroon and White Daily last month. “I could have easily taken the easy way out, but there was just something about this program and this fanbase that I couldn’t leave. I went through so much with this school, I thought, ‘Why leave?’
“I would sum it up as a rollercoaster ride—getting to the very top, experiencing the drops and surprises, the blood, sweat, and tears. I’ve seen it all and been through it all. And if I had to do it again, I would.”
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Jordan came to Starkville from Tulane where she had an incredible freshman year in 2020-21. The AAC Freshman of the Year, Jordan averaged 16.7 points, 3.9 rebounds. 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals. She was first-team All-AAC and won the Freshman of the Week honor seven times while taking AAC Player of the Week honors once.
She came to State to play for Nikki McCray-Penson but the late coach stepped down from her position before Jordan’s first game. Doug Novak coached her to a standout first year and she’s played for Sam Purcell the last three seasons. This year, she has a chance to go out with a second NCAA Tournament appearance.
“It’s a unique career because she’s going to be here for four years, and she played another year somewhere else,” Purcell said recently. “Why it’s special to me is because of the time and age of today’s climate. I came in as a first-time head coach, and her career was in my hands. At that point, she had to make a decision—she had to trust me to stick with me.”
Jordan and her team head into the SEC Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the conference with a record of 20-10 overall. The Bulldogs were projected as a No. 9 seed in the latest Bracketology by ESPN. They will play No. 15 seeded Missouri at 5 p.m. in Greenville, S.C. on Wednesday evening.
