Jordao Named AAC Freshman of the Week
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 12, 2018–USF women's basketball player
Beatriz Jordao was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week in the league's first weekly women's basketball honors of the 2018-19 season, for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 11.
Jordao began her USF career with a double-double out of the gate, netting 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against defending Big Ten champion Ohio State on Tuesday. She converted eight of her nine field goal attempts on the contest, adding two blocks in 22 minutes. Against Albany on Thursday, Jordao finished just shy of another double-double with seven points and nine boards in 23 minutes. For the week, the Pombal, Portugal native finished with 12.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game and six blocks.
Jordao helped No. 21 USF defeat Ohio State and Albany last week and get USF off to a 2-0 start for its sixth consecutive year.
This week, Jordao and the Bulls are back in action when USF continues its homestand and takes on Bethune-Cookman at the Yuengling Center on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m., before taking on Big 12 foe Oklahoma on Sunday at 2 p.m. also at the Yuengling Center.
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USF notched its sixth consecutive 20-win season and fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017-18. It marked the ninth 20-win season in program history, with head coach Jose Fernandez at the helm for all nine. The Bulls posted 26 wins in 2017-18, just shy of the program record of 27 set in 2008-09 and 2014-15.
USF has made 14 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 18 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to nine 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship and won more than 300 games.
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