NCAA Basketball: Wofford, Jordan Ford top mid-major performers

By Logan Butts | Dec 17, 2019

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 15: Nathan Hoover #10 of the Wofford Terriers and Trevor Stumpe #15 of the Wofford Terriers celebrate defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels as K.J. Smith #30 of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks on following their game at Carmichael Arena on December 15, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 11: Jordan Ford #3 of the Saint Mary’s Gaels (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

Best Performance, Individual – Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s

Saint Mary’s star guard Jordan Ford had his highest-scoring output of the season so far on Saturday as the senior dropped 32 points to lead the Gaels in a win at Cal.

Now, winning at Cal is not as glamorous as winning at other Pac 12 squads’ home venues would be, considering this was their third loss to a mid-major so far this year and Saint Mary’s is a legit top-25 level team, but a win on the road against a Power-5 school is always hard to come by.

Ford has been great all season for the Gaels, with seven 20-point games and double-digits outings every time they have hit the hardwood. He leads the WCC with a 20.4 per game clip and has the Gaels thinking of at-large dreams. Now they have two Power-5 wins (Wisconsin being the other), a Top-25 win vs Utah State, a Top-25 loss to Dayton, and their one slip-up, a loss to Winthrop.

But, if they can out-duel BYU, San Francisco, and Santa Clara for the second-best team in the WCC spot, they should be able to get in. There is a long conference season ahead though before we can fully dive into that.

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