INDIANAPOLIS - Senior
Jordan Roland earned USBWA All-District I honors, announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Roland, a native of Syracuse, N.Y., led the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in scoring at 21.9 points per game and finished 10th in the country.
Roland was named to the All-CAA first team this season after leading the conference with six 30-point games. He finished second in the league by shooting 88.4 percent from the free-throw line, No. 22 in the NCAA, and posted double-figure scoring games in 30 of 33 games played this season, including 18 games of 20 points or more.
In a big win over Harvard (11/8), Roland set a new single-season school record with 42 points, going 13-for-19 from the floor and 6-of-9 from behind the arc. He finished the season with 722 points, moving past the late great Reggie Lewis' 714 points during the 1985-86 season for second all-time in school history. Lewis' 748 points during the 1984-85 season is No. 1 all-time in program history.
Roland finished the season third all-time with 95 3-pointers made, behind his single-season record of 99 in 2018-19. He finished 17th all-time in school history with 1,220 points at Northeastern, moving ahead of assistant coach
Manny Adako. Roland was the third-fastest player to reach 1,000 points in school history (56 games) and set a new school record in career free throw percentage (.890). His .398 career three-point field goal percentage at NU ranks fifth all-time.
Joining Roland on the All-District I team is Paul Atkinson (Yale), Alpha Diallo (Providence), David Duke (Providence), Juvaris Hayes (Merrimack), Anthony Lamb (Vermont), Max Mahoney (Boston University), Tre Mitchell (UMass), Fatts Russell (Rhode Island) and Christian Vital (UConn). Merrimack's Joe Gallo was named Coach of the Year, while Russell was named Player of the Year for the district (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut).
The USBWA wlll release its All-America team on Monday, along with the finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy (National Player of the Year), Wayman Tisdale Award (National Freshman of the Year), and Henry Iba Award (National Coach of the Year).
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