When it comes to Dill's prowess on the hardcourt, his coach at GFS believes that the rising junior is 'someone who can just go get you a bucket whenever.”
Germantown Friends hooper Jordan Dill just starred for the Puerto Rican national team. Here’s what’s next.
Dill, 17, averaged 10.2 points per game and was the team’s second-best scorer despite logging the sixth-most minutes. He scored 8 points in a loss to Spain to open the tournament, but broke out during the last two group stage games, pouring in 21 against Lithuania and 15 vs. the Philippines. Dill averaged 26 points per game for Germantown Friends last year, up from 21.5 as a freshman, and was first-team All-Friends League his first two seasons. . Even as an eighth-grader, he played on the varsity, posting seven 20-point performances while becoming the first middle-schooler ever in the league to earn a nod for honorable mention.Though his excellence on the court in Istanbul suggested that he was thriving during his first visit overseas, it took Dill a while to settle in.
Judie swayed back and forth until May about whether to let Dill take the trip, but she’s glad she did. Also a native of Puerto Rico, Dill’s mother recognized what it would mean for him to play for the national team — he had dreamed of appearing on the world stage since attending the Junior“We don’t know when the ball is going to stop bouncing,” J she recalls saying to Jordan. “Basketball is not forever. But what you’re doing right now, there are people who never get to do that in their lifetime.
The junior sits at 1,658 points through the three seasons, less than 400 shy of the scoring record at the school. Jonathan Haynes, who graduated in 1990 and went on to play at“It’s on my mind, of course,” Dill said.
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