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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Michael Nance
Hunter Martin
Liz Musick
Hunter Martin
Ryan Samson
Ryan Samson
Kyle Gurganious
Kyle Gurganious
Don Felice
Hunter Martin

0 Jordan Obi

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Hometown Hartford, Conn.

Biography

Career Honors: 
  • First-team All-Ivy (2024)
  • Academic All-Ivy (2024)
  • Two-time Second-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
  • Two-time Second-Team All-Big 5 (2022, 2023)
  • CoBL.com All-City 6 Second Team (2022)
  • Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2023)
  • Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 22, 2021; Nov. 29, 2021; Feb. 14, 2022)
  • CoBL.com City 6 Rookie of the Month (Nov. 2021)
  • Joined 1,000-point club on Feb. 2, 2024 against Brown (25th player in program history, 7th fastest to mark in 74 games)

2023-24: First-team All-Ivy, the third All-Ivy accolade of her career … First-team All-Big 5, the third All-Big 5 honor of her career … One-time Ivy League Player of the Week (12/11) … One of three players to start all 28 games … Led Penn in rebounding and blocked shots, second in scoring (14.8 ppg) … Second on the team in assists (65), third in steals (26), second in 3FG made (34) … AMONG IVY LEAGUE PLAYERS (all): Second in rebounds per game (7.7), second in FT percentage (.827), second in blocked shots per game (1.4), seventh in points per game (14.8), 11th in FG percentage (.433), 13th in assists per game (2.3), 14th in 3FG per game (1.2) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (conference): Second in rebounds per game (8.4), second in FT percentage (.806), third in blocked shots per game (1.1), eighth in points per game (14.3), 10th in assists per game (2.6), 15th in FG percentage (.402), 15th in 3FG per game (1.0) … Tied for the team lead with 22 double-figure scoring games, including four 20-point games and the team’s only 30-point outing of the season, and had a team-high six double-doubles … Led Penn in scoring in nine games and in rebounding 12 times … Her 30-point game came at Merrimack (12/8) where she added 13 rebounds and two steals … Finished with 22 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four blocked shots and three steals at UC San Diego (11/26) … Double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, added three assists and two steals against Big 5 rival Villanova (12/5) … Went for 20 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and three blocked shots in Ivy win over Brown (2/2) … In that game, became the 25th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points and the seventh fastest to the milestone (75 games) … Shot 4-4 from the field and 11-12 from the foul line against the Bears … Scored 19 points in an Ivy win at Yale (2/16) … Near double-double with 18 points, nine rebounds to go with two assists, two blocks and two steals at Chapman (11/22) … Scored 18 points in a win over Big 5 foe La Salle (11/29) … Dropped a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds at Cornell (2/24) … Near double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds against Princeton (2/10), adding two assists and two blocked shots … Also scored 17 on the return game with the Tigers (3/9), adding six boards and six assists … In Ivy League Tournament loss to Princeton (3/15), recorded 15 points, four rebounds, two assists, and two blocked shots … Had 17 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots at Marquette (12/3) … Finished with 15 points, five rebounds and season-high seven assists in a win over Harvard (3/2) that clinched Penn’s bid into Ivy Madness … Double-double at Dartmouth (1/13) with 11 points and 10 rebounds … Near double-double at Big 5 rival Temple (12/10) with nine points and 10 boards … Academic All-Ivy.
 
2022-23: Second-Team All-Ivy ... Second-Team All-Big 5 … Fourth in Ivy League in rebounding (7.6) … Second in defensive rebounding in the Ivy League … 10th in Ivy League in scoring (12.6) … Eighth in Field goal Percentage in the Ivy League (.439) … Posted six double-doubles this season … Played in all 29 games, started in all but one … Averaged 32.1 minutes per game, totaling 366 points, 220 rebounds, 57 assists, 27 steals, and 17 blocks … Second on the team in points (366) … Led team in defensive rebounds (182).

2021-22: Second-Team All-Ivy ... Second-Team All-Big 5 ... CoBL.com All-City 6 Second Team ... Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 22, 2021; Nov. 29, 2021; Feb. 14, 2022) ... CoBL.com City 6 Rookie of the Month (Nov. 2021) ... Only player to start and play in all 26 games ... Led team and second in Ivy League with seven double-doubles ... Averaged 14 points and 7.5 rebounds at 32.9 minutes per game ... Shot .406 from the floor with 134 field goals, seventh most in the league ... Ranked eighth in Ivy League in scoring (14.0), second among rookies ... Ranked seventh in Ivy League in rebounding (7.5), most among rookies ... Second in Ivy League in free throw percentage (.725) ... Ranked fifth in Ivy League in blocks (30) ... Scored in double figures in 21 of her 26 games, including a season-best 29 points against King's (Pa.) (11/16) ... Had double-figure rebounds in seven games with a season-best 12 three times: King's (Pa.) (Nov. 16), at Yale (Jan. 22), at Harvard (Feb. 12) ... Had multiple points and rebounds in every game.

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: Four-year varsity letter winner, playing for head coaches Aliya Cox and Donta Johnson … Team captain as a senior … Helped Choate to the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class A final her sophomore year … All-NEPSAC as a senior, honorable mention All-NEPSAC as a junior … Two-time NEPSAC Class A All-Star ... 2019-20 stats: 19.5 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 4 APG, 2.5 BPG, 2.5 SPG ... Scored more than 1,000 points over her career ... Played four years with AAU team New York Gauchos, earning Adidas Gauntlet All-American honors.
 
Personal: Daughter of Chizoba and Innocent Obi … Older brother, Jonah, plays college basketball at Colby College … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Sophomore

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    2022-23Junior

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    2023-24Senior

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