Women's Basketball Inks Three In The Early Signing Period
11/10/2017 9:16:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Head coach Kip Drown's early signees include two guards and one post player for 2018-19
Jordan Strange
5-7 Guard
Columbia, S.C.
A.C. Flora HS
Earned All-State honors as a sophomore for the Falcons … Averaged 18.6 points, four rebounds, 2.8 assists and two steals per game as a junior … Third all-time leading scorer in girls basketball at A.C. Flora HS heading into her senior season … Second-highest ranked Class of '18 point guard in South Carolina according to ESPN Hoopgurlz player rankings.
Head Coach Kip Drown: "Jordan is a point guard we've been on for a couple of years. She's very athletic, very explosive, and a great on-ball defender. I thought that's one of the great strengths she had, she really gets down and guards the basketball well and takes great pride in it. It's hard to find those kinds of kids. Very unselfish player. We're really excited about her potential. She plays hard, and has a great combination of academics, character and basketball skills."
Lola Lovitt
5-10 Guard
Wilmington, NC
John T. Hoggard HS
Averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game as a junior for the Vikings … Earned first-team All-Conference honors as a junior and a sophomore, third-team All-Conference honors as a freshman, was the MVP of the Leon Brogden Tournament in 2016 and was a Wilmington Star-News All-Stars selection in 2016 … Has already scored 1,000 points in her high school career.
Coach Drown: "Lola is a great scorer. We saw her play with her club team and really liked her ability to shoot the basketball. That's the number one thing. She has great court awareness, and she's got great confidence - she knows she can play this game and plays it at a high intensity level."
Gabriella Felkins
6-2 Forward/Center
Spring, Texas
Klein Collins HS
After seeing limited action as a sophomore, averaged 6.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game as a junior for the Tigers … Klein Collins HS went 16-6 in district play during her junior season.
Coach Drown: "The things we really like about Ella are the things we can't give her. She has great mobility and she's very active on the glass, particularly the offensive glass. She runs the floor really well, chases down a lot of basketballs and she can go out and shoot the basketball from the perimeter. We like our post players to do that, to stretch the defense. She'll come in as a five and that'll be her more comfortable position starting out, but as we take her through the process, we may be able to step her out to the four. She's got the tools to really allow her to grow."
