The Pirate women’s basketball team takes great pride in its defense and will tell you that the key to the team’s success is solid play on the defensive side of the basketball. Their most important player on defense this season has been 6-foot-4 junior center Lubirdia Gordon, whose overall development has been key to the program’s success.
At New York’s Mount Vernon High School, Gordon improved her game each season and dominated games by the time she was a senior. Gordon averaged 20.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 1.6 steals per game.
“It was great. My senior year I had more of a leadership role since we lost all of our seniors.