Marcus James Jordan (born December 24, 1990) is an American former

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player who played for the

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team.Player Bio: Marcus Jordan
. UCF OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. He is the second oldest son of retired

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Personal life

Jordan was born December 24, 1990, to Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy. He has an older brother, Jeffrey, a younger sister Jasmine and younger paternal twin half-sisters Ysabel and Victoria. Marcus grew up in

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. In 2010, while a college sophomore and underage, Jordan tweeted about spending approximately $50,000 at nightclubs in Las Vegas, prompting an investigation by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. In 2012, Jordan was arrested after a drunken argument with two women outside a hotel in

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. He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing justice, then released. Jordan later pled

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and paid a fine of $250 plus

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. Jordan opened a high-end sneaker store named the "Trophy Room" in May of 2016. Located in the

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, the store closed and the business transitioned to online-only sales three years later.

Basketball career

High school

Marcus Jordan originally played high school basketball with his older brother

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. In Marcus's sophomore year, the pair led the school to the conference championships and the best season in school history. Jordan transferred to

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in Chicago for his junior and senior seasons. He led the Whitney Young Dolphins to the Illinois 4A Championship in 2009, scoring a game-high 19 points in a 69–66 victory over

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. He also was named the state tournament's

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. Upon his 2009 graduation, Jordan was rated by

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as the 60th-best high school senior shooting guard in the country, averaging 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game.

College

Marcus Jordan played college basketball at the

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. During his freshman year, UCF was in the final year of a five-year contract with

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, but Jordan insisted on wearing

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shoes out of loyalty to his father. This eventually prompted Adidas to terminate its sponsorship deal with UCF. Jordan scored 8.0 points per game in his true freshman year in 2009–10 and scored 1152 points in his college career. On November 12, 2010, the opening game of the 2010–11 season, Jordan led UCF to victory against

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scoring a career high 28 points on 8–11 field-goal shooting and 5–7 from the 3-point line. He also had a team-high 18 points in upsetting number-16 ranked Florida on December 1, 2010. In August 2012, Jordan left the UCF basketball team, following in the footsteps of his brother, Jeffrey, who departed the team in January of the same year, but he continued to take classes at the school.Marcus Jordan to Leave UCF, Won’t Play Senior Season
/ref> He graduated in 2013 with a degree in hospitality management.

References

External links

Marcus Jordan on scout.com

Marcus Jordan on rivals.com

Marcus Jordan on ESPN

Loyola Academy's Basketball Page

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