Graduate guard brings experience, maturity to team

Graduate guard DaJuan Gordon has been one of the men’s basketball team’s most consistent player this season. He leads the Western Athletic Conference with 11 double-doubles and has helped the Mavericks climb to the No. 4 seed.Adversity has been a constant throughout graduate guard DaJuan Gordon’s life.

From growing up without a father, to quitting his freshman high school basketball team, to mourning the deaths of loved ones, life has thrown him many obstacles.

It’s through these obstacles, with God leading him, that Gordon said he became the man he is today. Described as a big brother by teammates, head coach KT Turner said Gordon’s a “high-character guy” who guides his teammates on the…