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CAREER STATISTICS | CAREER GAME-BY-GAME
Career Collegiate Honors
- All-Big Ten Second Team (2018)
- Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2018)
- Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year (2017)
- SEC All-Tournament Team (2014)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2014)
- SEC All-Defensive Team (2015)
- SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll (2015)
- SEC Freshman of the Week (12/16/13)
2017-18 – REDSHIRT-SENIOR
- Opened the year with a double-double of 15 pts and 11 rebs in the win over No. 10 Stanford (11/10)
- Knocked-down a career-high 3 threes and finished with 21 pts, her most as a Buckeye to date in a career-high 40 mins vs. No. 9 Louisville (11/12)
- Pulled down a career-high 18 rebs to go along with a game-high 18 pts vs. Idaho (11/15) for her second double-double of the year
- Had a career-high 23 pts to go with 10 rebs, 3 assists and 3 steals vs. Quinnipiac (11/17)
- Dished-out six assists in addition to 3 steals, 12 pts and 9 rebs vs. Washington (11/19)
- Was 8-of-12 from the floor and had 17 pts and 6 rebs in the win over FGCU (11/24)
- Notched another double-double with 12 pts, 11 rebs and 4 steals vs. Stanford (11/25)
- Scored her 1,000th career point in an 18-point effort in the win at Florida (12/6)
- Recorded a double-double with 14 pts and a game-high 13 rbs at Cincinnati (12/17)
- Tied a career-high with 3 three-pointers and finished with 19 pts and 10 rebs vs. Indiana (12/31)
- Scored 12 pts and grabbed a team-high 8 rebs in the overtime win at No. 22 Michigan (1/7)
- Had a great all-around game at Indiana (1/13), totaling 19 pts, 7 rebs, 5 assists and 3 steals
- Posted her 8th double-double of the year with 17 pts and 12 rebs at Iowa (1/25)
- Had a third-straight double-double with 13 pts and 10 board in the win over Penn State (1/31)
- Recorded her 10th double-double of the year with 15 pts and 11 rebs at Wisconsin (2/3)
- Scored 20 pts and grabbed 12 rebs in 29 mins at Illinois (2/13)
- Posted 17 pts, 10 rebs and 5 assists in the win at Penn State (2/25)
- Helped lead the Buckeyes to the Big Ten Tournament title with 14 pts, 11 rebs and 4 assists vs. Maryland (3/4)
2016-17 – REDSHIRT-Junior
- Had a good first season at Ohio State
- After sitting out the first 11 games which fulfilling her transfer requirements, she played in the remaining 24 games
- Averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds
- Had the fourth-most steals on the team (36) despite missing the first 11 games
- Dished-out 46 assists and had 10 blocks
- Made her Buckeye debut with 15 points, five rebounds and two assists in the win over Alabama St. (12/16)
- Had nine points, 10 rebounds and three assists vs. Winthrop (12/21)
- Recorded her first double-double as a Buckeye with 12 points and 12 rebounds vs. Minnesota (12/28)
- Scored 15 points in the win at Indiana (12/31)
- Notched her second double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in front of friends and family at Northwestern (1/3)
- Dished-out a season-high four assists to go along with six points in the win over Illinois (1/22)
- Made both of her three-point attempts and finished with 12 points vs. Nebraska (1/29)
- Scored eight points, had three steals and her first two blocks of the season at Wisconsin (2/4)
- Nabbed a season-high five steals including three in the 4th quarter vs. Iowa (2/12)
- Was a career-best five-of-five shooting and finished with 11 points in the upset of No. 2 Maryland (2/20)
- Didn’t miss a shot in the Big Ten Tournament win over Northwestern (3/3) and finished with 11 points
- Had 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists vs. Purdue (3/4)
- Enjoyed one of the best games of her career vs. her former team Kentucky (3/19) by scoring 12 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing-out a career-high eight assists
2015-16 – Redshirt
- Joined the Ohio state program at the beginning of the 2016 spring semester
- Sat out the spring semester per NCAA transfer rules
2014-15 at Kentucky (Sophomore)
- Earned a spot on the U.S. Pan American Women’s Basketball Team and helped the team to a silver medal
- Played in all 34 games with 17 starts
- Led the team and ranked seventh in the SEC in rebounding, averaging 7.1 per game
- Only player in the nation to stand at 5-8 or under and average more than 7.0 rpg
- Shortest player to lead UK in rebounding in school history
- Team’s third-leading scorer (11.5 ppg)
- Led the team and ranked tied for third in the SEC in steals with 69
- Four of her seven double-doubles came in SEC play
- Recorded her seventh double-double of the season in the NCAA Tournament against Tennessee State (3/20), scoring a team-high 16 points and grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds
- Scored a season and career-high tying 22 points in win at Vanderbilt (2/8)
- Inked her fourth career and season double-double at LSU (1/18) with 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds
- Scored 12 points and grabbed a then career-high 14 rebounds vs. Ole Miss (1/4)
- A career-high eight of her 14 boards were on the offensive end
- Averaged 9.3 points per game in the Paradise Jam
- Set new career highs in field goals made (10), field goals attempted (21), points (22), minutes played (28) and rebounds (12) against Oklahoma
- Charted her second career double-double vs. the Sooners (22/12)
2013-14 at Kentucky (Freshman)
- Appeared in all 35 of UK’s game as a true freshman
- Averaged 6.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game
- Recorded 11 of her 12 points in the SEC Championship game vs. UT (3/9) in the first half
- Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.3 points off the bench in three SEC Tournament games
- Totaled 45 offensive rebounds, second among all the guards, despite playing just 14.2 minutes per game
- Scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field in the Sweet 16 vs. Baylor (3/29)
- Finished with 12 points, five boards and two assists in a career-high 27 minutes off the bench in the SEC Tournament semifinals vs. South Carolina (3/8)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week (12/16) after averaging 14.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in two wins vs. DePaul and ETSU
- Finished with career highs in points (18), minutes played (18), field goals made (7), defensive rebounds (4), free-throws made (4) and attempted (5) at DePaul (12/12)
High School
- McDonald’s High School All-American (2013)
- Had eight points, three rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and two steals in helping the East squad win the McDonald’s All-American Game
- Earned the McDonald’s Sportsmanship Award for her actions during the week’s festivities
- One of six finalists for McDonald’s National High School Player of the Year (2013)
- Nike/WBCA?High School All-American (2013)
- USA?Today All-USA?First Team (2013)
- Finalist for Naismith National High School Player of the Year (2012, 2013)
- MaxPreps All-American (2013)
- Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year (2013)
- Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 3A/4A All-State first team (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- Averaged 19.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg and 5.7 apg as a senior at Whitney Young
- Helped lead her team to four city titles and the 2012 Illinois Class 4A state championship
- One of 12 players selected to the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Championship Team
- Helped Team USA?win the gold medal with a 61-28 victory over France in the gold-medal game
- Averaged 8.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals in helping Team USA complete a 9-0 charge through the tournament.
- Also won gold medals as a member of the 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team and the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship Team
- Named to the five-member 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship All-Tournament Team after averaging 7.9 ppg., 6.0 rpg. and 2.4 apg
- Awarded an honorary bronze medal in the inaugural 2011 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Championship
- Named the Tribune All-State First Team as a junior after averaging 18.7 points, 13.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals for Class 4A champion Young (34-0)
- Chicago Tribune All-State special mention (2011)
- Illinois Basketball Services Large Newcomer of the Year (2010)
- Played AAU for Illinois Lady Fire; won 2011 Deep South Classic and 2011 U.S. Junior National Championship.
