2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Career: One of two Lady Rebels to reach the 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds mark finishing her career with 2,017 points and 1,081 rebounds … Appeared in 124 games and made 120 starts in an UNLV uniform … Marked her name in the top-10 of eight different all-time categories and is top-5 in seven of the eight categories … Ranks second in all-time scoring, second in field goals made (799), second in field goal percentage (.562), third in free throw attempts (606), fourth in free throws made (408), fourth in rebounds and fifth in field goal attempts (1,421) … 11-time MW Player of the Week .. Two-time MW Player of the Year … Four-time All-MW selection … Three-time MW All-Defensive team … Two-time MW All-Tournament team … 2023 MW Championship Tournament MVP … 2021 MW Freshman of the Year … 2024 Top-10 Finalist for Lisa Leslie Award … Two-time Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Semifinalist
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2023-24 (Senior): Capped off her phenomenal senior campaign with a WBCA All-America honorable mention nod and became the first player since 2004 to earn the award and the seventh overall in Lady Rebel history …. Mountain West Player of the Year … Earned All-MW and MW All-Defensive team honors … Named to the Mountain West All-Tournament team … Top-10 Finalist for Lisa Leslie Award … Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Semifinalist … Became only the second Lady Rebel player to reach 2,000 career points (2,017) and 1,000 career rebounds (1,081) …Played and started all 33 games for the Lady Rebels … Led the squad in scoring (18.3), rebounding (9.1), field goal percentage (56.8%) and steals (44) … In the nation ranked 18th in field goals (251), 25th in field goal percentage, 40th in double-doubles (13), 46th in rebounds (299) and 52nd in points per game … Led the MW in rebounds per game … Was second in the MW in scoring and field goal percentage … Helped lead the Lady Rebels to the best rebounding margin in the Mountain West … Set the single-game program record for most points scored by a Lady Rebel in an NCAA Tournament game with 30 points and made 15 field goals, which is also a single-game program record … Opened the season with back-to-back doubles-doubles vs. LMU (11/6) of 22 points and 16 rebounds and vs. College of Charleston (11/10) with 18 points and 10 rebounds … Scored 15 or more points in 25 of her 33 games played … Had 31 games in double-figure scoring including 20 straight games from Dec. 21 to March 11 … Played in her 100th career game putting up a career-high 32 points by shooting 14-for-23 from the field against Oklahoma (12/9) … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles at SDSU (1/17) of 17 points, 11 rebounds and vs. New Mexico (1/20) of 24 points and a season-high 17 rebounds … Dished 71 assists on the season … Named MW Player of the Week four times this season … Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year.
2022-23 (Junior): Mountain West Championship Most Valuable Player … All-Mountain West Team selection for third straight season … All-Mountain West Defensive Team member for second straight season … Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Semifinalist … Ranks 10th in Division I with 18 double-doubles, nine more than the second-leading Mountain West player … 12th among Division I players for field goal percentage; 18th in rebounds per game … Three-time Mountain West Player of the Week … Reached 1,000 career points in 69th game, the fifth-fewest games in UNLV history … … Mountain West’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer … Eighth overall in steals and 16th in assists (first among frontcourt players in both categories) … Reached league-leading figures despite being 15th overall in minutes played … Five 20-point performances were second most in the league … Net efficiency (+45.5 points per 100 possessions) leads the league by more than 6 points … Second in PER (35.2); first in win shares per 40 minutes … Held Wyoming’s all-conference center Fertig to 15 points and 10 rebounds over 3 games (69 minutes); held New Mexico’s Shaiquel McGruder to 0 points and 2 rebounds over 2 games (47 min) … Mountain West’s third-highest offensive rating (125.4) in league; second-best defensive rating (79.9) … Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Voted Mountain West Player of the Year … Selected to the Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team after collecting 42 points, 27 rebounds and five blocks over three games … Was one of only two players to rank as a top-five scorer and rebounder within the conference … Ranked second in efficiency among all Mountain West players … Started 32 of 33 games, averaging 15.2 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds with a Mountain-West leading 12 double-double performances … Scored in double-figures except for once game (9 vs. New Mexico, Jan. 27) … Three-time Mountain West Player of the Week … Reached 500 career points in 36 career games, the fifth fewest in UNLV history.
2020-21 (Freshman): Mountain West Freshman of the Year... A member of the Mountain West All-Freshman Team and all-conference honorable mention ... Led all freshman in the MW with 12.7 points per game (11th overall) and 6.9 rebounds per game (eighth overall) … Led the Lady Rebels in scoring and field goal percentage (51.1 percent)... Recorded five double-doubles and scored in double-figures in 16 games this season... Posted season-high 20-point performance twice ... Scored the game-winning basket against Fresno State (Feb. 27) to clinch second place in the standings for the Lady Rebels.
High School: Attended Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas, Nevada … Averaged 11.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per contest … Led the Diamondbacks to the Southwest League championship (2019) … Earned second-team all-league honors, all-region honors, and team MVP.
Personal: Major is Psychology … Born in Inglewood, California … Daughter of Beverly Williams … Has one older brother, Omar Paul, and one younger sister, Rashida Young … Started playing basketball at 12 years old … Only had two scholarship offers coming out of high school.Â
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Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Center
6'1"
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2021Sophomore
Center
6'1"
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2021-22Sophomore
Center
6'1"
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2022-23Junior
Center
6'1"
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2023-24Senior
Center
6'1"