2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
2018-19: Taylor Pierce- Started all 34 games, leading the team in an average 36.8 minutes per game… unanimous First Team All-Big Sky selection… Big Sky All-Academic.. became the fourth woman to record 400 threes in a career, then broke the NCAA all-time record for threes made in a season with 154… also broke the NCAA all-time record for threes made per game in a season with a whopping 4.53 per game… selected and played in the Women’s 3-Point Championship prior to the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 4… averaged 19.0 per game, reaching double-digit points in 30 games… led the team in free-throw percentage with .886… collected 121 rebounds ( 3.6 per game) and dished out 72 assists (2.1 per game)… scored a season-high 31 points vs Northern Arizona (3/12/19)… played all 40 minutes of 13 games this season… tallied a season-high eight rebounds vs Sacramento State (1/24/19)… dished out a season-high five assists in three separate games… made a season-high eight threes in games against Eastern Washington (1/3/19), twice against Montana State (1/8/19 & 2/9/29), and Montana (1/19/19)…
2017-18: Started in all 33 games…Big Sky Honorable Mention, Big Sky All-Tournament and Academic All-Conference…set school-record for most 3FGM in a season with 137 (2nd NCAA)…set a Big Sky record with 318 career 3-pointers…Big Sky Tournament record 20 3FGM, including nine against Portland State, setting a tournament record and tying the Idaho and Big Sky record...led the Big Sky averaging 4.2 3-pointers per game (2nd NCAA)…averaged 15.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game…ranked second in the Big Sky (45th NCAA) shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range (137-339)…was 79.5 percent from the free throw line (35-44)…scored in double-figures 23 times…scored career-high 31 points vs Portland State (3/9/18)…twice matche a career-high with 9 3FGM…shot 90.0 percent from 3-point range against Cal State Fullerton (9-10)…grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against Seattle U (12/15/17).
2016-17: Set school-record for most 3FGM in a season with 93 (20th NCAA)…was second in the Big Sky with 2.74 3s per game (35th NCAA)…ranked third in the conference with a 36.3 3-point FG percentage…career-high eight rebounds against Utah State (3/15/17)…career-high six assists against UNLV (12/3/16)…season-high 25 points at Southern Utah (1/19/17)…scored in double figures in 22 games…started 19 games…averaged 12.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
2015-16: Tied for the team lead with 88 3-pointers, second most in school history (21st NCAA)...second in the Big Sky with a 42.5 3-point field goal percentage (12th NCAA)...averaged 2.6 3FGM per game...set a school-record with nine 3-pointers against Iowa State, tied for the ninth best mark in the NCAA...scored season-high 27 points against the Cyclones...grabbed a season-best six rebounds against in Weber State in the Big Sky quarterfinals...made first of four starts this season at Northern Arizona...played in all 34 games...averaged 10.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
High School: Pierce scored 1,938 points in her four-year career at La Costa Canyon...Averaged 15.6 points per game for La Costa Canyon H.S. in her 124 career games…earned First Team Calhi Sports All-State and Avocado West Player of the Year honors in her senior season...was one of 16 girls nationally selected for the American Family Insurance High School 3-point competition...she led La Costa Canyon to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego Division II championship, setting a new school-record for wins with 32 in her sophomore year...in the 2012-13 season Pierce helped the Mavericks to their first state playoff appearance, advancing to the quarterfinals...she made a 346 career three-pointers in her four seasons, setting a the California state-record...over her sophomore and junior seasons she average 20.6 points per game... a two time CalHi Sports All-State honoree, including 2015 First Team and the San Diego Section Avocado West Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015...she is just the fourth female student-athlete to be a four-year letterwinner at La Costa Canyon.
Personal: Born Taylor Storm Pierce on July 14, 1997...daughter of Eric and Alya Pierce...has two older brothers and one older sister--Bryan, Jimmy and Michelle...four-year scholar athlete with a 4.20 GPA...majoring in exercise science.
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Historical Player Information
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2015-16Freshman
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2016-17Sophomore
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