2013-14 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
La'Shay Taft
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Baltimore City College H.S.
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
Senior Year (2013-14):
Made her first start of the season and played a career-high 35 minutes in the NCAA Tournament second round at Kentucky (3/24) ... Scored nine points in the ACC quarterfinals vs. NC State (3/7) ... Went 3-of-4 from beyond the arc for nine points in the ACC second round win vs. Clemson (3/6) ... Had seven points and three rebounds in 15 minutes on Senior Day vs. Pittsburgh (2/23) ... Scored 11 points, going 3-of-5 from beyond the arc at Miami (2/20) ... Netted 12 points at Boston College (2/16) ... Scored a season-high 18 points going 5-of-11 from long range vs. Florida State (2/13) ... Scored 11 points in the ACC opener at NC State (1/5) ... Scored seven points and handed out a career-high five assists at No. 25 Iowa (12/5) ... Tallied 15 points in the opening game of the Paradise Jam vs. Texas (11/28) ... Scored nine points on three 3-pointers and grabbed four boards vs. Maine (11/24) ... Scored 12 points vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11/20) ... Had nine points and two steals in the season opener at Washington State (11/10).
Junior Year (2012-13): game-by-game statistics
Hit one 3-pointer and grabbed two defensive rebounds at USF (2/23) … Tallied three points and one steal against Rutgers (2/19) … Scored a season-high 11 points and had one steal against Pittsburgh (2/16) … Made three 3-pointers at Georgetown (2/12) … Scored three points against Providence (2/2) … Shot 3-for-8 from the floor, including two 3-pointers, for 10 points against Boise State (12/30) … Notched two points and one rebound at Temple (12/2) … Tallied one defensive rebound and one block against Georgia Tech (11/23)… Hit one 3-pointer and added two rebounds at St. Joseph’s (11/20)… Shot 1-for-3 behind the arc and added two free throws for five points at Cornell (11/16) … Went 3-for-3 from behind the arc, tallying nine points and one rebound against FDU (11/11).
Sophomore Year (2011-2012): game-by-game statistics
At Temple in the third round of the WNIT, scored three points and dished out two assists in 12 minutes of play ... At Pittsburgh, scored in double figures for the second time of the season with 13, including career-best 7-of-8 performance from the free throw line in a career-high 33 minutes ... Against Ohio tied a career-high with two offensive rebounds and added three points and three assists ... At Binghamton, had a career-high 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including 6-of-13 from 3-point range ... Against Buffalo, scored nine points and dished out two assists ... Agianst Long Beach state, had seven points, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc in her first career start.
Freshman Year (2010-11): game-by-game statistics
Averaged 3.3 points per game in 30 games played ... Versus Monmouth, tied a career high with two defensive rebounds ... Against South Florida, shot a career-best 1.000 percent (2-2) from the charity stripe ... At 6/7 West Virginia, notched a career-high three rebounds ... Against Arkansas Pine Bluff, dished out a career-high three assists ... Against Bryant, posted her second-consecutive double-digit points performance ... Versus St. Francis (Pa.), was one of five players with double-digit points (11) while dishing out two assists ... Against Albany, posted her first career block ... Against Long Island, shot 57.0 (4-7) percent from 3-point range ... Versus Cornell, shot 40.0 (4-10) percent from behind the arc for 13 points ... Against Northeastern, had an offensive rebound in her collegiate debut ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the fall semester.
High School
Rated the 19th-best guard by Collegiate Girl’s Basketball Report ... Averaged 20.4 points, 6.5 steals, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists her senior year, while often playing only a half most games ... First-team All-Baltimore Sun in 2009-10 ... Led Baltimore City College H.S. to the 2009-10 and 2008-09 Maryland State 2A championship ... Team’s leading scorer all four years ... Second-team All-Baltimore Sun selection in 2008-09.
Personal
La’Shay C. Taft ... Born in July 1992 in Baltimore ... Daughter of Gregory and Darlene Jenkins ... Three brothers and three sisters ... Majoring in social work.
