Thandeka Masimini
Thandeka Masimini
Syracuse 1993-1996
Herzogenb (Austria) 2005-07
While at Syracuse…
Junior Year
Started 17 games, averaging 9.5 points and 6.4 rebounds in 20.8 minutes in those games…averaged 6.9 points and 6.0 rebounds in 15.6 minutes in nine games she came in off the bench…scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds against St. Bonaventure…pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and scored 17 points against Villanova…shared team-high scoring honors in two games and led SU in rebounds in 10 games…leading scorer with 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds against Old Dominion…recorded a team-best four double-doubles…scored in double figures in 11 games and had four double-figure rebounding games…averaged 8.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 19.3 minutes per game.
Sophomore Year
Played in 23 games, starting one…earned SU Most Improved Post Player Award…second on the team in field goal percentage (46.6%)…shot 7-of-10 from the field against Pitt…led Orangewomen in scoring with 11 points against Seton Hall in the BIG EAST tournament and tied for team-high in rebounds with five…tied for game-high scoring honors with 13 points at Pitt…scored career-high 14 points against Pitt at Manley Field House and led the team in rebounding that game with a career best eight boards…recorded four double-figure scoring games…tied for second on the team with seven blocked shots…averaged 4.3 points and 3.1 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game.
Freshman Year
Played in 24 games…scored the last four points in the first half (on two free throws and a lay-up) to five SU a crucial lead at the intermission, in SU’s 74-56 win against St. John’s…scored a season-best eight points against Manhattan in the Carrier Classic…averaged 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 6.6 minutes per game.
High School
Selected to the Joint Effort Girls USA All-America basketball team…played in All-America game against the New Jersey All-Stars…selected to the All-Inter High School team by the Washington Post…Howard News All-Metropolitan selection…Woodrow Wilson Most Valuable Player as a senior…lettered in volleyball and track and field…averaged 21 points and 18 rebounds per game in her final year…coached by Horace Fleming.
Personal
Born September 10, 1974…daughter of Barbara Cannody-Masimini…nicknames are Big T and Big Mas…two brothers, Themba and Mpumelelo, and on sister, Koleka…career goal is to become a sports broadcaster and ultimately own her own business…majoring in human resources management in the School of Management.
