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2013-14 KANSAS Women’s BASKETBALL
15 chelsea gardner Forward • 6-3 • JR DeSoto, Texas DeSoto HS career highs Points Rebounds Field Goals Field Goal Attempts Three-Point Field Goals Three-Point Attempts Free Throws Free Throw Attempts Assists Steals Blocked Shots Minutes Played
26 vs. Grambling St. (11-28-12) 19 vs. TCU (3-8-13) 11 vs. Grambling St. (11-28-12) 14 at Texas Tech (1-19-13) 1 at Baylor (2-6-13) 1 at Baylor (2-6-13) 6 at West Virginia (1-5-13) 8, twice last at West Virginia (1-5-13) 1, 10 times last vs. Colorado (3-23-13) 6 vs. Texas (1-23-13) 6 at TCU (2-13-13) 38, three times last at Iowa State (2-27-13)
Miscellaneous 10+ Points 2+ Three-Pointers 3+ Assists 2+ Steals Led KU in points Led KU in rebounds Led KU in assists Led KU in steals
19 5 3 21 5
personal • Daughter of Lois and Aubrey Gardner • Born in Dallas, Texas • Has three siblings: Tavares Gardner, Chatonya Tatum and Eric Tatum • A sociology major
2012-13 (Sophomore) Appeared in all 34 games, starting 19 and averaged 23.2 minutes per game… Averaged 8.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game… Recorded her first double-double of the season with a career-high 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting and pulled down 10 rebounds against Grambling State (11/28)… Scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds against Minnesota (12/2)… Tallied 17 points, nine rebounds and two steals against Newman (12/9)… Recorded 12 points and four rebounds at then-No. 8 California (12/21)… Picked up her second double-double of the season with an 18 point, 13 rebound performance at Texas Tech (1/19)… Recorded a career-high six steals against Texas (1/23)… Scored 14 points to go along with nine rebounds against Oklahoma State (1/26)… Finished with 19 points in a match-up at Kansas State (2/2)… Hit her first career three-pointer at No. 1 Baylor (2/6)… Grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked a career-high six shots at TCU (2/13)… Picked up her third double-double of the season against TCU (3/8) with a career-high 19 rebounds to go along with 11 points… Scored 12 points against Iowa State (3/9) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship… Added 12 points against Colorado (3/23) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 2011-12 (Freshman) Started the final 10 games of the season in place of injured all-American Carolyn Davis... Turned in 8.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game over her 10 starts, more than tripling her averages through the first 24 games of the season... Led KU on the boards during NCAA Tournament play with 11.0 rpg and added 13.0 ppg to be the only Jayhawk to average a double-double in the postseason... Collected her first double-digit outings in back-to-back games going 5-for-6 from the floor twice for 10 points versus Oral Roberts (12/21) and Sam Houston State (12/28) in only six and seven minutes of floor time, respectively... Sank 13-straight free throws from Feb. 15-March 8, 2012... Swatted three shots in the regular-season finale at Oklahoma (3/4) and recorded nine of her 14 blocks during the last five games... Notched personal bests with 15 points and 16 rebounds, her first double-double, versus Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament First Round (3/18)... Her 16 boards tied a KU record for most singlegame rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game. High School Graduated from DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas) in 2011... Named district defensive player of the year her senior season when the Eagles were district champions... Averaged 8.7 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.6 blocks and 2.3 steals per game in her final year for coach Larry Goad... Also named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State Team in 2010-11 while earning her second consecutive all-district first team appointment... Named defensive player of the year in 2007-08 as DHS finished second in the state tournament... Member of the Texas Top Prospects AAU team along with current KU freshman Bunny Williams... A three-time academic all-district selection.
gardner’s career statistics Year 2011-12 2012-13 TOTAL
GP GS Min Avg 29 10 392 13.5 34 19 795 23.4 63 29 1187 18.8
FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct 53 98 .541 0 0 .000 123 226 .544 1 1 1.000 176 324 .543 1 1 1.000
FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 29 52 .558 40 67 107 3.7 52 2 2 18 14 4 135 4.7 50 74 .676 64 171 235 6.9 94 2 10 45 51 21 297 8.7 79 126 .627 104 238 342 5.4 146 4 12 63 65 25 432 6.9