25 SEASON GP-S FG 2008-09 33-33 106-268 2009-10 5-5 23-54 2010-11 23-22 100-257 2011-12 34-34 152-382 CAREER 95-94 381-961
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Fort Worth, Texas // Liberty Christian School % .396 .426 .389 .398 .396
3FG 62-166 10-26 38-128 39-123 149-443
% FT .373 29-35 .385 11-14 .297 51-62 .317 109-130 .336 200-241
% REB RPG AST TO .829 97 2.9 54 64 .786 22 4.4 11 13 .823 130 5.7 64 60 .838 241 7.1 140 84 .830 490 5.2 269 221
BLK 17 2 13 14 46
STL PTS PPG 40 303 9.2 6 67 13.4 33 289 12.6 29 452 13.3 108 1111 11.7
Collegiate Accolades • Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2012) • All-Big 12 First Team (2012) • Capital One Academic All-District 7 First Team (2012) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2011) • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2009) • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2009) • All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2009) • NCAA Championship All-Region (2009) • Big 12 Freshman of the Week (4x, 2009)
High School Accolades • Nation’s No. 14 Overall Player (SLAM Magazine) • Nation’s No. 5 Shooting Guard (SLAM Magazine) • Texas’ No. 1 Shooting Guard (SLAM Magazine) • Nation’s No. 33 Overall Player (Blue Star Report) • Nation’s No. 39 Overall Player (ESPN Hoopgurlz) • High School All-American (Women’s Basketball Coaches Association) • Texas Player of the Year (Chevrolet’s Inside High School Basketball) • 2008 TAPPS Class 5A Female Athlete of the Year • 2008 TAPPS Large Division Player of the Year (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches) • 2008 TAPPS All-State Class 5A First Team • 2008 TAPPS All-District 1-5A MVP 2011-12 // Redshirt Junior • 2008 TAPPS Academic All-State Basketball Led Sooners in minutes played (36.2), free throw percentage (.838), rebounds (241) and assists • 2008 TABC All-Star Game Selection (140) ... All-Big 12 Championship Team member; averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in • 2008 TABC Private High School (Large Division) Player of the Year two games ... All-Big 12 First Team ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Capital One Academic All-District First Team ... Ranked 12th in Big 12 scoring (13.3), ninth in rebounds per game (7.1), • 2008 All-Texas First Team (Premier Basketball Report) • Greater Denton Sports Commission Female Athlete of the Year Runner-Up eighth in assists per game (4.1), third in free throw percentage, sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7) and third in minutes played ... Began season with first of five double-doubles, an 18-point, • 2007 TAPPS All-State Class 5A First Team 10-rebound effort versus Sacramento State (Nov. 13) ... Scored season-high 24 points twice, once • 2007 TAPPS All-District 1-5A Co-MVP • 2007 All-Area MVP (Denton Record Chronicle) versus Texas Tech (Jan. 11) where she was 11-for-11 from free throw line, and then versus Texas A&M (March 9) in Big 12 Championship Semifinal ... Crossed 1,000 career points with 11-point performance versus Texas A&M (Feb. 21) ... Paired with Aaryn Ellenberg to become just fourth Liberty Christian School set of OU teammates to each reach 1,000 career points in the same season ... Averaged 14.0 Second leading scorer in Texas’ history with 3,649 points; trailed Adrian McGowen (2003-06), points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in the NCAA tournament ... Led OU scoring in 10 games and who is the national record holder with 5,424 ... Averaged 25.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 rebounding in 13 ... Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention ... Voted co-captain by teammates. assists as senior ... Made 49 percent of field goals and led state (all divisions, all classes) with 84.5 free throw percentage and 108 3-pointers made ... Led the WBCA All-America game with 2010-11 // Redshirt Sophomore four steals and had 10 points and four assists while starting at point guard for the winning team Returned from a 401-day rehab of an ACL tear to total then-career highs of 24 points and 11 ... Averaged 17 points, 9.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 5.4 steals and 45 percent from 3-point range as rebounds in her hometown of Fort Worth against TCU (Jan. 2) ... Averaged 12.6 points and 5.7 a junior ... Played at point guard, shooting guard, small forward and power forward positions rebounds in 23 games ... Led team with 34.8 minutes per game ... Averaged 20.5 points in NCAA during high school career ... Led Liberty Christian to 37-3 overall record (10-0 in league); team first and second rounds, matching previous career high of 24 points against James Madison ended season ranked No. 10 in Texas by MaxPreps ... Led Liberty Christian to consecutive state (March 20) and scoring 27 points versus Miami (March 22) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team. championships in 2007 and 2008 ... Coached by Ken Burroughs. 2009-10 // Sophomore Made five starts, averaging 13.4 points and 4.4 rebounds, before tearing ACL shortly before halftime of OU’s blowout win of San Diego State in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (Nov. 27) ... Scored over 14 points per game in first four contests and had 10 at time of first-half injury ... Made 10 of 26 (.385) 3-pointers, 13 of 28 (.464) 2-pointers and 11 of 14 (.786) free throws. 2008-09 // Freshman Averaged 9.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 37.3 3-point field goal percentage in 33 games started ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... All-Big 12 honorable mention ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection ... NCAA Championship All-Oklahoma City Region Team member ... Ranked fourth in Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage ... Four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 1, Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9) ... Averaged 13.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 steals during NCAA Championship ... Scored season-high 22 points versus Purdue in Oklahoma City Regional Semifinal (March 29) ... Led Oklahoma to first win over defending national champions Tennessee with 20-point performance ... Made 8-of-9 field goals, including 4-of-5 3-point attempts, in win over Lady Vols (Feb. 2) ... Also scored 20 points in win versus Marist (Nov. 26) ... Became just seventh true freshman under Sherri Coale to start first career game, netting 11 points versus UC-Riverside (Nov. 15).
Other Led club team, Essence (Florida), to 2007 Nike Nationals Gold Division Championship with a 21-point, eight-rebound performance ... Defeated Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Terry in a 3-point contest ... Three-time all-state in volleyball ... Also participated in track ... Volleyball team won 2006 state championship and finished runner-up in 2007 ... Graduated with 4.25 GPA ... Ranked No. 3 in class. Personal Daughter of Rich and Susan Hand ... Father is a former major league pitcher who played in the Indians, Rangers and Angels organizations ... Has five siblings -- brother Cody and sisters Jessica, Jordyn, Hannah and Rebekah ... Married OU quarterback Landry Jones in June 2012.
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