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point guard
CAREER HONORS
HIGH SCHOOL
SEC RECORDS MEDIA INFO
• Averaged 16.0 ppg., 7.0 apg. and 4.0 spg. as a senior (2010-11). • Helped BHS capture back-to-back-to-back state titles (2009, 2010, 2011). • Put up 13.5 ppg., 5.5 apg., 4.2 rpg. and 4.0 spg. as a junior (2009-10). • Numbers as a sophomore (2008-09) included 13.6 ppg., 5.0 apg., 4.0 rpg. and 2.6 spg. • Averaged 15.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 4.5 apg. and 3.2 spg. as a freshman (2007-08). • McDonald’s High School All-American and WBCA High School All-American (2011). • USA Today All-USA First Team (2011) and Second Team (2009, 2010). • Parade Magazine All-American (2011) and Parade Second Team (2010), ESPN Rise All-America First Team (2010 and 2011). • Gatorade Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2011). • Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA), Associated Press and Champaign News Gazette 3A/4A All-State First Team (2010, 2011). • Chicago Tribune All-State (2010) and All-Area (2009). • Herald News Co-Player of the Year (2010) and All-Area (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). • Illinois Class 3A/4A All-State Second Team by the IBCA, Associated Press and Champaign News Gazette (2009), and IBCA All-State Third Team (2008). • All-Southwest Suburban Blue Conference first team (2008, 2009).
NCAA
• Appeared in 33 games, getting 24 starts and scoring in double figures on 10 occasions. • Started in opener vs. Pepperdine (11/13), becoming only the 14th freshman to start her first game as a Lady Vol after being anointed UT’s point guard in March by Pat Summitt while she was still in high school. • Recorded 162 assists as a rookie, the most-ever by a UT freshman and the eighth-best total in school history. • Ranked second in the SEC with that total, as well, with an average of 4.9 per game. • Led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.1. • Fourth best free throw shooter in the league at .776 (6685). • Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 16 after dishing out a Lady Vol rookie-record 12 assists in a home win over Vanderbilt (Jan. 15). • Also named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 5 after scoring 14 vs. Middle Tennessee and 10 vs. Texas and dishing out five assists in each game. • Also hit double figures in assists against Alabama, posting 11 against the Tide (1/26). • Shot a perfect 6-6 from the floor (4-4 from three) to collect a career-high 19 points against Chattanooga (1/3). • Came up one assist shy of a double-double against Georgia (1/5), hitting for 19 points for the second straight game and adding nine assists.
• Four-time gold medalist with USA Basketball. • Massengale was a member of the 2013 USA World University Games team, averaging 4.0 points and 2.5 assists for a team that was 6-0 and struck gold in Kazan, Russia. • In the summer of 2011, won a gold medal at the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championships (7.2 ppg./4.3 apg./4.3 rpg.) in Puerto Montt, Chile, playing alongside UT teammate Cierra Burdick. • Broke a USA U19 record with 39 assists for the tournament and was fourth among all players at the World Championships. • Also won gold medals at both the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship (10.1 ppg./5.4 apg.) and 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship (12.0 ppg./4.8 apg./3.4 rpg.). • On the AAU circuit, she played for Tennessee Flight Silver in 2010; played for Illinois Dream Team from 2007-2009.
FACILITIES
2011-12 - freshman
USA/AAU BASKETBALL
HISTORY
• Came off the bench the first four games before establishing herself as the starting point guard in 30 contests. • Scored in double figures 13 times and led the team in three-pointers on 10 occasions while averaging 7.9 points and 4.5 assists per contest. • That assist average ranked her sixth in the SEC last season for all games, and her 5.1 apg average in league contests rated her fifth. • Her 4.7 career assists per game average through two seasons stands No. 3 all-time at Tennessee. • Scored a career-high 15 points and added seven assists, three rebounds and a steal in 37 minutes vs. No. 12/20 Texas. • Posted her second career double-double, tallying 10 points and 10 assists in a home win over Auburn. • Had nine assists vs. No. 2/3 Notre Dame and eight vs. Ole Miss. • Scored 15 points and chipped in four assists, two steals and a block in the overtime win over Middle Tennessee. • Connected on 10-of-10 free throws and finished with 14 points in a key early road win at No. 23/23 Miami. • Attempted the third highest free throw total on the team, connecting on .778 (70-90) of her tries. • Scored 13 vs. Oral Roberts and 11 vs. Creighton in home NCAA tournament games.
REVIEW
2012-13 - SOPHOMORE
• Hit six of nine shots against MTSU (11/29), contributing 14 points in the win. • Against #7 Miami (11/15), she fell one assist shy of a double-double, putting up 11 points and nine assists against the Hurricanes. • Helped UT to SEC Tourney championship game win, sinking nine of 10 free throws vs. LSU (3/4).
PLAYERS
• Preseason Coaches Second-Team All-SEC -- 2012-13 • Full Court Freshman All-America First Team -- 2012 • SEC All-Freshman Team -- 2012 • SEC Freshman of the Week -- 2011-12 (12/5, 1/16)
STAFF
JUNIOR • 2l • 5-7 BOLINGBROOK, ILL. • BOLINGBROOK h.s.
GENERAL
ARIEL MASSENGALE
personal
• Full name is Ariel Chanel Massengale. • Born on June 10, 1993, in Downers Grove, Ill. utSPORTs.com
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