Newcomers ROSHUNDA JOHNSON
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Guard | 5-7 | Junior Little Rock, Ark. Parkview HS (Oklahoma State)
TEAIRA MCCOWAN
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Center | 6-7 | Freshman Brenham, Texas Brenham HS
CAREER AT OKLAHOMA STATE HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 8.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals in two seasons, Rated as high as No. 12 nationally coming out of Brenham (Texas) High School, helping the Cowgirls to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. including the second-rated center… Five-star prospect by ESPN/HoopGurlz… Rated No. 26 by Premier Girls Report and No. 12 overall, the No. 2 center, by 2014-15 (SOPHOMORE - OKLAHOMA ST.) Full Court… Pegged the No. 2 center, 16th overall, by All-Star Girls Report… Started 31 of 32 games and averaged 34.9 minutes per game while helping Earned Parade All-America honors following her senior season… Averaged Oklahoma State to a 20-12 record and the NCAA Tournament… Rated third 19.3 points, 17.1 rebounds, 4.0 blocks in leading Brenham to a 25-8 overall on the squad with 11.3 ppg and first with a Big 12 seventh-most 3.8 apg… record and 13-1 district mark as a senior… Tabbed to the Texas Association Finished third in the conference in steals (2.4 spg) and seventh in assist/turn- of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-Star Game following her final prep season… over ratio (1.59)… Tallied 9.6 points and 2.8 assists per game in league play… Earned back-to-back all-state selections her final two years… Averaged 18.1 Also ranked eighth with 1.7 steals… Tallied 10 points in an NCAA Tournament points, 18.8 rebounds and 4.5 blocks as a junior, earning all-state honors after setback to Florida Gulf Coast… Averaged 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and leading BHS to a 29-4 record and the region quarterfinals as a junior… Claimed 3 steals to claim Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors… Had 20 double-digit USA Today All-Texas Second Team honors following that campaign… Helped games, including three with 20-plus points… Scored 20 points in the Big 12 the Cubettes to the area finals as a sophomore, scoring 19.7 ppg to go with Tournament against Iowa State and added 14 and 16 points against Oklahoma 19.2 rebounds and 5.0 blocks… Represented the United States at the 2014 and Baylor, respectively… Added 16 points at Kansas… Scored a career-high FIBA Americas 18U Championship, helping the Red, White and Blue to a 5-0 22 points against New Orleans and 21 at North Carolina… Posted a career- record and the gold medal… Also excelled in track and field for Brenham, finishbest 12 assists against Missouri State. ing second in the shot put at the 2015 Texas 5A state meet after winning the region crown. 2013-14 (FRESHMAN - OKLAHOMA ST.) Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team after averaging 5.5 points, 2.7 re- PERSONAL bounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals in leading OSU to a 25-9 record and the Born Sept. 28, 1996... Daughter of Tracy Nunn and Dayronn McCowan... CurNCAA Sweet 16… Played in 32 games, drawing six starts… Scored a season- rently undecided on her major. high 16 points in an NCAA Tournament second-round win at Purdue… Tallied her best Big 12 effort with 15 points against Baylor, going 6 of 10 from the field… Claimed a season-best 6 assists to go with 13 points against Kansas. HIGH SCHOOL Starred at Parkview High School in Little Rock, Ark., rating as the nation’s 38th-best player by All-Star Girls Report, No. 46 by Premier Basketball Report, 49th by ESPN/HoopGurlz, No. 45 by Full Court and No. 50 by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report… Named Class 6A all-state following her senior and junior seasons… First team all-state by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and all-star selection by the Arkansas High School Coaches Association… McDonald’s AllAmerica nominee… Led Parkview to the state title game as a senior, finishing the year 18-6… Tallied 13 points in the title game to earn all-state tournament team honors… Named to the all-state tournament team after leading PHS to the state title as a junior, averaging 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists, a year after the Patriots finished as the runner-up… Also played volleyball and softball. PERSONAL Born Aug. 21, 1995, in Little Rock, Ark… Daughter of Edward and Kesha Johnson... Pursuing a degree in sociology.
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