2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster
Miah Spencer
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ga.
- High School:
- Columbia HS
Senior (2016-17): Named All-ACC First Team in a vote of the league’s coaches … Named All-ACC Second Team in a vote of the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel … ACC Honor Roll ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 3 ... Started all 32 of the Wolfpack’s games, averaging 30.5 minutes, 12.8 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game … Shot 140-289 (.484) from the field throughout the season, the second most accurate rate on the team among those who attempted at least 50 field goals … Shot 112-140 (.800) from the FT line, third best on the team … Is the only player in the 43-season history of NC State women’s basketball to score 1,500 points and dish out 400 assists … Finished her career 12th all-time in points with 1,585 … Finished her career fourth all-time in assists with 496 … Owns the eighth and ninth best assist seasons in program history, at 151 (as a junior) and 152 (as a senior) … Scored a career-high 31 points in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 game at No. 14/15 Texas … Scored 10+ points on 22 occasions during her senior season … Scored 20+ points on four occasions during her senior season … Ended her career with 83 career games of 10+ points, a figure that ranks tied for 10th in program history … Recorded 4+ assists in 21 of the team’s 32 games … Finished the season with a 1.90 assist to turnover ratio (1.47 career) … Did not miss a single game throughout her entire career, playing all 129 (101 starts) to rank tied for sixth in program history … Ends her career ranking No. 1 in program history with 428 made FTs.
Junior (2015-16): Named All-ACC Second Team by both the league’s coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel … Averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 assists, and 4.5 rebounds per game … Scored 10+ points 25 times and 20+ points seven times … Was responsible for 151 of NC State's 395 assists (.382) … Averaged the most assists per game (4.8) since Krissy Kuziemski's 5.3 per game in 1992-93 ... Led the team in scoring (or tied) in 13 games … Led the team in assists (or tied) in 24 games … Led the team in rebounding (or tied) in four games … Ranks 25th in program history with 1174 career points … Ranks 14th in program history with 344 assists … Scored 39 points in two ACC Tournament games … Scored a season-high 25 points and tied a career high with 10 assists in a win at UNC-CH on Feb. 21 … Recorded a season-high 11 rebounds in a win over UAB on Nov. 27 … Played a career-high 52 minutes in the 3OT win at Pittsburgh on Jan. 10 … Named the College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 21 … Became just the 31st player in program history to score 1000 points in a Wolfpack uniform in the Jan. 27 win over Virginia … Ended the regular season ranking third in the ACC in assists per game and fourth in minutes played per game.
ACC Ranks (Through End of Regular Season)
-1st in minutes per game (ACC games – 37.6)
-3rd in assists per game (5.0)
-4th in minutes per game (34.6)
-5th in assist to turnover ratio (1.7)
-6th in free throw percentage (.791)
-11th in points per game (ACC games - 15.3)
-18th in points per game (13.8)
Sophomore (2014-15): One of three team captains … Started all 33 games of the season and averaged 32.8 minutes per contest … Averaged 14.0 points per game (1st on team) and 4.5 rebounds per game (4th on team) … Led the team with 107 assists … Scored in double figures on 23 occasions and scored 20+ points eight times … Led the team in scoring 11 times … Recorded her first career double-double at Boston College on Feb. 16 … Scored a career-high 26 points in the WNIT win at ECU on March 22 … Dished out a career-high 10 assists in the win over Mount St. Mary's, marking the most assists by a Wolfpack player since Monica Pope distributed 12 vs. Iowa State on 11/25/05 … Surpassed 500 career points during the Jan. 10 win over Clemson … Won the team's Kay Yow Award for exemplifying strength during the 2014-15 season.
Final Season ACC Ranks
3FG Percentage: .381 (7th)
Steals/Game: 1.8 (7th)
Assists/Game: 3.2 (8th)
FT Percentage: .777 (9th)
Points/Game: 14.0 (14th)
Freshman (2013-14):Game-by-game ...Had a very strong freshman season for the Wolfpack, playing in all 33 games (starting five) and averaging 23.2 minutes per contest ... Finished the season with 273 points, ranking 15th all-time among all freshmen in program history ... Averaged 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game ... Shot 44.9 percent from the field and 38.6 percent from three-point range ... Posted a 1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio ... Scored a career-high 18 points in just 23 minutes against No. 2 Notre Dame ... Made her first career start in the place of an injured Myisha Goodwin-Coleman during NC State's Feb. 23 win over Virginia ... Collected a career-high nine rebounds in the win at Pittsburgh ... Swiped a career-high five steals and dished out a career-high five assists in the win over No. 8 Maryland ... Tied for a team high with 11 points in the season-opening win over St. Bonaventure on Nov. 8 ... Averaged 13.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game during three games at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla ... Finished the season by scoring 10+ points in seven straight games.
High School: Led her team to state titles as a junior and senior ... Averaged 18.7 points, 5.7 steals, and 3.8 assists per game as a senior ... Second-Team All-State 3-A selection as a junior after leading her team to a state championship in 2012 ... Scored 15 points in the state title game to lead her team to a 57-33 victory and a 24-5 season ... Member of the Junior All-Star Team in the North-South Georgia All-Star Game .
Personal: Native of Decatur, Ga.
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