The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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92 ■ THE WOLFPACKER BASKETBALL PREVIEW 2019-20 ■ Camille Hobby 41 • Center • 6-1 Freshman • Jacksonville, Fla. Career Highlights: Was chosen as Florida's Miss B a s ke t b a l l i n 2 0 1 9 … Named the Class 7A Player of the Year, The Jacksonville Times-Union All-First Coast Player of the Year and a first-team All-USA Today Florida selection … Aver - aged 17.9 points and 10.8 rebounds to help Nease High finish 30-2 and reach the state title game. ■ Grace Hunter 23 • Guard • 5-10 Fifth-Year Senior • Raleigh Career Highlights: Started 14 games before suffer- ing a season-ending injury against Duke … Was team's leading scorer at the time after hitting double digits in 12 contests and twice reaching at least 20 points … Had a season-high 21 points in wins over George Washington and Old Do - minion … Had four double- doubles … Previously at Charlotte, she led the 49ers in scoring (17.2 points per game) and rebounding (8.6 boards per contest) as a sophomore in 2016-17, while helping the 49ers go 21-10 overall and 12-6 in Conference USA … Started 17 games as a freshman and earned a spot on the Conference USA Freshman Team after being voted the league's Freshman of the Week on five occasions. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2015-16* 31 11.0 7.3 1.4 2016-17* 31 17.2 8.6 2.5 2018-19 14 14.6 6.9 2.9 * at Charlotte ■ Kayla Jones 25 • Forward • 6-1 Junior • Jamesville, N.C. Career Highlights: Played all 34 games last season … Had a career-high 15 points at Louisville … Had four games of double- digit points … Played in 15 games during her rookie season … Made the ACC Ac- ademic Honor Roll … Rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 20 forward in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz … Tabbed as the MVP of the East-West All-Star Game in July following her high school graduation … Named All-State by USA Today after averaging 24.0 points, 11.9 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior … Was a two-time confer- ence Player of the Year. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2017-18 15 0.6 1.5 0.1 2018-19 34 4.7 4.4 1.1 ■ Aislinn Konig 1 • Guard • 5-10 Senior • Surrey, British Columbia Career Highlights: Started all 34 games last year and was second in the ACC in minutes per game (36.0) … Broke her own school record with 93 made three-pointers … Es - tablished a streak of 51 con- secutive games with a three- pointer dating back to the previous year before it was snapped against Clemson … Had 19 double-digit scor - ing performances … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and All-ACC Academic Team … Played this summer with the Canadian Senior National Team … Made 33 starts and played in 35 contests as a sophomore … Set a then-school record with 91 made three-pointers in a season … Made six three-pointers and scored 20 points in a win over Wake Forest … Played in 19 games as a freshman, missing two months with a foot injury … Was the ACC Rookie of the Week after averaging 20.0 points and making 10 of 14 three-pointers in wins over North Carolina Central and Tulane … Scored a career-high 26 points and had six threes against North Carolina Central … Helped the Canadian U19 National Team take third at the 2017 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup by averag - ing 10.7 points in seven games and scoring 32 points while making 10 threes against Latvia … Tabbed as a five-star prospect, and the No. 9 guard and No. 38 overall prospect in the class of 2016 by ESPN HoopGurlz … Named the Brit - ish Columbia Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 … Once scored 56 points — 32 in the first quarter alone — while tallying 14 three-point field goals in a high school game … Played on the Canadian National Team in the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Women's Championship in Chile. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2016-17 19 7.1 1.5 1.2 2017-18 35 10.3 2.4 3.1 2018-19 34 10.7 2.5 3.8 ■ Kendal Moore 15 • Guard • 5-6 Freshman • Fayetteville, N.C. Career Highlights: Averaged 24.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game for Pine Forest High, help- ing it finish 22-5 and reach the third round of the 4-A state playoffs … Chosen sec- ond-team All-State by USA Today … Selected to the NC Coaches Association East- West All-Star Game where she made a half court shot to end the first half … Saluta - torian of her class. ■ Jada Rice 31 • Center • 6-4 Sophomore • Suwanee, Ga. Career Highlights: Saw action in 22 games as a rookie … Logged a career-high 12 minutes in a home win over Wake Forest … Earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Ranked as the No. 12 post player and No. 57 overall prospect in the 2018 class by Prospects Nation … Listed by ESPN HoopGurlz as the No. 19 forward in the country … As a senior, averaged 6.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots in 26 games for a squad that went 25-3 and reached the quarterfinals of the Class AAAAAAA state tourna - ment before losing to the eventual champion … Was first-team all-region as a junior. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG BPG 2018-19 22 0.2 0.8 0.1 ■ Elle Sutphin 20 • Forward • 6-3 Freshman • Pilot Mountain, N.C. Career Highlights: Reclassified after originally being a member of the 2020 class … Was rated as the top player in North Carolina and the No. 39 overall prospect in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz … Averaged 21.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in 2018-19 to help East Surry High reach the 1-A state c h a m p i o n s h i p ga m e … Named first-team All-State by USA Today … Played in the 2019 North Carolina East-West All-Star Game and led her team in scoring with 17 points. ■ Katie Wadsworth 40 • Guard • 5-6 Senior • Raleigh Career Highlights: Walk-on who joined the team in November 2017 and played in 11 games … Saw action in 16 games and made three three-pointers last year … Played a career-high eight minutes in the win over Wake Forest … Is a two- time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … Played high school basketball at Broughton High and aver- aged 12.8 points per game over her final two seasons. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2017-18 11 0.5 0.1 0.1 2018-19 16 0.8 0.3 0.1