The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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104 ■ THE WOLFPACKER WOLFPACK BASKETBALL PREVIEW team 4A all-state as a senior … Averaged 12.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.9 assists per game as a senior … Earned MVP honors in the district and was named all-region by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches as a junior … Helped lead Summit to the Texas 4A state title during her freshman and senior seasons … Led her DFW Elite team to championships at the Boo Williams Invitational and at Nike Nationals. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2012-13 31 2.4 2.7 1.2 2013-14 18 0.8 0.9 0.6 Totals 49 1.8 2.0 1.0 ■ Chloe Jackson 23 • Guard • 5-9 Freshman • Upper Marlboro, Md. Career Highlights: Named The Washington Post's Girls' Basketball Player of the Year for 2014 … WBCA High School All-America Honorable Mention … Hit the game-winning shot in her team's 2014 National Association of Christian Athletes (NACA) title game … Ranked as the 19th-best guard in the class of 2014 by ESPN … Earned a score of 90 on ESPN's recruiting rankings … Helped her senior team post a 28-3 record … Averaged 15.4 points per game during her junior season … Riverdale Baptist team went 29-6 and reached the semifinals of the ESPN National High School Invi - tational during her junior season … Sophomore team went 38-2 and won the ESPN Rise title. ■ Akela Maize 32 • Center • 6-5 Freshman • Greensboro, N.C. Career Highlights: Ranked the 16th-best center in the country by ESPN … Given a recruiting ranking score of 90 by ESPN … Senior team went a nearly perfect 32-1, ranking second in North Carolina and 55th in the country … Shot 48 percent from the field dur - ing her senior season, while averaging 3.8 points, 4.7 re- bounds and 1.1 blocks per contest … Played the first three years of her high school career at Dudley High School in Greensboro … During her sophomore season at Dudley, collected 10 or more rebounds on 10 occa- sions, including a high of 15 in a win over West Forsyth. ■ Jennifer Mathurin 11 • Forward • 6-1 Sophomore • Montreal, Quebec Career Highlights: Played 30 games in her 2013- 14, her freshman season, and averaged 9.3 minutes per contest … Earned one start against No. 2 Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament semifinal … Averaged 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game … Had a career day in the win at Pittsburgh, recording highs in points (10), rebounds (10) and minutes (18) … Led the team in rebounds (seven) during her career debut in the season- opening win over St. Bo- naventure Nov. 8 … Played in 13 of 14 non-conference games … Averaged 15.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as a high school senior, while shooting 43.0 percent from the field … Led her Quebec Provincial team to a pair of bronze medals at the Canadian National Championships … In 2010, she was named the bronze medal game MVP after she netted 18 points and 12 rebounds … In 2010-11, she was the lone freshman named a second-team all-star after averaging 13.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2013-14 30 2.3 2.4 0.2 ■ Kaley Moser 30 • Guard • 5-11 Junior • Burlington, N.C. Career Highlights: Played in 10 games in 2013-14 and averaged 2.4 minutes per contest … Averaged 1.2 points and 0.4 rebounds per game … Achieved career highs in points (six), made field goals (two) and made three-point field goals (two) in State's win over Presby - terian … Tied a career high with five minutes played in the win over Elon … Played in three of State's final four games, including both the quarterfinal and the semifinal of the ACC Tournament … Joined NC State as a walk- on during the 2012 fall semester … Tallied her first collegiate field goal against Longwood, which gave the Wolfpack 100 points, marking the first time the program reached triple digits on the scoreboard since 1997 … Finished the 2012-13 campaign with seven appearances, and averaged 2.6 minutes, 0.9 rebounds and 0.3 points per game … Four-year letter winner at Williams High School … Team captain for one season … Selected first-team all-region by the Burlington Times News … NC Preps all-state honoree … Named all-conference in both basketball and soccer … Williams was 3A state runner- up for women's basketball in 2012. ■ Chelsea Nelson 5 • Forward • 6-1 Freshman • Antioch, Tenn. C a re e r H i g h l i g h t s : Ranked 24th nationally among wing players by ESPN … Scored a 90 in ESPN's recruiting rankings … Played for John Overton High School and the Ten- nessee Flight in AAU … In addition to her time on the court, also was an accom- plished cross country run- ner in high school. ■ Carlee Schuhmacher 25 • Forward/Center • 6-1 Junior • Watertown, Wis. Career Highlights: Prior to NC State, played two seasons at Des Moines Area Community College, earning All-America honors each year … In 2013-14, her team finished with a 19-13 overall mark and a 10-6 conference record … Named league and national player of the week in Feb - ruary after averaging 31.0 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in two DMACC wins … During her first season at DMACC, recorded 20 doubles-doubles in 32 games, averaging 16.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per contest while help - ing her team post a 24-8 record … Led the Iowa Community College Athletic Association in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots during her first season … Was named a first-team National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American following the 2012-13 season … Holds two DMACC records — most points in one season (522) and highest total rebounding average for one season (11.4 boards per game). ■ Miah Spencer 3 • Guard • 5-8 Sophomore • Decatur, Ga. Career Highlights: Had a very strong freshman season in 2013-14, 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 his - tory … Averaged 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game … Shot 44.9 per- cent 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 NC State's 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 the team lead with 11 points in the season-opening win over St. Bonaventure … 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-plus points in seven straight games … Led Columbia High to state titles as a junior and senior … Averaged 18.7 points, 5.7 steals and 3.8 assists per game as a senior … Was named second-team all-state as a junior … Tallied 15 points in the 57-33 title game victory to finish a 24-5 campaign … Was also selected to the junior all-star team in the North-South Georgia All-Star game as a junior. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2013-14 33 8.3 3.6 2.6