The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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94 ■ THE WOLFPACKER BASKETBALL PREVIEW 2016-17 ■ Camille Anderson 0 • Guard • 5-9 Sophomore • Buford, Ga. Career Highlights: Played in 27 games during her freshman season, starting two … Averaged 3.1 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 11.9 minutes per game … Shot 26 of 85 (30.6 per - cent) from the field and 27 of 74 (33.8 percent) from three-point range … Was NC State's second-most accurate shooter on threes … Scored a season-best eight points in win over Boston College … Played a season-best 25 minutes at Florida … Hit two three-pointers in a game on nine occasions ... Prior to NC State, was the 2015 All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year … Her senior team went 30-3 and won the state title … Was also the Gwinnet Tip-Off Club Player of the Year and first-team All-Region 8AAAA in 2015 … A three-star recruit and the recipient of a grade of 90 on ESPNW's rankings … Participated at the USA Basketball Women's U17 World Championship Team Trials in May 2014 … Her high school teams were Region 7AAA champions in 2012, 2013 and 2014. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2015-16 27 3.1 0.9 0.6 ■ Erika Cassell 24 • Forward • 6-2 Freshman • Marietta, Ga. Career Highlights: Rated as a four-star prospect with a scout grade of 94, and the No. 16 forward and No. 88 overall recruit and in the class of 2016 by ESPNW HoopGurlz … 2016 GHSA state champion at Holy In- nocents Episcopal School … Recorded a double-double (11 points and 13 rebounds) in the title game … 2016 McDonald's All-American honorable mention … Atlanta Journal-Constitution Second-Team All-State … Earned a spot on the Naismith Trophy Midseason Award watch list as a junior … Named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Star team as a junior, when she helped her team win a record 31 games … Captained her 5A regional champion and state runner-up team her sophomore and junior years … Also competed in track and field and spent significant time off the court par- ticipating in charitable activities with the Atlanta Mission for Women and Children and both the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and Susan G. Komen Charity. ■ Jonquanae "Nae Nae" Cole 44 • Center • 6-3 Sophomore • Gainesville, Va. Career Highlights: Played in 18 games her fresh- man year, averaging 1.8 points, 1.5 rebounds and 7.4 minutes per contest … Recorded season highs in points (nine) and minutes (17) in the win over UAB … Made a season-best four field goals in the win over Western Carolina … Grabbed a season-best five rebounds in the win over High Point … Shot 14 of 36 (38.9 percent) from the field for the year … Prior to NC State, her senior high school team at Paul VI went 32-2 to win its ninth straight state title … Was first-team All-Western Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), Preseason All-Met and a McDonald's High School All- American nominee in 2015 … Ranked as the nation's No. 100 overall prospect in 2015 by ESPN HoopGurlz … Also rated as a four-star recruit by ESPNW and the No. 16 post player in the class … Ranked No. 33 in the nation by Blue Star Report. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2015-16 18 1.8 1.5 0.06 ■ Kaila Ealey 2 • Guard • 5-8 Redshirt Freshman • Raleigh, N.C. Career Highlights: Played in four games before her freshman season was cut short by an injury suffered in NC State's Nov. 20 win at Liberty … Averaged 2.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 12.0 minutes per game … Shot 40.0 percent (2 of 5) from the field and 57.1 percent (4 of 7) from the foul line … Dished out five assists while making just three turnovers … Scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and dished out three as- sists in 18 minutes in her best game, a Nov. 15 win over High Point … Prior to NC State, averaged 26.4 points per game during her senior year at Broughton High and her team went 20-7 … Earned Associated Press second-team all-state honors and was also named a McDonald's High School All-America nominee … Ranked the No. 75 overall prospect in 2015 by ESPN HoopGurlz … Rated as a four-star recruit by ESPNW and the No. 16 guard in the class … Picked for the The Raleigh News & Observer's 2014 All-Metro Team. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2015-16 4 2.0 2.0 1.3 ■ Aislinn "Ace" Konig 1 • Guard • 5-9 Freshman • Surrey, British Columbia Career Highlights: Rated as the No. 9 guard and No. 38 overall pros- pect in the class of 2016 by ESPN HoopGurlz … Tabbed as a five-star pros- pect … Named the Brit- ish Columbia Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 … Led the Brookswood Sec- ondary School Bobcats to three consecutive Provincial AAA titles from 2014-16 … Earned league MVP honors all three seasons … Recorded 35 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in the 2016 championship game … Scored a game-high 26 points in the 2015 title game … Once scored 56 points in a game (14 total three-point field goals and had 32 points in the first quarter) … Played on the Canadian national team in the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Women's Championship in Chile … Invited to the Adidas 3stripe All-American Camp in the summer of 2015 … Trained with the Canadian National Team in December 2015. ■ Akela Maize 32 • Center • 6-5 Junior • Greensboro, N.C. Career Highlights: Played in 10 games during her sophomore season, averag- ing 0.6 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.2 blocks and 4.7 minutes per game … Scored two points in wins over High Point and Western Carolina … Pulled down a season- high two rebounds in the win over Radford Nov. 17 … Appeared in 17 games during her freshman season … Averaged 6.8 minutes, 1.5 points and 1.6 rebounds per contest … Shot 9 of 26 (34.6 percent) from the field and 7 of 12 (58.3 percent) Meet The Pack Bios Of The 2016-17 Women's Basketball Team