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Nia Alexander vs Loyola Marymount 3-8-19

Nia Alexander

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    Women's Basketball (2016-2019)
FRESHMAN (2016-2017): Appeared in all 31 games in her first year on the Hilltop, making her lone start at Gonzaga on Jan. 5... averaged 4.8 points per game and 2.6 rebounds per contest... scored a season-high 14 points by going a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 3 of 3 from three-point range at Cal Poly on Dec. 17... registered double-digit scoring figures on two other occasions - 13 points at San Diego (Dec. 29) and 12 points at Saint Mary's (Jan. 7)... shot 33.3 percent from long distance on the year and 33.8 from the floor overall... connected at an 81 percent clip from the free throw line, which was the third-best on the team, while sinking a season-best five free throws against Sacramento State in the season opener. 

PREP CAREER: Four-year starter at Todd Beamer High School... two-time first team All-State and All-SPSL honoree... named SPSL MVP as a senior, while also earning Tacoma News Tribune MVP and player of the year honors... averaged 11.9 points per game as a junior in leading her squad to its first state tournament appearance... helped her team finish 27-2 en route to a third-place finish in the state tournament that year... named to the 4A All-Tournament second team... took home honorable mention All-State recognition as a freshman and sophomore... earned second team all-league honors as a freshman... shot 85% from the free throw line over her career... helped lead her team to four straight SPSL titles during her career and two SPSL tournament championships... guided her team to the state tournament each year, finishing in the third place on two occasions and twice advancing to the Sweet 16... played AAU basketball with ECBA Swish Black... helped her team win the Nike Tournament in Arizona after losing just three times that season... also lettered two years in volleyball.   

PERSONAL: Born April 30, 1998 in Auburn, WA.... her father, Corey, was her high school coach throughout her prep career... her mother, Diane Williams, played collegiate at Washington and overseas in Spain... her sister, Aaliyah, is a high school basketball and volleyball player... served as a senior rep and a Blue Academy Activities rep at her high school... was a member of her school's leadership class and the Black Student Union Club... plans to major in business... aspires to a career as a dentist after hopefully playing professionally.     
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