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Jersey Number 4
Jessica McDowell-White
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brisbane, Australia
- High School:
- Brisbane State HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern Washington
2021-22 (SENIOR; retained year due to COVID-19 eligibility):
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Started in all 32 games for the Dons, playing 27.5 minutes per contest, averaging 5.8 points per game and a team-high 3.9 assists per game, good for 6th-best in the conference
- Finished top-5 in the WCC in both assist-to-turnover ratio and total assists for the second consecutive year, posting a 2.3 AST/TO ratio with 127 total assists for the season
- Recorded a season-high 10 assists in the Dons’ narrow overtime defeat against Portland on 2/2/23
- Scored a season-high 19 points and made a USF career-high 5 three-point field goals on her Senior Day game against BYU on 2/18/23
- Tied a season-high 38 minutes in the regular season finale game at LMU on 2/25/23, tallying 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists
- Played and started in all 33 games for the Dons during the 2021-22 season
- Logged 1,065 total minutes as she averaged 32.3 minutes per game and played the entire 40 minutes twice
- Finished the season by scoring 185 total points and averaging 5.6 points per game
- Led USF in assists this season as she dished out 142 total dimes this season for a greater than 2-to-1 assist to turnover ratio
- Scored a season-high 14 points during the Dons’ road victory over Pacific in Stockton as she knocked down four three-point shots in the victory
- Corralled a total of 128 rebounds which was good for fourth on USF’s roster this season…
- Finished her season by scoring three points and dishing out four assists in 36 minutes played against Air Force in the WNIT
- Missed the first 11 games due to COVID-19 protocols, making her USF debut at Pacific on Jan. 7
- The Dons went 12-6 with her in the lineup
- Played in 18 games, logging 475 minutes, averaging 26.4 minutes per contest
- Finished the year with 99 points, averaging 5.5 points per game
- Had three games in double figures, including a season-high 14 points, along with nine assists in a massive road win over Portland on Feb. 15
- Shot 34.3 percent from the field going 36-for-105, connecting on 26.7 percent of her attempts from beyond the arc (20-for-75)
- Had 62 assists which was second on the team, averaging 3.4 assists per game
- Finished with eight points and four assists in the Dons win over Houston in the first round of the WNIT
- In the season finale she had two points, six assists, six rebounds and four steals in the loss to California Baptist
- Played in and started 29 games as a sophomore
- Averaged 35.6 minutes per game which ranked 75th in the nation and is eighth all-time in a single season in EWU history
- Scored in double figures in 12 games, including a career-high 22 points at Weber State on Mar. 6
- She also made a career-best six three-pointers in the contest, which is tied for ninth all-time in EWU single-game history
- Led the team and the Big Sky Conference with 5.4 assists per game, which was 20th in the nation
- Dished out 157 total assists which also led the Big Sky and ranked 24th nationally, which is ninth all-time in EWU single season history
- Totaled four double-doubles this year
- Her career-high is 13 assists, which is tied for fifth all-time in EWU single game history
- Scored 252 total points this season to average 8.7 per game, which was good for fifth on the team.
- 2019 All-Big Sky Tournament team member
- Queensland Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
- Played in 27 games and made 11 starts, averaging 23.7 minutes per game
- Was fourth on the team in scoring with an average of 8.5 points per game, scoring 229 total points on the year
- Scored in double figures in 14 games and scored a career-high 19 points against Webster on Mar. 11
- Made 39 percent of her shots from the field (76-of-195)
- Tied for second on the team with 54 made three-pointers, made 38.8 percent of her shots from deep (54-of-139)
- Named to the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team.
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Averaged 5.25 points and 6.12 rebounds per game for the Australia U18 squad
- She improved to 8.3 points per game on the U20 team, adding 4.1 assists
- She also helped guide her team to a U17 Oceania Championship
- Born August 23, 2000
- Parents are Biana McDowell and Darryl White
- Has seven siblings
- Brother Darryl played college basketball at Fresno State and Master’s University, other brother Williams played professionally in German and is currently playing in the NBA G-League with the Vipers
- Hobbies included hanging on the beach
- Favorite movie is Coach Carter
- Favorite television show is Home & Away (Australian TV show)
- Favorite genres of music are R&B, Rap, and Hip Hop
- Favorite food is pasta…Favorite athlete is Sue Bird
WBB | USF vs. Montana St Postgame w/ Molly Goodenbour
Monday, March 23
WBB | USF vs. Pepperdine Postgame w/ Molly Goodenbour, Mara Neira, and Candy Edokpaigbe
Monday, March 09
WBB | USF vs. Pepperdine Postgame w/ Molly Goodenbour, Aina Cargol, and Nataša Taušová
Sunday, March 08
WBB | USF vs. Santa Clara Postgame w/ Molly Goodenbour
Sunday, March 01
