Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Three-year letterwinner, four years with the program. ... All-GNAC honorable mention in 2019. ... Preseason All-GNAC in 2019. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2018 and 2019.

Senior (2018-19): Played in all 27 games with 22 starts, averaging 26.3 minutes per game. ... Averaged career-highs of 11.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, leading the team in scoring. .... Set a program single-season record for free throw accuracy by hitting 60 of 65 (.923) That broke Suzanna Ohlsen's record of .917 (77 of 84) set in 2013-14. ... Made a team-high 60 shots from 3-point range. ... Poured in a career-high 27 points on Nov. 17, then topped that in her next game with 29 against Holy Names on Nov. 20. Those were the first two of four straight games (and five for the season) in which she went for 20-plus points. ... Gave out 4 assists against Western Oregon on Dec. 1, a night on which she also scored 21 points and hit 11 of 12 at the foul line. ... Logged a career-high 4 steals against Holy Names. ... Had single-season bests in every major statistical category. In fact, those totals in each category exceeded the totals from her first three seasons combined.

Junior (2017-18): Played in 26 games, all in a reserve role, averaging 13.8 minutes per game. ... Far exceeded all of her previous single-season bests, with 126 point (4.8 per game), 39 rebounds (1.5), 20 assists, and 14 steals. ... Came off the bench to pour in a career-high 20 points in a 94-76 victory at Saint Martin's on Jan. 23. ... That was her third straight career-high scoring game, coming on the heels of 9 points vs. Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 18, and 13 in 66-48 rout of No. 4 Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 20. At Saint Martin's, Evans tied and then set her career high within a 90-second span of the third quarter, then reached the 20-point mark on a lay-in with 42.5 seconds left in the game. ... Grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds in the win against Fairbanks on Jan. 18. ... Poured in a team-high 18 points in Seattle Pacific's first-ever appearance in the GNAC Tournament championship game, although Montana State Billings still went on to win, 71-61.

Sophomore (2016-17): Missed most of the season due to injury, playing in just three games. ... Scored her only 3 points of the season against Concordia Irvine.

Freshman (2015-16): Played in 14 of the 27 games, all in a reserve role. Scored a career-high 4 points at Western Washington on Feb. 11.

Personal:  Riley May Evans. … Born March 12, 1996. … Journalism major.
                    
Prior to SPU: Attended St. Joseph’s Catholic College East Gosford in Australia. … Named the school’s Sports Person of the Year. … Waratah League Championship Woman Youth Player of the Year. … Represented New South Wales for six straight seasons in the Australian national championships. … Played on the U-16 bronze medal team in 2010 and the U-20 silver medal team in 2014. … Captain of the U-20 NSW team.
                                                             
Fun facts about Riley: Has played basketball since age 8. … Besides basketball, likes playing touch football. … Dumbest move she ever saw was “Dude, Where’s My Car?” … Books she just can’t put down are any by Australian author Rachael Treasure. … Favorite junk food is any type of chocolate. … Favorite healthy food is Quest bars. … Favorite TV program is “Friends.” … Favorite sports team is the St. George Illawarra Dragons rugby team. … Favorite athlete is Stephen Curry. … If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be her grandfather Lew “because he always has so many stories to share.” She would serve “something very Aussie: roast lamb with baked vegetables.” … Her friends call her Ri or Riles. … In 10 years, plans to be doing journalism back in Australia. … Spent the first 15 years of her life growing up on a farm.


STATISTICS
Year  GP    FG   Pct    3-pt   Pct    FT     Pct.   Reb   Avg   PF  Ast  TO  Blk  Stl  Pts  Avg
15-16 14   3-15  .200   1-7   .143    1-2    .500     2   0.1    5   2    5   0    2     8  0.6
16-17  3   1-5   .200   1-5   .200    0-0    .000     1   0.3    2   0    0   0    0     3  1.0
17-18 26  44-116 .379  23-68  .338   15-18   .833    39   1.5   25  20   24   3   14   126  4.8
17-18 27 101-272 .371  60-153 .392   60-65   .923    57   2.1   51  23   58   7   22   322 11.9
TOTL  70 149-408 .365  85-233 .365   76-85   .894    99   1.4   83  45   87  10   38   459  6.6