2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster

20 Nyesha Sims

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Jefferson
  • Hometown Portland, OR

Biography

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... SPU Most Improved player in 2009-10.

Senior (2011-12): Played in 22 games, starting 20. ... Team-leading averages of 12.4 points (No. 14 in GNAC) and 9.7 rebounds (No. 2 in GNAC). ... Surpassed 800 career points (857) and 500 rebounds (569). ... Tied career high with 26 points in 63-62 overtime loss at home to Montana State Billings on Jan. 21. ... Pulled down a career-high 23 rebuonds in 88-64 victory at Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 4, tying the GNAC single-game record and breaking the GNAC record of 22 for a conference game. ... Handed out a career-high 6 assists twice. ... Named GNAC Player of the Week for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 following her monster rebounding game at Fairbanks.

Junior (2010-11): Started all 29 games. ... Led the Falcons in scoring (10.4 points per game) and rebounding (7.3), tying for second in the GNAC on the boards. ... Won two tournament MVP award, first in the Sodexo Classic, and then in the Falcons Invitational. ... Hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer as the Falcons beat Chico State on Dec. 11 in the CCAA-GNAC Challenge at Sonoma State, 57-56. ... Posted five point-rebound double-doubles. ... Established new single-game career highs in points (26 at Western Oregon on Feb. 17), rebounds (13 at Central Washington on Jan. 13), assists (5 vs. Notre Dame de Namur on Dec. 29) and steals (4 vs St. Edward's on Dec. 30). ... Surged past 500 career points (585) and 300 rebounds (356). ... Season totals of 302 points and 213 rebounds beat the totals of her freshman and sophomore seasons combined.

Sophomore (2009-10): Played in 30 of Seattle Pacific's 31 games, and was a key contributor off the bench. ... Averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds in 15.5 minutes per game. ... Was the top 3-point shooter among SPU's regulars from downtown at 39.3 percent (24 of 61). ... Went for a career-high 17 points on Feb. 17 in a 62-47 victory at Montana State Billings. ... In the West Region final against Chico State on March 15 in Brougham Pavilion, established career highs for rebounds (9) and blocked shots (2). ... Came up with a career-best 3 steals at home against Concordia-Portland on Dec. 12. ... Tied career high for assists by dishing four at home against Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 30.

Freshman (2008-09): Played in 26 of SPU’s 28 games, all in a reserve role. ... Scored in double figures for three straight games, capped by a career-high of 13 in the regular-season finale at Northwest Nazarene on March 7. ... Averaged 3.8 points and 1.7 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per game.

Jefferson High School: A member of the 2006 Class 6A state championship team. Named MVP of the title game. Named MVP of the 2007 and the 2008 Joyce Washington All-Star game. First-team All-State and all-league. ... Class valedictorian, graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.

Personal: Outside of basketball, Sims said the one sport she would like to try is boxing. That's also her favorite sport to watch on TV, other than hoops. ... Book that she just couldn't put down was "The Kite Runner." ... Favorite junk food is Ben & Jerry's half-baked ice cream. ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, she would be Ny-Sims Infinite -- someone who can do anything and everything.

Year     GP     FG%    3FG%   FT%   Reb  Avg    PF    Ast   TO  Blk     Stl     Pts      Avg
08-09    26    .494    .333    .500      44    1.7    23     16    26     0       10      98       3.8
09-10    30    .457    .393    .639      99    3.3    49     32    41     5       24    185       6.2
10-11    29    .421    .259    .745    213    7.3     57    51    72     1       36    302    10.4
11-12    22    .455    .365    .771    213    9.7     35    55    51     6       34    272    12.4
TOT    107    .447    .332    .700    569    5.3   164  154  190   12    104    857      8.0

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