2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Robert Huskey

22 Nyagoa Gony

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lincoln, Neb.
  • Highschool Lincoln HS
  • Prev School Purdue

Biography

2022-23 (Senior)
• Played in 30 games, averaging 2.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and a team-leading 1.6 blocks per game
• Ranked second on the squad with a 44.0 field goal percentage
• Her 49 blocks tied for eighth in single-season school history
• Had a career-high six rejections to go along with eight rebounds at UC Riverside on Feb. 11
• Also finished with four blocks on five separate occasions
• Pulled down a career-best 10 boards against UC Davis (Jan. 5)
• Matched that rebound total vs. CSU Bakersfield in the Big West quarterfinals (March 8)
• Scored a season-high nine points in a WNIT first-round win at San Diego State on March 17

at Purdue
• Played in 70 career games through four seasons at Purdue (2018-22)
• Averaged 0.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per outing
• Had 29 career blocks, including 18 as a freshman
• As a senior, the Boilermakers made it back to the postseason for the first time since 2018, advancing to the second round of the WNIT
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and anthropology

High School
• Prepped at Lincoln High School in Nebraska
• Earned Nebraska Class-A and all-state honorable mention recognition as a senior
• Helped her team to their first state championship appearance in 14 years
• Averaged 8.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game in 2016-17
• Led Nebraska High School Class A in rebounding as a sophomore with 254 total boards (10.6 rpg)
• Played in the 2017 Under Armor All-American Games
• Four-year honor roll student
 
Personal
• Part of UCI’s Accelerated Certificate Program studying business administration
• Member of South Sudan’s first Women’s National Team
• Started all five games at the 2021 Women’s AfroBasket Zone 5

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 9, at San Diego State (3/17/23)
Rebounds: 10, 2x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield (3/8/23)
Assists: 2, vs. LIU (11/25/22)
Steals: 2, 3x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield (3/8/23)
Blocks: 6, at UC Riverside (2/11/23)
FG Made: 4, 3x, last at San Diego (3/20/23)
FG Att.: 7, at Fresno State (12/11/22)
3FG Made: 1, at San Diego State (3/17/23)
3FG Att.: 1, 2x, last at San Diego State (3/17/23)
FT Made: 4, vs. Miami (11/29/18)
FT Att.: 6, vs. Miami (11/29/18)
Minutes: 28, at San Diego State (3/17/23)

Statistics

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