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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

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12 Ashanti Thomas

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Ky.
  • Highschool Lafayette
  • Prev School Penn State

Biography

2019-20 Senior Season: Appeared in 15 games… Scored 19 points and pulled down 15 rebounds… Shot 39 percent from the field by making nine of her 23 attempts… Went 1-for-2 from the free throw line… Made two steals… Recorded one block… Averaged 5.3 minutes of playing time per game… Made her season debut vs. IUPUI (11/20)… Scored a season-high six points in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne (12/22)… Scored five points in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals vs. Seton Hall (3/7)… Scored four points and grabbed a season-high five rebounds at Seton Hall in the regular season finale (3/1)… Blocked a shot at Marquette (2/16).

2018-19 Junior Season: Appeared in 12 games, making one start… Academically ineligible after the first semester of the season… Scored 50 points, averaging 4.2 per game… Pulled down 26 rebounds, averaging 2.2 per game… Ended the season with four assists, four blocks and two steals… Averaged 10.8 minutes of playing time per game… Shot 54.4 percent from the field (24-44)… Scored four points in her Butler debut vs. Eastern Illinois (11/9)… Poured in a season-high 10 points in the win over Western Illinois (11/17)… Added her season-best rebound total vs. the Leathernecks with seven… Lone start came on the road at Indiana (12/5)… Blocked two shots in the win over Ball State (12/2)… Dished out one assist in each of the first four games of the year… Appeared in two BIG EAST games.

2017-18: Redshirt - NCAA Tranfer Rule

2016-17 Sophomore Season at Penn State: Appeared in 32 games with 29 starts… Drexel (11/11): Went 3-for-4 from the floor for six points... Pulled down two rebounds… Saint Peter’s (11/13): Tied a team-high eight rebounds and added eight points... Handed out two assists and tied a team-best one block… Akron (11/16): Knocked down three field goals for six points... Pulled down five rebounds, four of which were offensive... Added one assist and one steal… vs. Georgia State (11/24): Pulled down six rebounds… vs. Georgetown (11/25): Went 2-for-2 from the free throw line and made one field goal for four points... Had three rebounds... at Boston College (11/30): Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds... Added one assist... Marshall (12/3): Had one rebound and two points... at Holy Cross (12/7): Went 3-for-3 from the field and made three free throws to score nine points... Had four rebounds... Pittsburgh (12/10): Notched seven points, going 2-for-3 from the floor and 3-for-3 from the free throw line... Had three rebounds… American (12/18): Scored seven of her nine points in the last three minutes of the game... Went 3-for-3 from the free throw line... Tied a team-high six rebounds... Added one steal... Iona (12/20): Posted four points and three rebounds... Indiana (12/28): Made one free throw and pulled down one rebound... Also had one steal... at Rutgers (12/31): Brought down a team-best seven rebounds... at Purdue (1/7): Grabbed a team-high seven rebounds... Scored six points... Added one block... at No. 3 Maryland (1/11): Recorded her first career double-digit scoring effort with 11 points... Went 5-for-6 from the floor and 1-for-1 from the charity stripe... Tied a team-best four rebounds... Added one assist and one steal... Wisconsin (1/16): Tallied a team-high two blocks... Brought down four rebounds... Scored four points... Nebraska (1/19): Scored three points and grabbed two rebounds... Blocked one shot… at Indiana (1/23): Tied a team-best six rebounds... Added one block... Illinois (1/29): Tied a team-high six boards... Scored five points, including three free throws... at Northwestern (2/5): Notched four points... Pulled down one rebound... Minnesota (2/8): Scored two points and grabbed four rebounds... Purdue (2/11): Scored three points with two rebounds... at Illinois (2/14): Had four points and two rebounds... at Michigan State (2/22): Scored four points and brought down four rebounds… Michigan (2/26): Went 5-for-5 from the floor and made one free throw for a career-high-tying 11 points... Tied for a team-best two blocks... Grabbed three rebounds and added one assist... Virginia Tech (3/23): Scored three points...Added one blocked shot and one rebound.
 
2015-16 Freshman Season at Penn State: Appeared in all 31 games with five starts… Holy Cross (11/13): Scored seven points and grabbed six rebounds in her first career start... Posted her first career block… at Tennessee (11/18): Scored four points with two rebounds... Blocked two shots and had one steal... Central Connecticut State (11/22): Had two points with four rebounds… at Cal State Northridge (11/27): Scored two points with three rebounds… vs. BYU (11/28): Had two points with four rebounds... Added her first career assist... Virginia Tech (12/3): Knocked down two free throws and pulled down two rebounds... Added one block and one steal... Youngstown State (12/8): Scored two points with two rebounds... Blocked one shot... Northwestern (12/31): Had four rebounds... at Minnesota (1/3): Went a perfect 3-for-3 from the field for six points... Pulled down four rebounds... Michigan State (1/7): Led the team with seven rebounds... Added two blocks... Nebraska (1/13): Scored three points in a start... Dished out two assists... Michigan (1/17): Tallied two points, two rebounds and one block... Maryland (1/27): Grabbed five rebounds... Purdue (1/30): Scored two points and grabbed four boards... Tallied one block... at Nebraska (2/2): Brought down five rebounds... Scored six points, including two free throws... Tallied one steal... Rutgers (2/7): Went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe... Had two rebounds… Added a team-best one block... at Michigan State (2/11): Had one rebound, one assist and one block... Ohio State (2/14): Scored three points and had three rebounds... at Michigan (2/20): Totaled five rebounds, one assist and a team-high two steals... at Indiana (2/27): Pulled down six rebounds... Scored four points... vs. Illinois (3/2): Made her only attempt from the floor to finish with two points, adding three rebounds... Blocked one shot.
 
High School: Rated as the No. 96 overall prospect by All-Star Girls Report…Ended her career with 1,077 points and 933 rebounds…Averaged over 7.8 rebounds per game during each of her prep seasons, including a career-best 9.5 boards per contest as a sophomore…Helped the Generals to four consecutive district championships and a pair of regional titles…Was a candidate for Kentucky Miss Basketball as a senior…Selected to play in the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Game…Earned All-State accolades from The Courier-Journal (third team) and The Herald-Leader (second team)…Averaged 12.3 points and 7.9 rebounds during her senior season to help LHS to a 22-10 record…Named KySports.tv third team All-State as a junior after averaging 9.2 points and 8.2 rebounds…Ranked as the eighth-best player in the state of Kentucky during her junior year after helping the Generals to a 28-4 overall record…Accounted for 10.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per outing as a sophomore…Connected on 51.8 percent of her shots from the field on the way to claiming first team Fayette County Public Schools All-City…Played AAU basketball for Mac Irvin Lady Fire.
 
Personal: Daughter of Herb Bays and Katina Thomas... Has two older brothers, Ladarious and Dontavius, and one younger foster sister, Nakita Henry… Intended major is sociology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2017-18Junior

    Center
    6'4"
    32
  • 12

    2018-19Redshirt Junior

    Center
    6'4"
    12
  • 12

    2019-20Redshirt Senior

    Center
    6'4"
    12
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