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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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0 Celena Taborn

  • Position F
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sidney, Ohio
  • Highschool Sidney
  • Prev School Furman

Biography

Four Years at Furman: Played in 119 games, making 74 starts... Logged 2,410 minutes of playing time... Averaged 20.3 minutes of court time per game... Shot 63.3 percent from the field (496-784) and 66.1 percent from the free throw line (236-357)... Scored 1,234 points... Pulled down 591 rebounds (289 offensive; 302 defensive)... 119 blocks, 52 assists, 33 steals.

2020-21: Named Southern Conference All-Tournament Second Team... Averaged 8.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game... Played in all 25 games, making 23 starts... Averaged 21.5 minutes of playing time per contest... Shot 61.1 percent from the field (88-144) and 70.7 percent from the line (41-58)... Grabbed 56 defensive rebounds and 51 offensive for 107 total... Blocked 20 shots... Credited with 16 assists and seven steals... Ended her senior year with 219 points... Scored 24 points vs. Mercer (3/5/21)… Set season-high totals with 35 minutes of playing time and 11 made fields on just 13 attempts... Pulled down 10 rebounds vs. Queens, N.C. (1/3/21)... Made 7-of-8 from the charity stripe at UNC Greensboro (2/11/21)... Dished out three assists at Mercer (1/21/21)... Recorded five blocks at Samford (1/30/21)... Came up with two steals vs. Erskine (1/5/21)... Hit double figures in scoring 12 times.

2019-20: Tabbed Preseason All-SoCon…Appeared in 29 games and made 17 starts…Averaged 8.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game…Led the SoCon in field goal percentage (.671)…Ranked fourth on the team in scoring…Scored in double figures 12 times…Recorded her only double-double of the season, 15 points and 10 rebounds, in a conference road win at East Tennessee State…Scored a season-best 17 points twice in non-conference play at Gardner-Webb and versus Elon…Finished with 16 points in 24 minutes of playing time during a win over Wofford in the SoCon Tournament.
 
2018-19: Was a consensus Second Team All-SoCon selection by both the coaches and media…Selected Preseason All-SoCon…Played in all 33 games while registering 21 starts…Totaled 11.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game…Finished the year second on the team in scoring…Topped the SoCon in field goal percentage (.642), while ranking eighth in rebounding and 10th in scoring…Scored in double figures 21 times including 20 or more points in three contests…Recorded two double-doubles against North Greenville (29 points, 16 rebounds) and at Western Carolina (16 points, 15 rebounds)…Collected season-highs in both points and rebounds against North Greenville…Finished with 22 points at East Tennessee State and 20 versus UNC Greensboro…Concluded the season with 10 or more points in five of her final six games.
 
2017-18: Named Third Team All-SoCon by both the coaches and media, and SoCon All-Freshman Team after averaging 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game...Joined former great Rushia Brown (1990) in becoming only the second Paladin freshman to be named All-Conference...Topped the SoCon in field goal percentage (.612) and finished fourth in blocks (38)...Registered 11 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in her career debut, a win over College of Charleston...Put together a breakout game against North Carolina, scoring 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting...Went for a career-high 33 points and had 13 rebounds at Presbyterian...Fashioned perhaps her best all-around performance of the season in a victory over Chattanooga, scoring 19 points and claiming a career-high 18 rebounds...Performance against Chattanooga helped her land SoCon Player of the Week honors.
 
High School: Attended Sidney High School and played for head coach Megan Mummey...Averaged 26.2 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 59.8 percent from the field as a senior on the way to establishing school single season (603 points) and career scoring (1,567 points) standards...Earned Associated Press Second Team All-Ohio honors and was a four-time All-Greater Western Ohio Conference selection, including a First Team choice as a sophomore, junior and senior, after helping lead Sidney to three GWOC championships...Scored 40 or more points five times as a senior, including a career-high 48 against Tippecanoe, and registered 23 rebounds in a victory over Xenia...Was also a standout volleyball player.
 
Personal: Daughter of Ricardo and Barbara Taborn....Communications major.

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