INDIANAPOLIS – UIndy women's basketball first-year head coach
Jama Sharp announced the roster for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign, featuring 10 newcomers and five returners.
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Highlighting the list of Greyhounds returnees is two-time All-GLVC selection
Elana Wells, who led the team in scoring (16.3 points) and assists (4.6 per game) last winter. The senior has 761 career points and 214 career helpers, sitting just eight assists from the program's top 20.
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Joining Wells back for her third season is
Patricia Chikamba, who led the Greyhounds with 7.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
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Other returning players include
Ruby Garner,
Halie Gilbert, and
Sanaa Thomas.
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The new Hounds, in alphabetical order, are
Queen Baker,
Linoi Biton,
Taylor Farmer,
Betul Gasgil,
Kylah Lawson,
Jaelynne Murray,
Autumn Rucker,
Amyrah Sapenter,
Loria Snowden, and
Heaven Thompson.
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Six of the 10 newcomers are transfers, including Sapenter, who played 21 games in four seasons at NCAA DI Northeastern. Rucker also impressed in one season at DIII Benedictine, earning All-NACC Honorable Mention status in 29 games off the bench. The Indy native averaged 9.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
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Lawson spent two seasons at DIII Hanover College, starting all 26 games a season ago for the Panthers. Other notable transfers include Baker (South Suburban College), Biton (Eastern Wyoming), and Murray (Wabash Valley).
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Three of the four incoming freshmen hail from the state of Indiana, with Thompson a graduate of Indianapolis high school Decatur Central. Both Farmer and Snowden also have experience as members of the track & field programs at Avon and Brownsburg, respectively.
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Overall, nine players from Indiana make up the Hounds' roster, which also a pair of international student-athletes in Biton (Israel) and Gasgil (Turkey).
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The complete roster in more detail can be found
here.
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Sharp also recently announced the entire 28-game slate for the upcoming season, which can be found
here.
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