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32 Lauren Sanders

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-7
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Major Business Administration
  • Hometown Millard, NE
  • High School Millard South

Biography

CAREER: Has played in 128 career games with 29 starts… has averaged 4.3 points with 548 total points in her career… hit 192-of-546 field goal attempts for 35.2 percent.... made 140-of-414 three -point shots for 33.8 percent...made 24-of-40 free throws… recorded 212 total rebounds, including 35 offensive and 177 defensive… dished 94 assists with 10 blocks, and 54 steals… had a career-high 23 points in her first collegiate game against Presentation College on 11-14-2017...in game against Presentation, made a career-high seven three-pointers on nine attempts...Awarded All-Academic Honors in 2023... named to Academic All-NSIC Team in 2021... serves as a member of the USF SAAC group

2022-2023(GRADUATE): 
-Played in 28 games with 2 starts for 545 minutes (19.1 per game)... Made 36 field goals of 116 attempts for a 31.0 percentage... shot 28.6 percent from the 3-point line with 24 made threes on 84 attempts... went 11-for-13 on the free throw line for a 84.6 percent... totaled 71 rebounds (4 offensive and 67 defensive) for an average of 2.5 per game... tailed 22 assists, 5 blocks, and 13 steals... finished with 107 points with an average of 4.3 per game
- D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Recipient

2020-2021(SENIOR YEAR): In her fourth year at USF she played in 14 games with 10 starts… averaged 6.4 points with 89 total points… shot .304 from the field making 31 of her 102 shots… she led the team in three-point makes with 26, shooting .299 in her 87 attempts… made her one free throw attempt… averaged 2.4 rebounds with six offensive and 28 defensive… had 14 assists, one block, and 12 steals… had a season high 11 points three times during the year… had at least one rebound in all but one game… made a three-pointer in all but two games, ending the season on a 10 game make streak… named to Academic All-NSIC Team
 
2019-2020(JUNIOR YEAR): Played key role off the bench for the Cougars, which finished 26-6 overall and 17-5 in the NSIC with the program’s first-ever South Division title… played 29 games with one start…played 148 minutes or 5.1 per game… made 17-of-50 on field goals for 34% and 14-of-42 on three pointers for 33.3%...finished the season with two offensive rebounds and 10 defensive rebounds...went two-for-two in three pointers against Hawaii Hilo on Nov., 26, 2019… had 12 rebounds, or 0.4 per game…totaled six assists, three steals and 14 fouls…scored in 10 games with eight points twice including against Hawaii Hilo on 11-26-19 and Minot State on 2/26/2020…against Hawaii Hilo made three-of-three field goals, including two-of-two from three…had nine games with a triple and five games with two threes.
 
2018-2019(SOPHOMORE YEAR): Averaged 4.4 points on 129 total points and 1.6 rebounds on 46 total boards with 11 offensive boards in 29 games with four starts… helped lead the Cougars to a 23-8 mark with a 16-6 league mark for second in the NSIC South… played 369 minutes or 12.7 per game… hit 45-of-104 on field goals for a 43.3%, five-of-eight on free throws for a 62.5%, and  was 34-of-81 for 42 percent from three-point range… set career-best with six assists against Ouachita Baptist on 11/9/2018... tallied 21 points against Wayne State on 3/2/2019 in the NSIC Tourney Quarterfinals, making eight-of-nine field goals and three-of-four from three while dishing three assists and grabbing three rebounds…totaled four double-digit scoring games with one of 20 points…16 times made a three in a game with a high of four vs. Chadron State on 11/17/2018… 10 times made two or more threes and seven times knocked in three or more triples…had 15 fouls, 23 assists, one block and 14 steals. 
 
2017-18(FRESHMAN YEAR): Averaged 6.3 points per game, scoring 182 points in 29 games with 13 starts… averaged 1.8 rebounds, including 52 total boards with 38 defensive rebounds and 14 off the offensive glass… played 525 minutes, logging 18.1 per game… made 65-of-182 field goals for 35.7 percent… converted 43-of-126 three-point shots for 34.1 percent… hit on 9-of-19 free throws for 47.4 percent… also had 31 fouls, 31 assists, 27 turnovers, three blocked shots, 13 steals… scored a career-high 23 points against Presentation College on Nov. 14, 2017, hitting a career-high seven three-point field goals on 14 attempts (tied season-high)… made a career-high eight field goals against Presentation College on Nov. 14, 2017… had seven double digit scoring games, including two games of 20 or more points… also had 20 points against Upper Iowa on Dec. 2, 2017, hitting 7-of-11 from the field and five-of-seven from three point range… in same game against Upper Iowa hauled down a career-best seven rebounds… scored in 20-of-29 games… 20 games hit at least one three-point shot…12 times had two or more three-pointers… made three or more three-point shots five times and had five or more twice.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Della and Christopher Sanders… sports management major.

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