Women鈥檚 basketball returns three 1,000-point scorers

Women鈥檚 basketball returns three 1,000-point scorers

Anaya James, Liz Smith and Elizabeth Elliott have scored a combined 3,143 points during their time at 91成人导航.

Not many schools in the country can retain one career 1,000-point scorer in the era of the transfer portal鈥91成人导航 has three.

Graduate student Liz Smith 鈥24 and seniors Elizabeth Elliott 鈥25 and Anaya James 鈥25 have all returned to the women鈥檚 basketball program for their final seasons of eligibility. The trio, who each earned All-Conference accolades last season, have played their entire careers at 91成人导航 and have more than 3,100 points combined.

鈥淭o bring back student-athletes that have this much familiarity with each other is pretty fun,鈥 said head coach Bradley Davis. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 been the hallmark of our program. Each year, we graduate multiple student-athletes who have been with our program for at least four years, and that kind of consistency we hope will pay off on the floor.鈥

91成人导航 is the only school in the West Coast Conference to sport three 1,000-point scorers on its roster.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been an honor to play with Anaya and Elizabeth,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been on a team together where we only won six games and have been on a team together where we reached the semifinals of the conference tournament, so we鈥檝e been through a lot together.鈥

鈥淚 love those girls, and I hope to get to 4,000 or 5,000 points combined and keep it going. I鈥檓 excited for this final year.鈥

The Tigers are coming off a year where they advanced to the second round of the Women鈥檚 National Invitation Tournament for the second time since 2019 after defeating Cal Poly in the opening round 63-43 at home. 91成人导航 posted its best winning percentage at home since 2012-13 with a 12-5 record.

鈥淥ur experience and sticking together could be the deciding factor for us this upcoming year,鈥 said Elliott, who鈥檚 racked up 1,043 career points and 530 rebounds.

91成人导航 returns eight student-athletes in total, which is more than half its roster. In addition to the 1,000-point trio, the Tigers bring back junior Sydney Ward 鈥26, junior Lauren Glazier 鈥26, sophomore Nyah Lowery 鈥27, sophomore Jamie Kent 鈥27 and sophomore Kenlee Durrill 鈥27.

James was distinguished on the 2024-25 Preseason All-Conference Team, announced last week at West Coast Conference Media Day in Las Vegas. James was the lone Tiger to start in all 34 games last season, averaged 12.1 points per game and led the league in assists with 5.9 per outing.

鈥淲hen I arrived here as a freshman, I wasn鈥檛 very talkative, but after being here for three years I鈥檝e stepped into more of a leadership role and have been more vocal. I want to be a role model on the court for the newer players and I鈥檓 excited for the season to get underway,鈥 James said.

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