Chanaya Pinto Season 2023-24

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Played in 95 games and started in 32 throughout her career… Totaled 434 points for a career average of 4.6 points per game… Averaged 17 minutes per game… Posted a 47.4 career field goal percentage.
 
2023-24 GRADUATE SENIOR SEASON
Season: Played in all 35 games and started in 16… Shot 50% from the field and 30.8% from three-point range… Averaged 19.6 minutes per game and 5.4 points per game.

Navy (11/10): Scored 10 points…Added fours boards, two steals, one block and an assist. Kansas (11/13): Notched five points and seven rebounds. at St. John’s (11/16): Dropped 12 points on 5-6 shooting from the field. vs Oklahoma State (11/20): Made all seven free throws in 11-point outing…Brought down five boards…Added two assists and two steals. vs USC (11/22): Tallied four steals and six points. Providence (11/26): Scored 14 points…Grabbed team-high five rebounds...Recorded three assists, a steal and a blocked shot. at West Virginia (12/4): Tallied 10 points, five rebounds and four assists. St. Francis (12/17): Notched six points and five boards. Nebraska (1/21): Scored eight points and brought down seven rebounds. Maryland (1/28): Scored nine points. Minnesota (3/3): Scored 10 points, making all four of her shot attempts…Added four rebounds, two steals and an assist.

2022-23 SENIOR SEASON
Season: Appeared in 30 games with 16 starts…Averaged 5.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game…Tallied 116 boards, 49 assists and 44 steals…Collected three double-digit scoring games... Shot 66.1% from the line, 45.0% from the field and 24.3% from three...Played 21.0 minutes per game.

Rankings: Ranked 24th in the Big Ten in steals per game (1.5) and 25th in total steals (44).

Syracuse (11/21): Had 12 points, six rebounds and three steals...Went 5-7 from the field vs. Toledo (11/25): Produced 13 points and six boards. at Minnesota (12/3): Nearly had a double-double with 11 points and eight rebounds. West Virginia (12/11): Came up with eight boards and six points. Cornell (12/21): Had eight points, seven assists and six rebounds. at Nebraska (1/11): Came up with six steals, five boards and two assists. Michigan State (2/25): Recorded nine points. Big Ten Tournament vs. Minnesota (3/1): Registered seven points, seven rebounds, five steals and two assists. Big Ten Tournament vs. Michigan (3/2): Totaled nine points, five rebounds and three steals.
 
BEFORE PENN STATE
2021-22 – AT OREGON
Pinto joined the Lady Lions after playing her junior season at Oregon. She played in 30 games for the Ducks...The Mozambique native tallied 86 points, 73 rebounds, 19 assists and 18 steals, while averaging 11.4 minutes per game. She shot nearly 47 percent from the floor...Pinto had three games scoring in double digits, including 12 points against South Carolina. She also notched 10 points vs. Oklahoma and 10 vs. Dixie State.
 
2020-22 – AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
Prior to Oregon, Pinto played at Northwest Florida State College, where she was named NJCAA National Player of the Year and a two-time NJCAA All-American...Led Northwest Florida State College to its first ever NJCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship as a sophomore and earned second-team All-America honors...Averaged 14.6 points and 8.3 rebounds as a sophomore, both team highs, while posting 19 double-figure scoring games and 10 double-doubles...Averaged 13.9 points and 8.3 rebounds while posting 25 double-digit scoring performances and eight double-doubles, as a freshman.