Tova Sabel Season 2020-21

2021-22 SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Played in 26 games, including one start…Averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game…Tallied 18 assists, 19 steals and two blocks…Shot 41.3 from the floor…Had four games in double-figures.

Delaware State (11/16): Scored a career-high 17 points, on 7-of-12 shooting, with five rebounds and a career-best three assists and four steals. Rutgers (12/9): Tallied 10 points off the bench, including seven in the fourth quarter. Iowa (1/25): Posted 12 points and hit three three-pointers. Northwestern (2/6): Recorded nine points and five rebounds. Minnesota (2/27): Registered a career-high 19 points, on seven-of-eight shooting.

2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Put together a solid rookie campaign, seeing action in all 24 games…Finished with 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game while shooting 45.7 percent from the field and 45.8 percent from 3-point range. 
 
Coppin State (11/25): Shined in her collegiate and American debut with a team-best 14 points in addition to five rebounds and an assist.  at Syracuse (12/6): Was 5-for-7 from 3-point range en route to 15 points. Purdue (12/20): Registered 10 points, four rebounds and two steals in Big Ten debut. Indiana (1/7): Shot 80 percent (4-5) from the field and 75 percent (3-4) from deep for a career high-tying 15 points. Minnesota (1/25): Finished with eight points and four rebounds. Wisconsin (2/7): Dished a career-best five assists to go along with four points and two rebounds. Ohio State (2/24): Scored eight points in Penn State’s upset over a top 15 team. at Maryland (3/6): Registered nine points and three rebounds.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Four-year member of the Swedish National Team…Named Most Valuable Player of the U19 European League in 2019…Scored 23 points in U-19 Swedish Championship game while playing as a 17-year-old…Guided Alvik Basket team to a 2020 Swedish Cup Championship, averaging 10.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game with an 8.2 efficiency rating…Scored 44 points in a single game while playing with Alvik Basket in the European League…Voted five-time team MVP…Awarded Bromma Gymnasium’s Idrottspremie award for the top athlete in the school in June 2020…Attended Basketball Without Borders in Serbia.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Magnus and Matilda Sabel…Has one sister, Amanda…Born on February 9, 2001 in Stockholm, Sweden….Plans to major in Architectural Engineering.
 
WHY TOVA CHOSE PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because I believe in the coaching philosophy and the possibility for me to grow as a person and a player with help from this team. The school atmosphere and the feeling I got from just looking at pictures and talking to people seem awesome.”