Taniyah Thompson Season 2022-23

2022-23 SENIOR SEASON
Season: Appeared in 30 games with seven starts…Averaged 7.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game…Tallied 57 boards, 27 steals and 26 assists…Collected 10 double-digit scoring games with one 20+ point game... Shot 78.0% from the line, 43.5% from the field and 34.4% from three.

(11/9) Norfolk State: Produced 15 points and three steals in her Lady Lions' debut. (11/18) Bryant: Had eight points...Pulled down seven boards. (11/26) vs. Fresno State: Notched nine points on 4-7 shooting from the field. (12/11) West Virginia: Tallied 13 points. (12/21) Cornell: Made 500th career field goal. (12/30) Rutgers: Had 11 points. (1/14): at Iowa: Produced 13 points...Went 3-3 at the line. (1/22) Wisconsin: Poured in a season-high 27 points...Was 10-13 from the field and 5-6 from three. (1/26) at Rutgers: Followed with 10 points, seven boards and two assists. (1/30) at Maryland: Produced 17 points...Went 7-9 from the field.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Thompson comes to Penn State after three seasons at East Carolina...Notched 1,189 points, 230 rebounds, 81 assists and 120 steals as a Pirate...In 2021-22, was named the AAC’s Most Improved Player and earned First Team All-AAC honors...Earned two AAC Player of the Week awards...As a junior, averaged 18.5 points per game, ranking second in the AAC, and 4.3 rebounds per game while collecting 36 assists and 43 steals...Led the conference in field goals made (199) and ranked eighth in free-throw percentage (78.4)...Had 27 games scoring in double-figures, including 12 games with 20+ points and a career-high 31 points against UNC Wilmington...Registered five games where she hit four or more three-pointers...Averaged 19.3 points per game against AAC opponents, including 29 points vs. Temple, Wichita State and South Florida, 28 points vs. Houston and 26 points vs. Memphis...In 2020-21, averaged 11.2 points per game with 15 double-figure scoring games, including a season-high 27 against Tulane...As a freshman in 2019-20, averaged 13.7 points per game, including 20 games scoring in double-figures. She had a season-high 29 points vs. Dayton...Named to the AAC All-Freshman Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at Hamden High School, leaving as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,877 points...Was a three-time All-Conference selection...Led Hamden to its first ever conference title.