Staja Tyghter

22 Staja Tyghter

Height:

5-8
Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Orlando, Fla.
High School:

Colonial HS
Previous College:

Georgia State University
Position:

F
Major:

Liberal Arts

gp

28
pts/g

12.9
fg %

48.1
3pt %

39.1
ft %

67.9
reb/g

7.0
a/g

2.0

Bio

As a Junior: Played in 28 of 28 games for Tampa in her first season... She scored in double figures 20 times and led the team in points per game averaging 12.9... She closed her junior campaign with a season-high 25 points against Barry (2/28) shooting 11-of-18 from the floor and a perfect 3-for-3 at the line... She also managed to rack up 56 assists dishing out a minimum of two per game... She also hauled in 197 rebounds for the Spartans...Tyghter played a total of 969 minutes this season playing 34.6 minutes per game... Her season totals also include 361 points, 34 steals and 10 blocks.

As a Sophomore (GSU): Attended Georgia State University, playing in 28 games…Received 18 starts…Averaged 8.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game…Had 33 assists, 12 blocked shots and 35 steals…Scored double figures in 10 games…Opened season with 13 points against Morehead State (11/11)…Had a season-high 22 points against Louisiana Monroe…Added 19 points versus Troy…Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds on three occasions.

As a Freshman (GSU): Played as a freshman at Georgia State University…Played in 25 of 29 games as freshman, starting 21 of them...Her 602 minutes played were third-most minutes on team…Led the team in field goals made (99) and led the team in steals per game (1.8) with 45 (two shy of Newby who played four more games)…Was second on the team in scoring (8.8 points per game), second in shots taken (213, 8.5 per game), second in rebounding (4.7, 117 total) and second in assists (34, 1.4)...Was third on the team in field goal percentage (46.5 on 99 of 213) and third in blocked shots (9)…In Sun Belt, was ninth in steals per game (1.8), 11th in field goal percentage (46.5), 14th in defensive rebounds (3.6) and 20th in total rebounds (4.7)…Produced 10 games in double-figure scoring and 11 games with five or more rebounds in a game…Top scoring game was a 21-point night on 10-of-15 shooting in win at Georgia Southern (Feb. 22), including game-winning basket with one second left...Hit 7 of 10 shots and 14 points in that second half in Statesboro, Ga. in playing all 20 minutes of that half…Just missed double-double with 19 points and 9 rebounds, while making 5 assists vs. Troy (Jan. 7)...Hit 9 of 20 shots in that game and had 6 offensive rebounds…Was also on verge of double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds vs. Morehead State (Nov. 21), while making 5 steals…Had 16 points and 7 rebounds at Tennessee Tech in second game at GSU (Nov. 19), with 3 steals…In hometown area, scored 15 points and had 7 rebounds in GSU win over Stetson (Dec. 21), an eventual 20-win team…Had 8 points and 8 rebounds in win over Bethune-Cookman (Dec. 20) at Stetson…Helped team open Sun Belt play with a win at UT Arlington (Dec. 30) by scoring 13 points and grabbing 8 rebounds…Had 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting at Troy (Feb. 13) and 13 points in the next game (Feb. 28) with 6-of-12 shooting vs. Little Rock, to go with 7 rebounds.

High School: Graduated from Colonial High School…Received three letters with the Grenadiers…Was team captain in 2014-15 for coach Cindy Richardson…Named MVP at Disney Showcase…Runner-up as Florida Miss Basketball in the largest 8A classification...All-state first team and All-Central Florida...Nominated for McDonald's All-American...Orlando East side Metro Player of the Year…Starred three years at Colonial High School in Orlando after a freshman season at Saint Cloud High School, just south of Orlando…Four-year high school statistics for 111 games included 1,809 points, 1,029 rebounds, 442 steals, 301 assists and 122 blocks…The forward stepped outside and made 52 3-point baskets in her career…Had ability to get to the free throw line, shooting 376 in career (making 259, 69%)...Shot 51 percent from the field in career on 2-point shots, making 697 of 1,364 for the Grenadiers of Colonial…Senior season of 2014-15 saw her average 22.3 points per game and 11.2 rebounds, with 3.5 steals and 2.7 assists per game...Colonial High School went 25-5 and ranked No. 2 in Florida...Shot 53 percent from the field (266 of 498) and 77 percent from the free throw line (123 of 159)…Her 337 rebounds as senior included 155 on the offensive end of the court...Stout on defense with 105 steals and 23 blocked shots as senior...Was runner-up to Miss Basketball to 6-foot-4 Miami center and Baylor signee Beatrice Mompremier…Had ability to step up in big games, scoring 29 points and getting 22 rebounds in 8A-Region 5 tournament win over rival that had beaten Colonial earlier…Named to FACA All-Star Game as a senior, helped lead team to 116-99 win with a double-figure performance...Played AAU basketball with Central Florida Elite team and Florida Flight.

Personal: Volunteered with Safehouse Outreach and Orlando Rescue Mission…Daughter of Garey and Karlene Tyghter…Has three siblings, Mark, Alyssa and Brandon…Liberal arts major with minor in sociology…Birthdate: 2/22/1996.

Career Highs

Recent Games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 7	Florida Tech	W, 57-38
Feb 14	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 67-52
Feb 17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	L, 69-60
Feb 21	at #18 Florida Southern	L, 69-53
Feb 24	at Barry	L, 59-58
Feb 28	at Barry	L, 71-68

	Total	Conference
Games	28	20
Games started	28	20
Minutes	969	700
Minutes per game	34.6	35.0
FG	150-312	103-218
FG Pct	48.1	47.2
3PT	25-64	13-40
3PT Pct	39.1	32.5
FT	36-53	21-31
FT Pct	67.9	67.7
Off rebounds	45	31
Def rebounds	152	100
Total rebounds	197	131
Rebounds per game	7.0	6.5
Personal fouls	58	41
Disqualifications	2	2
Assists	56	36
Turnovers	69	47
Assist to turnover ratio	0.8	0.8
Steals	34	21
Blocks	10	6
Points	361	240
Points per game	12.9	12.0
Points per 40 min	14.9	13.7

Game Log - Shooting

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 10	Spring Hill	W, 69-62	1	31	6-13	46.2	1-3	33.3	2-4	50.0	15
Nov 11	West Georgia	W, 71-68	1	39	5-10	50.0	2-3	66.7	4-7	57.1	16
Nov 15	Eckerd	W, 48-44	1	40	4-7	57.1	1-2	50.0	0-1	0.0	9
Nov 18	at Nova Southeastern	L, 72-66	1	23	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	9
Nov 24	Nyack	W, 52-33	1	26	3-8	37.5	0-3	0.0	2-3	66.7	8
Nov 25	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 72-53	1	32	7-14	50.0	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	17
Nov 29	at Saint Leo	W, 75-50	1	33	7-13	53.8	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	16
Dec 2	Lynn	W, 77-59	1	37	4-11	36.4	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	10
Dec 6	Valdosta State	W, 59-54	1	39	4-11	36.4	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	10
Dec 9	Barry	L, 66-56	1	31	3-5	60.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	7
Dec 18	Southern Wesleyan	W, 82-65	1	22	5-9	55.6	2-2	100.0	2-2	100.0	14
Dec 19	Malone	W, 67-50	1	40	6-11	54.5	2-3	66.7	2-3	66.7	16
Dec 30	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 53-35	1	39	4-8	50.0	0-1	0.0	4-5	80.0	12
Jan 6	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 70-63	1	39	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	8
Jan 10	at Rollins	L, 59-52	1	40	8-18	44.4	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	18
Jan 13	at Florida Tech	L, 51-44	1	38	6-11	54.5	1-1	100.0	4-4	100.0	17
Jan 17	Florida Southern	L, 57-44	1	40	8-19	42.1	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	18
Jan 20	at Lynn	L, 54-50	1	36	6-17	35.3	2-5	40.0	0-0	-	14
Jan 24	at Eckerd	L, 66-63	1	45	8-15	53.3	1-3	33.3	2-4	50.0	19
Jan 27	Nova Southeastern	W, 76-69	1	19	1-7	14.3	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Jan 31	Saint Leo	W, 56-35	1	36	4-10	40.0	0-2	0.0	3-4	75.0	11
Feb 3	Rollins	W, 63-54	1	30	2-13	15.4	0-4	0.0	2-2	100.0	6
Feb 7	Florida Tech	W, 57-38	1	35	5-9	55.6	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	10
Feb 14	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 67-52	1	34	6-6	100.0	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	13
Feb 17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	L, 69-60	1	37	8-14	57.1	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	18
Feb 21	at #18 Florida Southern	L, 69-53	1	28	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	6
Feb 24	at Barry	L, 59-58	1	40	8-12	66.7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	16
Feb 28	at Barry	L, 71-68	1	40	11-18	61.1	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	25

Game Log - Ball control

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 10	Spring Hill	W, 69-62	1	31	5	4	9	1	1	1	2
Nov 11	West Georgia	W, 71-68	1	39	1	10	11	7	5	4	1
Nov 15	Eckerd	W, 48-44	1	40	3	4	7	2	0	2	1
Nov 18	at Nova Southeastern	L, 72-66	1	23	3	2	5	2	3	1	0
Nov 24	Nyack	W, 52-33	1	26	3	6	9	2	3	0	0
Nov 25	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 72-53	1	32	2	12	14	1	3	1	0
Nov 29	at Saint Leo	W, 75-50	1	33	5	3	8	1	0	1	1
Dec 2	Lynn	W, 77-59	1	37	3	5	8	4	1	2	0
Dec 6	Valdosta State	W, 59-54	1	39	2	7	9	5	2	2	1
Dec 9	Barry	L, 66-56	1	31	2	3	5	0	3	0	0
Dec 18	Southern Wesleyan	W, 82-65	1	22	0	5	5	0	3	0	0
Dec 19	Malone	W, 67-50	1	40	1	4	5	1	3	4	0
Dec 30	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 53-35	1	39	2	15	17	2	4	3	0
Jan 6	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 70-63	1	39	0	5	5	0	4	1	0
Jan 10	at Rollins	L, 59-52	1	40	1	10	11	5	3	0	0
Jan 13	at Florida Tech	L, 51-44	1	38	2	4	6	2	2	1	1
Jan 17	Florida Southern	L, 57-44	1	40	1	6	7	2	2	0	0
Jan 20	at Lynn	L, 54-50	1	36	1	12	13	1	5	1	1
Jan 24	at Eckerd	L, 66-63	1	45	0	7	7	2	4	3	0
Jan 27	Nova Southeastern	W, 76-69	1	19	0	3	3	1	1	0	0
Jan 31	Saint Leo	W, 56-35	1	36	1	5	6	1	0	2	0
Feb 3	Rollins	W, 63-54	1	30	2	2	4	1	1	1	1
Feb 7	Florida Tech	W, 57-38	1	35	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Feb 14	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 67-52	1	34	3	7	10	3	4	1	0
Feb 17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	L, 69-60	1	37	1	3	4	4	2	0	0
Feb 21	at #18 Florida Southern	L, 69-53	1	28	0	1	1	3	4	0	1
Feb 24	at Barry	L, 59-58	1	40	0	3	3	0	2	1	0
Feb 28	at Barry	L, 71-68	1	40	0	4	4	3	2	1	0

Game Log - BC extended

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 10	Spring Hill	W, 69-62	1	3	-	1.0
Nov 11	West Georgia	W, 71-68	1	3	-	1.4
Nov 15	Eckerd	W, 48-44	1	2	-	-
Nov 18	at Nova Southeastern	L, 72-66	1	5	1	0.7
Nov 24	Nyack	W, 52-33	1	1	-	0.7
Nov 25	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 72-53	1	3	-	0.3
Nov 29	at Saint Leo	W, 75-50	1	0	-	-
Dec 2	Lynn	W, 77-59	1	1	-	4.0
Dec 6	Valdosta State	W, 59-54	1	3	-	2.5
Dec 9	Barry	L, 66-56	1	2	-	0.0
Dec 18	Southern Wesleyan	W, 82-65	1	0	-	0.0
Dec 19	Malone	W, 67-50	1	2	-	0.3
Dec 30	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 53-35	1	1	-	0.5
Jan 6	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 70-63	1	4	-	0.0
Jan 10	at Rollins	L, 59-52	1	2	-	1.7
Jan 13	at Florida Tech	L, 51-44	1	4	-	1.0
Jan 17	Florida Southern	L, 57-44	1	2	-	1.0
Jan 20	at Lynn	L, 54-50	1	2	-	0.2
Jan 24	at Eckerd	L, 66-63	1	3	-	0.5
Jan 27	Nova Southeastern	W, 76-69	1	5	1	1.0
Jan 31	Saint Leo	W, 56-35	1	2	-	-
Feb 3	Rollins	W, 63-54	1	1	-	1.0
Feb 7	Florida Tech	W, 57-38	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 14	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 67-52	1	0	-	0.8
Feb 17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	L, 69-60	1	1	-	2.0
Feb 21	at #18 Florida Southern	L, 69-53	1	1	-	0.8
Feb 24	at Barry	L, 59-58	1	1	-	0.0
Feb 28	at Barry	L, 71-68	1	2	-	1.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2017-18	28	34.6	5.4-11.1	0.9-2.3	1.3-1.9	12.9
2018-19	31	36.5	5.8-12.3	0.9-2.4	1.5-2.2	14.1
Total	59	35.6	5.6-11.8	0.9-2.4	1.4-2.0	13.5

Career Stats - Shooting totals

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2017-18	28	28	969	150-312	48.1	25-64	39.1	36-53	67.9	361
2018-19	31	31	1133	181-382	47.4	29-75	38.7	46-67	68.7	437
Total	59	59	2102	331-694	47.7	54-139	38.8	82-120	68.3	798

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2017-18	28	969	34.6	6.2-12.9	1.0-2.6	39.1	1.5-2.2	14.9
2018-19	31	1133	36.5	6.4-13.5	1.0-2.6	38.7	1.6-2.4	15.4
Total	59	2102	35.6	6.3-13.2	1.0-2.6	38.8	1.6-2.3	15.2

Career Stats - Ball control per game

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2017-18	28	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.4
2018-19	31	1.0	7.4	8.4	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.5
Total	59	1.3	6.5	7.8	2.5	2.6	1.1	0.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2017-18	28	28	45	152	197	56	69	34	10
2018-19	31	31	32	229	261	93	85	29	17
Total	59	59	77	381	458	149	154	63	27

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2017-18	28	1.9	6.3	8.1	2.3	2.8	1.4	0.4
2018-19	31	1.1	8.1	9.2	3.3	3.0	1.0	0.6
Total	59	1.5	7.3	8.7	2.8	2.9	1.2	0.5

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	28	34.6	5.4-11.1	0.9-2.3	1.3-1.9	12.9
Conference	20	35.0	5.2-10.9	0.7-2.0	1.1-1.6	12.0
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	17	33.7	4.6-10.5	1.0-2.5	1.2-1.9	11.5
Away	11	36.0	6.5-12.1	0.7-2.0	1.4-1.9	15.0
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	17	33.6	4.5-9.9	0.9-2.4	1.5-2.1	11.4
Losses	11	36.2	6.6-13.1	0.9-2.1	1.0-1.5	15.2
Month
November	7	32.0	5.1-10.4	1.3-3.0	1.3-2.4	12.9
December	6	34.7	4.3-9.2	1.2-2.0	1.7-2.0	11.5
January	8	36.6	5.6-13.1	1.0-2.4	1.2-1.8	13.5
February	7	34.9	6.1-11.3	0.1-1.7	1.0-1.4	13.4

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	28	28	969	150-312	48.1	25-64	39.1	36-53	67.9	361
Conference	20	20	700	103-218	47.2	13-40	32.5	21-31	67.7	240
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	17	17	573	79-179	44.1	17-42	40.5	21-32	65.6	196
Away	11	11	396	71-133	53.4	8-22	36.4	15-21	71.4	165
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	17	17	571	77-168	45.8	15-41	36.6	25-36	69.4	194
Losses	11	11	398	73-144	50.7	10-23	43.5	11-17	64.7	167
Month
November	7	7	224	36-73	49.3	9-21	42.9	9-17	52.9	90
December	6	6	208	26-55	47.3	7-12	58.3	10-12	83.3	69
January	8	8	293	45-105	42.9	8-19	42.1	10-14	71.4	108
February	7	7	244	43-79	54.4	1-12	8.3	7-10	70.0	94

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	28	969	34.6	6.2-12.9	1.0-2.6	39.1	1.5-2.2	14.9
Conference	20	700	35.0	5.9-12.5	0.7-2.3	32.5	1.2-1.8	13.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	17	573	33.7	5.5-12.5	1.2-2.9	40.5	1.5-2.2	13.7
Away	11	396	36.0	7.2-13.4	0.8-2.2	36.4	1.5-2.1	16.7
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	17	571	33.6	5.4-11.8	1.1-2.9	36.6	1.8-2.5	13.6
Losses	11	398	36.2	7.3-14.5	1.0-2.3	43.5	1.1-1.7	16.8
Month
November	7	224	32.0	6.4-13.0	1.6-3.8	42.9	1.6-3.0	16.1
December	6	208	34.7	5.0-10.6	1.3-2.3	58.3	1.9-2.3	13.3
January	8	293	36.6	6.1-14.3	1.1-2.6	42.1	1.4-1.9	14.7
February	7	244	34.9	7.0-13.0	0.2-2.0	8.3	1.1-1.6	15.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	28	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.4
Conference	20	1.6	5.0	6.5	1.8	2.4	1.1	0.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	1.6	4.9	6.6	1.9	2.1	1.2	0.4
Away	11	1.5	6.2	7.7	2.2	3.0	1.2	0.4
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	17	2.0	5.7	7.7	1.9	2.2	1.5	0.4
Losses	11	1.0	5.0	6.0	2.2	2.9	0.7	0.3
Month
November	7	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.3	2.1	1.4	0.7
December	6	1.7	6.5	8.2	2.0	2.7	1.8	0.2
January	8	0.8	6.5	7.3	1.8	2.6	1.0	0.3
February	7	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.0	2.4	0.7	0.3

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	28	28	45	152	197	56	69	34	10
Conference	20	20	31	100	131	36	47	21	6
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	17	28	84	112	32	36	21	6
Away	11	11	17	68	85	24	33	13	4
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	17	17	34	97	131	32	37	26	7
Losses	11	11	11	55	66	24	32	8	3
Month
November	7	7	22	41	63	16	15	10	5
December	6	6	10	39	49	12	16	11	1
January	8	8	6	52	58	14	21	8	2
February	7	7	7	20	27	14	17	5	2

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	28	1.9	6.3	8.1	2.3	2.8	1.4	0.4
Conference	20	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	17	2.0	5.9	7.8	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.4
Away	11	1.7	6.9	8.6	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.4
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	17	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.2	2.6	1.8	0.5
Losses	11	1.1	5.5	6.6	2.4	3.2	0.8	0.3
Month
November	7	3.9	7.3	11.3	2.9	2.7	1.8	0.9
December	6	1.9	7.5	9.4	2.3	3.1	2.1	0.2
January	8	0.8	7.1	7.9	1.9	2.9	1.1	0.3
February	7	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3

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