LaShayla Wright-Ponder

23 LaShayla Wright-Ponder

Height:

6-0
Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Bloomington, Minn.
High School:

John F. Kennedy HS
Previous College:

Hampton University/University of South Dakota
Position:

F
Major:

Criminal Justice/Criminology

gp

29
pts/g

13.7
fg %

59.2
3pt %

25.0
ft %

71.2
reb/g

8.4
a/g

0.8

Bio

As a Junior: SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Was named to the Second Team All-Region, to the 2019-20 All-SSC First Team, and to the 2019-20 All-SSC Newcomer Team… Played and started in 29 games for the Spartans… Recorded a total of 800 minutes on the season averaging 27.6 minutes a game… Shot 59.2% from the field and 71.2% from the free-throw line… Averaged 13.7 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game… Scored a total of 396 points on the season and grabbed 244 rebounds… Scored a career-high 32 points in a win at Saint Leo after shooting 76.5% from the field and grabbing eight rebounds in the game...Ranked 12th in the nation in field goal percentage...Ranked ninth in the SSC in scoring, third in rebounds, eighth in offensive rebounds, third in defensive rebounds and first in field-goal percentage.

As a Sophomore: Returned to Hampton and appeared in 29 games… Played in a total of 592 minutes… Finished the season with 155 points, 19 steals, 24 blocks, and 142 rebounds… Recorded one double-double against UNC Asheville with 11 rebounds and 12 points.

As a Freshman: Attended Hampton University, where she played in 20 games… Averaged 9.1 minutes per game… Averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game… Scored a season-high of 17 points against Md. Eastern Shore (01/06)… Grabbed a high of eight rebounds against in the same game.

As a Freshman: Redshirted at The University of South Dakota.

High School: Attended John F Kennedy Sr High School, where she played for Quinton Johnston… Served as captain for three years… Earned Most Improved Player all four years… Won All-Conference, All-State, and All-Tournament.

Personal: Criminal Justice/Criminology major… Daughter of LaWanda Wright and Drew Hopkins… Has three siblings Layana, Le’Anthony, and Layla… Born on December 21, 1997.

Career Highs

Recent Games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 22	Barry	W, 82-52
Feb 26	Florida Southern	L, 56-51
Feb 29	at Lynn	W, 66-46
Mar 3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 76-36
Mar 5	Saint Leo	W, 72-57
Mar 8	Eckerd	L, 75-69

	Overall	Conference
Games	29	20
Games started	29	20
Minutes	800	563
Minutes per game	27.6	28.1
FG	174-294	124-206
FG Pct	59.2	60.2
3PT	1-4	1-3
3PT Pct	25.0	33.3
FT	47-66	36-51
FT Pct	71.2	70.6
Off rebounds	60	49
Def rebounds	184	124
Total rebounds	244	173
Rebounds per game	8.4	8.7
Personal fouls	56	43
Disqualifications	-	-
Assists	23	11
Turnovers	44	30
Assist to turnover ratio	0.5	0.4
Steals	12	8
Blocks	14	8
Points	396	285
Points per game	13.7	14.3
Points per 40 min	19.8	20.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 8	Spring Hill	W, 78-46	1	26	6-11	54.5	0-0	-	3-3	100.0	15
Nov 9	West Georgia	L, 69-67	1	24	11-18	61.1	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	22
Nov 23	Nova Southeastern	W, 72-70	1	38	9-10	90.0	0-0	-	5-5	100.0	23
Nov 29	vs. Southern Indiana	L, 56-46	1	33	5-11	45.5	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	13
Nov 30	at Bellarmine	L, 76-63	1	20	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	3-3	100.0	11
Dec 4	at Eckerd	W, 57-54	1	27	6-9	66.7	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	13
Dec 7	Rollins	W, 85-60	1	16	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	10
Dec 14	at Saint Leo	W, 72-66	1	39	13-17	76.5	0-0	-	6-8	75.0	32
Dec 19	vs. Pittsburg State	W, 75-55	1	36	8-14	57.1	0-0	-	0-0	-	16
Dec 20	vs. William Jewell	W, 60-45	1	34	8-12	66.7	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	17
Jan 2	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 57-32	1	32	5-11	45.5	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	11
Jan 8	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 65-40	1	31	8-18	44.4	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	17
Jan 11	at Barry	W, 62-51	1	30	7-17	41.2	0-0	-	0-0	-	14
Jan 15	at Florida Tech	W, 62-42	1	22	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	0-0	-	8
Jan 18	Lynn	W, 66-54	1	38	6-14	42.9	0-0	-	0-0	-	12
Jan 22	at Florida Southern	W, 65-60	1	22	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	6
Jan 25	at Nova Southeastern	W, 67-66	1	25	5-6	83.3	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	12
Jan 29	Eckerd	W, 66-60	1	19	3-7	42.9	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	8
Feb 1	at Rollins	W, 70-58	1	29	6-8	75.0	0-0	-	2-4	50.0	14
Feb 5	Saint Leo	W, 73-58	1	34	3-10	30.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	7
Feb 8	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 64-58	1	34	6-9	66.7	0-1	0.0	5-7	71.4	17
Feb 12	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 64-47	1	26	8-11	72.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	16
Feb 19	Florida Tech	W, 83-55	1	13	5-7	71.4	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	12
Feb 22	Barry	W, 82-52	1	29	9-14	64.3	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	20
Feb 26	Florida Southern	L, 56-51	1	31	7-10	70.0	0-0	-	3-5	60.0	17
Feb 29	at Lynn	W, 66-46	1	28	7-8	87.5	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	16
Mar 3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 76-36	1	27	4-9	44.4	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	9
Mar 5	Saint Leo	W, 72-57	1	13	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Mar 8	Eckerd	L, 75-69	1	24	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Mar 13	vs. Benedict		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 14	vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 24	vs. NCAA Championships		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 8	Spring Hill	W, 78-46	1	26	2	9	11	3	0	0	2
Nov 9	West Georgia	L, 69-67	1	24	2	4	6	3	4	1	1
Nov 23	Nova Southeastern	W, 72-70	1	38	0	8	8	1	1	1	1
Nov 29	vs. Southern Indiana	L, 56-46	1	33	3	10	13	0	1	0	0
Nov 30	at Bellarmine	L, 76-63	1	20	1	6	7	0	1	0	0
Dec 4	at Eckerd	W, 57-54	1	27	0	6	6	0	1	1	0
Dec 7	Rollins	W, 85-60	1	16	1	9	10	0	1	0	0
Dec 14	at Saint Leo	W, 72-66	1	39	3	5	8	0	1	1	0
Dec 19	vs. Pittsburg State	W, 75-55	1	36	1	4	5	1	2	1	0
Dec 20	vs. William Jewell	W, 60-45	1	34	1	11	12	1	2	0	0
Jan 2	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 57-32	1	32	1	7	8	1	1	0	0
Jan 8	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 65-40	1	31	7	5	12	0	0	0	1
Jan 11	at Barry	W, 62-51	1	30	3	6	9	1	2	0	0
Jan 15	at Florida Tech	W, 62-42	1	22	2	2	4	0	2	0	0
Jan 18	Lynn	W, 66-54	1	38	3	4	7	2	2	2	1
Jan 22	at Florida Southern	W, 65-60	1	22	2	3	5	0	3	0	0
Jan 25	at Nova Southeastern	W, 67-66	1	25	1	4	5	0	2	0	0
Jan 29	Eckerd	W, 66-60	1	19	3	4	7	0	0	0	0
Feb 1	at Rollins	W, 70-58	1	29	1	5	6	2	1	0	2
Feb 5	Saint Leo	W, 73-58	1	34	8	8	16	0	2	0	1
Feb 8	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 64-58	1	34	1	11	12	0	3	1	0
Feb 12	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 64-47	1	26	3	7	10	0	1	0	0
Feb 19	Florida Tech	W, 83-55	1	13	2	9	11	2	1	1	1
Feb 22	Barry	W, 82-52	1	29	4	9	13	1	3	0	0
Feb 26	Florida Southern	L, 56-51	1	31	2	5	7	1	1	0	0
Feb 29	at Lynn	W, 66-46	1	28	2	7	9	0	2	1	1
Mar 3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 76-36	1	27	1	9	10	3	0	2	1
Mar 5	Saint Leo	W, 72-57	1	13	0	3	3	0	1	0	1
Mar 8	Eckerd	L, 75-69	1	24	0	4	4	1	3	0	1
Mar 13	vs. Benedict		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 14	vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 24	vs. NCAA Championships		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 8	Spring Hill	W, 78-46	1	2	-	-
Nov 9	West Georgia	L, 69-67	1	2	-	0.8
Nov 23	Nova Southeastern	W, 72-70	1	2	-	1.0
Nov 29	vs. Southern Indiana	L, 56-46	1	1	-	0.0
Nov 30	at Bellarmine	L, 76-63	1	0	-	0.0
Dec 4	at Eckerd	W, 57-54	1	3	-	0.0
Dec 7	Rollins	W, 85-60	1	2	-	0.0
Dec 14	at Saint Leo	W, 72-66	1	3	-	0.0
Dec 19	vs. Pittsburg State	W, 75-55	1	1	-	0.5
Dec 20	vs. William Jewell	W, 60-45	1	3	-	0.5
Jan 2	at Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 57-32	1	1	-	1.0
Jan 8	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 65-40	1	1	-	-
Jan 11	at Barry	W, 62-51	1	1	-	0.5
Jan 15	at Florida Tech	W, 62-42	1	2	-	0.0
Jan 18	Lynn	W, 66-54	1	3	-	1.0
Jan 22	at Florida Southern	W, 65-60	1	3	-	0.0
Jan 25	at Nova Southeastern	W, 67-66	1	2	-	0.0
Jan 29	Eckerd	W, 66-60	1	4	-	-
Feb 1	at Rollins	W, 70-58	1	4	-	2.0
Feb 5	Saint Leo	W, 73-58	1	4	-	0.0
Feb 8	Palm Beach Atlantic	W, 64-58	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 12	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 64-47	1	1	-	0.0
Feb 19	Florida Tech	W, 83-55	1	0	-	2.0
Feb 22	Barry	W, 82-52	1	0	-	0.3
Feb 26	Florida Southern	L, 56-51	1	3	-	1.0
Feb 29	at Lynn	W, 66-46	1	2	-	0.0
Mar 3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 76-36	1	1	-	-
Mar 5	Saint Leo	W, 72-57	1	1	-	0.0
Mar 8	Eckerd	L, 75-69	1	2	-	0.3
Mar 13	vs. Benedict		-	-	-	-
Mar 14	vs. Union/Florida Southern, if necessary		-	-	-	-
Mar 24	vs. NCAA Championships		-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2019-20	29	27.6	6.0-10.1	0.0-0.1	1.6-2.3	13.7
2020-21	6	23.3	6.0-12.0	0.0-0.2	1.2-1.8	13.2
2021-22	24	26.9	5.5-10.6	0.0-0.0	1.5-2.0	12.5
Total	59	26.9	5.8-10.5	0.0-0.1	1.5-2.1	13.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2019-20	29	29	800	174-294	59.2	1-4	25.0	47-66	71.2	396
2020-21	6	5	140	36-72	50.0	0-1	0.0	7-11	63.6	79
2021-22	24	22	646	132-254	52.0	0-0	-	37-48	77.1	301
Total	59	56	1586	342-620	55.2	1-5	20.0	91-125	72.8	776

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2019-20	29	800	27.6	8.7-14.7	0.1-0.2	25.0	2.4-3.3	19.8
2020-21	6	140	23.3	10.3-20.6	0.0-0.3	0.0	2.0-3.1	22.6
2021-22	24	646	26.9	8.2-15.7	0.0-0.0	-	2.3-3.0	18.6
Total	59	1586	26.9	8.6-15.6	0.0-0.1	20.0	2.3-3.2	19.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2019-20	29	2.1	6.3	8.4	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.5
2020-21	6	1.7	5.8	7.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	0.8
2021-22	24	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.5	2.3	0.6	0.7
Total	59	2.6	5.7	8.2	0.7	1.8	0.6	0.6

Career Stats - Ball control totals

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2019-20	29	29	60	184	244	23	44	12	14
2020-21	6	5	10	35	45	3	9	6	5
2021-22	24	22	81	115	196	13	54	15	17
Total	59	56	151	334	485	39	107	33	36

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2019-20	29	3.0	9.2	12.2	1.1	2.2	0.6	0.7
2020-21	6	2.9	10.0	12.9	0.9	2.6	1.7	1.4
2021-22	24	5.0	7.1	12.1	0.8	3.3	0.9	1.1
Total	59	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.0	2.7	0.8	0.9

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	29	27.6	6.0-10.1	0.0-0.1	1.6-2.3	13.7
Conference	20	28.1	6.2-10.3	0.1-0.1	1.8-2.5	14.3
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	15	26.5	5.7-10.0	0.0-0.1	1.8-2.4	13.1
Away	11	27.3	6.2-9.7	0.1-0.2	1.5-2.2	13.9
Neutral	3	34.3	7.0-12.3	0.0-0.0	1.3-2.0	15.3
Result
Wins	24	27.8	6.0-10.2	0.0-0.1	1.6-2.2	13.7
Losses	5	26.4	5.8-9.8	0.0-0.2	1.8-2.6	13.4
Month
November	5	28.2	7.0-11.4	0.0-0.2	2.8-3.2	16.8
December	5	30.4	7.8-11.8	0.0-0.0	2.0-2.8	17.6
January	8	27.4	5.1-10.8	0.1-0.2	0.6-1.2	11.0
February	8	28.0	6.4-9.6	0.0-0.1	2.1-3.0	14.9
March	3	21.3	2.7-5.0	0.0-0.0	0.3-0.7	5.7

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	29	29	800	174-294	59.2	1-4	25.0	47-66	71.2	396
Conference	20	20	563	124-206	60.2	1-3	33.3	36-51	70.6	285
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	15	15	397	85-150	56.7	0-2	0.0	27-36	75.0	197
Away	11	11	300	68-107	63.6	1-2	50.0	16-24	66.7	153
Neutral	3	3	103	21-37	56.8	0-0	-	4-6	66.7	46
Result
Wins	24	24	668	145-245	59.2	1-3	33.3	38-53	71.7	329
Losses	5	5	132	29-49	59.2	0-1	0.0	9-13	69.2	67
Month
November	5	5	141	35-57	61.4	0-1	0.0	14-16	87.5	84
December	5	5	152	39-59	66.1	0-0	-	10-14	71.4	88
January	8	8	219	41-86	47.7	1-2	50.0	5-10	50.0	88
February	8	8	224	51-77	66.2	0-1	0.0	17-24	70.8	119
March	3	3	64	8-15	53.3	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	17

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	29	800	27.6	8.7-14.7	0.1-0.2	25.0	2.4-3.3	19.8
Conference	20	563	28.1	8.8-14.6	0.1-0.2	33.3	2.6-3.6	20.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	15	397	26.5	8.6-15.1	0.0-0.2	0.0	2.7-3.6	19.8
Away	11	300	27.3	9.1-14.3	0.1-0.3	50.0	2.1-3.2	20.4
Neutral	3	103	34.3	8.2-14.4	0.0-0.0	-	1.6-2.3	17.9
Result
Wins	24	668	27.8	8.7-14.7	0.1-0.2	33.3	2.3-3.2	19.7
Losses	5	132	26.4	8.8-14.8	0.0-0.3	0.0	2.7-3.9	20.3
Month
November	5	141	28.2	9.9-16.2	0.0-0.3	0.0	4.0-4.5	23.8
December	5	152	30.4	10.3-15.5	0.0-0.0	-	2.6-3.7	23.2
January	8	219	27.4	7.5-15.7	0.2-0.4	50.0	0.9-1.8	16.1
February	8	224	28.0	9.1-13.8	0.0-0.2	0.0	3.0-4.3	21.3
March	3	64	21.3	5.0-9.4	0.0-0.0	-	0.6-1.2	10.6

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	29	2.1	6.3	8.4	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.5
Conference	20	2.5	6.2	8.7	0.6	1.5	0.4	0.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	15	2.4	6.7	9.1	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.7
Away	11	1.7	5.3	7.0	0.4	1.5	0.3	0.3
Neutral	3	1.7	8.3	10.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0
Result
Wins	24	2.2	6.5	8.6	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.5
Losses	5	1.6	5.8	7.4	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.4
Month
November	5	1.6	7.4	9.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.8
December	5	1.2	7.0	8.2	0.4	1.4	0.6	0.0
January	8	2.8	4.4	7.1	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.3
February	8	2.9	7.6	10.5	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.6
March	3	0.3	5.3	5.7	1.3	1.3	0.7	1.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	29	29	60	184	244	23	44	12	14
Conference	20	20	49	124	173	11	30	8	8
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	15	15	36	101	137	17	22	8	11
Away	11	11	19	58	77	4	17	3	3
Neutral	3	3	5	25	30	2	5	1	0
Result
Wins	24	24	52	155	207	18	34	11	12
Losses	5	5	8	29	37	5	10	1	2
Month
November	5	5	8	37	45	7	7	2	4
December	5	5	6	35	41	2	7	3	0
January	8	8	22	35	57	4	12	2	2
February	8	8	23	61	84	6	14	3	5
March	3	3	1	16	17	4	4	2	3

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	29	3.0	9.2	12.2	1.1	2.2	0.6	0.7
Conference	20	3.5	8.8	12.3	0.8	2.1	0.6	0.6
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	15	3.6	10.2	13.8	1.7	2.2	0.8	1.1
Away	11	2.5	7.7	10.3	0.5	2.3	0.4	0.4
Neutral	3	1.9	9.7	11.7	0.8	1.9	0.4	0.0
Result
Wins	24	3.1	9.3	12.4	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.7
Losses	5	2.4	8.8	11.2	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.6
Month
November	5	2.3	10.5	12.8	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.1
December	5	1.6	9.2	10.8	0.5	1.8	0.8	0.0
January	8	4.0	6.4	10.4	0.7	2.2	0.4	0.4
February	8	4.1	10.9	15.0	1.1	2.5	0.5	0.9
March	3	0.6	10.0	10.6	2.5	2.5	1.3	1.9

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