University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Shonte Hailes Named to C-USA Preseason Team
10/17/2018 3:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Conference USA announced the Preseason Team Wednesday.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Shonte Hailes was named to Conference USA's Preseason Team on Wednesday.
Hailes, a junior guard, started 23 of the 26 she games in which she played last season. She had 20 points or more in five contests, including a career-high 28 points at UAB (1/18/18) on nine-of-13 shooting from the field and was four-of-six from beyond the arc. Her shooting percentage of .529 was the fourth-best in the conference last season and she led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4, which was the 32nd-best in the nation. She had 5.2 assists per game, the second most of any C-USA player and her 135 total assists for the season were the third-most in the conference. She also led the league in three-point shooting at .452 percent.
Hailes joins the likes of Jerontay Clemons, Tamara Jones, Jamierra Faulkner and Pauline Love as a member of the Preseason Team for the conference.
2018-19 Preseason Team
Laia Raventos, Charlotte
Hailes, a junior guard, started 23 of the 26 she games in which she played last season. She had 20 points or more in five contests, including a career-high 28 points at UAB (1/18/18) on nine-of-13 shooting from the field and was four-of-six from beyond the arc. Her shooting percentage of .529 was the fourth-best in the conference last season and she led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4, which was the 32nd-best in the nation. She had 5.2 assists per game, the second most of any C-USA player and her 135 total assists for the season were the third-most in the conference. She also led the league in three-point shooting at .452 percent.
Hailes joins the likes of Jerontay Clemons, Tamara Jones, Jamierra Faulkner and Pauline Love as a member of the Preseason Team for the conference.
2018-19 Preseason Team
Laia Raventos, Charlotte
Kierra Anthony, Louisiana Tech
Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee
Terriell Bradley, North Texas
*Erica Ogwumike, Rice
Shonte Hailes, Southern Miss
Deanna Kuzmanic, UAB
Rachael Childress, UAB
Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee
Terriell Bradley, North Texas
*Erica Ogwumike, Rice
Shonte Hailes, Southern Miss
Deanna Kuzmanic, UAB
Rachael Childress, UAB
* C-USA Preseason Player of the Year
Players Mentioned
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