2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Daishai Almond
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- Peach County HS
C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal – 2018-19
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll – 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Freshman of the Week for C-USA – 12/17/18
2021-22 (Senior): Appeared in 29 of 30 games, making 26 starts in her final season ... Ranked in the top 10 of Conference USA in assists with 109 helpers on the season .. Finished with 60 steals to rank at No. 5 in C-USA ... Led the Lady Eagles in assists in 14 games, including a season-high eight dimes in the second round of the C-USA Tournament ... exploded for a career-high 25 points on a 10-of-12 shooting effort at UAB (3/3) ... Scored in double-figures nine times ... Finished her season shooting 45.8 percent from the field, while averaging a career-best 8.3 PPG.
2020-21 (Junior): Started in all but two games her junior season ... Led the team in assists in 14 contests ... Finished the season scoring in double figures in six of the last eight games ... Nearly had a triple-double at MTSU (1/16) with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in the road win ... Had 13 points and 8 assists in 40 minutes of action at FAU (2/26) ... Ended the season on a high note dropping a career-high 22 points in a 10-of-17 shooting effort against FIU (3/10) at the conference tournament.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Played in all but one game for the Lady Eagles (29) ... She started in all but two games where she saw the floor ... Led her team in assists for 19 games and had nine games with five or more assists ... Had her first career double-double against Mississippi Valley in the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic with 10 points and 11 assists, the assists being a new career high (11/29) ... Upped her career-high in rebounds to nine against South Alabama (12/15) and then did it again against FAU (2/13) ... Also broke her career-highs in assists with 11 against MVSU (11/29), steals with five two times, first against William Carey (11/5) and last against MVSU (11/29) ... Also broke her career high in blocks against VCU with two (11/30) ... Hit a career-high in minutes with 37 minutes played, last coming against Marshall in the C-USA Tournament (3/11) ... Named MVP of the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic.
2018-19 (Freshman): Played in 29 games in her freshman campaign ... Took over at point guard for Shonte Hailes against Mississippi State and started in the next two ... Named Freshman of the Week by C-USA on 12/17 after the Mississippi State game ... Had buzzer-beating three-pointers to end the third quarter against both UAB (1/12) and LA Tech (2/23) ... Had a season-high 16 points against LA Tech at home (2/23) ... Hit 100 points for her freshman season against Charlotte (3/7) ... Had a season-high eight assists against Blue Mountain (12/18) ... Led the team in points two games, and assists in seven games ... Had four games scoring in double-digits ... President's Scholar and was named to the AD's Honor Roll ... Named a recipient of the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and a member of the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: A multi-sport athlete from Peach County High School who played under Tamica Sneed ... Was a guard for the Trojans ... Lettered all four years in basketball ... Averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds her sophomore season and averaged 25.6 points her junior season with a free throw percentage of 68.2 and a field goal percentage of 46.4 ... A two-time MVP of the Middle Georgia All-Star Game ... A 1,000-point career scorer ... All-Region honoree as well as Region Player of the Year ... All-State selection ... Was a member of the Honor Roll ... Played on club team Columbus Blazers coached by Tim Marshall ... Won her region in the 100m dash and triple jump.
Personal: Father, Sheldone, was the assistant coach for Daishai’s team during high school ... Majoring in Business Administration.
