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Chrysta Narcisse
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, La.
- High School:
- Lafayette HS
- Prev School:
- South Alabama
Career Accolades
Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team – 2025-26
2025-26 (Redshirt Sophomore // South Alabama): Played in 35 games with 30 starts for the Jaguars . . . Averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game . . . Also posted 81 assists and 38 steals, ranking second and fourth on the squad, respectively . . . Hit 42.1 percent (99-of-235) of her shots from the floor and finished 23-of-64 (35.9 percent) from three . . . Also converted 77.0 percent (67-of-87) of her shots at the free throw line . . . Posted 13 games with double-figure scoring efforts, reaching 20 points twice, including a career-high 24 points against Coastal Carolina (March 4) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament . . . Also recorded two games with double-figure rebounds, pulling in a career-high 17 boards (two offensive, 15 defensive) against Louisiana (Feb. 14) . . . Started the first 19 games of the season for South Alabama . . . Returned to the lineup on Feb. 12 against Texas State for another 11-game starting streak, including the Jaguars’ improbable five-game run in the Sun Belt Tournament . . . Season-high 39 minutes against Georgia State (Jan. 22) . . . Named to Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after averaging 11.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in the Jags’ five-game stay in Pensacola . . . Played 22 minutes at Purdue Fort Wayne (March 24) in the Postseason WNIT, scoring three points with seven rebounds.
2024-25 (Redshirt Freshman // South Alabama): Played in 24 games with 13 starts in her first season of collegiate action . . . Averaged 4.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game . . . Tallied 37 assists, 21 steals and 13 blocks . . . Converted 36-of-127 (28.3 percent) from the floor and 15-of-45 (33.3 percent) from three . . . Brought in 68 total boards with 18 offensive and 50 defensive over the year . . . Reached double-figures in two games, scoring a season- and at the time career-high 17 points at Georgia State (Feb. 13) . . . Started in final 13 games of the season beginning on Jan. 18 at Southern Miss.
2023-24 (Freshman // South Alabama): Redshirted after not appearing in any games.
High School: Prepped at Lafayette High School, lettering four years in basketball and two years in track & field . . . On the hardwood, she played under Coach Taruyne Kanonu and helped the Lady Lions to the 2023 LHSAA Division I (Select) State Championship and claimed Division I (Select) MVP honors after leading the team to a 52-46 win over perennial powerhouse John Curtis Christian . . . Also named to LHSAA All-State First Team, District 3-5A MVP, First Team and All-Defensive Team and All-Acadiana First Team as a senior . . . Scored over 1,000 points in her high school career, making the playoffs all four years with incremental improvement, reaching the semifinals as a junior before claiming the school’s first state championship since 2012 . . . Graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette in 2023.
Personal: Born Chrysta Amorie Narcisse on June 7, 2005, in Lafayette, La., to Lincoln and Christian Narcisse . . . Has a younger sister, Chloe . . . Cousin, Patrick Richard, played basketball at McNeese (2008-12) before beginning his professional basketball career.
Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team – 2025-26
2025-26 (Redshirt Sophomore // South Alabama): Played in 35 games with 30 starts for the Jaguars . . . Averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game . . . Also posted 81 assists and 38 steals, ranking second and fourth on the squad, respectively . . . Hit 42.1 percent (99-of-235) of her shots from the floor and finished 23-of-64 (35.9 percent) from three . . . Also converted 77.0 percent (67-of-87) of her shots at the free throw line . . . Posted 13 games with double-figure scoring efforts, reaching 20 points twice, including a career-high 24 points against Coastal Carolina (March 4) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament . . . Also recorded two games with double-figure rebounds, pulling in a career-high 17 boards (two offensive, 15 defensive) against Louisiana (Feb. 14) . . . Started the first 19 games of the season for South Alabama . . . Returned to the lineup on Feb. 12 against Texas State for another 11-game starting streak, including the Jaguars’ improbable five-game run in the Sun Belt Tournament . . . Season-high 39 minutes against Georgia State (Jan. 22) . . . Named to Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after averaging 11.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in the Jags’ five-game stay in Pensacola . . . Played 22 minutes at Purdue Fort Wayne (March 24) in the Postseason WNIT, scoring three points with seven rebounds.
2024-25 (Redshirt Freshman // South Alabama): Played in 24 games with 13 starts in her first season of collegiate action . . . Averaged 4.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game . . . Tallied 37 assists, 21 steals and 13 blocks . . . Converted 36-of-127 (28.3 percent) from the floor and 15-of-45 (33.3 percent) from three . . . Brought in 68 total boards with 18 offensive and 50 defensive over the year . . . Reached double-figures in two games, scoring a season- and at the time career-high 17 points at Georgia State (Feb. 13) . . . Started in final 13 games of the season beginning on Jan. 18 at Southern Miss.
2023-24 (Freshman // South Alabama): Redshirted after not appearing in any games.
High School: Prepped at Lafayette High School, lettering four years in basketball and two years in track & field . . . On the hardwood, she played under Coach Taruyne Kanonu and helped the Lady Lions to the 2023 LHSAA Division I (Select) State Championship and claimed Division I (Select) MVP honors after leading the team to a 52-46 win over perennial powerhouse John Curtis Christian . . . Also named to LHSAA All-State First Team, District 3-5A MVP, First Team and All-Defensive Team and All-Acadiana First Team as a senior . . . Scored over 1,000 points in her high school career, making the playoffs all four years with incremental improvement, reaching the semifinals as a junior before claiming the school’s first state championship since 2012 . . . Graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette in 2023.
Personal: Born Chrysta Amorie Narcisse on June 7, 2005, in Lafayette, La., to Lincoln and Christian Narcisse . . . Has a younger sister, Chloe . . . Cousin, Patrick Richard, played basketball at McNeese (2008-12) before beginning his professional basketball career.
Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference - Jan. 22 vs. Marshall
Friday, January 23
Women's Basketball Condensed Game - 1/1/2026 vs. Troy
Saturday, January 03
Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference - Jan. 3 vs. Troy
Saturday, January 03
Game Highlights - Southern Miss vs. UAB
Monday, December 08
