2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Mahoganie Williams
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Monroe, La.
- High School:
- Ouachita Parish HS
- Prev School:
- Louisiana Tech / Trinity Valley CC / Norfolk State
Career Honors
All-MEAC Defensive Team (2) – 2021-22, 2022-23
All-MEAC Second Team (1) – 2021-22
MEAC Defensive Player of the Week (3) – Jan. 10, 2023; Feb. 15, 2021; Dec. 7, 2021
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior): Played in 29 games in her first and only season with the Lady Eagles … Scored 54 points and grabbed 52 rebounds … Also tallied 15 blocks … Season-best performance against North Alabama (Nov. 18), scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds … First start at Southern Miss at Old Dominion (Jan. 6) … Season-high three blocks against Georgia State (Jan. 18) … Signed a professional contract with Croatian professional team Kosarkaska Akademija Zana Lelas Split.
2022-23 (Norfolk State // Redshirt Junior): Helped the Spartans to back-to-back MEAC regular season titles as Norfolk State swept the regular season and tournament titles for the first time in school history … Played in the NCAA Tournament at South Carolina, just the second time the Spartans appeared in the tournament in school history … Appeared in 32 games, making nine starts for the MEAC Champions … Scored 135 points on 38.1 percent field goal percentage, scoring a season-high 12 points against South Carolina State … Grabbed 104 rebounds along with 35 blocks and 23 steals on the year … Blocked five shots at Delaware State … Earned All-MEAC Defensive Team honors.
2021-22 (Norfolk State // Redshirt Sophomore): Named to All-MEAC Second Team and All-Defensive Team … Twice named as MEAC Defensive Player of the Week … Played in 28 games on the year, making 27 starts … Averaged 8.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 1.1 steals per game … Led the MEAC in blocks per game, finishing 18th in the nation in the category … Also finished highly on the MEAC charts in field goal percentage (Eighth), rebounds per game (10th), points per game (16th), minutes per game (18th) and steals per game (20th) … Stepped up her game in MEAC play, averaging 9.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 1.3 steals per game against conference foes, connecting on 40.2 percent of her field goals … Blocked six shots against George Mason, the most by any MEAC player that season … Led the Spartans in blocks in 23 games, blocking at least one shot in 25 games and at least three in 13 … Led Norfolk State in rebounds nine times, going for 10 or more in four contests … Also led the team in steals four times and in assists once … Put up three double-doubles on the year … Season-best in points (19), field goals (9), field goal attempts (21) and rebounds 12 at Delaware State … Career-best three assists at George Mason and against UNCW … Season- and career-best five steals against North Carolina Central in the MEAC Tournament … 68 blocks on the year are the second-most in a season in Norfolk State history … Her blocks per game average ranked third in team history … Member of the Norfolk State Athletic Directors Honor Roll in the spring.
2020-21 (Trinity Valley CC // Redshirt Freshman): Transferred to Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, Texas) … Played in 21 games, making 13 starts, and averaged 12.6 points per game … Finished the year shooting 45.2 percent from the floor and 58.8 percent at the free throw line … Also averaged 7.7 rebounds per game … Collected 22 blocks and 27 steals … Finished with 20-or-more points in four games, going for a season-high 27 against Jacksonville College … Recorded double-figure scoring totals in 14 games … Grabbed double-figure boards in eight times, pulling down a career high of 13 twice in back-to-back games … Career-best seven blocks against Tyler Junior College … Fell to Northwest Florida State College in the NJCAA National Championship, sharing the floor with future Lady Eagle Noelani Cornfield for 4 minutes and 18 seconds.
2019-20 (Louisiana Tech // Freshman): Played seven games in Ruston for the Lady Techsters as a true freshman … Totaled 14 points and six boards on the year … Saw action against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg.
High School: Prepped at Ouachita Parish High School (Monroe, La.) … Earned letters for the Lions’ basketball and track and field teams … Earned All-District honors as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Also earned All-LHSAA honors in her freshman and sophomore seasons … Averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game as a senior.
Personal: Born Feb. 12, 2001, to Tenisia Williams and Lacurtis Dunn … Uncle, Lacedarius Dunn, played basketball at Baylor (2007-11) and then in the Israeli National League for Hapoel Afula in Afula, Israel.
