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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

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34 Tiara Matthews

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Fort Bend Kempner HS
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas

Biography

2019-20 (Senior)
Competed in 29 games with 16 starts ... logged 522 total minutes ... recorded 140 points, 122 rebounds, 27 assists, 18 steals and three blocks on the season ... shot 60-of-127 from the field for 47.2-percent, tied for second on the team ... grabbed a career high 11 rebounds against Houston Baptist (3/7) ... scored a season high 11 points at Northwestern State (1/2) ... reached double digit scoring on four different occasions ... collected nine points and nine rebounds at Stephen F. Austin (2/12) ... grabbed at least one rebound in 26 games ... No. 7 all-time in program history in career field goal percentage (.472)

2018-19 (Junior)
Appeared in 31 games making 12 starts ... scored in double figures five times ... played 524 minutes ... shot .488 from the field (81-for-166) ... scored 184 points with 120 rebounds, 20 steals, 14 assists and four blocked shots ... had a double-double against Northwestern State (1/9) with 12 points, 10 rebounds, one assist and one steal ... had 18 points with seven rebounds and two assists against Louisiana (11/30) ... scored 14 points against Incarnate Word (3/2) ... had 12 points at Nicholls (1/23) ... scored 12 points with seven rebounds and three steals against HBU (3/9) ... grabbed at least one board in 30 games.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Played in 25 games, making one start at UTRGV (11/14) … posted an average of 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds across 12.3 minutes per game … set a two career bests against St. Thomas (12/20), scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the Islanders' win … tied that same point total later in the year at Incarnate Word (2/3) ... compiled 14 steals and eight blocks on the year as well.

2016-17 (Freshman)

Played in 29 games … averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds across 9.8 minutes per game … shot 43.5-percent from the field on the year… scored a season high 10 points with eight rebounds against Central Arkansas (1/14) … grabbed eight rebounds at Lamar (1/25) … blocked two shots on the year, the first coming against Texas Southern (11/16) and McNeese State (2/25) … played a season-high 21 minutes at UTRGV (12/20).

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP
Played four seasons for head coach Orlandor Joseph at Fort Bend Kempner High School (Sugar Land, Texas) ... guided the Cougars to a 16-15 record as a senior ... averaged a double-double in 2015-16 with 13.2 points and 12 rebounds per contest, while chipping in a trio of steals and assists ... named a GHGBA All-Star, First Team All-District, and Offensive Player of the Year in 2015-16 ... set a career high as a sophomore with 19.2 points per game ... led Cougars in rebounding for three consecutive seasons and earned team MVP honors following every season. 

PERSONAL
Born Tiara Le'Chea Matthews on May 27, 1998 in Sugar Land, Texas ... daughter of Tony and Yolanda Matthews ... has one brother -- Quintion Colston (28) -- and four sisters -- Tiona (20), Toni, Tiffany (32) and Lauren (30)  ... communications major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

    F
    5'11"
    34
  • 34

    2017-18Sophomore

    F
    5'11"
    34
  • 34

    2018-19Junior

    F
    5'11"
    34
  • 34

    2019-20Senior

    F
    5'11"
    34