Brianna Wright

Photo by: Joe Murphy

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Photo by: Joe Murphy

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Photo by: Joe Murphy

Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Greenville, Miss.
Prev School:
Chipola JC

Career

Played her first season with the Tigers in 2014-15 … Junior college transfer from Chipola Junior College … Prior to Chipola, played first season of NCAA Division I basketball at South Alabama … Has played in 61 career NCAA Division I games (South Alabama, Memphis) … Has made 40 starts … Averaging 7.9 points and 7.0 rebounds … Has 52 steals and 40 blocked shots … Shooting 47.7 percent from the field … Has seven double-doubles and 21 double-figure scoring games … Has posted 28 games with seven or more rebounds.

Honors

2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Member of the Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2014 fall and 2015 spring semesters.

2014-15 (Junior)

Started 30 of the team’s 31 games … One of three Tigers to start at least 30 contests (Fuqua-Bey, Hearn) … Averaged 26.6 minutes played … Posted averages of 7.1 points and 8.2 boards … Team’s leading rebounder and fourth-leading scorer … Ranked fifth in rebounding in The American … Shot 47.5 percent from the floor … Her 47.5 shooting percentage ranked 11th in The American … Recorded six double-doubles … Had nine double-figure scoring games … Posted 19 games with seven or more rebounds … Grabbed a career-high 16 boards twice (Missouri State, Little Rock) … Netted a season-high 18 points in a home loss to Temple … Handed out a season-high three assists twice (Missouri State, Mississippi Valley State) … Double-double performances came against Missouri State (11 points-16 rebounds), Little Rock (14-16), Temple (18-14), Cincinnati (11-14), Tulane (12-11) and SMU (10-13) … Recorded a career-high four steals in a road loss at Tulane … Played a career-high 35 minutes three times (Minnesota, East Carolina, USF).

2013-14 (Chipola JC)

Appeared in 36 games with 23 starts at Chipola Junior College in Florida ... Averaged 10.8 ppg and 6.7 rebounds per game ... Shot 48.5 percent from the floor and 69.6 percent from the free throw line ... Added 55 steals and 36 blocked shots while helping Chipola to a 34-2 record an appearance in the NJCAA Division I semifinals in Salina, Kan.

2012-13 (South Alabama)

Played her freshman season at South Alabama in 2012-13 ... Appeared in all 30 games for the 17-13 Jaguars squad ... Team’s third-leading scorer (8.7 ppg) and rebounder (5.7 rpg) ... Grabbed 103 of her 172 total rebounds off the defensive glass ... Led South Alabama with 21 blocked shots ... Posted eight double-figure scoring performances, including a career-best 20-point effort in a win over Western Kentucky ... Scored her 20 points on 10-of-13 shooting vs. the Hilltoppers ... The 10 field goals made were a career high ... Also posted three double-digit rebounding efforts ... Grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds in the final game of her Jaguars career against Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

High School

Averaged a double-double at Greenville-Weston High School under coach Curtis Stovall ... Recorded a 30-30 game, finishing with 31 points and 32 rebounds against Greenwood ... Was named the female athlete of the year at GWHS as a senior ... Named second team all-state and first-team all-district and all-conference as a senior ... Helped her Honeybees team to the high school 6A championship game before falling to Horn Lake and ending her junior year with a 24-5 mark ... Also a member of the track & field squad at Greenville-Weston ... Was all-region and all-state in track in the shot put and discus.

Personal

Daughter of Jerron Turner and Camenlita Byars ... Birthday is February 22 ... Has two brothers and a sister ... An interdisciplinary studies major.