Mooriah Rowser

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Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Rockville, Md.
Prev School:
St. John's College HS

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015 ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2013-14, 2014-15) ... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll twice (Nov. 17, 2014; Feb. 16, 2015) ... Named to the Dean’s List for the 2012 fall semester ... 2012-13 Conference USA Academic Honor Roll.

Career

Has played in 65 games, making 48 starts … Missed most of her freshman season with a knee injury … Averaging 9.2 points and 2.9 rebounds … Has 62 assists, 63 steals and 10 blocked shots … Shooting 36.2 percent from the floor and 73.6 percent from the free throw line … Has 30 double-figure scoring performances, including five 20-point games … Has 22 games with four or more rebounds.

Honors

2013-14 American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team ... Twice honored as the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week (Nov. 11, 2013; Dec. 16, 2013) ...

2014-15 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Played in all 31 games … Made 24 starts … Averaged 29.0 minutes played … Had 16 contests in which she played 30 or more minutes … Team’s second-leading scorer at 10.0 ppg … Ranked among the American Athletic Conference leaders in scoring (25th) … Also averaged 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists … Had 30 steals and seven blocked shots … Shot 33.2 percent from the field and a team-best 77.6 percent from the free throw line … Recorded 16 double-figure scoring games … Had 11 games with four or more rebounds … Tied a career high with 24 points in a road win at Houston … Played a career-best 40 minutes vs. the Cougars … Also posted career bests for treys made (3) and steals (5) vs. Houston … Posted first career double-double with 13 points and 10 boards in a road setback at Southern Illinois … The 10 rebounds were a career high … Handed out a career-best four assists twice (Central Michigan, SMU) … Began season with five-straight double-figure scoring games … Averaged 17.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in that five-game stretch … Tied career highs for FT made (7) and FT attempts (9) in a home win over Samford … Netted 21 points in the season-opening win over Missouri State … Scored 18 points in the regular-season home finale vs. SMU.

2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman)

Came back from knee surgery to appear in all 31 Memphis games with 21 starts ... Finished as the team’s third-leading scorer with 8.1 ppg and shooting 37.4 percent from the field ... Also added 2.5 rebounds a game ... Her 27 steals was fourth on the team ... Second on the team with a 70.6 percent free-throw shooting clip ... Scored double-digit points 12 times, including 20 points in a game against Louisville in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse and 21 points against Texas A&M in the opening game of the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands ... Had a season-best nine rebounds in a home game against UCF and had three steals in three different games as a season best.

2012-13 (Freshman)

Was Memphis’ second-leading scorer when she went down with a knee injury in a road win at Illinois State in the Preseason WNIT ... Averaged 12.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game and was shooting 63.0 percent from the floor ... Also had six steals in the Tigers’ first three games before suffering the injury 10 minutes into the game at Illinois State ... Scored 24 points in her first collegiate game, shooting 12-for-20 from the field in the win over Grambling State in the opening round of the Preseason WNIT ... Also had eight rebounds in that win.

High School

Played high school basketball at St. John’s College High School in Rockville, Md. ... Was the Washington, D.C., Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior ... Helped her St. Johns squad coached by Jonathan Scribner to a 33-2 record as a junior ... Her St. John’s team ranked as high as No. 10 in the country ... Helped the Cadets to a city championship, the Bishop Walsh tournament championship and their first WCAC title since 2004 ... Was named the city title championship game MVP and averaged 16 points, seven rebounds and three steals per game as a junior ... Entered her senior year of high school ball already past the 1,000 career point mark (1,095) ... Recognized by The Washington Post as a first team winter All-Met team honoree ... A four-star signee for Memphis ... Also played club basketball with the Blue Star MD program under coach Tony Gorham and was the No. 38 ranked guard in the class of 2012 by ESPN HoopGurlz.com ... Off the court, she was also a member of the National Society of High School Scholars.

Personal

Daughter of Morris and Paula Rowser ... Birthday is August 5 ... Also recruited by UNC Charlotte, St. John’s and George Mason ... A management information systems major.