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Brianna Tinsley - 2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Brianna Tinsley
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Madison, Va.
- High School:
- St. Anne's-Belfield
- Previous:
- Virginia
- Major:
- Sport & Recreation Management
Career Highlights:
2018-19
- 2020-21 Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention
- Started in 15 of 29 games played
- Averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 assists, and 1.6 rebounds per game
- Led the Dukes with her free throw percentage of 87.1%
- Scored double digits six times
- Dished out a season-best six assists against UNCW (2/20)
- Dropped a season-high 16 points against Towson (2/13)
- Shot a perfect 100% from the field, three-point range and the foul line in 14 minutes of action to score 10 points against Hampton (11/21)
- Played in 21 games, starting in eight
- Averaged 5.1 points, 1.7 boards in 19.6 minutes of action per game
- Tied for the team lead in assists per game (2.6)
- Led the team with a perfect 100% clip from the charity stripe (16-16)
- Dished a career-high tying six assists in back-to-back games against Virginia (12/3) and George Mason (12/6)
- Scored a team- and season-high 14 points on 40% shooting against West Virginia (12/13)
- Secured six points on 66.7 percent (2-3) shooting to go along with one assist and one rebound against Towson (1/0)
- Posted three points along with six assists, two steals and two rebounds in 19 minutes of action against UNCW (2/16)
- Scored seven points on 100 percent (2-2) shooting along with six assists and one rebound against Delaware (2/20)
- Posted seven points along with four rebounds, two assists and one block in 22 minutes of action against Delaware (2/21)
- Secured nine points and six assists to go along with three rebounds and one steal in 31 minutes of action against Drexel (2/28)
- Scored 10 points on 50 percent (3-6) shooting with three rebounds, to go along with two assists, one block, and one steal against Drexel in the CAA semifinals (3/12)
- CAA Commissioner Academic Honor Roll (Fall ’20)
- JMU Athletics Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2020)
- Sat out due to NCAA Transfer rules
- JMU Athletics Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
2018-19
- Appeared in all 31 games with 27 starts, averaging 7.6 point per game
- Scored a then-career-high 16 points, going 4-of-7 from three-point range, against Central Michigan (11/24)
- Topped that performance two games later by scoring 19 points at Michigan State, going 5-of-9 from three-point range (11/28)
- Matched her career high with a 19-point performance against Florida State (1/3)
- Scored 19 points, going 4-of-8 from three-point range, at Syracuse, also dishing a season-high five assists (1/31)
- Played in all 33 games, making 28 starts, averaging 19.8 minutes per game
- Averaged 4.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game
- Made her collegiate debut at Mississippi State, grabbing two rebounds in her first two minutes on the floor. Finished the game with seven points and two rebounds (11/10)
- Made her first career start at Dayton (11/19)
- Scored a season-high 10 points against North Carolina (1/25); followed with eight points and a season-high five rebounds at Georgia Tech (1/28)
- Two-time Scrimmage Play area Player of the Year
- Three-time First Team All-Central Virginia Team
- Three-time First Team VISAA Division I All-State
- Four-time All-LIS selection
- Competed in ASSIST Women's 2017 National All-American Senior High School Basketball All Star Game
- Averaged 15.2 points, 3.9 assists, 3.9 steals and 3.4 rebounds per game in her four-year career, averaging 17.8 points her senior season
- Also ran track, 200m Conference/State Champion
- 100m Conference/State Runner Up
- Daughter of Vanessa Strother, David Strother and Rafael Waller
- Mother played basketball at Averett
- Father Rafael played baseball at Averett
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
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