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2023-24 Women's Basketball

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS

1 Taylor Thomas

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position G
  • Major Business, Marketing
  • Hometown Missouri City, Texas
  • Prev School Ridge Point High School

Biography

2023-24 (Graduate student):

Played in 28 games with 27 starts at an average of 30.0 minutes per game in her final year with the Pack … Earned First-Team All-Conference for the third time in her career … Named to the SSAC Championship All-Tournament Team for the third time in her career … SSAC All-Academic Team and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete … Averaged a career-high 14.6 points, 4.2 assists, and 2.4 steals per game, plus 4.3 rebounds per game … Scored in double figures in every game of the 2024 SSAC Championship and set a career high in assists (11) in the title game … Finished her Loyola career near the top of the Wolf Pack record book in several categories: second in career assists (521), third in career steals (248), seventh in career points (1,577), and tied for seventh in career three-pointers (171).


2022-23 (Senior):

Started in all 30 of the Wolf Pack’s games at 27.1 minutes per game … Averaged 12 points, 3.6 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 43.3 percent from the floor, 34.3 percent from three, and 87 percent at the line … Led the Wolf Pack in free throw percentage and was second in assists and threes made … SSAC All-Conference Second Team … SSAC Championship All-Tournament Team … SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team … SSAC All-Academic Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team… At the end of the season, her 403 career assists rank as the sixth-most in Loyola history … Finished the season in the top 10 in career steals at Loyola, as her 180 steals rank as the 10th-most in program history … Scored a season-high 23 points vs. Louisiana Christian on Nov. 11 … Earned her fifth-career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds on Feb. 11 vs. Blue Mountain.

2021-22 (Junior):

The SSAC Defensive Player of the Year, she earned First-Team All-Conference honors after starting in 26 of her 27 games played … Named to the SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team and SSAC All-Academic Team … Also named LSWA All-Louisiana Honorable Mention … Averaged 12.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 42.0 percent from the field, 38.8 percent from three, and 72.4 percent from the free-throw line … Led Loyola in steals, assists, and three-point percentage … Her scoring average was third on the team … Accumulated the most steals in the SSAC and was third in the conference in assists per gam, reaching a season-high of eight assists in three separate games during the season. 

2020-21 (Sophomore):

Started in 21 of her 22 games played, averaging 26.9 minutes played per game … Earned First-Team All-Conference and LSWA Second-Team All-Louisiana honors … Named to the SSAC All-Academic Team, Scholar-Athlete Team, and SSAC All-Tournament Team … Averaged 11.8 points, 3.8 assists, and 1.8 steals, all three of which led the Wolf Pack this season … Grabbed 5.5 rebounds per game, which ranked third on the team and most among guards … Tied for the team lead with four double-doubles … Ranked 49th in the NAIA in total assists with 85 … Was second on the team in made three-pointers with 19, shooting 25.0 percent from deep … Second on the team in free throws, shooting 55-79 (69.6%) … Named SSAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week in the second week of the season after scoring 27 points and hitting six triples in the team's season-opening win over Dillard … Named the SSAC Player of the Week again on Jan. 4 after setting new career highs with 28 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Faulkner … Nabbed a career-best seven steals against Mobile on Feb. 9. 

2019-20 (Freshman):

Appeared in 28 games with one start… SSAC All-Freshman Team… Averaged 18.4 minutes, 7.43 points, 3.5 assists (tied for a team-high), 2.46 rebounds and 1.32 steals… Shot 44.6 from the floor, 31.9 from the 3-point line, and 60.6 from the free-throw line… Began her Loyola career with her best scoring performance of the season with 24 points against the University of the Virgin Islands on Nov. 5… Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Stillman College on Jan. 9… Had 10 assists, a career-high, against Lindsey Wilson on Dec. 17… Tallied a career-best four steals against Middle Georgia State on Jan. 4. 

Pre-Loyola:

Played for Micheal Vitek at Ridge Point High School in Missouri City, Texas ... All-Academic all four years of high school ... All-Region all four years of high school. 

Personal:

Majoring in Business Marketing … Daughter of Chris and Anne Thomas … Born November 12, 2000 … Her favorite food is baked chicken and rice and her least favorite is salad … Favorite book is Jurassic Park … Favorite movie is Shark Tales … The most influential people to her are her parents … Favorite hobbies are coloring and puzzles … Favorite athlete is LeBron James … Favorite place to eat in New Orleans is Oceana Grill. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2019-20Freshman

    G
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2020-21Sophomore

    G
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2021-22Junior

    G
    5'4"
    13
  • 1

    2022-23Senior

    G
    5'4"
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Graduate Student

    G
    5'4"
    1