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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

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31 Nyia Longford

  • Position Forward/Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Medford
  • High School Longwood
  • Major Criminology

Biography

2021-22: Nyia earned second team All-SUNYAC honors...Started all 27 games...Averaged 9.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game...Added 50 assists and 40 steals...Tied for the team lead with 20 blocks...Made 30 treys...Scored a season-high 20 points, grabbed a career-best 14 boards and had four steals at Hartwick...Scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds against DeSales in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Made 4-of-4 treys and finished with 16 points, three steals and two blocks in a home victory versus Buffalo St...Buried four treys in scoring 18 points and added four assists in a home win versus Oneonta...Shot 8-of-14 from the field and finished with 17 points, five rebounds and three steals in a victory at Fredonia...Finished with 16 points, six boards and five assists in a home win versus Oswego...Scored 14 points in a home win versus Ithaca...Scored 13 points and pulled down six rebounds in a victory at Geneseo...Finished with 12 points, six rebounds and five assists against Misericordia...Scored 11 points and grabbed five boards in a win at Potsdam...Tallied 11 points with four rebounds in a win at SUNY Poly...Scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds in a victory at Oswego...Finished with 10 points and six boards in a home win versus Brockport...Contributed nine rebounds, three assists and three steals at Buffalo St...Finished with eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals in a home win versus Hamilton...Scored 10 points and pulled down six boards in a win against Neumann...Scored 11 points in a home victory versus Geneseo...Grabbed seven rebounds in a win at Plattsburgh.

2020-21: Member of the program but the season was canceled.

2019-20: Named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year...Earned third team All-SUNYAC honors...Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...The only player on the team to start all 29 games...Second on the team in scoring (11.0 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg)...Contributed 43 assists, 26 steals and 11 blocks...Made 25 treys...Shot 39.2 percent from the field and 74.6 percent from the line...Scored a season-high 21 points, grabbed five boards and blocked a season-best three shots at home versus Geneseo...Matched her season high with 21 points and added five rebounds and four assists in a win at Western New England in the first round of the NCAA Div. III tournament...Finished with 15 points, 11 boards, three assists and three steals in a home win versus Hamilton...Had 19 points, six rebounds and two steals in a home victory versus New Paltz...Contributed 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting, nine rebounds and three assists in a win at Potsdam...Totaled 17 points, 11 boards, four assists and two steals at New Paltz...Netted 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds at Buffalo St...Scored 13 points and pulled down nine boards at New Paltz in the SUNYAC Finals...Tallied 15 points and added eight rebounds in a home victory versus Oswego...Finished with 10 points, 11 boards and four assists in a home win versus Brockport...Contributed 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals in an overtime win at Geneseo...Scored 14 points and pulled down seven boards at Oneonta...Had 12 points, six rebounds and three assists in a home victory versus Plattsburgh...Scored 13 points in a home win versus Potsdam...Tallied 12 points at Ithaca...Scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a victory at Brockport...Had 10 points and six rebounds in a win over Geneseo in the SUNYAC Semifinals...Netted 10 points in home wins versus Hartwick and Elmira...Pulled down nine boards in a win at Oswego.

High School: A 2019 graduate of Longwood...Four-year starter in basketball...Named Rookie of the Year...Three-time team MVP...Earned all-league and all-county honors three years in a row...Scored more than 1,000 career points...Team was undefeated league champion, Suffolk County and Long Island champion and reached Class AA state semifinals.

Other: Named the C-Club Female Co-Rookie of the Year.

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2019-20Freshman

    Forward
    5'9"
    31
  • 31
    C

    2020-21Sophomore

    Forward
    5'10"
    31
    C
  • 31

    2021-22Junior

    Forward
    5'10"
    31
  • 31
    C

    2022-23Senior

    Forward/Guard
    5'10"
    31
    C