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Jessica Thomas

position

Guard

Height

5-6

Class

Freshman

Hometown

Gainesville, Fla.

High School

Buchholz

Jessica Thomas - Women's Basketball - University of Miami Athletics

As a Freshman (2013-14): Played in all 31 games, starting two … Averaged 5.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 17.2 minutes per game …Totaled 158 points, 58 rebounds and 50 assists in 533 minutes … Hit 34.2 percent (52-of-152) of shots from field, 26.1 percent (24-of-92) from 3-point range and 73.2 percent (30-of-41) at free throw line … Appeared in every ACC game where she averaged 3.8 points and 1.5 rebounds in 14.7 minutes … Totaled 60 points, 22 assists and 24 rebounds… Hit 29.9 percent (20-67) shots from field, 17.5 percent (7-of-40) from three and 92.9 percent (13-of-14) at free throw line … Scored in double figures in first five games of career … Finished the year with eight double-digit scoring games … Season highs: 15 points at Oakland, 11/19/13; 5 rebounds at Oakland, 11/19/13; 6 assists at Oakland, 11/19/13; 3 steals vs. Yale, 11/25/13; 29 minutes played vs. North Florida, 11/8/13.

High School: Graduated from Buchholz High School … Named 2013 Florida Miss Basketball … Named all-state, first team all-area, 7A MVP and Father Lopez Christmas Tournament MVP … Named team captain and Queen of the Court … Averaged 32.0 points, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals in senior season … Team won class 7A State Championship … Also member of the golf team … Member of National Honor Society and was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Full name is Jessica Lauren Thomas … Goes by “JT” … Born Oct. 27, 1994, in Gainesville, Fla. … Majoring in sport administration … Daughter of Tara and Larone Thomas … Has three older brothers, Eric, Daren and Lamar, who played football at Miami and in the NFL.

 STATS
YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA 3PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG
2013-14 31 2 533 17.2 52 152 .342 24 92 .261 30 41 .732 58 1.9 50 57 3 27 158 5.1
2014-15 33 32 868 26.3 106 309 .343 45 155 .290 50 68 .735 88 2.7 74 67 2 41 307 9.3
2015-16 33 33 1044 31.6 139 363 .383 64 181 .354 45 73 .616 122 3.7 120 62 6 50 387 11.7
2016-17 33 33 1063 32.2 138 374 .369 46 158 .291 107 137 .781 79 2.4 130 84 2 52 429 13.0
CAREER 130 100 3508 27.0 435 1198 .363 179 586 .305 232 319 .727 347 2.7 374 270 13 170 1281 9.9