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2018-2019 Women's Basketball Roster

23 Taylah Simmons

  • Position G/F
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Highschool Canterbury Girls' Secondary

Biography

Northeast Conference (NEC) Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2018)
Northeast Conference (NEC) Most Improved Player of the Year (2018-19)
Northeast Conference (NEC) All-Second Team (2018-19)
Northeast Conference (NEC) Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 13, 2019)
Northeast Conference (NEC) Co-Rookie of the Week (Feb. 7, 2018)

2018-19 Redshirt Sophomore Season
Game-by-Game Stats

Played in 28 games while garnering the start in 27 of those contests... Led the squad in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.2 rpg) and field-goal percentage (48.4%)... Scored in double figures in 23 games while eclipsing the 20-point plateau seven times... Had nine games pulling down ten or more rebounds while recording eighth double-doubles on the season... From the final non-conference game of the year (vs. Staten Island, 12/21/18), proved to be her launching point, as she strung together an impressive 12-game double-figure scoring stretch, in which she eclipsed the 20-point plateau five times, highlighted by a career night when she netted 30 points on 14-of-27 shooting from the floor, to along with 12 rebounds in Wagner's 87-85 home win over St. Francis Brooklyn (2/11/19)... Finished the regular season as the leading scorer among all-NEC sophomore and second in rebounding among all second-year players.

2017-18 Redshirt Freshman Season
Game-by-Game Stats

Saw action in 27 games with 19 starts … Third on the team in both scoring (8.9) and assists (1.7) …. Second-leading rebounder with an average of 5.1 boards per game … In NEC play, she averaged 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds … Shot team-best 48.2 percent (49.7 percent in NEC play) from the field … Hit for double figures in 12 different contests, headlined by a career-high 19-point outburst vs. Saint Francis U (1/22) … Went 9-of-14, both career highs, in that contest vs. SFU … Named NEC Co-Rookie of the Week (2/6) after helping spark the Seahawks to back-to-back wins, over St. Francis Brooklyn (2/3) and LIU Brooklyn (2/5) … Pulled down career-high 13 rebounds, including 11 on the defensive glass, vs. Longwood (12/10 ) … Added 13 points vs. the Lancers, on 6-of-7 shooting (.857) in recording her first career double-double … Notched her second double-double vs. Sacred Heart (1/8) when she tallied 15 points with 10 caroms … Dished out career-high four assists in consecutive games vs. Sacred Heart (1/8) and at LIU Brooklyn (1/13).
 
Before Wagner: Enrolled at Wagner in January, 2017 and practiced with the Seahawks for the balance of the 2016-17 season …  Talented and versatile guard with tremendous size Boasts a wide and varied basketball pedigree … Averaged 13.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 18 games in helping lead the Nunawading Spectres, to a semifinal appearance in the 2016 Victorian Youth Championship … Earned All Star 5 recognition … The Spectres have produced more Australian Olympic and World Championship players and coaches than any other program in the country …. Also spent time with the Balwyn Redbacks, Ebees and Wattle Park Saints in Melbourne East Basketball Association (MEBA) / Greater Eastern Basketball Conference (GEBC) competition.

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    G
    6'0"
    23
  • 23

    2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    G/F
    6'0"
    23

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