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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 40
Amber Rivers
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- F
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Center Point HS
Bio
Honors
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2017-18)
2019-20 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.5 GPA)
Senior (2019-20)
Played in 28 games making 10 starts while helping Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title ... Averaged 9.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while earning 17 assists, nine steals and nine blocked shots ... Became the 24th member of the 1,000-point club on Jan. 23 against Texas State with her eight-point performance ... She ended her career with 1,116 points ... Finished second on the team in made three-point field goals (32) and three-point field goal percentage (.311) while averaging 1.1 made three's per game ... Shot 70 percent from the free throw line with 32 made free throws ... Earned 87 victories in her career, the most wins by a senior class in program history
*Had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament
Junior (2018-19)
Rivers started 19 of the 31 games she played in ... averaged 10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and just under an assist and steal per game ... scored a season-high 22-points against Arkansas State (Jan. 12) and eclipsed the 20-point mark twice ... reached double-digits in points in 18 games ... earned one double-double (12 points/11 rebounds) on the year against Sam Houston State (Nov. 23)
Sophomore (2017-18)
Named All-Sun Belt Second Team … Played in all 31 games, started 19 … Led the team and was eighth in the Sun Belt averaging 13.9 points per game … Rivers finished 10thin the league with 6.0 rebounds per game and ninth shooting 46.3 percent (164-354) from the field … Scored in double figures in 25 of 31 games and led the squad in scoring 10 times … Registered six games of 20 points or more … Scored a season-high 27 points at Appalachian State on Feb. 17 … Was effective from beyond the arc as well converting 36 of 77 attempts (33.8 percent) from 3-point range … Was 78-for-101 (77.2 percent) from the free throw line … Recorded double-digit rebounds three times including a season-best 11 at Texas State on Jan. 6 … Hit the game-winning layup with 0.2 seconds remaining in an 89-88 victory over Jacksonville on Dec. 1, the basket accounted for her only points of the game
Freshman (2016-17)
Played in 29 games; averaged 3.5 points, 1.6 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game … Made debut against Auburn on Nov. 11 … Scored a season-high 13 points against Armstrong State on Dec. 29 … Also scored in double figures against Jacksonville (10) on Dec. 10 and Mississippi State (11) on in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament … Shot 40-of-89 (44.9) from the field in 208 minutes of action … Was 20-of-25 from the free throw line
High School
Played four seasons at Center Point High School in Center Point, Alabama … Member of 2014-15 area championship team … Named all-state and all-county … Averaged 15.2 points as a senior
Personal
Full name is Amber LaTrece Rivers … Born on June 25, 1998 … Daughter of Alicia Curtis … Has one sister, Akinah
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2017-18)
2019-20 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.5 GPA)
Senior (2019-20)
Played in 28 games making 10 starts while helping Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title ... Averaged 9.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while earning 17 assists, nine steals and nine blocked shots ... Became the 24th member of the 1,000-point club on Jan. 23 against Texas State with her eight-point performance ... She ended her career with 1,116 points ... Finished second on the team in made three-point field goals (32) and three-point field goal percentage (.311) while averaging 1.1 made three's per game ... Shot 70 percent from the free throw line with 32 made free throws ... Earned 87 victories in her career, the most wins by a senior class in program history
*Had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament
Junior (2018-19)
Rivers started 19 of the 31 games she played in ... averaged 10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and just under an assist and steal per game ... scored a season-high 22-points against Arkansas State (Jan. 12) and eclipsed the 20-point mark twice ... reached double-digits in points in 18 games ... earned one double-double (12 points/11 rebounds) on the year against Sam Houston State (Nov. 23)
Sophomore (2017-18)
Named All-Sun Belt Second Team … Played in all 31 games, started 19 … Led the team and was eighth in the Sun Belt averaging 13.9 points per game … Rivers finished 10thin the league with 6.0 rebounds per game and ninth shooting 46.3 percent (164-354) from the field … Scored in double figures in 25 of 31 games and led the squad in scoring 10 times … Registered six games of 20 points or more … Scored a season-high 27 points at Appalachian State on Feb. 17 … Was effective from beyond the arc as well converting 36 of 77 attempts (33.8 percent) from 3-point range … Was 78-for-101 (77.2 percent) from the free throw line … Recorded double-digit rebounds three times including a season-best 11 at Texas State on Jan. 6 … Hit the game-winning layup with 0.2 seconds remaining in an 89-88 victory over Jacksonville on Dec. 1, the basket accounted for her only points of the game
Freshman (2016-17)
Played in 29 games; averaged 3.5 points, 1.6 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game … Made debut against Auburn on Nov. 11 … Scored a season-high 13 points against Armstrong State on Dec. 29 … Also scored in double figures against Jacksonville (10) on Dec. 10 and Mississippi State (11) on in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament … Shot 40-of-89 (44.9) from the field in 208 minutes of action … Was 20-of-25 from the free throw line
High School
Played four seasons at Center Point High School in Center Point, Alabama … Member of 2014-15 area championship team … Named all-state and all-county … Averaged 15.2 points as a senior
Personal
Full name is Amber LaTrece Rivers … Born on June 25, 1998 … Daughter of Alicia Curtis … Has one sister, Akinah
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