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2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster
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Sword, DeAngela
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Jersey Number 22
DeAngela Sword
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Montgomery, AL
- High School:
- Pensacola JC
Bio
2010-11 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Came off the bench in the season-opener, but went on to start the next 29 consecutive games for the Trojans ... Led the team in scoring 11 times ... Scored in double figures 20 times during first year at TROY and in the Sun Belt Conference ... Named All-Tournament at the Osprey Holiday Invitational (12/18-19/2010) ... Scored a career-high 26 points in 31 minutes against Louisiana-Lafayette (1/5/11); hitting 8-of-15 shots from the floor and 9-of-11 shots from the free throw line ... Recorded best week as an NCAA Division I-A basketball player by averaging 22.5 points per game in losses to Louisiana-Lafayette (1/5/11) and UALR (1/8/11) on the road ... Had streak of 10 consecutive games of scoring in double figures, which was halted by Middle Tennessee (1/19/11) ... Held scoreless just one time, against FIU (2/26/11) ... Only game coming off the bench this season, Sword scored 16 points in 27 minutes; including scoring seven consecutive points for the Trojans in the first half.PRIOR TO TROY
Saw action in 13 games for Louisiana Tech ... Averaged 1.1 points and 0.5 rebounds per game ... Shot 24 percent from the field, 25 percent (1-4) from the three-point line and 60 percent from the free throw line ... Totaled three blocks, two assists and one steal ... Scored a season-high three points in a win over Sam Houston State Dec. 13 ... Grabbed a season-high two rebounds in her college debut against Central Arkansas Nov. 14 ... Also attended Pensacola Junior College, While at PJC, Sword missed 12 games to injury but came on strong at the end of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered all four years for coach Yvonne Simmons at Carver Montgomery High School ... Averaged 18.0 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game as junior ... Named first team all-state for Class 6A in 2008 ... Nominated for 2008 McDonald's All-American team ... Named all-metro by the Montgomery Advertiser all three years ... Ranked in top five in Alabama according to www.hoopgurlz.com ... Named preseason honorable mention all-American by The Sporting News Magazine and by Dan Olson's Collegiate Girls Basketball Report (prior to senior season) ... Played AAU for coach Krystle Johnson and the Alabama Twisters Black Elite team ... Helped lead the team to the open division national championship title in AAU in summer of 2008 ... Named MVP of the tournament ... Also are a member of the Wolverines track and field team ... Won the Class 6A state title in the long jump in 2006 with a mark of 18-4 ... Was a member of the school's area and sub-regional championship 4 X 400-meter relay ... Ranked No. 1 in senior class with 3.8 grade point average ... Member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society).
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 3, 1989, in Montgomery, Alabama ... Daughter of Edward Ellison Jr. and Rudi Sword ... Has three brothers, Joe, Joshua, and Michael, and two sisters, Margaret and Tamara.
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