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2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 10
Jayla Chills
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Ripley, Miss.
- High School:
- Ripley HS
- Prev School:
- Itawamba CC
Bio
2016-17 (Senior): Member of Troy’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship team … Played in all 33 games, starting in 24 … Averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game … Tied for 20th in the Sun Belt in scoring … Shot 33 percent (33-100) from 3-point range, 12th in the conference … Second on the team with 74 assists … Scored in double digits 14 times, scored 20+ points four times including a career high 27 against Appalachian State on Feb. 16 … Posted two double-doubles; 17 points, 10 rebounds at Tennessee and 19 points, 10 rebounds against Georgia Southern
2015-16 (Junior): Member of Troy’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship team ... Played in 31 of Troy’s 33 games, all off the bench … Averaged 2.7 points and 8.1 minutes per game … Scored in double figures three times with a season-high 15 points in Troy’s win over Nicholls (12/1) … Also added 14 points, season-high seven rebounds and season-high 23 minutes in road win at Texas State (3/3) … Over half of made field goals were 3-pointers (16 of 27) … Made season-high three 3-pointers on three occasions, vs Fort Valley State (11/22), vs ULM (2/27) and at Texas State (3/3) … On the season, shot 26.7 percent (27-of-101) from the field, 22.9 percent (16-of-70) from deep and 73.7 percent (14-of-19) from the free throw line
Prior to Troy: Played two seasons at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss. … Named second team NJCAA All-American in 2014-15 following sophomore season … Led Itawamba to 23-5 overall record and appearance in NJCAA National Tournament as a sophomore … Named first team MACJC All-State and MVP of NJCAA Region 23 Tournament as sophomore … Averaged 19.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a sophomore … Named second team MACJC All-State as freshman in 2013-14 … Averaged 12.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a freshman … Over two-year career, was named MACJC Player of the Week seven times and NJCAA National Player of the Week twice
High School: Played four seasons at Ripley High School … Led Ripley to the MHSAA Final Four in all four seasons, including a Class 3A State Championship in 2011 as a sophomore and runner-up finishes as a freshman and junior in 2010 and 2012, respectively … Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen team in 2013 as a senior … Named to Clarion Ledger All-State team as a senior … Averaged 18.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 4.0 assists per game as a senior … Averaged 16.0 points per game as junior, 13.2 per game as a sophomore and 11.2 per game as a freshman … Was a first team all-county selection in all four seasons … Was named the Mississippi MVP at the 2013 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game … Was a MAC North-South All-Star game selection in 2012
Personal: Full name is Jayla Ajanee’ Chills … Born July 20, 1995 … Daughter of Regina Chills and Vincent Edwards … Has one sister, Aarion Edwards, and two brothers, Darion Edwards and Jalen Edwards … Has a daughter, Skylar Rae … Mother played basketball at Northeast Mississippi Community College and North Alabama … Majoring in social science … Minoring in recreation
2015-16 (Junior): Member of Troy’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship team ... Played in 31 of Troy’s 33 games, all off the bench … Averaged 2.7 points and 8.1 minutes per game … Scored in double figures three times with a season-high 15 points in Troy’s win over Nicholls (12/1) … Also added 14 points, season-high seven rebounds and season-high 23 minutes in road win at Texas State (3/3) … Over half of made field goals were 3-pointers (16 of 27) … Made season-high three 3-pointers on three occasions, vs Fort Valley State (11/22), vs ULM (2/27) and at Texas State (3/3) … On the season, shot 26.7 percent (27-of-101) from the field, 22.9 percent (16-of-70) from deep and 73.7 percent (14-of-19) from the free throw line
Prior to Troy: Played two seasons at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss. … Named second team NJCAA All-American in 2014-15 following sophomore season … Led Itawamba to 23-5 overall record and appearance in NJCAA National Tournament as a sophomore … Named first team MACJC All-State and MVP of NJCAA Region 23 Tournament as sophomore … Averaged 19.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a sophomore … Named second team MACJC All-State as freshman in 2013-14 … Averaged 12.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a freshman … Over two-year career, was named MACJC Player of the Week seven times and NJCAA National Player of the Week twice
High School: Played four seasons at Ripley High School … Led Ripley to the MHSAA Final Four in all four seasons, including a Class 3A State Championship in 2011 as a sophomore and runner-up finishes as a freshman and junior in 2010 and 2012, respectively … Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen team in 2013 as a senior … Named to Clarion Ledger All-State team as a senior … Averaged 18.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 4.0 assists per game as a senior … Averaged 16.0 points per game as junior, 13.2 per game as a sophomore and 11.2 per game as a freshman … Was a first team all-county selection in all four seasons … Was named the Mississippi MVP at the 2013 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game … Was a MAC North-South All-Star game selection in 2012
Personal: Full name is Jayla Ajanee’ Chills … Born July 20, 1995 … Daughter of Regina Chills and Vincent Edwards … Has one sister, Aarion Edwards, and two brothers, Darion Edwards and Jalen Edwards … Has a daughter, Skylar Rae … Mother played basketball at Northeast Mississippi Community College and North Alabama … Majoring in social science … Minoring in recreation
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