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2007-08 Women's Basketball Roster

20 Asha Neal

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Deltona Fla.
  • High School Pine Ridge

Biography

Redshirt-Junior (2006-07): Played in 25 games, making one start... Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 boards while playing 14.1 minutes per game... Scored a season-high eight points against North Florida (11/24), and played a season-high 31 minutes at UALR (2/1/07)... Made her lone start of the season at Western Kentucky (2/24), playing 11 minutes... Shot 41.8 percent from the field (28-for-67) and 38.5 percent from three-point land (5-for-13) for the season... Tied for a team-high two steals in back-to-back games against Tulane (11/25) and South Florida (11/30).

 

Junior (2005-06): Played in six games, starting the first two, before sitting out the rest of the year due to injury.

 

Sophomore (2004-05): Played in all 29 games, starting 28... Averaged 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 points per game... Scored a career-high nine points three times ? versus Northwestern (12/16), at UCF (12/19) and versus Arkansas State (1/8)... Grabbed a career-best nine boards at Western Kentucky (2/28) in the regular-season finale and had four-or-more rebounds 12 times, including in the last three straight... Recorded her first collegiate three-pointer at UCF (12/19) and poured in another at Arkansas-Little Rock (2/14)... Saw a career-high 36 minutes of action versus New Mexico State (3/4) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

 

Freshman (2003-04): Saw action in 21 games, averaging 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds an outing... Scored a season-high six points twice, versus Radford (1/2) and Dartmouth (12/18)... Had her best game of the season versus Radford, adding season-best performances in field goals (2), steals (1), blocks (1) and minutes (20)... Scored all six points versus Dartmouth from the line, hitting 6-of-8 attempts... Grabbed a season-high three rebounds versus Arkansas-Little Rock (1/31).

 

Prep Career: A tri-sport athlete at Pine Ridge, playing basketball for four years, volleyball for three and track & field for two... Averaged 16.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game... As a senior was named the Volusia County Athlete of the Year and earned first-team all-county and all-tournament team honors... Two-time team MVP... Team finished runner-up at the 5A Championships... Also played AAU basketball.

 

Personal: Born October 27, 1984... Parents are Marcus Neal and Janice Teague... Full name is Asha Tiakendra Neal... Nickname is Ace... Cousin, Najeh Davenport, plays professional football for the Green Bay Packers... Also recruited by schools such as Florida State, UCF and Miami... Off the court, enjoys spending time with friends and reading... In high school, was a member of the National Honor Society and HOSA ? Health Occupations Students of America... An exercise physiology major.

 

Career Highs

Points: 9, three times, last vs. Arkansas State (1/8/05)

Field Goals: 4, twice, last vs. Arkansas State (1/8/05)

Field-Goal Attempts: 9, twice, last at Alabama (1/3/05)

Three-Point Goals: 2, vs. North Florida (11/24/06)

Three-Point Attempts: 2, three times, last at Louisiana-Lafayette (1/6/07)

Rebounds: 9 at Western Kentucky (2/28/05)

Assists: 4 at UCF (12/19/04)

Steals: 3 vs. Northwestern (12/16/04)

Blocks: 1, six times, last at Longwood (11/19/05)

Minutes: 36 vs. New Mexico State (3/4/05)

 

Golden Panther Bites 

Nickname: A, Ace

My favorite book: The Coldest Winter Ever

My favorite movie: Love and Basketball, Glory Road

My favorite class at FIU: kinesiology

My dream job would be: pediatrician

I’d like to switch places for a day with: Oprah

If I could compete against any FIU student-athlete (non-basketball), it would be: Deomni Murray

The best thing about being a student-athlete: travel

Hardest working teammate: Jasmine Jenkins

If I had a superpower, it’d be: healing

 

Career Statistics

YEAR             G-GS     MIN   FG-FGA   PCT      FT-FTA   PCT   3P-3PA   PCT   TOT   AVG   AST   AVG   BLK STL    PTS   AVG

03-04              21-0       144       5-24      .208        15-20     .750       0-0       .000     18      0.9       1         0         1      4        25      1.2

04-05             29-28      676     36-122    .295        10-23     .435       2-5       .400     88      3.0      12      0.4       4     11       84      2.9

05-06               6-2         49         0-4       .000          0-0       .000       0-0       .000      3       0.5       1       0.2       1      1         0       0.0

06-07              25-1       353      28-67     .418        11-15     .733      5-13      .385     39      1.6       9       0.4       1      5        72      2.9

TOTALS       81-31     1222    69-217    .318        36-58     .621      7-18      .389    148     1.8      23      0.3       7     21      181     2.2

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Historical Player Information

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    2003-04

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    2004-05Sophomore

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    2005-06Junior

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    2006-07Junior

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    2007-08Senior

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