2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Rishonda Napier
- Position:
- Point Guard
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Bellarmine-Jefferson
- Hometown:
- Burbank, Calif.
2016-17 (Redshirt Senior Season)
First-Team All-MVC
MVC Scholar-Athlete, First-Team
All-Tournament Team, Roo Holiday Classic
MVC Player of the Week (Week of Dec. 12)
Earned All-MVC First-Team honors, joining Nikki Gilmore and Dyana Pierre as the only three-time All-MVC First Team selections in program history…Became first Saluki since the 2007-08 season to earn three MVC Scholar-Athlete honors...Finished her career ranked second in school history, and 22nd in Missouri Valley Conference history in points with 1,728…Became just the second Saluki to reach 1,700 career points at Indiana State (Mar. 2)...Finished ranked in the top-10 in the Valley in six statistical categories including scoring (8th), assists (2nd), steals (T-9th), three-pointers made (3rd), assist/turnover ratio (3rd) and minutes played (10th)...Made 33 straight free throws to open the season, which is not only a school record but is tied for the 9th-longest in MVC history and is also tied for the 41st-longest streak in NCAA DI history…Made a pair of three-pointers against Drake (Jan. 8) to become SIU’s all-time career leader in three-pointers made…Became the third Saluki with 400-plus career assists with her seven assists in the win over the Shockers (Feb. 12)... Broke Cartaesha Macklin’s school record for career minutes (4,138 mins.)…Finished her career as the most accurate free throw shooter in school history with an 84.9% shooting percentage...Averaged 4.6 assists per game, the ninth-most in a single-season in school history, and the most since the 2009-10 season…One of only four Salukis to record multiple points-assists double-doubles in the same season, joining D.D. Plab, Cartaesha Macklin and Nikki Gilmore…Scored in double figures in 24 of SIU’s 31 games...Dished out a career-best 11 assists in the win over Memphis, tying her with Molly McDowell for the 8th-most assists in a single game in program history…Was named MVC Player of the Week after she averaged 18.5 points, 8.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 rebounds per game in helping Southern to wins over SEMO (Dec. 9), and Memphis (Dec. 11)...Napier finished with 17 points and 11 assists in the win over Memphis, recording SIU’s first points-assists double-double since 2012…Scored 20-or more points for the 26th, and final time, of her career in the win over Illinois State (Jan. 29)…Nabbed three or more steals in 12 games during her career, and in the wins at Bradley (1/27) and Illinois State (1/29) recorded three steals in back-to-back contests for just the second time in her career…Had a streak of 20-straight games from Nov. 29 to Feb. 26 with at least one three-pointer…Named to All-Tournament Team at the Roo Holiday Classic after she averaged 16 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds during the two-day tournament, which included scoring 16 points in the second half of SIU’s comeback win over UMKC (Dec. 19).
2015-16 (Redshirt Junior Season)
First-Team All-MVC
MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team
MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 22, Dec. 21)
MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 21)
First-Team All-MVC Selection for the second-straight season … Played and started all 33 games, leading the Salukis in scoring with a 15.5 points per game average, the sixth-highest average in the MVC … Scored 30 points in win over Wichita State, one of just four in the MVC to eclipse the 30-point mark this season … Scored 33 points in WBI First round game against Western Illinois, tied for the sixth-most in a single game in program history … Tied a school-record with a career-high seven three-pointers in the loss to WIU … Made 85 3-pointers on the season, the second-most in a single-season in program history … Became the first player in program history to hit six three-pointers in back-to-back games … 510 points during the 2015-16 season are the fifth-most in school-history … Currently 8th on SIU's all-time scoring list with 1,323 points … One of only two Salukis to surpass the 200 three-pointers in a career plateau … Needs 30 three-pointers to become SIU's all-time leader … One of 10 Salukis to have recorded at least 1,000 points, 200 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals … One of only three Salukis to have made 6-plus three-pointers in five or more games in a career … Ended the season 10th on SIU's all-time assists list with 291.
First-Team All-MVC
Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete
Game-By-Game
First-Team All-MVC...Along with fellow first-teamer Dyana Pierre, the duo were SIU's first multiple first-team honorees since 1995-96 (Nikki Gilmore and Kasia McClendon)...Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete, becoming SIU's first to earn higher than Honorable Mention since Erica Smith in 20008-09...Only the second Saluki in women's basketball history to earn First-Team distinction and Scholar-Athlete honors in the same season (the last being Kelly Firth in 1992-93)...Started and played in 27 games (33.9 minutes per)...Missed three games due to a dislocated shoulder suffered at home vs. Evansville on Jan. 18...Led SIU in scoring with 438 points (16.2/game)...Scored in double-digits in 23 of her 27 games played, including her first 15 games to start the year...Scored 20 or more points in 10 of her 27 games...Shot .382 from the field (149-of-390)...Led SIU with 60 three-pointers (.366), the 9th-most in a single-season in SIU history...Led SIU and the MVC with an .870 clip from the free throw line (80-of-92), the 18th-best in the NCAA in 2014-15...That .870 free throw percentage is also the second-best in SIU single-season history...Also recorded 94 rebounds (3.5/game), 90 assists (3.3/game) and 36 steals (1.3/game)...In the Valley ranks, she was fourth in scoring (16.2 PPG), fourth in assists (3.3/game), first in free throw percentage by 19 points (.870), seventh in three-point percentage (.366), fourth in three-pointers made (2.2/game), fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.3) and sixth in minutes played (33.9/game)...In conference-only play, she ranked fifth in scoring (16.1 PPG), fourth in assists (3.5/game), first in free throw percentage by 48 points (.894, 59-of-66), fifth in three-pointers made (2.2/game), sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.2) and fifth in minutes played (35.1/game)...Scored a career-high 30 points in SIU's upset win over Drake at SIU Arena on Feb. 6...Posted other career highs in assists (8, at Indiana State, Feb. 15), steals (6, at Indiana State, Feb. 15), blocks (1, vs. UNI, March 13), field goals made (9, vs. Drake, Feb. 6), field goals attempted (21, vs. Drake, Feb. 6), threes attempted (13, vs. Drake, Feb. 6), free throws made (11, at Illinois State, Jan. 4), free throws attempted (13, at Illinois State, Jan. 4) and minutes played (42, at Loyola, March 1)...Now one of 32 Salukis to ever score 800 points, currently at 813 (13.1/game)...Ranks fifth all-time in threes made with 121.
2013-14 (Sophomore Season)
Game-By-Game Stats
Played in five games, starting four ... Averaged 7.2 points and 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists ... Redshirted.
2012-13 (Freshman Season)
MVC All-Freshman Team
Game-By-Game Stats
Saw action in 30 games, making 26 starts • ranked second on the team in minutes (958) for an average of 31.9 per game • ranked second on the team with an average of 11.3 points per game • scored 339 points for the season, which ranks seventh in SIU history among freshmen • scored a season-high 23 points against Wichita State (Jan. 25) • named MVC Freshman of the Week Jan. 28 • scored in double figures in 18 games with four games of 20 points or more • led SIU with 57 3-pointers made, which ranks ninth in SIU history for a single season • attempted 166 3-pointers, which ranks ninth in SIU history for a single season • made six 3-pointers against Wichita State, which is tied for fifth in SIU history for a single game • led SIU with a .800 free throw percentage • ranked second on the team with 75 assists and 37 steals.
At Bellarmine-Jefferson High School?
Averaged 20.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a senior • earned First-Team All-State honors three times during high school career • named a McDonald's All-American nominee following senior season • helped Bell-Jeff to a California Division V State Championship during freshman season.
Personal
Full name is Rishonda Janell Napier • major is management • daughter of Richard and Clara Napier • has six siblings • born Feb. 1, 1994.
