The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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98 ■ THE WOLFPACKER BASKETBALL PREVIEW 2017-18 try by ESPNW HoopGurlz … Selected MVP of the East/ West All-Star Game in July … Named All-State by USA Today and a NCBCA District Player of the Year after averaging 24.0 points, 11.9 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior … Was a two-time conference player of the year. ■ Aislinn Konig 1 • Guard • 5-9 Sophomore • Surrey, British Columbia Career Highlights: Played in 19 games as a freshman, missing two months with a foot injury … Averaged 17.1 minutes per game … Was the ACC Rookie of the Week after averaging 20.0 points and making 10 of 14 three- pointers in wins over NC Cen - tral and Tulane … Scored a career-high 26 points and had six threes against NC Central … Helped the Canadian U19 team take third at the 2017 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup by averaging 10.7 points in seven games and scoring 32 points while making 10 threes against Latvia … Tabbed as a five-star prospect, and the No. 9 guard and No. 38 overall prospect in the class of 2016 by ESPNW HoopGurlz … Named the British Columbia Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 … Once scored 56 points in a game, tallying 14 total three- point field goals and posting 32 points in the first quarter alone, in high school … Played on the Canadian National Team in the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Women's Champi- onship in Chile. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2016-17 19 7.1 1.5 1.2 ■ Kiara Leslie 11 • Guard • 6-0 Redshirt Junior • Holly Springs, N.C. Career Highlights: Spent the last three years at Mary- land before heading to NC State as a graduate transfer … The younger sister of for- mer NC State All-ACC basket- ball performer C.J. Leslie … Missed last season with an injury … Started seven games as a sophomore … Scored a career-high 22 points against Maryland Eastern-Shore as a sophomore and also had a personal-best 13 rebounds ver - sus Illinois that year … Was Academic All-Big Ten in 2016 … Played in 35 of Maryland's 37 games her freshman year while helping the Terps reach the Final Four … Considered the No. 8 guard and No. 52 overall player nationally in the 2014 class by ESPNW HoopGurlz … Was named the District Player of the Year as a junior at Holly Springs High School. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2014-15* 35 3.6 2.7 0.5 2015-16* 32 4.4 3.0 1.0 * at Maryland ■ Akela Maize 32 • Center • 6-5 Senior • Greensboro, N.C. Career Highlights: Became a valuable reserve her junior season and played in 26 games … Scored a career- high 11 points, blocked a per- sonal-best three shots and grabbed five rebounds in NC State's win at No. 7 Louisville … Also scored 10 points in a victory over South Alabama … Missed six contests with an injury … Played in 10 games during her sophomore sea - son, averaging 4.7 minutes per contest … Appeared in 17 games during her freshman season and averaged 6.8 minutes per outing … Scored a season-high eight points and in 19 minutes versus No. 4 Notre Dame … Grabbed a season-high six rebounds at No. 9 Florida State … Ranked as the No. 16 center in the country by ESPNW HoopGurlz … As a senior, helped New Hope Christian High School notch a 32-1 record, and earn rankings of No. 2 in North Carolina and No. 55 in the country … Played the first three years of her high school career at Dudley High School in Greensboro, N.C. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG BPG 2014-15 17 1.5 1.6 0.3 2015-16 10 0.6 0.7 0.2 2016-17 26 3.1 2.6 0.7 Totals 27 1.1 1.3 0.3 Learn more at go.ncsu.edu/lookforthelabel Look for the label. Buy licensed products. Support our students.