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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Bri Coleman
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Thomas Hemingway
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Nathan Jones
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10 Jessica Drake

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Clovis West
  • Hometown Fresno, Calif.

Biography

2023-24: USA South First Team All-Conference selection… appeared in 26 games, all starts… averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds in 25.8 minutes per game… scored a season-high 24 points against Mary Baldwin, going 8-for-12 from behind the arc… her eight made threes (career-high) against the Fighting Squirrels set the single-game program record… eight double digit scoring games… secured a season-high eight rebounds at Salem… 12 games with four or more rebounds… played a season-high 35 minutes versus Maryville College (Tenn.) and against Pfeiffer… led the team in three pointers with 58, career-high… 15 games with multiple threes, including five with 4+ made… her 138 career three pointers ranks third all-time in program history… third on the team in scoring and assists (61)… 17 multi-assist games, including 14 with 3+… matched her career-high in assists (5), at Virginia Wesleyan… also added 36 steals… eight multi-steal games… tallied a career-high seven steals at Southern Virginia.

2022-23: Appeared in all 25 games, with 24 starts… averaged 8.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 28.4 minutes per game… scored a season-high 19 points in the season opener… 11 double digit scoring games… secured a career-high 11 rebounds against Averett University… 15 games with five or more rebounds… produced two double-doubles… played a career-high 38 minutes at Greensboro… led the team in three pointers with 43, including a season-high five against the Pride… 12 games with multiple threes, including seven with 3+ made… third on the team in scoring, rebounds (124), assists (48), and steals (36)… 14 multi-assist games, including eight with 3+… twice matched her career-high in assists (5), against Pfeiffer and at Brevard… 11 multi-steal games… a season-high three steals against Virginia Wesleyan University and at Guilford.

2021-2022: Started 10 of the 11 games she appeared in… led the team with 29 made threes, including seven made threes against Guilford… second on the team with 10.9 points per game… also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game… five games with at least 10 points, including a career-high 29 against Guilford College… nine games with multiple three-pointers made and three games with at least four makes… seven games with at least four rebounds, including a season-high eight against Mary Baldwin… seven multi-assist games and four multi-steal games, including a season-high five against the Quakers.

2020-21: Appeared in all 12 games, with two starts as a freshman for MU… named to the USA South All-Sportsmanship team… averaged 3.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game… scored in nine games, including seven consecutive to end the season… season-high 11 points in win against Greensboro… season-high 3-of-3 from deep against William Peace… four games of 4+ rebounds… career-high five assists against N.C. Wesleyan.

High School: Received the coaches award and was the team's Most Valuable Player.

Club team: Lady Heat

Personal: Daughter of Crystal and William Drake… brother, Quinton, played football at Division II New Mexico Highlands University… Jessica is a kinesiology major with a minor in business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020-21Freshman

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    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2021-22Sophomore

    Guard
    5'5"
    2
  • 10

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'5"
    10