2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 11
Gabrielle Cooper
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Morgan Park
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Ill.
Bio
International Experience
Participated in the 2017 United States U19 World Cup Team trials.
Junior Season (2018-19)
Named All-Tournament Team at the Cancun Challenge... Recorded double-digit points in nine contests, including a season-high 22 points at Clemson with seven 3-pointers (1/3)…Averaged 7.1 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game…Had a season-high 12 rebounds versus DePaul in the Cancun Challenge Championship (11/24)…Dished out a season-best five assists at Duke (1/27)… Recorded eight blocks for the season, including one in the second round of the NCAA Tournament versus South Dakota State (3/25)… Ranked third on the team in steals with 48, including a season-high four versus Towson (12/2)… Finished the season fourth on the team in assists (46), three-point field goal percentage (35.4%), total rebounds (158), and rebounds per game (4.6)…Finished second on the team in three-pointers made (63), three pointers attempted (178), and defensive rebounds (119).
Sophomore Season (2017-18)
Recorded more than 20 points three times, including 24 points against Coastal Carolina (12/17), 22 points against Mississippi State (12/21), and a season high of 28 points against North Carolina (2/22), with eight 3-pointers ... Recorded 41 steals including a single game-high of five versus North Carolina State (1/14) ... Had a season-high of three assists against Colgate (12/6) ... Against Stony Brook (12/03), pulled in a career-high 10 rebounds ... Tallied nine blocks for the season, including two in a game versus Drexel (12/09) ... Made eight three point field goals (on 10 attempts) against North Carolina (2/22), which is tied for the most made three-pointers in one game by a Syracuse player ... Finished the season third on the team in total points (321), rebounds (169), assists (31), blocks (9), and minutes (951) ... Finished second on the team in steals (41) and three-pointers made (80).
Freshman Season (2016-17)
2017 Blue Ribbon Panel and Coaches’ Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team ... First member of the program to earn conference all-freshman honors since 2013 ... Set the Syracuse freshman single-season 3-point field goals made (81) record ... Fifth in Orange single-season history with 81 3-point field goals made on ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.3 points per game ... Highest scoring average by a Syracuse freshman since Kayla Alexander (10.8 ppg) in 2009-10 ... Third in the league and 53rd in the nation after averaging 2.53 3-point field goals per game ... Ranked third in the ACC and 54th nationally with 81 3-point field goals made ... Knocked down three from distance against Connecticut (3/20) in the NCAA Tournament second round ... Matched the program single-game record with eight 3-point field goals made against Iowa State (3/18) in the NCAA Tournament first round ... Tallied six 3-point field goals made en route to an 18-point contest against Duke (3/3) in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals ... Tallied 15 points, making four from beyond the arc, against Wake Forest (2/23) ... Hit six 3-point field goals en route to an 18-point effort against Notre Dame (2/19) ... Scored 15 points and dished out a personal-best five assists against Pittsburgh (2/2) ... Secured 12 points against Texas A&M (12/21) at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Scored 19 points, including five 3-point field goals, and tallied five steals against Old Dominion (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Earned ACC Rookie of the Week accolades for her performance at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Recorded 11 points, four boards, two blocks, and four steals against Siena (11/14) ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Rhode Island (11/11), notching 12 points and four steals ... First Syracuse freshman to start a game since Feb. 13, 2014 and first Orange rookie to start the first game of the season since the 2012-13 campaign.
High School
A three-star recruit, ranked the No. 22 guard in her class by espnW HoopGurlz ... Led Morgan Park to its first trip to the state semifinals in 2016 ... Named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 3A/4A All-State First Team as a senior ... Named to the IBCA All-State Third Team and All-East Suburban Catholic Team at Marian Catholic as a junior ... Led Marian Catholic to the Class 4A Lincoln-Way North sectional finals ... Played clarinet at the Bands of America Marching Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis ... Played AAU with Syracuse teammate Kiara Lewis.
Personal
Gabrielle Simone Cooper ... Born in March 1998 in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Benji R. Hardaway ... Two brothers and three sisters ... Majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Participated in the 2017 United States U19 World Cup Team trials.
Junior Season (2018-19)
Named All-Tournament Team at the Cancun Challenge... Recorded double-digit points in nine contests, including a season-high 22 points at Clemson with seven 3-pointers (1/3)…Averaged 7.1 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game…Had a season-high 12 rebounds versus DePaul in the Cancun Challenge Championship (11/24)…Dished out a season-best five assists at Duke (1/27)… Recorded eight blocks for the season, including one in the second round of the NCAA Tournament versus South Dakota State (3/25)… Ranked third on the team in steals with 48, including a season-high four versus Towson (12/2)… Finished the season fourth on the team in assists (46), three-point field goal percentage (35.4%), total rebounds (158), and rebounds per game (4.6)…Finished second on the team in three-pointers made (63), three pointers attempted (178), and defensive rebounds (119).
Sophomore Season (2017-18)
Recorded more than 20 points three times, including 24 points against Coastal Carolina (12/17), 22 points against Mississippi State (12/21), and a season high of 28 points against North Carolina (2/22), with eight 3-pointers ... Recorded 41 steals including a single game-high of five versus North Carolina State (1/14) ... Had a season-high of three assists against Colgate (12/6) ... Against Stony Brook (12/03), pulled in a career-high 10 rebounds ... Tallied nine blocks for the season, including two in a game versus Drexel (12/09) ... Made eight three point field goals (on 10 attempts) against North Carolina (2/22), which is tied for the most made three-pointers in one game by a Syracuse player ... Finished the season third on the team in total points (321), rebounds (169), assists (31), blocks (9), and minutes (951) ... Finished second on the team in steals (41) and three-pointers made (80).
Freshman Season (2016-17)
2017 Blue Ribbon Panel and Coaches’ Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team ... First member of the program to earn conference all-freshman honors since 2013 ... Set the Syracuse freshman single-season 3-point field goals made (81) record ... Fifth in Orange single-season history with 81 3-point field goals made on ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.3 points per game ... Highest scoring average by a Syracuse freshman since Kayla Alexander (10.8 ppg) in 2009-10 ... Third in the league and 53rd in the nation after averaging 2.53 3-point field goals per game ... Ranked third in the ACC and 54th nationally with 81 3-point field goals made ... Knocked down three from distance against Connecticut (3/20) in the NCAA Tournament second round ... Matched the program single-game record with eight 3-point field goals made against Iowa State (3/18) in the NCAA Tournament first round ... Tallied six 3-point field goals made en route to an 18-point contest against Duke (3/3) in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals ... Tallied 15 points, making four from beyond the arc, against Wake Forest (2/23) ... Hit six 3-point field goals en route to an 18-point effort against Notre Dame (2/19) ... Scored 15 points and dished out a personal-best five assists against Pittsburgh (2/2) ... Secured 12 points against Texas A&M (12/21) at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Scored 19 points, including five 3-point field goals, and tallied five steals against Old Dominion (12/20) at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Earned ACC Rookie of the Week accolades for her performance at the Florida Sunshine Classic ... Recorded 11 points, four boards, two blocks, and four steals against Siena (11/14) ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Rhode Island (11/11), notching 12 points and four steals ... First Syracuse freshman to start a game since Feb. 13, 2014 and first Orange rookie to start the first game of the season since the 2012-13 campaign.
High School
A three-star recruit, ranked the No. 22 guard in her class by espnW HoopGurlz ... Led Morgan Park to its first trip to the state semifinals in 2016 ... Named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 3A/4A All-State First Team as a senior ... Named to the IBCA All-State Third Team and All-East Suburban Catholic Team at Marian Catholic as a junior ... Led Marian Catholic to the Class 4A Lincoln-Way North sectional finals ... Played clarinet at the Bands of America Marching Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis ... Played AAU with Syracuse teammate Kiara Lewis.
Personal
Gabrielle Simone Cooper ... Born in March 1998 in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Benji R. Hardaway ... Two brothers and three sisters ... Majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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