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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

2 Sofia Persson

  • Position Shooter
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Arvika, Sweden

Biography

AS A FIFTH YEAR AT FGCU (2023-24)
Appeared in all 34 games, making 22 starts including the NCAA First Round matchup against fifth-seeded Oklahoma … Averaged 6.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.9 assist points per game … Season high 19 points in a win versus North Florida, finishing 7-of-11 from the floor … Reached double figures in eight games … Provided 17 points at Bellarmine to lift coach Smesko to win No. 600 at FGCU … 12 points in home P5 win over Kentucky … Eight points in the ASUN Championship and six points in the NCAA Tournament … Scored three points in FGCU’s upset win over No. 18 North Carolina in the Gulf Coast Showcase… Two points against No. 5 Iowa … Shot 40.7 percent from the floor and 71. 4 percent from the line throughout the course of the season … Made 33 threes and scored 235 points … Reached 1,000 career points at Old Dominion …  Dished out a team-leading 100 assists, sixth overall in the ASUN … Third in ASUN assist/turnover ratio at 1.8 … Season high six rebounds versus Ave Maria.

AS A SENIOR AT ECKERD (2022-23)
Averaged 17.6 points and 8.0 rebounds … Started all 32 games … Hit 85.7 percent of her fre throws and dished out 115 assists … Registered 48 steals … Totaled 13.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists during the 2021-22 season … SSC Defensive Player of the Week and SSC Player of the Week … Netted 24 points in the opening game of the NCAA South Regional.

AS A JUNIOR AT ECKERD (2021-22)
Made an immediate impact in her first year as a Triton, starting all 26 games … Averaged 13.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.4 steals, and 35.4 minutes per game … Selected to the All-SSC Newcomer team and second team ... Her .884 free throw percentage set a new single-season record, also ranked third in the SSC, and ranked 10th in the nation … Named SSC Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 6) and SSC Player of the Week (Jan. 3) ... Ranked second on the team in scoring and third in rebounds ... Had a double-double against Embry-Riddle (Jan. 12) with 19 points and 10 rebounds...played the full 40 minutes in nine games ... Scored a career-high 24 points while dishing out seven assists in the first round of the SSC Tournament against Nova Southeastern on March 1 ... Scored 20 or more points seven times during the season, including 23 points at No. 12 Tampa (Dec. 31) ... Scored 21 points in the opening game of the NCAA South Regional against Florida Southern (March 11) ... Named to SSC Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO (2020-21)
Played in 16 games all coming off the bench, logged 185 minutes, averaging 11.6 minutes per contest ... Made her USF debut at UC Davis on Nov. 25, she had eight points and two rebounds ... Finished the year with 36 points, averaging 2.3 points per game ... Shot 27.3 percent from the field going 12-for-44, and 14.8 percent from 3-point range (4-for-27) ... Scored a season-high eight points three times, first against UCD, then again in back-to-back contests against William Jessup and Sacramento State. 
BEFORE COLLEGE Three-time all-star in the European Girls Basketball League … Helped her school, BG Lulea, to a second-place finish … Part of the U19 Swedish national championship … All-star on the U19 Swedish national championship team … Averaged 9.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.4 assists per game.

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