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Mallory Adams Season 2019-20

#3
PositionG/F
Height6-0
YearSophomore
HometownFrisco, Texas

Mountain West All-Academic Team (2020-21 & 2021-22)
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2018-19)

Mountain West All-Freshman Team (2018-19)

2021-22 Season

Started 29 games while averaging 10.4 points and a team-high 6.7 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per game … Posted career-highs in field goal and three-point percentage (.359)… Led the Mountain West in made three-pointers per game in conference play… Scored in double-digits 17 times and had double-digit rebounds on five occasions… Scored a career-high 25 points behind seven made threes against Boise State (1-15-22)… Dished out a career-high five assists vs. Fresno State (2-19-22)… Had a season-high 13 rebounds against Utah State (1-13-22), one of her four double-doubles on the year… Led SDSU in rebounding 10 times, a team-high… Had a three-game stretch in January where she averaged 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.3 made threes per game.

2020-21 Season
Limited to 15 games due to injury… Averaged 7.6 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting a career-best 35.2 percent from three… Averaged 20.6 minutes per game and started the final six regular season games… Was 19-for-21 from the free throw line (.905)… Scored in double-digits four times… Had a season-high 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting at Boise State (2-26-21) with a career-high four made three-pointers, including the game-winner.

2019-20 Season
Limited to six games due to injury and received medical hardship waiver from the NCAA after the season… Averaged 12.8 points and 6.0 rebounds in 31.8 minutes before suffering injury… Scored in double-digits in five of her six games… Scored a season-high 17 points on 6-for-13 shooting against Cal (11-21-19)… Had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Cal State Fullerton (11-17-19)… Started all six games she played in while playing at least 30 minutes in every game.

2018-19 Season
Made an immediate impact in her first year on the Mesa… Started all 32 games and averaged a team-high 8.9 rebounds and 12.2 points… Was an all-Mountain West honorable mention selection and was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team… Her 8.9 rebounds per game were the most by an Aztec freshman since 1984 and the most for any Aztec since 2000… She was third in the MW in rebounding and led all freshmen… Was 109-for-156 from the free throw line… Her 109 made free throws were the most by an Aztec freshman since 1984 and the 10th most in a single-season in school history… Reached double-figures in points 19 times and had 10 or more rebounds on 15 occasions… Led the Aztecs in scoring 10 times and in rebounds in 22 of SDSU’s 32 games… Scored 20 points twice; vs. Boise State (1-5-19) and against Air Force in the first round of the MW Tournament (3-5-19)… Had 16 rebounds against New Mexico in the quarterfinals of the MW Tournament, the most ever by an Aztec in the MW Tournament… Averaged 13.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in SDSU’s three MW Tournament games… Scored 10 or more points in 13 of SDSU’s final 17 games… Was third on the team with 22 made three-pointers (22-69, .319)… Averaged 32.0 minutes per game, third on the team… Was 11-for-15 from the FT line against California Baptist (11-23-18), tying her for the fifth most made free throws in a game in program history.

High School 
A four-star recruit according to Prospects Nation, she earned an ESPN scout's grade of 90 as the 14th-ranked wing in her class... Scored over 2,000 points in high school and was named the Dallas-Fort Worth High School Player of the Year… Averaged 22.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in her senior year, leading Lone Star High School to a 34-5 overall record and a perfect 14-0 in the district... As a junior, she garnered Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) and Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) all-state and all-region honors and was the District 13-5A Offensive MVP after averaging 18.9 points and 9.0 rebounds en route to Lone Star's district championship... She attended Centennial High School her first two years where she was the District 9-5A MVP and a TGCA all-state and TABC all-region honoree... As a freshman, she was named the 2015 District 9-5A Newcomer of the Year after averaging 18 points and 10 boards per game... Adams played AAU for Cy-Fair EYBL... She piqued interest from a number of schools, including SMU, Kansas, Alabama, Tulsa, Houston, New Mexico, Rutgers and New Mexico State among others… Was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal 
Born in Bryant, Arkansas to Michelle and Gary Adams… Adams' older sister, McKenzie, was a guard at SMU... Her father, Gary, played four years of football at Arkansas and her mother, Michelle, played volleyball at Missouri Southern State… Her favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant and Skylar Diggins… Enjoys watching movies, swimming and going to the beach... Graduated in the spring of 2022 with a B.A. in interdisciplinary studies and is now working towards a Master's in Education with a concentration in counseling.