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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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2 Paige Elston

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lee's Summit H.S.
  • Hometown Lee's Summit, Mo.

Biography

2021-22: Started all 25 games...led team with 15.0 points per game, a single season program record...third team All-LSC...averaged 4.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.3 steals...shot 82.9 percent from the line...set a record with 13 made free throws in a win at Oklahoma Christian...scored a career-high 33 points at Texas A&M International...reached double figures in scoring in 18 games...six 20-point games...had season high 10 rebounds at Ark-Monticello...seven games with seven or more rebounds...eight games with at least five assists...season best eight assists twice...103 free throws made are tied for second most in a season...career made 183 free throws, fourth all-time...ranks fifth in assists with 194 and fifth in steals with 122.

2020-21: Started eight of nine games...averaged 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.8 steals...led team with 40 assists and 25 steals...shot 75.6 percent from the line...scored in double figures six times...scored 13 points in a win at UT Permian Basin to go with seven boards and seven assists...also scored 12 points with six rebounds and six assists at UTPB...five games with six or more assists...seven assists twice.

2019-20: Led the Lady Lions in scoring for the bigger part of the season and ended sixth on the team averaging 6.6 points per game while also adding 2.7 assists per game (second best on the team)...shot 33 percent from the field, 13 percent from the three point line and 77 percent from the free throw line...added 74 assists, 67 rebounds, 40 steals and two blocks while scoring a total of 177 points. 

2018-19: Played at Johnson County Community College...earned All-Region VI and All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference Second-Team honors...also earned the team's Cavalier Award for 2018-19...played in 31 games, 28 as a starter...averaged 11.1 points, third-best on the team, along with 3.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals...led the team with 50 steals and was third with 64 assists...her 50 steals tied for fifth in the conference, and her 64 assists ranked 10th.

2017-18: Played at Johnson County Community College...earned National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-Region VI second-team honors...played in 31 games, 30 as a starter...was the team’s fourth-leading scorer with an average of 10.3 points per game...also averaged 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game...ranked 38th in the NJCAA and fourth in the Kansas Jayhawk Division II Conference with 122 assists...her 3.9 assists per game average ranked third in the conference...led KCCC-D-II and ranked 28th in the NJCAA with a free throw percentage of .783, going 65-for-83.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-starter and four-year letter winner for coach Jessica Crawford at Lee’s Summit High School, Lee’s Summit, Mo. … Graduated 2017 … Was a two-time All-Big 7 Gold Division selection ... Awarded honorable mention honors as a junior and was named to the first team her senior year …  Was also a two-time All-District performer ...  Selected to play in the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game as a senior …  Helped Lee’s Summit win districts, sectionals and finish runner-up in the state tournament her senior year … Tallied 325 points, 60 rebounds, 46 assists and 49 steals her senior year, giving her averages 12.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals .... Averaged 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a junior … Also shot 72 percent at the free throw line that season ... Played club basketball for Della Lamb Running Angels in Kansas City, Mo., coached by David Bennett since sixth grade ... Served as the manager for the softball team her senior year and earned a letter.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2019-20Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2020-21Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2021-22Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    2