Jillian Samuels Class: Senior Hometown: Mesquite, Texas High School: Horn Height: 5-4 Position: Guard Experience: 3L

Jillian Samuels 2008-09

Samuels' Career Stats

2008-09 Samuels Individual Game by Game Stats

2007-08 Samuels Individual Game by Game

Sophomore (2007-08): Started all 33 games this season at point guard, and averages a team-high 28.0 minutes per game ... Led Ponies and ranks second Conference USA in three-pointers attempted (186) and made (72) in a season, establishing a new SMU single-season record for three-pointers made in a season ... Set another SMU record by knocking down four three-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game (3/23) vs. Notre Dame ... Samuels' 51 three-pointers last year also give her the sixth-best single-season total in SMU history ... Coupled with her 51 three-pointers in her freshman season, Samuels now has 123 three-pointers in her career at SMU - the sixth-highest career total in SMU history. She needs two more to pass Suzanne McAnally (1989-1992) for fifth place on the all-time list ... Her three-pointer against Memphis (2/14/08) broke the tie for sixth she shared with former SMU forward Kim Brandl ...Hit at least one three-pointer in 30 of 33 games in 2007-08 ... Hit 19 three-point shots in five-game stretch against UCF, Southern Miss, East Carolina and Marshall, hitting no fewer than three in any game ... Hit at least four three-pointers six times, and hit at least three shots from long range 13 times this season ... Scored career-high 20 points (2/21/08) vs. Rice, hiting career-high eight field goals ... Scored 17 points twice: in SMU win (12/8) over Texas-Arlington and again in SMU win over Southern Miss (1/13/08) ... Scored in double figures 18 times in 2007-08, the second-most times by a Mustang (Janielle Dodds had a team-leading 25 double-figure scoring games) ... Hit season-high eight field goals (2/21/08 vs. Rice) and hit five field goals six other times - at Manhattan (12/19/07), at Texas Tech (12/29/07), vs. UCF (1/11/08), vs. Southern Miss (all 3-pointers - 1/13/08), vs. Houston (2/23/08) and vs. Notre Dame (3/23/08); made four field goals eight other times: against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Stephen F. Austin, North Texas, UT-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, at East Carolina, against Tulsa, at UAB and vs. Marshall in the conference tournament... One of three starters to shoot .800 or better from the free throw line (Samuels is shooting a team-leading .898 on 44-of-49 shooting from the line) ... Would have led Conference USA in free throw percentage if she had enough attempts to qualify ... Never missed a single free throw (21-for-21) in Conference USA games (in addition to going 2-for-2 against Marshall in Conference USA Tournament ... Tied Brittany Gilliam for team scoring lead at Texas Tech (12/29) with 14 points, including four three-pointers; also hit four three-pointers in win over Texas-Arlington and in win over UCF, when she hit 5-of-6 shots from the floor, including all four attempts from the three-point line ... Hit career-high five three-pointers in nationally-televised win over Southern Miss ... Hit season-high six free throws (in six attempts) in win at Marshall (1/20/08); hit all four attempts (12/19/07) at Manhattan and (2/23/08) against Houston ... Was perfect (4/4) from three-point range in win over UCF (1/11/08) ... Fourth on the team with 68 assists.

2006-07 Samuels Individual Game by Game Stats

Freshman (2006-07): Saw action in all 30 games, starting in eight contests ... Topped the team in three-point field goals made and attempts ... Scored a career-high 18 points vs. Sam Houston State (11/17) ... Tied a Mustang freshman single game record for three-point field goal attempts (11) vs. UWM (11/25) ... Posted a career-high four three-pointers at Tulsa (1/21) ... 13th in C-USA games in three-point field goal percentage and eighth in three-point field goals made.

High School: Two-year letterwinner at Mesquite Horn High School and at Mesquite Poteet High School ... Also served as team captain ... Averaged 20.4 points, six assists and four steals ... 2005 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State and first-team 12-5A All-District selection ... TABC All-Star ... Team MVP ... Three-time Street & Smith All-America honorable mention selection ... First-team All-Area pick ... All-Region selection in 2006 ... McDonald's All-America finalist ... Led the state in three-point field goals in 2006 ... Second in 5A scoring ... Led the area in assists in 2005 ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Majoring in computer science ... Enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends ... Favorite non-basketball athlete is Tiger Woods ... Would like to switch places for one day with a billionaire ... Looks up the most to her mom ... Favorite color is red ... Would like to visit Jamaica, New York, France and Africa ... Has one younger sister.