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Jersey Number 5
Tiarra East
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
Bio
Career Honors/Awards:
2024-25 All-AAC First Team
2024-25 Big 5 Championship MVP
2024-25 Preseason All-AAC
2023-24 All-AAC Second Team
2021-22 All-AAC Freshman Team
In the Record Book:
Career
T-st – Free Throw Pct. (81.6)
Season – 2022-23
5th – Free Throw Pct. (82.2)
2024-25
2024-25 All-AAC First Team
2024-25 Big 5 Championship MVP
2024-25 Preseason All-AAC
2023-24 All-AAC Second Team
2021-22 All-AAC Freshman Team
In the Record Book:
Career
T-st – Free Throw Pct. (81.6)
Season – 2022-23
5th – Free Throw Pct. (82.2)
2024-25
- Appeared and started in all 31 games
- Averaging 13.5 PPG (led the team)
- Had a FT% of 77.5% (led the team) and shot 36.2% from the field
- Averaged 4.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals in 2024-25
- Has six 20-point games this season
- Career-high 33 points against Rice on 10-16 shooting, going 10-12 from the free throw line
- Career-high 7 assists against La Salle
- Named Big 5 Championship MVP after a 26-point performance
- Named AAC & BIg 5 Player of the Week twice
- Second Team All-AAC
- Appeared in 30 games for the Owls, starting 28
- Led Temple in scoring at 13.3 points per game
- Second in rebounding at 5.3 per contest
- Registered three double-doubles
- Scored in double figures 24 times, topping 20 on six occasions
- Posted career-highs with 28 points and 13 rebounds at East Carolina (3/3/24)
- Averaged 16.0 ppg in the AAC Tournament
- Totaled 22 points and nine rebounds against Tulane in a triple overtime win at the AAC Championship
- Recognized on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day for her buzzer beater against Wichita State (1/31/24).
- Played in all 29 games for the Owls
- Finished season with fifth-best free throw shooting season in program history
- Led the team in rebounds with 171 total and 5.9 per game
- Also led the Owls in steals with 47
- Second on the roster in both points (349/12.0 ppg) and minutes (870/30.0 mpg)
- Opened the campaign at No. 24 Princeton (11/7) with first career double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds en route to being named to first AAC Weekly Honor Roll
- Tallied 14 points and seven boards in 78-61 win over Georgetown (11/12)
- Had third straight game in double figures with 15 points and seven rebounds at St John’s (11/16)
- Had a career day against La Salle (12/5) with 25 points, nine rebounds, five steals, and four assists
- Followed up with another fantastic day at Penn (12/11), scoring 23 points, hauling in six rebounds, and totaling three steals
- Was named to AAC and Big 5 Weekly Honor Rolls
- Had 10 rebounds in 66-60 win vs. Duquesne (12/16)
- Temple Athlete of the Month for December 2022
- Second career double-double (10 pts, 10 rebs) in 77-73 win at Cincinnati (1/7)
- Played 39 minutes with 20 points and 11 rebounds in 68-59 win at Tulane (1/25)
- Registered 12 points, five rebounds, and four steals in 63-56 win over UCF (1/28)
- Scored 16 points and added eight rebounds and four assists at Houston (2/4)
- Set a career-high of 41 minutes vs Cincinnati, with 19 points and five boards
- Scored 21 points to go with six rebounds and three steals in regular season finale vs SMU, and was named to final AAC Weekly Honor Roll.
- Saw action in 27 games and started the final 12 of the season for the Owls
- Totaled seven points in her Temple debut vs. Saint Francis (PA) (11/9)
- Scored a career-high 16 points on 6-11 shooting in a victory against Bucknell (11/20)
- Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds while tallying nine points at Memphis (1/29)
- Scored eight points on 60% shooting and grabbed four rebounds while playing a career-high 41 minutes at SMU (2/28)
- Tallied nine points in a road win against Tulsa (2/12).
- 2021 McDonald's All-American Games Nominee
- Rated the No. 65 overall player and the No. 27 guard by ESPN HoopGurlz
- Averaged 14 points and six rebounds per game during her junior season
- Her high school team ended the 2019-20 season as the 22nd District Champs, third in the state and first in points per game allowed
- All-Region honoree in 2020.
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