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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

15 Avery Locklear

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Hometown Landis, N.C.

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2017-18): PBC Elite 15 Award winner … Played in 27 games (14 starts) … Averaged 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 assists in 23.2 minutes per game … Logged eight blocks as well … Shot 29.6 percent (55-for-186) from the field and 20.5 percent (15-for-73) from 3-point territory … Also shot a team-best 84.3 percent (43-for-51) from the charity stripe … Reached double-digit scoring numbers in five games, including a season-best 18 points against Mount Olive on 6-for-12 shooting … Also canned four 3-pointers (eight attempts) against the Trojans … Pulled down a season-high six boards in five contests … Recorded a season-high five assists at Georgia College and five steals against Columbus State at home … Logged a pair of blocks at Wingate.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17): PBC Elite 15 Award ... PBC All-Academic Team ... Saw action in all 27 of UNCP's games with 25 starts to total 483 minutes on the court ... Averaged 5.1 points, 1.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.1 blocks and 17.9 minutes per game ... Shot 27.4 percent (43-for-157) from the floor, 28.8 percent (30-for-104) from behind the arc and 70.0 percent (21-for-30) from the charity stripe ... Logged a season-high 18 points on Dec. 14 against Mount Olive ... Scored 10 or more points five times ... Grabbed a season-best six rebounds against Flagler on Feb. 18 ... Dished out a season-high four assists on Dec. 30 against Belmont Abbey ... Played a season-high 34 minutes against Coker on Nov. 14, played 30+ minutes twice and 20+ minutes on nine occasions ... Finished with 137 points, 49 rebounds, 24 assists, 14 steals and three blocks.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16): As a guard, she played in 26 games with 25 starts to her credit to total 749 minutes on the court … Averaged 8.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.7 steals and 28.8 minutes per game … Shot 33.2 percent (81-for-244) from the field, including a 28-of-36 (.778) success rate from the charity stripe … Went 42-for-139 from the perimeter (.302) … Turned in a season-best 18 points in a loss to Columbus State, hitting on 6-of-14 shots overall and 4-of-6 from deep ... Scored double-digit points on 11 occasions, including a streak of four consecutive and six of seven games at one point ... Grabbed a season-best six rebounds four separate times ... Racked up three steals twice and dished out a season-high four assists in a loss to Livingstone ... Played at least 20 minutes in 24 of her 26 games and eclipsed the 30-minute mark in 11 games ... Finished the season with 232 points, 80 rebounds, 27 assists and 18 steals.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at South Rowan High School under coach Jarrod Smith … A four-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball and two-year letterwinner in soccer and track … Played and started in 22 games, and averaged 20.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 4.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game in her junior campaign … Also shot 76.0 percent from the free throw line and scored her 1000th career-point in the fifth game of the 2013-14 season … Named County and Player of the Year and garnered a spot on the all-SPC, all-county, all-district and all-region teams, while assisting the team in finishing second in the SPC and advancing to the third round of the state playoffs … Also played AAU basketball for Team Charlotte under the direction of coach Ashley McGuirt … Averaged 10 assists, five rebounds and six points per game, while shooting 79.0 percent from the charity stripe.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Charlene and Rick Locklear … Has on sister, Sara … Her grandfather and UNCP Hall Of Fame member, Delton Ray Locklear, played football, basketball and baseball for UNCP and graduated in 1954, and her uncle and UNCP Hall of Fame member, Kelvin Sampson, graduated in 1978 and also played basketball and baseball for the Braves … A member of National Honors Society, student council, Relay for Life, SRHS Leadership Committee and SRHS Greek Life, and was a junior marshal … A history major at UNCP.
 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/6/19)
Points 18, twice - last vs. Mount Olive (11/17/17)
FG 6, five times - last vs. Mount Olive (11/17/17)
FGA 14, twice - last at USC Aiken (1/17/18)
3FG 4, five times - last vs. Mount Olive (11/17/17)
3FGA 9, twice - last vs. Belmont Abbey (12/30/16)
FT 6, twice - last vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/15/18)
FTA 7, twice - last vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/15/18)
Rebounds 12 vs. USC Aiken (1/23/19)
Assists 5 at Georgia College (2/3/18)
Steals 5 vs. Columbus State (12/17/17)
Blocks 2 vs. Columbus State (12/17/17)
Turnovers 6 at Mount Olive (12/14/16)
Minutes 38, twice - last at Francis Marion (02/24/16)
Double-Figure Points 22 times
Double-Figure Rebounds 1 time
Double-Doubles None
20+ Points None
7+ Rebounds 3 times
5+ Assists 1 time
5+ Steals 1 time


 

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2015-16Freshman

    G
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2016-17Sophomore

    G
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2017-18Junior

    G
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2018-19Senior

    Guard
    5'7"
    15