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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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Darrell James

10 Salma Bates

  • Position
    Guard
  • Height
    5-7
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Kenner, La.
  • High School
    John Curtis HS
  • Prev School
    Tulane
  • Twitter
    salma_bates
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Biography

2023-24
All-CUSA Honorable Mention

2023-24:
Appeared in all 33 games with 30 starts ... Played a total of 1,013 minutes ... Averaged 10.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists a game ... All-CUSA Honorable Mention ... No. 7 on the Lady Techsters single season 3-pointers made list with 60 ... Shot .375 from the field and .319 from long range ... Scored a career-high 18 points against LSU-Alexandria (11/6) while also tying a career-high five steals to open the season ... Scored in double figures in 19 games ... Season-high six assists against Sam Houston (1/6) and UTEP (2/22) ... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds against Richmond (11/26) and Arkansas State (12/7) ... Had 16 games with 3+ assists ... Finished her career with 971 points, 344 rebounds, 383 assists, and 145 steals

2022-23:
Appeared in all 32 games, including 31 starts at point guard in her second season for the Techsters averaging 30.8 minutes ... Averaged 6.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists ... Had a team-high 111 assists giving her back-to-back seasons of 100-plus assists for the first time since in the last ten seasons ... Led the team in assists 17 games ... Tallied three or more assists in 22 games and and five or more on seven occasions ... Tied her career-high with seven assist at Rice (2/2) ... Finished the season ranked No. 4 in total assists and No. 5 in assists per game among C-USA players and top-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2) ... Scored in double figures on eight occasions and tied her career-high with 17 against Arkansas State (11/10) ... Third on the team with 27 steals, registering at least one steal in 18 games and posted a season-high three steals at SMU (11/22) ... Surpassed 300 career assists in the WNIT opening round game at Arkansas (3/16).

2021-22: 
Started all 33 games at point guard in her first season with the Techsters averaging 32.4 minutes ... Averaged 7.9 points, 3.1 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.4 steals ... Had a team-high 101 assists ... Led the team in assists in 14 games ... Tallied five or more assists in seven games including a career-high six assists on five separate occasions ... Scored in double figures in 13 games including five of the last six games ... Scored a season-high 17 points in a win at North Texas (1/29) ... Set a season-high five steals against LSU-A (11/12) then matched it two games later versus Nicholls State (11/22) ... Second on the team in steals with 46 ... Played a career-high 43 minutes in a double-overtime victory over Rice (2/24) ... Earned the nickname "Buzzer Beater Bates" with five buzzer-beating shots including the game winner over Boise State (11/26) ... Averaged 10.7 points and 2 assists in the Conference USA tournament helping the Techsters advance to the championship game after wins over UAB and Middle Tennessee. 

TULANE (2019-21): Appeared in 44 games with four starts for the Tulane Green Wave ... Averaged 3.9 points and 2.0 assists during her two years ... Totaled 89 assists with only 66 turnovers in her two seasons with Tulane … As a sophomore she averaged 4.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game (in 17 minutes) while shooting 44 percent from the field and 15-of-44 from the three-point line … Scored a career-high 15 points against Wichita State this year … Posted a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds (and six assists) against Tulsa … Career-high 7 assists vs. Nicholls State … Career-high four steals vs. Cincinnati …

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered at John Curtis Christian … Helped lead the program to three straight state championship titles … Scored 14 points in state title game as junior … Lost just four games in her final two years in high school … She was rated as a three-star emerging prospect by Premier Basketball Report … Played for former Tulane star Barbara Farris at John Curtis …

PERSONAL: Daughter of James and Evelyn Virgil … Has four sisters, Dajha, Diamond, Jordyn and Shazia … Has one brother, Shemar … Born Sept. 11, 2001 in Pensacola, Florida.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021-22Sophomore

    Guard
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'7"
    10