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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
USI Athletic Communications
USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Ray Simmons, USI Athletic Communications
Ray Simmons, USI Athletic Communications
Ray Simmons, USI Athletic Communications
Meredith Raley Head Shot

22 Meredith Raley

  • Position
    Forward
  • Height
    6-0
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Haubstadt, IN
  • Major
    Marketing

Biography

2023-24: Earned All-OVC First Team honors...helped USI win the 2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships as a senior...started all 31 games appeared in...averaged 24.3 minutes per game...second on the team with 12.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per contest...third on the squad in field goal percentage at 47.7 percent (125-262) and three-point percentage at 36.8 percent (32-87)...sank above 81 percent (97-119) at the foul line...ranked top 10 in the OVC in rebounding and free-throw percentage...scored in double digits in 22 games, reaching 20-plus points in four games...also had four double-doubles during the season...notched a season-high 22 points in a 86-37 win against Brescia (Ky.) on December 22 and again in USI's 70-60 victory against Eastern Illinois on February 8...had 21 points in USI's 71-68 victory at Lindenwood University on December 31 and in a 81-61 win against Western Illinois on January 25...selected to the OVC All-Tournament Team and named Tournament MVP after totaling 30 points on 11-20 shooting and 15 rebounds in two games played during USI's run to the OVC Tournament championship title...combined to score 25 points in USI's two WNIT contests against UIC and Wisconsin...surpassed 1,000 career points during the season.

2022-23: Started 22 of 28 games played, averaging 23.6 minutes per game in her junior season...second on the team and eighth in the OVC in scoring with 13.3 points per contest...third on the team and top-20 in the OVC with 4.6 rebounds per game...was also third on the squad with 2.1 assists per game (59 total) and 16 blocks...also had 27 steals...team-best 47.8 percent (133-278) in overall shooting, which was good for seventh in the OVC...shot 80.6 percent (87-108) at the foul line, which ranked fourth in the OVC...scored in double figures 22 times, including in nine straight games to start the season...reached the 20-point plateau four times, including a career-high 27 points on February 18 at Southeast Missouri State...won OVC Player of the Week twice, once following a 23-point performance in a 85-52 win on November 23 against Bethel (Ind.) and a second time following a performance of 17 points and a career-best 16 rebounds in a 66-60 victory on December 10 against Eastern Michigan...dished out a career-high five assists on December 7 against Butler...surpassed 800 career points during the season.

2021-22: Earned second-team All-GLVC honors after playing in all of USI’s 29 games and making 16 starts during her second season in a USI uniform…averaged 11.8 points and a team-high 5.2 rebounds per game…ranked 20th in the GLVC in scoring and 22nd in rebounding…ranked fourth in the GLVC with 2.7 offensive rebounds per game…shot 47.9 percent from the field and 32.7 percent from three-point range…reached double-digits in the scoring column 20 times, with a season-high 18 points reached four times…had 18 points and a season-high 10 rebounds in USI’s 63-50 win over Missouri S&T…recorded a season-high three steals in USI’s 64-58 win over Ohio Dominican…had a season-best three assists in USI’s 80-71 win over Rockhurst and three blocks in USI’s70-48 road win over Southwest Baptist.

2020-21: Collected Academic All-GLVC honors after playing in all of USI's 16 games, making three starts and averaging 12.6 minutes of playing time per game as a freshman...scored in double-figures four times, including a season-high 16 points in USI's 70-58 road loss to William Jewell...had a season-high eight rebounds in USI's 80-55 home win over William Jewell and dished out a season-high three assists in the road loss to Jewell...had a season-high tw steals in two games as well as a season-high two blocks in USI's 73-67 home loss to Truman State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Gibson Southern High School in Ft. Branch, Indiana, where she competed in basketball and volleyball throughout her prep career...earned honorable mention All-State honors from the Indiana Basketball Coaches' Association as a junior and a senior after averaging 18.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game throughout her final two seasons in a GSHS uniform...also was named an Indiana Top 60 Senior by Hoosier Basketball Magazine as well as first-team All-Southwestern Indiana and Southwestern Indiana Player of the  Year by the Evansville Courier & Press...averaged 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a senior in 2019-20 after racking up 19.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a junior in 2018-19...in addition to her All-State and All-Southwest Indiana accolades, Raley garnered multiple All-County and All-Conference honors...set single-game (40) and single-season (531) scoring records for Gibson Southern and, according to the Courier & Press, finished her career ranked third on GHS's all-time scoring list. (statistical numbers provided by the Courier & Press and Maxpreps.com)

AAU: Played for the Indiana Elite Swish of the Evansville Basketball Academy.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jamie and Kris Raley...father Jamie, played basketball at Rend Lake College and later at the University of Indianapolis in the 1980s, while her sister, Maddie, recently finished a four-year playing career at Missouri S&T.
 

Career-Highs through 2023-24 season
Points: 27 - at Southeast Missouri (2/18/23)
Rebounds: 16 - at Eastern Michigan (12/10/22)
Assists: 5 - Twice, last at Southeast Missouri (12/29/23)
Steals: 3–Twice, last vs. Bethel (Ind.) (11/23/22)
Blocks: 3–at SW Baptist (2/12/22)
 

Double-figures
Scoring: 68
20-point outings: 8
Rebounds: 6
Double-doubles: 6

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-2021Freshman

    Forward
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2021-2022Sophomore

    Forward
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2022-2023Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2023-2024Senior

    Forward
    6'0"
    22