Samaria Howard

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Samaria Howard
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Jr
  • High School:
    Englewood High School
  • Previous College:
    Florida State College at Jacksonville
  • Major:
    EXPW / Fitness and Wellness
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    15.6
  • fg %
    40.2
  • 3pt %
    5.9
  • ft %
    81.3
  • reb/g
    5.8
  • a/g
    1.4
Bio

In 2014-15 (Junior): Howard played in all 29 of TTU’s games, starting 28 … was the leading scorer for the Golden Eagles averaging 15.6 points per game, while shooting 40.2 percent from the field … exceeded the 20+ point mark seven times, and scored in double-figures in 25 of TTU's 29 games … finished 7th in the OVC in points scored in the whole season, moved up to 5th (17.4) in conference play … earned a place on the all-OVC Second Team as well as the All-Newcomer team … grabbed 5.8 rebounds per game, including surpassing 10+ rebounds in four games … finished the season shooting an impressive 81.3-percent from the free throw line … earned three adidas® Newcomer of the Week awards, and she recorded a team-best four double-doubles on the season.

Before Tech (Florida State College at Jacksonville): Howard averaged 15.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.6 assists … was named the team MVP at FSCJ … received first-team all-conference, first-team All-State, and NJCAA All-American honorable mention.

High School: Howard played her prep career at Englewood High School where she surpassed 1,000 points in three seasons on varsity …during her senior year, she was named the Marine Corps Player of the Year … named to the Times-Union All First Coast Basketball team during her junior and senior seasons … helped her team reach the district championship for the first time in school history … averaged 23 points, 8.9 rebounds during her senior season.

Personal: Samaria is the daughter of Wayne and Natalie Howard … full name Samaria Natalie Adell Howard ... born April 27, 1994 … majoring in EXPW – fitness and wellness.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 16
Games started 28 16
Minutes 863 532
Minutes per game 29.8 33.3
FG 160-398 101-263
FG Pct 40.2 38.4
3PT 1-17 0-7
3PT Pct 5.9 0.0
FT 130-160 76-88
FT Pct 81.3 86.4
Off rebounds 63 35
Def rebounds 104 66
Total rebounds 167 101
Rebounds per game 5.8 6.3
Personal fouls 68 35
Disqualifications 3 2
Assists 40 23
Turnovers 105 55
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.4
Steals 34 16
Blocks 4 2
Points 451 278
Points per game 15.6 17.4
Points per 40 min 20.9 20.9
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 7 Jacksonville State L, 70-54
Feb 12 Tennessee State L, 66-57
Feb 14 at Jacksonville State L, 67-58
Feb 21 Belmont L, 64-62
Feb 23 at Morehead State L, 90-82
Feb 28 at Eastern Kentucky W, 84-71
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 6 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 82-46 1 17 4-8 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 14 at Florida International W, 73-56 1 20 7-11 63.6 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 17
Nov 18 at Wake Forest L, 89-62 1 20 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 6-7 85.7 16
Nov 22 at Valparaiso L, 79-61 1 27 5-12 41.7 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 12
Nov 25 at Mercer L, 73-67 1 16 7-11 63.6 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 15
Nov 29 Georgia L, 74-51 1 24 5-8 62.5 0-1 0.0 4-7 57.1 14
Dec 3 at Southern Miss L, 80-58 1 31 3-10 30.0 0-0 - 11-12 91.7 17
Dec 6 at Clemson L, 76-61 1 23 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 3-6 50.0 7
Dec 13 at Georgia State L, 72-60 1 33 5-12 41.7 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 14
Dec 16 South Alabama W, 70-66 1 33 6-14 42.9 0-0 - 11-13 84.6 23
Dec 18 at Lipscomb L, 72-53 1 23 3-10 30.0 0-1 0.0 2-4 50.0 8
Dec 20 vs. North Carolina A&T L, 54-49 - 21 3-11 27.3 0-3 0.0 4-4 100.0 10
Dec 21 vs. Morgan State W, 62-56 1 23 3-9 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Dec 28 Middle Tennessee L, 98-76 1 37 5-10 50.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 13
Jan 1 at Eastern Illinois L, 67-59 1 37 12-24 50.0 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 28
Jan 3 at SIUE L, 83-69 1 25 5-11 45.5 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 12
Jan 8 Murray State W, 74-69 1 34 7-24 29.2 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 18
Jan 10 Austin Peay W, 75-71 1 30 6-13 46.2 0-1 0.0 2-4 50.0 14
Jan 15 UT Martin L, 79-59 1 15 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 17 at Southeast Missouri L, 68-66 1 35 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 12
Jan 21 at Tennessee State L, 67-64 1 33 2-14 14.3 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 10
Jan 24 Eastern Kentucky L, 97-93 1 42 7-19 36.8 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 20
Jan 26 Morehead State L, 64-54 1 38 10-21 47.6 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 22
Jan 31 at Belmont L, 59-53 1 38 7-19 36.8 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 17
Feb 7 Jacksonville State L, 70-54 1 34 7-17 41.2 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 16
Feb 12 Tennessee State L, 66-57 1 37 5-17 29.4 0-0 - 5-5 100.0 15
Feb 14 at Jacksonville State L, 67-58 1 31 3-13 23.1 0-1 0.0 10-10 100.0 16
Feb 21 Belmont L, 64-62 1 35 9-19 47.4 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 21
Feb 23 at Morehead State L, 90-82 1 34 6-21 28.6 0-0 - 16-18 88.9 28
Feb 28 at Eastern Kentucky W, 84-71 1 34 9-18 50.0 0-0 - 7-8 87.5 25
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 6 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 82-46 1 17 3 2 5 4 1 3 0
Nov 14 at Florida International W, 73-56 1 20 2 3 5 1 4 3 0
Nov 18 at Wake Forest L, 89-62 1 20 3 2 5 0 5 3 0
Nov 22 at Valparaiso L, 79-61 1 27 4 1 5 0 3 0 0
Nov 25 at Mercer L, 73-67 1 16 0 1 1 1 3 1 0
Nov 29 Georgia L, 74-51 1 24 2 6 8 0 6 0 0
Dec 3 at Southern Miss L, 80-58 1 31 3 3 6 4 6 0 0
Dec 6 at Clemson L, 76-61 1 23 1 2 3 1 3 2 0
Dec 13 at Georgia State L, 72-60 1 33 2 9 11 3 4 2 0
Dec 16 South Alabama W, 70-66 1 33 3 4 7 1 4 0 1
Dec 18 at Lipscomb L, 72-53 1 23 0 2 2 1 4 2 0
Dec 20 vs. North Carolina A&T L, 54-49 - 21 4 4 8 1 5 3 0
Dec 21 vs. Morgan State W, 62-56 1 23 2 0 2 2 2 1 1
Dec 28 Middle Tennessee L, 98-76 1 37 2 1 3 2 1 1 0
Jan 1 at Eastern Illinois L, 67-59 1 37 2 5 7 0 2 0 0
Jan 3 at SIUE L, 83-69 1 25 0 3 3 1 5 0 0
Jan 8 Murray State W, 74-69 1 34 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Jan 10 Austin Peay W, 75-71 1 30 1 2 3 0 2 0 0
Jan 15 UT Martin L, 79-59 1 15 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jan 17 at Southeast Missouri L, 68-66 1 35 1 2 3 0 6 1 0
Jan 21 at Tennessee State L, 67-64 1 33 3 8 11 3 5 2 0
Jan 24 Eastern Kentucky L, 97-93 1 42 4 5 9 3 5 3 2
Jan 26 Morehead State L, 64-54 1 38 4 5 9 3 4 4 0
Jan 31 at Belmont L, 59-53 1 38 1 5 6 2 6 2 0
Feb 7 Jacksonville State L, 70-54 1 34 2 10 12 3 1 0 0
Feb 12 Tennessee State L, 66-57 1 37 3 4 7 2 3 2 0
Feb 14 at Jacksonville State L, 67-58 1 31 0 1 1 0 4 1 0
Feb 21 Belmont L, 64-62 1 35 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Feb 23 at Morehead State L, 90-82 1 34 9 4 13 1 4 1 0
Feb 28 at Eastern Kentucky W, 84-71 1 34 4 5 9 2 5 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 6 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 82-46 1 3 0 4.0
Nov 14 at Florida International W, 73-56 1 3 0 0.3
Nov 18 at Wake Forest L, 89-62 1 4 0 0.0
Nov 22 at Valparaiso L, 79-61 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 25 at Mercer L, 73-67 1 5 1 0.3
Nov 29 Georgia L, 74-51 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 3 at Southern Miss L, 80-58 1 2 0 0.7
Dec 6 at Clemson L, 76-61 1 4 - 0.3
Dec 13 at Georgia State L, 72-60 1 2 - 0.8
Dec 16 South Alabama W, 70-66 1 0 0 0.3
Dec 18 at Lipscomb L, 72-53 1 2 - 0.3
Dec 20 vs. North Carolina A&T L, 54-49 - 4 0 0.2
Dec 21 vs. Morgan State W, 62-56 1 1 0 1.0
Dec 28 Middle Tennessee L, 98-76 1 1 0 2.0
Jan 1 at Eastern Illinois L, 67-59 1 5 1 0.0
Jan 3 at SIUE L, 83-69 1 3 - 0.2
Jan 8 Murray State W, 74-69 1 0 0 1.0
Jan 10 Austin Peay W, 75-71 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 15 UT Martin L, 79-59 1 1 0 1.0
Jan 17 at Southeast Missouri L, 68-66 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 21 at Tennessee State L, 67-64 1 3 - 0.6
Jan 24 Eastern Kentucky L, 97-93 1 4 0 0.6
Jan 26 Morehead State L, 64-54 1 1 0 0.8
Jan 31 at Belmont L, 59-53 1 2 - 0.3
Feb 7 Jacksonville State L, 70-54 1 1 0 3.0
Feb 12 Tennessee State L, 66-57 1 1 0 0.7
Feb 14 at Jacksonville State L, 67-58 1 5 1 0.0
Feb 21 Belmont L, 64-62 1 1 0 1.0
Feb 23 at Morehead State L, 90-82 1 3 - 0.3
Feb 28 at Eastern Kentucky W, 84-71 1 2 - 0.4
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2014-15 29 29.8 5.5-13.7 0.0-0.6 4.5-5.5 15.6
2015-16 29 35.9 7.4-18.7 0.8-2.4 5.4-6.8 21.0
Total 58 32.8 6.4-16.2 0.4-1.5 4.9-6.2 18.3
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2014-15 29 28 863 160-398 40.2 1-17 5.9 130-160 81.3 451
2015-16 29 28 1040 214-541 39.6 23-70 32.9 157-197 79.7 608
Total 58 56 1903 374-939 39.8 24-87 27.6 287-357 80.4 1059
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2014-15 29 863 29.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 5.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
2015-16 29 1040 35.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 58 1903 32.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2014-15 29 2.2 3.6 5.8 1.4 3.6 1.2 0.1
2015-16 29 1.6 3.8 5.3 1.1 2.8 1.0 0.1
Total 58 1.9 3.7 5.6 1.2 3.2 1.1 0.1
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2014-15 29 28 63 104 167 40 105 34 4
2015-16 29 28 46 109 155 32 81 28 2
Total 58 56 109 213 322 72 186 62 6
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2014-15 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015-16 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 58 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 29 29.8 5.5-13.7 0.0-0.6 4.5-5.5 15.6
Conference 16 33.3 6.3-16.4 0.0-0.4 4.8-5.5 17.4
Exhibition 1 17.0 4.0-8.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 8.0
Location
Home 11 32.6 6.3-15.2 0.0-0.6 3.8-4.6 16.4
Away 16 28.8 5.3-13.2 0.0-0.3 5.2-6.6 15.9
Neutral 2 22.0 3.0-10.0 0.5-2.5 2.0-2.0 8.5
Result
Wins 6 29.0 6.3-14.8 0.2-0.8 4.5-5.5 17.3
Losses 23 30.0 5.3-13.4 0.0-0.5 4.5-5.5 15.1
Month
November 5 21.4 5.8-10.0 0.0-0.4 3.2-4.6 14.8
December 8 28.0 3.8-10.6 0.1-1.0 4.8-6.1 12.4
January 10 32.7 6.2-15.8 0.0-0.5 3.3-4.1 15.7
February 6 34.2 6.5-17.5 0.0-0.3 7.2-7.8 20.2
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 29 28 863 160-398 40.2 1-17 5.9 130-160 81.3 451
Conference 16 16 532 101-263 38.4 0-7 0.0 76-88 86.4 278
Exhibition 1 1 17 4-8 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Location
Home 11 11 359 69-167 41.3 0-7 0.0 42-51 82.4 180
Away 16 16 460 85-211 40.3 0-5 0.0 84-105 80.0 254
Neutral 2 1 44 6-20 30.0 1-5 20.0 4-4 100.0 17
Result
Wins 6 6 174 38-89 42.7 1-5 20.0 27-33 81.8 104
Losses 23 22 689 122-309 39.5 0-12 0.0 103-127 81.1 347
Month
November 5 5 107 29-50 58.0 0-2 0.0 16-23 69.6 74
December 8 7 224 30-85 35.3 1-8 12.5 38-49 77.6 99
January 10 10 327 62-158 39.2 0-5 0.0 33-41 80.5 157
February 6 6 205 39-105 37.1 0-2 0.0 43-47 91.5 121
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 29 863 29.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 5.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 16 532 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition 1 17 17.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location
Home 11 359 32.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 16 460 28.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 44 22.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 174 29.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 23 689 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 107 21.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 8 224 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 12.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 10 327 32.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 6 205 34.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 29 2.2 3.6 5.8 1.4 3.6 1.2 0.1
Conference 16 2.2 4.1 6.3 1.4 3.4 1.0 0.1
Exhibition 1 3.0 2.0 5.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 0.0
Location
Home 11 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.5 2.6 0.9 0.3
Away 16 2.2 3.5 5.7 1.3 4.3 1.3 0.0
Neutral 2 3.0 2.0 5.0 1.5 3.5 2.0 0.5
Result
Wins 6 2.0 3.0 5.0 1.2 3.0 0.7 0.3
Losses 23 2.2 3.7 6.0 1.4 3.8 1.3 0.1
Month
November 5 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.4 4.2 1.4 0.0
December 8 2.1 3.1 5.3 1.9 3.6 1.4 0.3
January 10 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.4 3.7 1.2 0.2
February 6 3.2 4.2 7.3 1.5 3.0 0.7 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 29 28 63 104 167 40 105 34 4
Conference 16 16 35 66 101 23 55 16 2
Exhibition 1 1 3 2 5 4 1 3 0
Location
Home 11 11 22 44 66 17 29 10 3
Away 16 16 35 56 91 20 69 20 0
Neutral 2 1 6 4 10 3 7 4 1
Result
Wins 6 6 12 18 30 7 18 4 2
Losses 23 22 51 86 137 33 87 30 2
Month
November 5 5 11 13 24 2 21 7 0
December 8 7 17 25 42 15 29 11 2
January 10 10 16 41 57 14 37 12 2
February 6 6 19 25 44 9 18 4 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Home 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0