2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Niki Metzel
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Princeton, N.J.
- High School:
- Rutgers Prep
Bio
Career
* Made 105 career appearances with 55 starts including 54 between her junior and senior seasons
* Named to the CAA All-Tournament Team as a junior in March 2019
* Averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 rebounds over her career with 526 points and 359 boards
* Made her first collegiate appearance in the second game of her freshman campaign in the win over Delaware State with six points on Nov. 13, 2016
* Made her final collegiate appearance in the senior day win at the DAC on March 7, 2020 over the College of Charleston to clinch a share of the 2019-20 regular-season conference title and the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship before the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 / Senior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 22 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.5 blocks and 19.5 minutes in her 30 appearances…shot 34.4% (56-of-163) from the field, 0.0% (0-of-3) from three-point range and 75.0% (39-of-52) from the free-throw line for 151 points…scored a season-high 16 points in the road win at William & Mary (Jan. 26)…grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in the home win over Villanova (Dec. 4)…had five double-digit scoring performances on the season: 10 vs. Davidson (Nov. 9), 15 at UNCW (Jan. 5), 13 vs. Northeastern (Jan. 10), 16 at William & Mary (Jan. 26) and 12 vs. William & Mary (Feb. 21)…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history as she made 12 starts over the stretch…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Junior
Started 32 of 33 games, coming off the bench only on Senior Day, after making just one career start coming into the season...second on the team with an 8.6 points per game average...also second with 5.3 boards a contest...shot at a .456 clip...her .785 free throw percentage paced the team...a reliable scorer inside who can also step outside for points...set new career highs for scoring five times this year...pushed career high to 24 in the CAA semifinals vs. Northeastern (3/15)...had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds in the win over Gardner-Webb (12/16)...named to the All-CAA Tournament Team...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Made 31 appearances in 35 games, including a start in the CAA Championship Game against Elon (3/10) in place of the injured Sara Woods…averaged 10.3 minutes in her appearances, scoring 2.4 a game…scored a career-high eight points on 4-of-5 shooting against La Salle (11/16)...established a new career high with nine points, matching her personal best with six rebounds, in the home win over William & Mary (2/18)...followed that up with eight points and four boards in a career-high 28 minutes against JMU (2/23)...added six points and five rebounds at Delaware (3/1)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2016-17 / Freshman
Made 11 appearances off the bench, averaging 4.2 minutes per game…scored six in her collegiate debut against Delaware State (11/13)…also had five points at Lafayette (12/21)…finished the year 6-for-10 from the floor (.600)…had two points, two rebounds and two blocks at UNCW (1/13) in five minutes of action…scored two with a steal in an appearance against Duquesne in the WNIT First Round (3/17).
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Rutgers Prep...a two-year captain...led the team to a 29-2 record and the Non-Public B Basketball state title in New Jersey as a senior...also won the Skyland Conference that year...the Courier News First Team and Player of the Year selection as a senior...also the conference's Player of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year...finished as a 1,000 point scorer for her career...also played four years of varsity volleyball and a season of varsity softball.
Personal
Daughter of Diane and Ron...mother, Diane, was a senior captain on Geno Auriemma's first team at Connecticut in 1985-86…sport management major.
* Made 105 career appearances with 55 starts including 54 between her junior and senior seasons
* Named to the CAA All-Tournament Team as a junior in March 2019
* Averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 rebounds over her career with 526 points and 359 boards
* Made her first collegiate appearance in the second game of her freshman campaign in the win over Delaware State with six points on Nov. 13, 2016
* Made her final collegiate appearance in the senior day win at the DAC on March 7, 2020 over the College of Charleston to clinch a share of the 2019-20 regular-season conference title and the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship before the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 / Senior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 22 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.5 blocks and 19.5 minutes in her 30 appearances…shot 34.4% (56-of-163) from the field, 0.0% (0-of-3) from three-point range and 75.0% (39-of-52) from the free-throw line for 151 points…scored a season-high 16 points in the road win at William & Mary (Jan. 26)…grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in the home win over Villanova (Dec. 4)…had five double-digit scoring performances on the season: 10 vs. Davidson (Nov. 9), 15 at UNCW (Jan. 5), 13 vs. Northeastern (Jan. 10), 16 at William & Mary (Jan. 26) and 12 vs. William & Mary (Feb. 21)…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history as she made 12 starts over the stretch…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Junior
Started 32 of 33 games, coming off the bench only on Senior Day, after making just one career start coming into the season...second on the team with an 8.6 points per game average...also second with 5.3 boards a contest...shot at a .456 clip...her .785 free throw percentage paced the team...a reliable scorer inside who can also step outside for points...set new career highs for scoring five times this year...pushed career high to 24 in the CAA semifinals vs. Northeastern (3/15)...had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds in the win over Gardner-Webb (12/16)...named to the All-CAA Tournament Team...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Made 31 appearances in 35 games, including a start in the CAA Championship Game against Elon (3/10) in place of the injured Sara Woods…averaged 10.3 minutes in her appearances, scoring 2.4 a game…scored a career-high eight points on 4-of-5 shooting against La Salle (11/16)...established a new career high with nine points, matching her personal best with six rebounds, in the home win over William & Mary (2/18)...followed that up with eight points and four boards in a career-high 28 minutes against JMU (2/23)...added six points and five rebounds at Delaware (3/1)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2016-17 / Freshman
Made 11 appearances off the bench, averaging 4.2 minutes per game…scored six in her collegiate debut against Delaware State (11/13)…also had five points at Lafayette (12/21)…finished the year 6-for-10 from the floor (.600)…had two points, two rebounds and two blocks at UNCW (1/13) in five minutes of action…scored two with a steal in an appearance against Duquesne in the WNIT First Round (3/17).
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Rutgers Prep...a two-year captain...led the team to a 29-2 record and the Non-Public B Basketball state title in New Jersey as a senior...also won the Skyland Conference that year...the Courier News First Team and Player of the Year selection as a senior...also the conference's Player of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year...finished as a 1,000 point scorer for her career...also played four years of varsity volleyball and a season of varsity softball.
Personal
Daughter of Diane and Ron...mother, Diane, was a senior captain on Geno Auriemma's first team at Connecticut in 1985-86…sport management major.
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