Taja Green

Taja Green
40 Taja Green
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Hometown:
    Peoria, Ill.
  • Position:
    F
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Peoria HS
  • Previous College:
    Coffeyville CC
  • Major:
    Exercise Science
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    11.4
  • fg %
    47.1
  • 3pt %
    29.3
  • ft %
    79.0
  • reb/g
    5.2
  • a/g
    0.8
Bio

As a Senior: Second-team all-SSC…SSC player if the week (1/24)…Appeared in all 29 contests averaging 35 minutes per game…Led the team in scoring with 15.9 points per game...Had a season-high 34 points against Florida Southern (1/19)…Scored double figures in 25 games…Had eight 20-plus scoring efforts…Notched three straight double-doubles with 16 points, 13 rebounds versus Rollins(1/2) ,14 points, 14 rebounds versus Eckerd (1/5) and 14 points, 11 rebounds at Lynn (1/8)…Led the team with six double-double performances…Was 11-for-15 from the field against Ave Maria (12/8)…Connected on four 3-pointers against Nova Southeastern (1/22) and Lynn (2/5)…Was 9-for-11 from the free throw line versus Florida Tech (3/5)…Registered a total of 33 steals on the season…Recorded a season-high 19 rebounds against Florida Tech (3/11)…Shot 50 percent from the field…Concluded season top five in the SSC for rebounds (7.2), scoring (15.9), field goal percentage (50) and 3-point field goal percentage (46).

As a Junior: Appeared in all 31 contests while starting in 29… Led the team in field goal percentage and free throw percentage last season...Scored double figures in 20 games with the Spartans…Selected to the Merrimack Classic All-Tournament Team averaging 13 points and seven rebounds throughout the tournament…Had a season high 25 points against Florida Southern (2/24) going 9-16 from the field…Had a season best 12 rebounds against Florida Southern (1/20)…Played a season high 39 minutes at Lynn (1/9)…Played 30 minutes in the NCAA South Regional versus Arkansas Tech (3/14) going 8-12 from the field and rounding out the game with 24 points...Was 33 percent from the three line hitting 30-91 of shots taken…Averaged 11.8 points for the season and was an impressive 80.2 percent from the charity stripe.

As a Sophomore (CCC): All-region VI team while playing for Coffeyville Community College…All-conference team…Averaged 9.7 points per game, second-best on the team…Led the team with 6.3 rebounds per game…Finished the year with 49 assists.

As a Freshman (CCC): All-region VI and all-conference team while playing for Coffeyville Community College.

High School: Attended Peoria High School in Peoria, III…Was an all-conference member during her sophomore and junior year… Was a first-team all-conference player her following her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Tawnya Green…Exercise science and sports studies major…Birthdate: 4/20/89.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 16
Games started 28 15
Minutes 877 471
Minutes per game 30.2 29.4
FG 122-259 66-147
FG Pct 47.1 44.9
3PT 24-82 13-45
3PT Pct 29.3 28.9
FT 64-81 27-38
FT Pct 79.0 71.1
Off rebounds 48 28
Def rebounds 102 57
Total rebounds 150 85
Rebounds per game 5.2 5.3
Personal fouls 69 35
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 22 9
Turnovers 52 22
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.4
Steals 30 8
Blocks 19 10
Points 332 172
Points per game 11.4 10.8
Points per 40 min 15.1 14.6
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 20 at Barry W, 56-52
Feb 24 Florida Southern W, 82-65
Mar 3 Nova Southeastern W, 84-46
Mar 6 vs. Lynn L, 65-58
Mar 12 vs. Barry W, 55-51
Mar 14 at Arkansas Tech L, 69-68
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 17 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-37 1 36 4-9 44.4 2-4 50.0 5-5 100.0 15
Nov 20 vs. East Stroudsburg W, 66-49 1 31 6-11 54.5 1-4 25.0 2-4 50.0 15
Nov 21 at Merrimack W, 70-59 1 39 5-11 45.5 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 11
Nov 25 Valdosta State W, 73-67 1 33 3-5 60.0 3-5 60.0 4-4 100.0 13
Nov 28 Warner Southern W, 94-48 1 20 3-6 50.0 1-3 33.3 4-4 100.0 11
Dec 1 Florida Memorial W, 72-39 1 31 4-8 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Dec 5 at Florida Tech W, 75-57 1 33 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 3-3 100.0 10
Dec 9 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-54 1 29 4-9 44.4 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 11
Dec 12 at Florida Memorial W, 78-50 1 26 4-6 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Dec 18 vs. Columbus State L, 57-56 1 29 3-11 27.3 0-3 0.0 4-6 66.7 10
Dec 19 at Armstrong Atlantic W, 80-72 1 36 6-8 75.0 3-5 60.0 6-6 100.0 21
Dec 29 Maryville (Mo.) W, 70-52 1 37 7-11 63.6 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 17
Jan 2 Nova Southeastern W, 61-49 1 35 3-9 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 6 Saint Leo W, 78-42 1 35 8-11 72.7 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 20
Jan 9 at Lynn L, 52-50 1 39 2-10 20.0 0-5 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 13 at Eckerd W, 72-48 1 26 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 16 Rollins W, 60-53 1 12 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 20 at Florida Southern W, 69-68 - 27 2-11 18.2 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 23 Barry W, 63-39 1 19 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 30 Florida Tech W, 75-62 1 36 3-11 27.3 1-3 33.3 3-3 100.0 10
Feb 3 at Nova Southeastern W, 62-36 1 31 4-7 57.1 0-1 0.0 2-5 40.0 10
Feb 6 Lynn W, 74-67 1 31 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
Feb 10 at Saint Leo W, 82-58 1 32 7-11 63.6 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 15
Feb 13 at Rollins L, 61-48 1 25 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 7
Feb 17 Eckerd W, 66-37 1 26 7-11 63.6 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0 18
Feb 20 at Barry W, 56-52 1 36 6-9 66.7 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 14
Feb 24 Florida Southern W, 82-65 1 28 9-16 56.3 2-5 40.0 5-6 83.3 25
Mar 3 Nova Southeastern W, 84-46 1 30 5-10 50.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 14
Mar 6 vs. Lynn L, 65-58 1 29 2-7 28.6 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4
Mar 12 vs. Barry W, 55-51 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 at Arkansas Tech L, 69-68 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 17 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-37 1 36 1 3 4 1 3 2 1
Nov 20 vs. East Stroudsburg W, 66-49 1 31 4 2 6 0 4 4 2
Nov 21 at Merrimack W, 70-59 1 39 4 4 8 2 3 1 0
Nov 25 Valdosta State W, 73-67 1 33 1 4 5 0 2 1 1
Nov 28 Warner Southern W, 94-48 1 20 1 1 2 2 2 3 2
Dec 1 Florida Memorial W, 72-39 1 31 0 3 3 2 1 1 1
Dec 5 at Florida Tech W, 75-57 1 33 0 4 4 0 2 1 0
Dec 9 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-54 1 29 5 4 9 0 3 2 0
Dec 12 at Florida Memorial W, 78-50 1 26 0 4 4 2 3 2 0
Dec 18 vs. Columbus State L, 57-56 1 29 2 3 5 0 3 1 0
Dec 19 at Armstrong Atlantic W, 80-72 1 36 1 7 8 2 3 1 0
Dec 29 Maryville (Mo.) W, 70-52 1 37 0 4 4 1 0 1 0
Jan 2 Nova Southeastern W, 61-49 1 35 2 3 5 0 4 0 1
Jan 6 Saint Leo W, 78-42 1 35 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Jan 9 at Lynn L, 52-50 1 39 1 4 5 1 2 2 0
Jan 13 at Eckerd W, 72-48 1 26 3 2 5 1 0 0 1
Jan 16 Rollins W, 60-53 1 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Jan 20 at Florida Southern W, 69-68 - 27 4 8 12 0 1 0 0
Jan 23 Barry W, 63-39 1 19 1 3 4 0 0 0 1
Jan 30 Florida Tech W, 75-62 1 36 3 6 9 2 1 1 3
Feb 3 at Nova Southeastern W, 62-36 1 31 2 4 6 2 2 0 0
Feb 6 Lynn W, 74-67 1 31 5 5 10 1 1 0 0
Feb 10 at Saint Leo W, 82-58 1 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Feb 13 at Rollins L, 61-48 1 25 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Feb 17 Eckerd W, 66-37 1 26 0 3 3 0 1 0 2
Feb 20 at Barry W, 56-52 1 36 2 5 7 0 2 0 0
Feb 24 Florida Southern W, 82-65 1 28 2 5 7 1 3 2 0
Mar 3 Nova Southeastern W, 84-46 1 30 0 5 5 1 1 1 1
Mar 6 vs. Lynn L, 65-58 1 29 1 1 2 0 2 2 1
Mar 12 vs. Barry W, 55-51 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 at Arkansas Tech L, 69-68 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 17 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-37 1 2 - 0.3
Nov 20 vs. East Stroudsburg W, 66-49 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 21 at Merrimack W, 70-59 1 2 - 0.7
Nov 25 Valdosta State W, 73-67 1 4 - 0.0
Nov 28 Warner Southern W, 94-48 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 1 Florida Memorial W, 72-39 1 2 - 2.0
Dec 5 at Florida Tech W, 75-57 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 9 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-54 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 12 at Florida Memorial W, 78-50 1 2 - 0.7
Dec 18 vs. Columbus State L, 57-56 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 19 at Armstrong Atlantic W, 80-72 1 5 1 0.7
Dec 29 Maryville (Mo.) W, 70-52 1 2 - -
Jan 2 Nova Southeastern W, 61-49 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 6 Saint Leo W, 78-42 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 9 at Lynn L, 52-50 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 13 at Eckerd W, 72-48 1 2 - -
Jan 16 Rollins W, 60-53 1 3 - -
Jan 20 at Florida Southern W, 69-68 - 2 - 0.0
Jan 23 Barry W, 63-39 1 1 - -
Jan 30 Florida Tech W, 75-62 1 3 - 2.0
Feb 3 at Nova Southeastern W, 62-36 1 3 - 1.0
Feb 6 Lynn W, 74-67 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 10 at Saint Leo W, 82-58 1 3 - -
Feb 13 at Rollins L, 61-48 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 17 Eckerd W, 66-37 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 20 at Barry W, 56-52 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 24 Florida Southern W, 82-65 1 2 - 0.3
Mar 3 Nova Southeastern W, 84-46 1 3 - 1.0
Mar 6 vs. Lynn L, 65-58 1 3 - 0.0
Mar 12 vs. Barry W, 55-51 - - - -
Mar 14 at Arkansas Tech L, 69-68 - - - -
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2009-10 29 30.2 4.2-8.9 0.8-2.8 2.2-2.8 11.4
2010-11 29 35.3 5.8-11.4 1.4-3.1 2.9-3.8 15.9
Total 58 32.8 5.0-10.2 1.1-2.9 2.6-3.3 13.7
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2009-10 29 28 877 122-259 47.1 24-82 29.3 64-81 79.0 332
2010-11 29 29 1023 168-331 50.8 41-89 46.1 84-110 76.4 461
Total 58 57 1900 290-590 49.2 65-171 38.0 148-191 77.5 793
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2009-10 29 877 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
2010-11 29 1023 35.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 46.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 58 1900 32.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2009-10 29 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.7
2010-11 29 2.8 4.4 7.2 1.0 2.0 1.1 0.4
Total 58 2.2 4.0 6.2 0.9 1.9 1.1 0.5
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2009-10 29 28 48 102 150 22 52 30 19
2010-11 29 29 80 128 208 30 57 33 12
Total 58 57 128 230 358 52 109 63 31
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2009-10 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010-11 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
Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 29 30.2 4.2-8.9 0.8-2.8 2.2-2.8 11.4
Conference 16 29.4 4.1-9.2 0.8-2.8 1.7-2.4 10.8
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 28.7 4.4-8.9 0.9-2.6 2.5-2.9 12.3
Away 12 32.2 4.1-8.8 0.8-3.0 1.9-2.6 10.9
Neutral 3 29.7 3.7-9.7 0.3-3.0 2.0-3.3 9.7
Result
Wins 25 30.2 4.5-9.0 1.0-2.8 2.2-2.8 12.2
Losses 4 30.5 2.2-8.5 0.0-3.0 2.0-2.8 6.5
Month
November 5 31.8 4.2-8.4 1.4-3.4 3.2-3.8 13.0
December 7 31.6 4.4-8.7 0.7-2.9 2.9-3.3 12.4
January 8 28.6 3.2-9.0 0.6-2.8 0.9-1.2 8.0
February 7 29.9 5.3-9.6 1.0-2.7 2.4-3.6 14.0
March 2 29.5 3.5-8.5 0.0-2.0 2.0-2.0 9.0
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 29 28 877 122-259 47.1 24-82 29.3 64-81 79.0 332
Conference 16 15 471 66-147 44.9 13-45 28.9 27-38 71.1 172
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 14 14 402 62-124 50.0 13-37 35.1 35-40 87.5 172
Away 12 11 386 49-106 46.2 10-36 27.8 23-31 74.2 131
Neutral 3 3 89 11-29 37.9 1-9 11.1 6-10 60.0 29
Result
Wins 25 24 755 113-225 50.2 24-70 34.3 56-70 80.0 306
Losses 4 4 122 9-34 26.5 0-12 0.0 8-11 72.7 26
Month
November 5 5 159 21-42 50.0 7-17 41.2 16-19 84.2 65
December 7 7 221 31-61 50.8 5-20 25.0 20-23 87.0 87
January 8 7 229 26-72 36.1 5-22 22.7 7-10 70.0 64
February 7 7 209 37-67 55.2 7-19 36.8 17-25 68.0 98
March 2 2 59 7-17 41.2 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 18
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 29 877 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 16 471 29.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 402 28.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 12 386 32.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 3 89 29.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 11.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 25 755 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 34.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 4 122 30.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 159 31.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 41.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 7 221 31.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 8 229 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 7 209 29.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 36.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 2 59 29.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 29 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.7
Conference 16 1.8 3.6 5.3 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 1.6 3.6 5.2 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.9
Away 12 1.6 3.8 5.3 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.3
Neutral 3 2.3 2.0 4.3 0.0 3.0 2.3 1.0
Result
Wins 25 1.8 3.8 5.5 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.6
Losses 4 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.3 2.0 1.5 0.8
Month
November 5 2.2 2.8 5.0 1.0 2.8 2.2 1.2
December 7 1.1 4.1 5.3 1.0 2.1 1.3 0.1
January 8 2.0 3.9 5.9 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.8
February 7 1.7 3.1 4.9 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.6
March 2 0.5 3.0 3.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.0
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 29 28 48 102 150 22 52 30 19
Conference 16 15 28 57 85 9 22 8 10
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 14 22 51 73 11 21 12 12
Away 12 11 19 45 64 11 22 11 4
Neutral 3 3 7 6 13 0 9 7 3
Result
Wins 25 24 44 94 138 21 44 24 16
Losses 4 4 4 8 12 1 8 6 3
Month
November 5 5 11 14 25 5 14 11 6
December 7 7 8 29 37 7 15 9 1
January 8 7 16 31 47 5 10 3 6
February 7 7 12 22 34 4 10 4 4
March 2 2 1 6 7 1 3 3 2
Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic 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 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 4 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 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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