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Jersey Number 3
Terren Ward
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Jesup, Ga.
- High School:
- Wayne County HS
- Previous School:
- Georgia Southern
Bio
PRONUNCIATION
CAREER HONORS
2024, 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team • Georgia Southern
2024, 2023 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club • Georgia Southern
2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Midseason Watch List • Georgia Southern
2022 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team • Georgia Southern
2022 Sun Belt Conference Sixth Woman of the Year • Georgia Southern
2021 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year • Georgia Southern
2024-25 (Graduate)
Ward played in 13 games during the season ... Averaged 3.8 points, 0.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game ... She scored 10+ points in two games ... Scored a season-high 14 points at Alabama State (Nov. 13) ... Grabbed 5+ rebounds in two games.
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE
2023-24 (Senior - Georgia Southern)
Ward started all 29 games played in, missed four games due to injury … Named to the 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team to become one of five players in program history and the first since 2001 to earn three All-Sun Belt Conference selections … Selected as the 2023 Georgia Women’s Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club … Averaged 22.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.8 steals in 29.9 minutes per game … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week four times (Nov. 14, Nov. 28, Dec. 27, Jan. 9) … Selected as NCAA.com’s Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week (Dec. 20) … Her 16 double-doubles on the season led the Sun Belt Conference … Finished her career as the third in program history with 1,749 career points and fifth with 802 career rebounds … Her 637 total points ranked as the second-most in a single season in program history … Scored 10-plus points in 27 games, 20-plus in 21 games and 30-plus in two … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in 27 games and 10-plus in 16 games … Averaged 23.6 and 10.5 rebounds with 12 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds performances through the first 17 games … Ranked in the top-10 in the Sun Belt in 15 different statistical categories, including ranking second with both 22.0 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game … Her 22.0 points per game finished 11th in the nation, while her 16 double-doubles tied for 24th.
2022-23 (Junior - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in all 31 games with 27 starts … Named to the 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team … Selected as the 2023 Georgia Women’s Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club … Averaged 18.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals in 28.1 minutes per game … Her 18.5 points per game led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked 31st in the nation … Her 573 total points were the fifth-most in a single-season in program history … Led the Sun Belt with 18.5 points per game, ranked second with 198 field-goals made and 570 total points, tied for third with 2.0 steals per game, fourth with 62 total steals and 253 total rebounds, fifth with 8.2 rebounds per game, eighth with a 41.9 field-goal percentage … Scored 10-plus points in 28 games, all but three, 20-plus in 11, 30-plus in two and 40-plus in one … Recorded a career-high 40 points on 14-21 from the field, 6-10 from three and 6-7 from the free-throw line, in addition to six rebounds and two assists in 34 minutes against Arkansas State (Dec. 31), which marked only the fifth 40-plus point game in program history … Opened the season with 18 straight double-digit point performances, the longest such streak in program history since 1991-92 … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week twice (Jan. 3, Feb. 27) … Scored 20-plus points in five-straight games (Jan. 7-21) … Became the 25th player in program history to record 1,000 career points after pouring in 29 points at South Alabama (Feb. 22) … Posted 11 double-doubles on the season.
2021-22 (Sophomore - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in 24 games with 11 starts, started the final 11 games of the season … Named to the 2022 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team and 2022 Sun Belt Conference Sixth Woman of the Year … Averaged 15.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game … Her points, rebounds, steals and minutes averages led the team and her assists were second … Ranked third in the Sun Belt with a 36.2 three-point field-goal percentage, fifth with 2.0 steals per game, sixth with 15.3 points per game, ninth with 7.6 rebounds per game … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the first time in her career (Feb. 15) after posting 30-plus points in back-to-back games, first with 32 points on 11-23 from the field, 4-7 from three and 6-7 from the free-throw line in 36 minutes against Appalachian State (Feb. 10) before adding 30 points on 8-14 from the field, 5-8 from three and 9-14 from the free-throw line in 30 minutes against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 12) … Scored 10-plus points in 17 games, 20-plus in seven, and 30-plus in two … Scored 10-plus points in nine of her 11 starts … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in 20 games and 10-plus in six … Totaled 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in 35 minutes against South Alabama (Jan. 29) … Averaged 21.4 points and 11.4 rebounds over an eight-game stretch in conference play (Jan. 22-Feb. 19) … Posted 17.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in her 11 starts … Recorded six double-doubles, all of which came in conference play and over an eight-game stretch (Jan. 22-Feb. 19) … Posted four-straight double-doubles (Jan. 22-Feb.5), which is the first time that an Eagle has recorded four in a row since 1991-92.
2020-21 (Freshman - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in 22 games with two starts … Named 2021 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming only the third player in program history to earn conference Freshman of the Year honors … Averaged 7.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 14.1 minutes per game … Scored 10-plus points in seven games and 20-plus in two … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in nine and 10-plus in one … Converted on an efficient 45.5 percent from the field (55-121), 50.0 percent from three (12-24) and 83.6 percent from the free-throw line (51-61) in her limited opportunities … Ranked second on the team in points per game and third in rebounds per game … Recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds on 6-10 from the field and 5-6 from the free-throw line, in addition to five steals in 26 minutes against Troy (Feb. 6) … Finished with a season-high 26 points on 10-12 from the field and 4-4 from the field, in addition to three assists, three steals and two rebounds, in 28 minutes at Appalachian State (Feb. 27) … Earned her first career start at Appalachian State (Feb. 26) and finished with 12 points on 5-10 from the field with three rebounds in 21 minutes … Made her collegiate debut at Jacksonville State (Nov. 25).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ward played four years under head coach Gina Skelton at Wayne County High School … Holds the school record for career points and rebounds … Averaged 22.0 and 10.0 rebounds per game in her senior season … Named 2020 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) 5A All-State … 2020 Selected as the GHSA 5A Co-Player of the Year.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Terah Ward … Has three siblings, Tania, Tyrah and Jack … Her sister, Tania, played basketball at Paine College … Born on March 22, 2002.
CAREER HONORS
2024, 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team • Georgia Southern
2024, 2023 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club • Georgia Southern
2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Midseason Watch List • Georgia Southern
2022 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team • Georgia Southern
2022 Sun Belt Conference Sixth Woman of the Year • Georgia Southern
2021 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year • Georgia Southern
2024-25 (Graduate)
Ward played in 13 games during the season ... Averaged 3.8 points, 0.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game ... She scored 10+ points in two games ... Scored a season-high 14 points at Alabama State (Nov. 13) ... Grabbed 5+ rebounds in two games.
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE
2023-24 (Senior - Georgia Southern)
Ward started all 29 games played in, missed four games due to injury … Named to the 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team to become one of five players in program history and the first since 2001 to earn three All-Sun Belt Conference selections … Selected as the 2023 Georgia Women’s Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club … Averaged 22.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.8 steals in 29.9 minutes per game … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week four times (Nov. 14, Nov. 28, Dec. 27, Jan. 9) … Selected as NCAA.com’s Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week (Dec. 20) … Her 16 double-doubles on the season led the Sun Belt Conference … Finished her career as the third in program history with 1,749 career points and fifth with 802 career rebounds … Her 637 total points ranked as the second-most in a single season in program history … Scored 10-plus points in 27 games, 20-plus in 21 games and 30-plus in two … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in 27 games and 10-plus in 16 games … Averaged 23.6 and 10.5 rebounds with 12 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds performances through the first 17 games … Ranked in the top-10 in the Sun Belt in 15 different statistical categories, including ranking second with both 22.0 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game … Her 22.0 points per game finished 11th in the nation, while her 16 double-doubles tied for 24th.
2022-23 (Junior - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in all 31 games with 27 starts … Named to the 2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team … Selected as the 2023 Georgia Women’s Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta TipOff Club … Averaged 18.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals in 28.1 minutes per game … Her 18.5 points per game led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked 31st in the nation … Her 573 total points were the fifth-most in a single-season in program history … Led the Sun Belt with 18.5 points per game, ranked second with 198 field-goals made and 570 total points, tied for third with 2.0 steals per game, fourth with 62 total steals and 253 total rebounds, fifth with 8.2 rebounds per game, eighth with a 41.9 field-goal percentage … Scored 10-plus points in 28 games, all but three, 20-plus in 11, 30-plus in two and 40-plus in one … Recorded a career-high 40 points on 14-21 from the field, 6-10 from three and 6-7 from the free-throw line, in addition to six rebounds and two assists in 34 minutes against Arkansas State (Dec. 31), which marked only the fifth 40-plus point game in program history … Opened the season with 18 straight double-digit point performances, the longest such streak in program history since 1991-92 … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week twice (Jan. 3, Feb. 27) … Scored 20-plus points in five-straight games (Jan. 7-21) … Became the 25th player in program history to record 1,000 career points after pouring in 29 points at South Alabama (Feb. 22) … Posted 11 double-doubles on the season.
2021-22 (Sophomore - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in 24 games with 11 starts, started the final 11 games of the season … Named to the 2022 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team and 2022 Sun Belt Conference Sixth Woman of the Year … Averaged 15.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game … Her points, rebounds, steals and minutes averages led the team and her assists were second … Ranked third in the Sun Belt with a 36.2 three-point field-goal percentage, fifth with 2.0 steals per game, sixth with 15.3 points per game, ninth with 7.6 rebounds per game … Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the first time in her career (Feb. 15) after posting 30-plus points in back-to-back games, first with 32 points on 11-23 from the field, 4-7 from three and 6-7 from the free-throw line in 36 minutes against Appalachian State (Feb. 10) before adding 30 points on 8-14 from the field, 5-8 from three and 9-14 from the free-throw line in 30 minutes against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 12) … Scored 10-plus points in 17 games, 20-plus in seven, and 30-plus in two … Scored 10-plus points in nine of her 11 starts … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in 20 games and 10-plus in six … Totaled 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in 35 minutes against South Alabama (Jan. 29) … Averaged 21.4 points and 11.4 rebounds over an eight-game stretch in conference play (Jan. 22-Feb. 19) … Posted 17.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in her 11 starts … Recorded six double-doubles, all of which came in conference play and over an eight-game stretch (Jan. 22-Feb. 19) … Posted four-straight double-doubles (Jan. 22-Feb.5), which is the first time that an Eagle has recorded four in a row since 1991-92.
2020-21 (Freshman - Georgia Southern)
Ward played in 22 games with two starts … Named 2021 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming only the third player in program history to earn conference Freshman of the Year honors … Averaged 7.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 14.1 minutes per game … Scored 10-plus points in seven games and 20-plus in two … Grabbed five-plus rebounds in nine and 10-plus in one … Converted on an efficient 45.5 percent from the field (55-121), 50.0 percent from three (12-24) and 83.6 percent from the free-throw line (51-61) in her limited opportunities … Ranked second on the team in points per game and third in rebounds per game … Recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds on 6-10 from the field and 5-6 from the free-throw line, in addition to five steals in 26 minutes against Troy (Feb. 6) … Finished with a season-high 26 points on 10-12 from the field and 4-4 from the field, in addition to three assists, three steals and two rebounds, in 28 minutes at Appalachian State (Feb. 27) … Earned her first career start at Appalachian State (Feb. 26) and finished with 12 points on 5-10 from the field with three rebounds in 21 minutes … Made her collegiate debut at Jacksonville State (Nov. 25).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ward played four years under head coach Gina Skelton at Wayne County High School … Holds the school record for career points and rebounds … Averaged 22.0 and 10.0 rebounds per game in her senior season … Named 2020 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) 5A All-State … 2020 Selected as the GHSA 5A Co-Player of the Year.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Terah Ward … Has three siblings, Tania, Tyrah and Jack … Her sister, Tania, played basketball at Paine College … Born on March 22, 2002.
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