Briana Williams

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Henry County HS
Hometown:
McDonough, Ga.

-2012-13-

Redshirted and missed the entire 2012-13 season after tearing her ACL during the preseason.

-2011-12-

Was voted onto the A-Sun All-Conference second team for the second-straight season … Named A-Sun Player of the Week on two different occasions (11/29, 2/7) … Led the A-Sun Conference and ranked 46^th in the nation thanks to a impressive 17.5 points per game scoring average … Scored 507 total points last season, her second-straight season of 500 or more points after tallying 522 points as a freshman … Finished the season fourth among A-Sun players with 61 three-point field goals made and 11^th in free-throw percentage after shooting just over 73 percent (82-112) from the charity stripe … Showed she was more than just a scorer with averages of 3.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game … Scored in double figures 20 times and led or tied for the team lead in scoring 16 times … Had a huge game scoring 33 points on 12-of-21 shooting from the field to help Mercer to a 75-67 road win at High Point (11/25) … Put together three-straight 20-plus-point games against Troy (12/18), UNC Asheville (12/21) and Winthrop (12/28) … Poured in 26 points, including four three-pointers, to go along with five rebounds versus Stetson (1/4) … Tallied 16 points and dished out a career-high five assists against ETSU (2/2) … Made national headlines after scoring a career-high 54 points on 16-of-27 shooting from the field, 5-of-6 shooting from three-point territory and a 17-of-21 effort at the charity stripe in a 87-71 win over USC Upstate (2/4) … Her 54 points broke the all-time single-game school record and Atlantic Sun Conference record and was the most points scored by any Division I player in a single game all last season … Continued her stellar play with another sensational performance at Kennesaw State (2/11), scoring 39 points on 15-of-31 shooting from the field … Finished the year strong, notching 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field to go along with four assists and seven rebounds in a 73-66 win over Belmont (2/25).

-2010-11-

Named the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year … Garnered Atlantic Sun All-Conference second team and Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team honors ... Named A-Sun Newcomer of the Week twice (11/23, 1/25) and A-Sun Player of the Week once (12/7) … Ranked 37^th in the nation in scoring (18.0 ppg) … Ranked second among NCAA DI freshman in scoring … Led the conference in scoring … Sixth among A-Sun players in 3-point FG made (63) … Ranked 27^th in minutes played per game (28.34) … Started the season with eight-straight double-figure scoring games … Led or tied for the team lead in scoring 21 times … Scored a game-high 23 points in Mercer’s opener at Auburn (11/12) ... Led the team with 18 points at Georgia Southern (11/16) ... Dropped 32 points in Mercer’s win at Belmont (12/2) ... Scored 18 points and tied a season-high with six rebounds at Lipscomb (12/4) ... Led the team with 12 points and played a career-high 31 minutes at Ga. Tech (12/28) ... Scored 24 points while adding four assists, two rebounds, a block and a steal against ETSU (1/3) ... Scored a team-high 19 points against USC Upstate (1/5) ... Scored 16 points and had a steal at FGCU (1/17) ... Tallied 15 points, five rebounds and four assists versus UNF (1/22) ... Scored 41 points - a season-high output for all Division I freshmen - on 16-of-34 shooting from the field against JU (1/24) ... Scored 17 and was six-of-six from the free throw line at Kennesaw State (1/26) ... Scored 17 and had three rebounds at USC Upstate (1/29) ... Scored 35 on 13-of-26 shooting against Campbell (2/5) ... Led all scorers with 23 points against Kennesaw State (2/10) ... Led the team with 12 points versus FGCU (2/12) .. Scored 31 in a loss versus Stetson (2/14) ... Scored 21 points in the first half at UNF (2/18).

-Prior to College-

Earned four varsity letters for coach Carl Caputa at Henry County High School … Named to the All-State First-team in both junior and senior seasons … Honored as All-Metro Southside Player of the Year in 2009-10 … Selected as a first-team All-Region player in sophomore year … Gathered second-team All-Region honors as a freshman … Scored a school record 51 points in one game … Helped the team earn a sub-regional championship in 2006-07 and a regional championship in 2009-10 … Also played AAU basketball for the Wallace Prather Celtics.

-Personal-

Briana Monique Williams was born on January 12, 1992 in Joliet Ill. … Daughter of Scott and Sonya Williams … Has two brothers, Brandon (21) and Sheldon (18) … Majoring in Global Health Studies.