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2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster

45 Taijhe Kelly

45 Taijhe Kelly

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Long Beach Poly
  • Hometown:
    Carson, Calif.

Summary

Biography

Honors and Awards
Summit League Defensive Player of the Year (2014)
Honorable Mention All-Summit League (2014)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2014)


2014-15 (Senior) - Statistics
Played in 27 games and started 15…averaged 6.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 0.6 steals and 3.2 blocks per game…set the school record in career blocked shots on Feb. 18 versus South Dakota State and has 300 blocks in career…led the Mavericks in shots blocked with 86 on the season…scored in double digits six times, 12 against Bakersfield (Dec. 11), 10 against SIUE (Dec. 14), 13 at South Dakota State (Jan. 15), 20 at South Dakota (Feb. 14), 10 against Fort Wayne (Feb. 26) and 14 against Denver on Senior Day (Feb. 28)…grabbed a season high 15 rebounds at Denver (Jan. 8)…blocked a season high seven shots twice on the season and had four other games with at least five blocked shots…scored 688 points, grabbed 575 and shot .512 (286-559) during career.

2013-14 (Junior) - Statistics
Averaged 9.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game...led the Summit League in blocked shots and ranked seventh in the nation...broke the single-season school record with 97 blocked shots, 11 more than Mary Henke-Anderson's 86 in 1980-81...set a school record twice with eight blocked shots in a game, first on Feb. 13 at South Dakota State and again vs. South Dakota on Feb. 20...ended the season with seven straight games in double figures and averaged 15.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.1 blocked shots per game over the final seven games of the season...posted the top field goal percentage in the Summit League in conference games at 64.6 percent (62-of-96)...for the season, ranked fourth in the league in rebounds and 21st in scoring...scored a career-high 24 points with eight blocked shots and seven rebounds against South Dakota on Feb. 20...had a team-high four double-doubles...led the Mavs in scoring five times, three coming in the final four games of the season...will enter her senior season with 214 career blocks, needing 78 to break Henke-Andersons' career school record of 291...also enters her senior season with 196 career offensive rebounds, 42 away from breaking Sarah Larson's school-record 237 offensive boards.

2012-13 (Sophomore) - Statistics
Averaged 4.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and a Summit League-best 2.6 blocked shots per game...blocked 74 shots on the season, the most in the Summit League and most by a UNO player since 1980-81 and the third highest total in school history...tied the school record with seven blocked shots against Western Illinois on Feb. 7...finished the season fourth on the career blocked shots chart with 117 in her first two years at UNO...scored a season-high 11 points at North Dakota State on Feb. 23...recorded back-to-back double-doubles on Feb. 2 at Oakland (10 points, 12 rebounds) and on Feb. 7 against Western Illinois (10 points, 13 rebounds)...had a season-high 15 rebounds at Fort Wayne on Jan. 31.

2011-12 (Freshman) - Statistics
Averaged 3.6 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game and blocked a team-best 43 shots in her first year at UNO...her 43 blocked shots ranked seventh all-time in school history for blocks in a season...came on strong at the end of the season, making her first career starts in the final two games and earning her first two double-doubles...in her first career start at New Orleans, scored 14 points and had 18 rebounds and three blocks...her 18 rebounds tied for the eighth-most ever by a UNO player...followed that up at Louisiana in the final game of the season with 12 points and 15 rebounds in a career-high 41 minutes...recorded a career-high four blocked shots at Kentucky (Nov. 23) and vs. Western Illinois (Jan. 30).

Before UNO
Played at Long Beach Poly High School, which finished the 2010-11 season 25-3 and ranked eighth in the nation...as a senior, averaged 4.1 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game...shot 44 percent from the field...had 10 points, seven rebounds, seven blocked shots and three steals against Georgetown (Texas)...had 10 points, five rebounds and six blocked shots against Mt. Lebanon (Pa.)...as a junior, helped the Jackrabbits to a 32-3 record, a No. 4 national ranking and an appearance in the California state championship game...averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game...scored 17 points in a 95-32 win over Compton...shot 53 percent from the field on the season...was also a track and field letterwinner at Long Beach Poly.

Personal
Born Nov. 13, 1993...daughter of Yvonne Robinson and Lavance Kelly...has one brother, Lajay...planning to major in public relations and advertising.
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Historical Player Information

  • 45

    2011-12Freshman

    Center
    6'4"
    45
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    2012-13Sophomore

    Center
    6'4"
    45
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    2013-14Junior

    Center
    6'4"
    45
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    2014-15Senior

    Center
    6'4"
    45