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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

15 Shamarla King

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hartford, Conn.
  • High School The Watkinson School
  • Prev School Virginia Tech

Biography

2024-25 (Graduate Student): CAA Dean Ehlers Leadership Award recipient…Appeared and started in 29 games for the Seawolves…Led the team with 201 rebounds, averaging 6.9 per game…Ranked in the league’s top-15 in rebounding, both offensively and defensively…Grabbed a career-high 12 boards against Elon on Jan. 17…Finished third on the team averaging 9.8 points per game on 284 total points…Scored a season-high 19 points against both Hampton on Feb. 14 and Drexel on Mar. 8…Recorded a 40.7 field goal percentage, 26.4 three point percentage, and 73.0 free throw percentage…Finished second with 45 total assists…Tallied 28 steals and nine blocks…Got her name in the Stony Brook record book, ranking ninth all-time with eight career double-doubles.

2023-24 (Senior): Appeared in 32 games for the Seawolves, making one start during her senior campaign… Finished the year with new career-highs in total rebounds (197), steals (23), and assists (44)... Accumulated 225 points in 766 minutes on the court… Ranked top-five on the team in points (7.0), rebounds (4.3), assists (1.4), and minutes (23.9) per game… 12th in the league in rebounding…  Tallied 16 points, seven rebounds, and three steals in season debut versus Columbia on Nov. 6... Finished with 10 rebounds and eight points vs Longwood on Dec. 11... Registered first double-double of the season at Cornell by scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds on Dec. 30... Had 13 points and five rebounds in her only start of the season against UNC Wilmington on Jan. 7... Tallied a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, to go along with two assists and two steals at Delaware on Jan. 14... Scored 13 points and grabbed seven rounds against North Carolina A&T on Mar. 3... Had 10 points and six rebounds in the CAA Championship game versus Drexel on Mar. 17... Notched 17 points, nine rebounds, and two assists in the victory over JMU in the WBIT Tournament First Round… Finished with 12 points and eight rebounds at Illinois in the Second Round of the WBIT Tournament.

2022-23 (Junior): Appeared in all 31 games, made 23 starts… Key player in starting lineup by year’s end… Averaged 8.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game… Finished 12th in the league in rebounding…  Tallied four points and nine rebounds in Stony Brook debut at Syracuse on Nov. 7… Made first career start on Nov. 10 against Manhattan in home opener… Had 13 points and six rebounds at St. John’s on Nov. 19… Entered the starting lineup for final 22 games of the season on Dec. 10 against St. Francis Brooklyn with 13 points and eight rebounds… Broke out for her first career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds against Towson on Jan. 29, shot 8-of-13 from the field and 4-of-6 from deep… Played 38 minutes and scored 16 points on an efficient 6-of-7 shooting with nine boards at Charleston on Feb. 17… Tallied career-high 23 points at Towson on Mar. 2… 10 points versus Elon in CAA Tournament First Round victory on Mar. 9… Went for her second double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds in CAA Tournament Quarterfinals against Northeastern.

AT VIRGINIA TECH: Played in four contests in November, totaling 12 minutes of action. 

AT THE WATKINSON SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner ... Earned MVP honors in 2016 and 2017 ... Received the Coaches Award.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Shawnette Guthrie ... Has two siblings, Ravan and Yumiko.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Guard
    6'0"
    15
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