2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Fanta Kone
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bamako, Mali
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Cushing Academy / Tyler JC
Sam Houston
2025–26 Season
CUSA Defensive Player of the Year ... first team All-CUSA selection ... named to the CUSA All-Defensive and All-Academic teams ... played in 30 games with 28 starts ... led the Bearkats with 13.0 points per game and totaled 152 assists and 108 steals ... averaged 5.1 assists, 3.6 steals and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 45.9 percent from the field ... averaged 35.3 minutes per game ... set Sam Houston and CUSA single-game records with 12 steals at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/12), adding 18 points and 7 assists ... named CUSA Player of the Week (11/17) following that performance ... scored a career-high 23 points with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals against NM State (3/7) ... scored 22 points against both ULM and Dallas ... helped the Bearkats earn a WNIT berth ... finished her two seasons at Sam Houston with 199 steals and 285 assists ... earned All-Academic recognitionÂ
2024–25 Season
CUSA All-Defensive Team selection ... played in all 30 games with 29 starts ... led CUSA with 4.4 assists per game and totaled a team-high 133 assists ... averaged 7.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 steals ... led the Bearkats with 91 steals and 1,024 minutes played ... scored a season-high 17 points and collected 7 steals against Jax State (2/13) ... recorded a double-double with 14 rebounds and 10 assists against McMurry (12/5) ... had a season-high 11 assists and 4 blocks at Southern Utah (12/16) ... collected 7 steals against Jax State in the CUSA Tournament, matching the second-highest single-game total in tournament history
Tyler JC
2023–24 Season
Earned honorable mention all-conference recognition ... appeared in 16 games and averaged 7.1 assists ... shot 51.1 percent from the field and 80.0 percent from the free-throw line
2022–23 Season
Region XIV Freshman of the Year ... earned all-conference and all-region honors ... named to the NJCAA All-Academic Team ... played in 28 games and averaged 11.3 points and 9.3 assists ... shot 68.4 percent from the free-throw line
Cushing Academy / International
Graduated from Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., in 2022 ... represented Mali at the 2018 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2019 and 2021 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cups ... led the 2021 U19 World Cup with 6.5 assists per game while helping Mali reach the semifinals and finish fourth ... also represented Mali’s senior national team at the 2024 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup pre-qualifying tournament in Mexico
