2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
CAREER
In two seasons, played 32 games with two starts...Scored 71 points and had 73 rebounds...Blocked 13 shots...Logged 240 minutes in career.
2014-15
Played in 14 of the 30 games as a sophomore...Played 112 minutes on season and got bulk of that in two games (21 and 16 minutes).
Scored 36 points with 38 rebounds...Top game was vs. Troy (Jan. 10), scoring 12 points in 21 minutees (5 of 10 field goals), while grabbing 10 rebounds for double-double game.
Had eight points and seven boards at UL Lafayette (Jan. 8) in 16 minutes.
2013-14
Broke a bone in leg during game on Feb. 8 and freshman season ended prematurely with surgery.
Played in 18 games and logged 128 minutes during freshman season.
Scored 35 points (1.9 ppg), just missing double figures with nine- and eight-point games...Shot 41.9 percent for the season from the field.
Pulled down 35 rebounds, topped by three games with five or more boards...Of the 35, 20 rebounds were on the offensive end.
Blocked 10 shots to rank third on team...Had two-block game vs. Belmont.
Most extensive action of season was 27 minutes in win at Kent State (Dec. 8), scoring nine points and grabbing six rebounds...Hit 5 of 6 from charity stripe and 2 of 4 from field in that buzzer-beating win.
Played 13 minutes in win over Belmont (Nov. 27), netting eight points making 4 of 7 field goals and grabbing five rebounds, all offensive.
Grabbed five rebounds in 11 minutes against No. 22 Georgia (Dec. 1)....Most rebounds in a Sun Belt game were four against Western Kentucky (Jan. 8).
Sustained leg fracture in Arkansas State game (Feb. 8) and underwent surgery in February.
PREP
Was the inside presence for the Yellow Jackets in central Florida, just south of Lakeland off I-4 corridor between Tampa Bay and Orlando.
As senior, Groover averaged 10 points and 6.7 rebounds per game with 55 blocked shots.
Displayed her potential with a dominating 25-point, 20-rebound game against a district rival.
Groover also had a nine-blocked shot personal-best game (second most in school history) as a senior...Rejected 96 shots over her final two seasons.
In addition to the nine-block game, had a seven-block game, a six-block game and two five-block games her final two years...Other top rebounding games included one night with 17 boards, another one with 15 rebounds, two with 13 caroms and yet another with 12 rebounds.
Those Bartow teams of coach Richard Murvin were 19-11 in her senior year and 23-8 in her junior campaign.
Her first two years of high school ball were played at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland, Fla.
PERSONAL
Born on March 7, 1995 in Lakeland, Fla.
Daughter of Richard Groover and Stephanie Rhone and has a younger sister, La'asia, 16, and a younger brother, Jace 13.
Mom is a Louisiana native who moved to Florida and Ashanti's father is from the Winter Haven area of Florida.
At Georgia State, Groover is majoring in human learning and development.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2013-14Freshman
Forward/Center
6'2"
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2014-15Sophomore
Forward/Center
6'2"
