2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Morgan William
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Shades Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, AL
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention – 2017-18
- WBCA Region Finalist – 2017-18
- Second Team All-SEC (Coaches) – 2017-18
- Wooden Award & Senior CLASS Top 30 – 2017-18
- Naismith & Wade Trophy Watch Lists – 2017-18
- Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List – 2017-18
- SEC Academic Honor Roll –2017-18
- Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention – 2016-17
- Second Team All-SEC (Coaches & AP) – 2016-17
- Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List– 2016-17
- Clarion Ledger Sports Person Of The Year – 2016-17
- Gillom Trophy Finalist – 2016-17
- SEC Player of the Week – 2016-17 (11/22)
- SEC All-Tournament Team – 2016-17
- Women of Troy Classic MVP – 2016-17
- NCAA Oklahoma City Regional MOP – 2016-17
- NCAA All-Final Four Team – 2016-17
- SEC Academic Honor Roll –2016-17
- SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2015-16
- SEC All-Freshman Team – 2014-15
- SEC First-Year Honor Roll – 2014-15
- 2-time SEC Freshman of the Week – 2014-2015 (11/17, 2/9)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 9th at MSU in career scoring (1,400 pts.)
- 2nd at MSU, 8th in SEC, in career FT made (531)
- 1st at MSU, T7th in SEC, in career FT% (84.7%)
- 1st at MSU in career assists (656)
2017-18 (SENIOR)
- Named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention.
- Tabbed a WBCA Region Finalist.
- Earned Second Team All-SEC from the league coaches.
- Named to the Wooden Award and Senior CLASS Award Top 30 Watch Lists.
- Tabbed to the Naismith Trophy and Wade Trophy watch lists.
- Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List for nation’s top PG.
- Clarion Ledger 2017 Sports Person of the Year.
- Started all 39 games, averaging 25.2 mpg… Drew the starting nod in 114-straight games.
- Averaged 8.2 ppg and dished 176 assists, T3rd-most in school history.
- Ranked 4th in the SEC with 4.5 apg.
- Finished the year 3rd in NCAA Division I in assist/turnover ratio (3.7).
- Topped the SEC at the free-throw line for the season, setting the school record for the third time in four years with an 86.3% clip.
- Averaged 7.5 ppg and an SEC 2nd-best 4.9 apg in league play.
- Topped the league with a 3.7 assist/turnover ratio against SEC competition.
- Tallied 12.0 ppg, 4.6 apg and shot 44.2% from the field, 40% from 3-point range and 88% from the line in the NCAA Tournament.
- Scored in double figures 16 times on the season and led MSU in assists in 21 games.
- Had 9 turnover-free games and 2 or fewer turnovers in 34 contests.
- Claimed the 500th assist of her career in a 9-assist effort vs. Southern Miss.
- Scored 15 points in MSU’s Big 12/SEC Challenge win against Oklahoma State.
- Tallied 13 points and 4 assists against No. 9 Oregon.
- Scored a season-high 18 points in MSU’s win against Arkansas.
- Distributed 6 assists in a home victory against Ole Miss and 5 in State’s win at No. 6 Tennessee.
- Dished 7 assists with no turnovers in State’s home win against Florida.
- Contributed 5 assists and was 8-of-10 at the line in a road win at Ole Miss.
- Hit 6-of-7 shots, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range, for 15 points at Florida.
- Dished 8 assists against 0 turnovers against Kentucky.
- Matched her SEC personal high with 9 assists at Vanderbilt.
- Added 12 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists as MSU defeated No. 17 Texas A&M to claim the SEC regular-season title.
- Put in 13 points, including 6-of-6 at the line, against Auburn.
- Scored 15 points and had 5 assists with 0 turnovers against No. 15 Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
- Tallied 10 points and 4 assists in the SEC Tournament final.
- Put in 17 points in State’s NCAA Tournament win against Oklahoma St.
- Dished 8 assists to go with 13 points against NC State.
- Had 17 points and grabbed 5 boards and 3 assists against UCLA.
- Tallied 10 points in State’s Final Four win against Louisville.
- Made 3 of her 4 field goal attempts for 6 points against Notre Dame in the national title game.
2016-17 (JUNIOR)
- Started all 39 games, averaging 28.6 mpg.
- Tallied a personal-best 424 points (10.9 ppg) and averaged 9.5 ppg in SEC games.
- Shot 46.3% from the field for the year.
- Scored at a 13.2 clip against ranked foes, giving her a 10.6 career average.
- Ranked third in the SEC in free-throw percentage with a school second-best 84.2%.
- Made 83.6% at the line in league games, sixth-best in the SEC.
- Knocked down 139 free throws on the year, ninth-most in program annals.
- Set the MSU single-season assists record with 181.
- Ranked third in the SEC with 4.6 apg and second in conference games with 5.4 apg.
- Tallied a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio, fourth-highest in the SEC.
- Topped the conference in assist/turnover ratio in league games (2.9).
- Paced MSU in charges taken with 26.
- Led State in scoring six times and had 19 double-figure games, including five 20-plus point efforts and a 40-point showing.
- Topped MSU in assists in 28 games and steals 17 times.
- Recorded 41 points in MSU’s Elite Eight win against Baylor, eighth-most in program history, the most by an SEC player in an NCAA Tournament game and tied for third-most in an NCAA regional game.
- Named Oklahoma City Regional MVP after averaging 23.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists in wins against Washington and Baylor.
- Tabbed to the All-Final Four team average scoring 10.5 ppg and dishing 5.0 apg.
- Hit the game-winning shot in overtime as part of a 13-point, six-assist effort in State’s upset of No. 1 UConn.
- Averaged 15.7 ppg and shot 59.3% from the field and 93.3% from the line to earn SEC All-Tournament Team honors.
- Dropped 21 points against LSU in the quarterfinals, hitting 5 of 7 from the field and 10 of 11 at the line.
- Had 12 points and five assists with no turnovers against Texas A&M in the semifinals and 14 points in the championship game against South Carolina.
- Named SEC Co-Player of the Week after scoring 23 points in an upset of No. 8 Texas.
- Followed with 14 points against Oregon in the opening game of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown.
- Contributed 11 points against SMU and 18 against USC to be named Women of Troy Classic MVP.
- Scored 21 points in State’s first win at Tennessee.
- Added 14 points in the Bulldogs’ home win against rival Ole Miss.
- Went 7 of 10 from the field in a 20-point effort at Kentucky.
2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)
- Finished second on the team with a 9.7 overall scoring average and 10.9 SEC points average.
- Claimed the school single-season free-throw percentage record (84.4%) for the second-straight year.
- Ranked second in the SEC at the free-throw line overall (84.4%) and third in league games (81.4%).
- Posted the second-most assists in the SEC for the season with 176 (4.9 apg), the second-most in MSU single-season history and most by a Bulldog sophomore.
- Finished the year second in the SEC in assists in conference play, notching 80 (5.0 apg).
- Ranked fifth in the SEC in overall assist/turnover ratio (1.8) and third in league games (1.6).
- Led MSU in scoring five times and had 18 double-digit games.
- Topped the squad in assists on 27 occasions.
- Tallied 11 assists against Savannah State, tying for sixth-most in a game by a Bulldog.
- Contributed 14 points, including 6 of 6 at the free-throw line, in MSU’s Puerto Rico Classic-opening win against Florida Gulf Coast.
- Went 7 of 8 at the line and scored 15 points in a win against No. 17 South Florida.
- Scored a season-high and SEC personal-best with 21 in the SEC opener at Florida.
- Added 16 points in State’s home win against Ole Miss.
- Scored 17 points in a home victory against No. 21 Missouri, and followed it with 18 points at Texas A&M.
- Added 10 points, seven assists at Ole Miss.
- Collected 15 points, six assists in a road win at Vanderbilt.
- Recorded 14 points and nine assists against Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.
2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
- Finished third on the team with 9.1 ppg.
- Made 84.2% (144 of 171) at the free-throw line, a then-school record.
- Sank 144 FT, fifth-most in program history
- Ranked second in the SEC in FT% and fourth in assists (3.6 apg).
- Finished fourth in the league in assist/turnover ratio (1.2).
- Averaged 7.3 ppg in SEC play and ranked fifth in assists with 3.2 apg.
- Hit free throws at an 85.2% (52 of 61) clip in the league.
- Paced State in scoring four times, notching 17 double-figure games and two 20-plus point outings.
- Topped the squad in steals eight times and assists 22 times.
- Went 6 for 7 from the floor and 6 of 6 at the line for 19 points against Mercer in her MSU debut.
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 29 points, fifth-most by a Bulldog freshman, and making an MSU fifth-most 13 free throws against Arkansas State.
- Claimed five steals in the Bulldogs’ upset of No. 16 West Virginia.
- Had 17 points, five assists and four steals in the WNIT championship win against Western Kentucky.
- Claimed a season-high seven assists against Mississippi Valley State.
- Recorded a game-high 21 points, 11 from the free-throw line, and dished four assists against ULL.
- Scored 11 points in her SEC debut, going 7 for 8 from the free-throw line.
- Notched 11 points and five assists in a win against Arkansas.
- Scored 12 points and dished six assists against Alabama.
- Hit the winning basket with four seconds left as part of a 14-point effort in MSU’s road win at Ole Miss.
- Earned her second SEC Freshman of the Week honor after scoring 15 points, 10 in the second half and overtime, against Texas A&M.
- Assisted Victoria Vivians’ game-winning 3-pointer against the Aggies.
- Scored 13 points, including the tying bucket at the end of regulation and 7 of 8 at the free-throw line, and added six assists against No. 10 Kentucky.
- Scored 14 points, going 9 of 11 at the line, dished four assists and had three steals against Tulane in the NCAA Tournament opening round.
- Added 11 points and was a perfect 6 of 6 from the free throw line in the season finale against Duke.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-time Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 6A Player of the Year finalist who tallied 1,634 points (13.9 ppg) and 604 steals (5.1 spg) during a heralded career for Tonya Hunter’s Shades Valley High School program.
- Also selected to the ASWA Girls Super 5 three consecutive times.
- Three-star prospect by ESPN, rating No. 25 nationally at the point guard position.
- Averaged 16.6 points, 2.4 assists and amassed 210 steals as a senior in leading Shades Valley to the program’s first Alabama 6A state title.
- Named The Birmingham News Metro Girls Player of the Year for the second-straight season as she finished her final prep campaign leading her team to a school-best 31 wins for the second year in a row.
- Finished her four-year career leading Shades Valley to a school-record 121-15 record.
- Capped her career by being selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game, where she competed against MSU teammates Blair Schaefer and Victoria Vivians.
- Advanced the team to the state tournament with a 46-42 win in the Northeast region final against Huntsville, the team that eliminated the Lady Mounties last season.
- Claimed Birmingham News North/East Player of the Year accolades in addition to all-state honors following her junior season.
- Led the Lady Mounties with 14.1 ppg as a junior, leading the squad to a 31-2 record and a second-straight Northeast regional final appearance in the Alabama 6A playoffs.
- Drained 53% of her shots in the 2012-13 season, adding 4.1 assists and 158 steals.
- Also claimed Birmingham-Metro Player of the Year accolades after her sophomore season.
PERSONAL
- Born July 14, 1996.
- Daughter of Michael William and Monica Rory.
- Stepdaughter of the late Donnie Rory.
- Pursuing her master’s degree after graduating with a degree in Sport Studies in December, 2017.
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