Career Stats
HONORS & AWARDS
- Preseason Naismith Award Watch List (2020-21)
- MVC Preseason Player of the Year (2020-21)
- First-Team All-MVC (2020-21 & 2019-20)
- Honorable Mention All-MVC (2018-19)
- MVC Freshman of the Year (2018-19)
- MVC Sixth Player of the Year (2018-19)
- MVC All-Defensive Team (2020-21 & 2019-20)
- MVC All-Freshman Team (2018-19)
- MVC All-Tournament Team (2020-21)
- MVC Player of the Week (01-11-21, 12-14-20, 01-13-20, 01-06-20, 12-09-19 & 12-17-18)
- MVC Newcomer of the Week (03-04-19, 02-11-19, 01-28-19, 12-17-18 & 11-12-18)
- Roo Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (2019-20)
- Bradley Scholar-Athlete of the Week (01-05-21, 12-16-20, 01-08-20 & 12-23-19)
- MVC Honor Roll: 2020 & 2019
- Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2020, Spring 2021
2021-22 (SENIOR at Rutgers)
Played in all 31 games with 26 starts, ranking third on the team with 24.4 minutes per contest ... Averaged 8.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.1 steals per game ... Posted the best shooting percentages of her career (.391 from the field, .384 from three-point range) ... Scored a season-high 20 points in a Big Ten road win at Minnesota, shooting 7-of-13 (Feb. 17) ... Buried a three-pointer with nine seconds left in regulation to force overtime with Harvard (Nov. 19), finishing the game with team-high marks of 17 points, four steals, and three blocks - with two blocks coming in the final 11 seconds of overtime ... Finished the year with 1,655 career points, leading Rutgers in scoring six times throughout 2021-22.
2020-21 (JUNIOR at Bradley)
Named the MVC Preseason Player of the Year in addition to landing on the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List ... First-Team All-MVC selection for the second straight year and one of seven two-time first-team all-conference picks in program history ... Named to the MVC All-Defensive Team for second consecutive year and joins Bradley’s Heather Best as only players in league history to have 135 or more career three-pointers and 135 or more blocks ... Earned a spot on the MVC All-Tournament team after averaging 14.0 points, 2.3 assists, 1.3 blocks and 2.3 steals per game ... Ranks 62nd nationally in career scoring among active players and her 1,365 career points ranks eighth among active juniors ... Scored a game-high 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting in the MVC semifinal win over Loyola, with 10 of those coming in the third quarter ... Dished out a season-best five assists to go with 12 points, a block and two steals in the championship game ... Two-time MVC Player of the Week selection this year and 16th six-time honoree in MVC history ... Leads the MVC in scoring at 17.5 points per game (80th nationally) and also leads the league in blocks (2.07 per game - 34th nationally) ... Joins Kierstan Bell of Florida Gulf Coast as only players in the nation with 50 made three-pointers and 50 or more blocks ... Trying to join Shelli Braud (1987-88) as only Bradley players to lead MVC in scoring ... Scored 18 or more in 15 games this season and has scored 20 or more 12 times ... Had four consecutive games with 20+ points snapped in the series finale at Evansville (15 points) for the longest streak by a Brave since 2001-02 (10 games) ... Tied a career-best with six blocks in the final game against Loyola to go with a season-high seven rebounds and two steals ... Helped Bradley rally against Northern Illinois, scoring 26 of her 30 points in the second half, including 17 points in the fourth quarter ... Has three 30-point games in her career ... Scored her 1,000th-career point against South Dakota and is currently tied for ninth in career scoring at Bradley ... Fourth fastest player in school history to reach 1,000 career points (65 games) ... Her 26-point half vs. Northern Illinois was the highest scoring half for a Bradley player since Genny Mueller had 26 in the second half vs. Indiana State on March 6, 2004 ... Ranks 37th nationally with 106 made free throws ... Fourth in Bradley history with 169 career three-pointers ... Had a game-high 14 points to go with four blocks and four steals in the MVC opener at Drake for the first outing by a Brave with four blocks and four steals since Sonya Harris on March 1, 2009 ... Scored 28 points in the win at Drake.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE at Bradley)
First-Team All-MVC selection ... Named to MVC’s All-Defensive Team … Averaged a team-best 16.5 points per game to rank fourth in the MVC in scoring and scored 16.4 points per outing in Valley play ... Scored in double figures in 25 of 29 games, with 10 outings of 20 or more points for the most 20-point games in a season at Bradley since 2001-02 ... First three-time MVC Player of the Week selection (single season) in program history ... Second sophomore in program history to reach 800 career points and tied for the fourth fastest Brave to the mark (54 games or fewer) ... Only player in the country with 67 three-pointers and at least 50 blocks and first in MVC history to reach those marks ... One of just four players in the nation over the last five years to have 67 trey’s and 50 or more blocks ... Season point total is ninth among Bradley season marks and most by a Brave since 2001-02 … Had a streak of 23 consecutive games with a made three-pointer, which is the second-longest streak in program history ... Led the MVC in blocks and was first Valley player with 50 blocks and at least 45 steals in a season since Loyola’s Troy Hambric in 2013-14 … Her 67 three-pointers rank as the eighth-best season total in Bradley history and she is eighth in school history with 123 career trey’s... Scored a career-best 36 points on 13-of-19 shooting against Indiana State for the fourth-best single game scoring performance in program history ... After shooting 8-for-46 in the four games prior, was 8-for-17 with four three-pointers (22 points) in the win at Illinois State ... Her 36 points against Indiana State were most by a Brave since Michelle Young had 38 at Columbia at Nov. 26, 2014 and most in a home game for a Bradley player dating back to a 37-point effort by Karen Anderson on Dec. 14, 1981 against St. Xavier ... After an 0-for-10 start from the field, nailed a three-pointer with 1:42 to play to give Bradley a 72-71 lead in the 77-76 home win against Drake ... Turned in her first career double-double at Loyola (13 pts & 10 reb.) ... Averaged 16.8 points per game in home contests, including 18.5 points per game in the last 11 home games ... Collected a career-high six blocks to go with 24 points in the home win against Illinois State to tie the fourth-best single-game block total in Bradley history and most blocks in a game by a Brave since Tamya Sims (6) vs. Kent State on Dec. 8, 2015 ... MVC Player of the Week after she highlighted the home win against North Dakota State with a then career-best 30 points, hitting a career-best six three-pointers ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Roo Holiday Classic ... Her 22 points in the first half vs. North Dakota State was the highest scoring half for a Brave dating back to Dec. 18, 2004 when Dena Williams had 22 points in the first half of a win against Jackson State at Carver Arena ... Scored 17 second-half points to help Bradley rally for the win in the championship game of the Coastal Carolina Classic.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN at Bradley)
Joined Karin Nicholls (1986-87) as the only Bradley players to earn MVC Freshman of the Year honors ... MVC Sixth Player of the Year ... Honorable mention All-MVC, making her just the third Bradley freshman to earn All-MVC recognition ... Named to the MVC All-Freshman team ... Named MVC Player & Newcomer of the Week for the week of Dec. 17 to become just the seventh player to sweep the awards since 2003-04 ... Only five-time MVC Newcomer of the Week selection in program history ... Earned a spot on the NCAA Starting 5 for the week of Dec. 20 ... Ranked 10th in the MVC in scoring at 13.2 points per game, with her average ranking third among Bradley freshman marks ... Led the team in blocks (31) and was second with 46 steals, with both totals ranking seventh among Bradley freshman totals … Scored in double figures in 18 of 30 games with 12 outings of 18 or more ... Her 397 points rank as the second-best season total by a Bradley freshman behind only Judy Burns, who scored 489 points as a frosh in 1981-82 ... Had the most points by a freshman in the MVC dating back to Drake’s Sara Rhine in 2015-16 … Started 11 consecutive games before coming off the bench in the home win against Southern Illinois ... Scored in double figures in 14 of her 18 games coming off the bench, averaging 14.7 points per game in those contests, while shooting 37.8 percent from three-point range (34-of-90) and 41 percent from the floor ... Her 56 three-pointers rank fourth among Bradley freshman marks ... Third freshmen in school history to have six 20-point outings (last was Burns in 81-82) ... Scored in double figures in eight of last 10 games, averaging 14.6 ppg during that stretch, which included a 19-point effort in a MVC quarterfinal matchup with Illinois State ... Averaged 14.1 points per game in the second half of the MVC regular-season schedule … Helped spark a late comeback in the home game against Indiana State, collecting 13 points and three steals in a 46-second span as the Braves rallied from 17 down with five minutes to go for an 81-80 victory ... Finished with 18 points, three rebounds, one assist, two blocks and three steals in the game against the Sycamores ... Came off the bench to score a team-high 21 points in the road win at Illinois State, scoring 16 points in the second half ... Made her final three shots against Southern Illinois, including two in overtime, after a 2-for-9 start from the field and finished with 14 points, five rebounds and four steals off the bench in the victory ... Collected 19 points and six steals in just 17 minutes against Chicago State ... After starting the game 1-for-15 from the field, hit the game-winning shot at Cleveland State with a pull-up jumper from the elbow with 8.9 seconds left ... Hit 6-of-10 three-pointers and scored 28 points in the win at Omaha ... Made her first career start against Oakland, scoring 29 points for the most points by a Bradley freshman since Heather Best had 31 vs. Indiana State on Feb. 29, 1996 ... Had 17 of her 29 points in the first half ... First Bradley player to score 20 or more points in the first two games of a season since 2013-14 and first BU freshman with back-to-back 20-point outings since Heather Best in 1995-96 ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week for the week of Nov. 12 after scoring a game-high 24 points off the bench in the season-opening win over Southeast Missouri State ... Her 24 points vs. SEMO were the most by a Bradley freshman in their debut, surpassing the previous high of 23 points by Bradley Hall of Famer Judy Burns vs. SIU Edwardsville on Nov. 20, 1981 ... After an 0-for-4 start vs. SEMO, Petree made six of her next seven shots ... Had nine points in the final 8:06 vs. SEMO, including five points in the final 2:30 of play, to help the Braves pull away ... Scored 21 points in just 13 minutes off the bench against Rockhurst on 6-of-10 shooting
High School: Finalist for Miss Basketball in the state of Michigan as a senior … Averaged 21 points per game in her final prep season in addition to six rebounds, five steals and nearly three blocks per contest … Helped the Gators to the state championship game both her junior and senior years … Played two seasons at Arbor Prep after playing her freshman and sophomore seasons at Salem High School … Averaged 10.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game during her junior campaign … Honorable mention all-state selection by both the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan and the Associated Press as a junior … All-Area second-team as a junior
Personal: The daughter of LaToya and Jamey Petree … Has three siblings: Jala, Mahri & Jace … Majoring in marketing at Rutgers... Her sister Mahri also played for Bradley, which gave the program its first pair of sisters on a roster since 1977-78 ... Mahri now plays for UTEP
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
| Nickname: |
Lay |
| One word to describe your Coach: |
Legendary |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: |
Kahleah Copper |
| Major: |
Management and Labor |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: |
Dining Hall |
| If I wasn’t playing (sport), I’d be: |
A regular college student in a bunch of organizations and clubs with a job |
| Favorite professional athlete: |
Diana Taurasi |
| Favorite professional sports team: |
Atlanta Dream |
| One word to describe myself on the field/court: |
Competitive |
| One word to describe myself off the field/court: |
Goofy |
| Few people know that I: |
Wear glasses |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: |
My dad |
| I started playing my sport because…: |
My dad is a basketball trainer and I grew up around the sport |
| I chose Rutgers because…: |
I wanted to be pushed in my basketball career and the reputation they hold as a program |
| Favorite cereal: |
Honey Combs |
| The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: |
Zendaya |
| Favorite musician/group: |
Lil baby |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: |
ABC’s |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: |
Taking naps |
| Famous people I have met include: |
Richard Hamilton |
| Favorite all-time gift received: |
Money |
| Pets I had growing up were: |
3 dogs, a couple fish, a hamster, preying mantis |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: |
Thailand |
| The website I visit most often is: |
Instagram |
| My favorite teacher was/is:(name, grade, subject) |
Ms. Lynch, Ms. Hogan Arbor Prep |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: |
God is within her, she will not fail |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: |
What’s Next |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: |
Light purple with lime green interior |
| My spirit animal is: |
Jaguar |
| One thing on my bucket list is: |
Exploring Europe |
| Phone app you cannot live without: |
FaceTime |
