Pronounced: tah-KEE-ah
Nickname: "T-Baby"
2019-20 - JUNIOR (11.5 ppg / 7.0 rpg / 2.3 apg) | 2019-20 Game-by-Game Stats
- Played in and started all 31 contests, ranking third on the team with 32.4 minutes per game (has appeared in a team-high 59 consecutive games heading into 2020-21)
- 2019-20 Awards
- Big Ten All-Defensive Team (one of just five individuals in the Big Ten to receive the distinction)
- Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by Coaches and Media
- Second Team All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
- Rutgers' rebounding leader with 7.0 per game
- Ranked 4th in the Big Ten in steals (2.1 per game) and 10th in the Big Ten in rebounding (7.0 per game)
- Posted four double-doubles, with RU going 3-1 in those contests
- Rutgers was 14-4 when Mack scored in double figures
- Eclipsed 20 points in three Rutgers wins (Nov. 5 at South Alabama, Nov. 9 vs. Coppin State & Nov. 28 vs. Vanderbilt)
- Grabbed career-high rebound marks of 14 at Minnesota (Feb. 2) and against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 6)
- Dished out a career-high seven assists in a win over Penn State at the RAC (Feb. 6)
- Swiped a career-high five steals in the win over Coppin State (Nov. 9)
- Tallied 17 points, six rebounds, three steals and a block in Rutgers' signature victory over No. 18/20 Iowa at the RAC (March 1)
2018-19 - SOPHOMORE - (5.3 ppg / 2.7 rpg) | 2018-19 Game-By-Game Stats
Made 29 appearances with two starts including the upset win over No. 4/4 Maryland (Dec. 31) and the nonconference finale with Brown (Jan. 4) ... Averaged 1.8 points per game thru her first eight appearances before closing the season averaging 10.1 points per game over the final eight games ... Dropped in a career-high 24 points going 10-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-4 from 3-point range at Indiana (Feb. 18) ... Added in 17 points against Wisconsin (Feb. 25) and 14 points in the regular season finale with Ohio State (Mar. 3) as the Scarlet Knights overcame a 16-point first quarter deficit for the win ... Also had 10 points in the NCAA Tournament First Round contest with Buffalo (Mar. 22) ... Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at Minnesota (Feb. 3) and against Wisconsin (Feb. 25) .. Hauled in six boards against Penn State (Jan. 6) ... Career-high four steals against the Badgers (Feb. 25) ... Registered three steals versus Purdue (Jan. 16), at Minnesota (Feb. 3) and at Ohio State (Mar. 3) ...
2017-2018 – FRESHMAN – (1.9 ppg/1.1 rpg) | 2017-18 Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 28 contests with one start … Averaged 1.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game … Broke out in her fifth collegiate game for season-highs in points (13), steals (4), rebounds (5), assists (2), blocks (1) and minutes (23) vs. defending national champion #3/2 South Carolina (Nov. 24), going 2-of-4 from the field, 1-of-2 from behind the arc and a season-high 8-of-9 from the free throw line at the Gulf Coast Showcase … Had two or more rebounds nine times …
PRIOR TO RUTGERS: Hails from the same high school as Scarlet Knight great Cappie Pondexter ... Played for Marshall High School Coach Dorothy Gaters, the only boys or girls coach in Illinois history with more than 1,000 wins ... As a senior averaged 16.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game ... Helped the Commandos to a 33-1 record during the 2016-17 campaign, earning the city championship and taking third place in the state championship ... Top performances of the year were a 31-point, 11-rebound effort against eight-time defending city champion Whitney Young High School and a 28-point, 12-rebound, seven-assist game versus Indiana power Gary West Side ... Named her team’s MVP and Marshall’s Female Athlete of the Year.
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe Coach Stringer: Determined
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Stasha Carey
Best player ever competed against: Megan Gustafson
Major: Criminal Justice
I chose my major because: I want to be a police officer to better my community
Favorite place to hang out on campus: My room
The person I most admire is: The person I admire is my close friend Shamika! Why? Because she motivated me to become a better person and showed me that life isn’t always easy but I can’t give up and only the strong survive! She helped me change my way of thinking.
If I wasn’t playing basketball, I’d be:: At home playing 2k, with my family, working at a job
Favorite professional athlete: Russell Westbrook
Favorite professional sports team: Chicago Cubs
One word to describe myself on the court: Energetic
One word to describe myself off the court: Quiet
Few people know that I:Am always in my room playing the game by myself and I’m not the same person I am off the court
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My brother
I started playing my sport because…: I wanted to be like my brother and play basketball with the older kids
I chose Rutgers because…: I felt like this was home and I could fit in very well here
Favorite cereal: Original Captain Crunch
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Smokin’ Aces
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Vin Diesel
The first song I knew all the words to is: G Herbo- Kill
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Playing 2k
Famous people I have met include: Derrick Rose Lebron James
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Sleep and eat, shoot around with no warm up on
Pets I had growing up were: A dog and a cat
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Scream
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Dubai
The website I visit most often is: Twitch
My favorite teacher was: Mr Jordan - Forensic Science - 8th grade
The quote that most resonates with me is: "Only the strong survive"
If my life was a book, the title would be: In The Life of a Hibernating Bear
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black
My spirit animal is: Tiger
One thing on my bucket list is: I don’t really have a bucket list
Phone app you cannot live without: I don’t have one. I can do without all of them
