2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Kolby Morgan
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- John Curtis Christian
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
As a Junior (2016-17): Started all 33 games, averaging the second most minutes at 34.4 ... Second Team All-Conference selection ... Morgan’s 632 total points ranked 24th in the country and third all-time at Tulane ... Her 19.2 ppg average ranked fourth in the AAC, 30th in the nation and 9th all-time in program history ... Earned three double-doubles in the month of February, ultimately finishing with four on the year ... Ended a career best streak of seven straight 20+ point games on Feb. 5 - Morgan was the only player in The American to achieve said feat ... Finished with 19 20+ point performances ... Boasts an active streak of 26 straight games with double-digit points ... Earned a double-double at Cincinnati (1/28), recording career bests in points (35), rebounds (12) & minutes (44) - Scored 10 of the Wave’s 13 fourth quarter points before tacking on six more in overtime - Picked up her first career AAC Player of the Week Honor as a result ... Ranked in the top-15 among AAC players in nine different categories: 4th in Scoring (19.2), 11th in FG% (.456), 9th in FT% (.786), 14th in Steals (1.6), 3rd in 3PT FG% (.414), 5th in 3PT FG (2.4), 14th in blocks (0.7), 11th in defensive rebounds (4.2), and 9th in Minutes (34.4) ... Scored 10 of her game high 27 points in the final quarter vs NC State (12/17), lifting the Wave to a 63-58 victory ... Morgan’s first 30+ point effort came at Vanderbilt on Dec. 5, when she erupted for 34 points on a career best 14 made field goals - She later tied the 14 FG’s at Cincinnati ... 7-time American Honor Roll recipient ... LSWA First Team All-Louisiana ... Named to Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club spring 2017.
As a Sophomore (2015-16): Morgan’s 601 points this season ranked 54th in the country and ranked 7th all-time in Tulane WBB history ... More importantly, Morgan reached 1,002 career points, thus becoming the first player in Tulane history to cross over the 1,000-point plateau in her first two seasons ... Second Team All-Conference selection - 11th player to earn multiple all-conference honors in Tulane WBB history ... Started all 35 games, averaging the 2nd most minutes with 33.1 ... Played 36+ minutes in 13 of the last 17 games, including all 40 at Georgia Tech ... Morgan’s 1,159 total minutes ranked 3rd all-time in program history ... After averaging 12.2 ppg as a freshman, Morgan increased her production with 17.2 ppg as a sophomore, which ranked 4th in The American ... Only posted 3 games with single-digit points all year and produced a career best 13-game streak of double-digit scoring games, in which she tallied 19+ points in the last 9 games of the streak (averaged 22.1 ppg) - Also averaged 6.7 rebounds in those last 9 games, up from her season average of 4.7 ... Had a career night at No. 22/20 USF, scoring 30 points on 11-of-27 shooting, including a 5-for-12 mark from three-point range - It marked the first Green Wave 30+ point performance since Danielle Nunn scored 37 points at Oral Roberts back on March 21, 2011 ... Tallied 13 20+ scoring performances compared to two from a year ago ... Recorded her second career double-double vs. LSU, scoring 18 points while tying her career high in rebounds with 11 ... Increased her 3PT FG% from .301 a year ago to .327 this season, which ranked 12th in the league, while Morgan’s 1.8 three-pointers per game average ranked 8th ... Morgan’s 64 total three’s on the season put her in a tie for the 7th most all-time in program history ... Shot 84.3 percent from the free-throw line during conference play, which ranked 5th ... Made 57 of her last 60 free throws and connected on a career best 9-for-9 day from the line against Alabama on March 16 ... Morgan’s 129 made free throws ranked 58th in the country and 10th in program history ... Morgan’s 77 total steals ranked 46th in the nation & 10th all-time ... Six-time American Athletic Conference Honor Roll recipient
As a Freshman (2014-15): Played in all 33 games, starting in all except the first two, while averaging the most minutes on the squad at 28.5 ... Ranked second amongst all freshmen in the American in scoring and 12th overall with 12.2 points per game ... First Tulane freshman to be selected to an all-conference team, earning Third-Team AAC honors ... Ninth Green Wave ever to be picked for All-Freshmen Team ... Also named LSWA Freshman of the Year with Third Team honors as well ... Recorded 20 games with double-digit points, including two games with 20+ points ... Led the team in scoring in 12 games ... Tallied a career high of 25 points vs Western Kentucky on Nov. 28 and then scored 22 points vs. Memphis on Feb. 21 ... Ranked second in conference with 2.1 steals and 113th in the nation ... Her 2.3 steals per game in conference play also ranked second ... Recorded the game-winning shot with four seconds left to defeat UCF 71-70 on Jan. 13 ... Lone Green Wave to score in double figures in NCAA Tournament first round match, notching 17 points vs Mississippi State ... Ranked 11th in the American with a .735 free-throw percentage ... Made 57 of her last 73 free throw attempts ... Recorded her lone double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds vs UNI ... Earned American Freshman of the Week honors four times, tying Danielle Blagg's record set while in Conference USA ... Named to both the All-Hofstra Tournament team and the DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team ... Three-time American Weekly Honor Roll recipient (12/1, 1/12, 2/9) ... College Sports Madness AAC Freshman of the Year and Second Team honors ... LSWA November Player of the Month.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at John Curtis Christian for former Tulane All-American Barbara Farris ... Helped lead the Patriots to a combined 118-17 overall record and a perfect 40-0 mark in district play and four consecutive trips to the playoffs with District 9-2A title her first two prep seasons, the District 10-2A crown as a junior and a District 11-3A championship as a senior ... Guided Curtis to a state title as a sophomore, a state runner-up showing as a junior, and trips to the quarterfinals and semifinals as a freshman and senior, respectively ... Graduated as John Curtis' all-time leading scorer with 2,229 points, claiming all-district honors all four seasons and all-state recognition her final three campaigns ... As a senior, named first-team all-state, Times-Picayune New Orleans Small Schools Girls Basketball Player of the Year and Louisiana 3A MVP after averaging 22.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while connecting at a .489 clip from the field (310-of-634), .384 from beyond the 3-point arc (87-of-227) and .756 from the free throw line (152-of-201) ... Tabbed first-team all-state, all-metro and district MVP as a junior after averaging better than 24 points, five rebounds and three assists per game while shooting .480 from the field and .352 from 3-point land ... As a sophomore, named second-team all-state after averaging 13.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.3 assists per game while connecting at a .483 clip from the field with a .353 mark from beyond the 3-point arc...played AAU ball for nationally-prominent Angels Basketball where she helped the team win the 2012 AAU National U16 Championship at the Disney Wide World of Sports in Orlando and finish fifth in the AAU National Tournament in 2013...off the court, graduated Magna Cum Laude, was a member of the National Honor Society and claimed the Citizenship Award.
Personal: Born in New Orleans ... Has two brothers ... Mother, Detra, played volleyball at LSU; father, Sam, played basketball at Southern; brother, Malik, played two seasons of basketball at LSU before transferring to Tulane for the 2014-15 academic year.
