2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Tene Thompson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Hillgrove
- Hometown:
- Powder Springs, Ga.
As a Junior (2017-18): Scored 3.8 points and grabbed 3.2 rebounds per game for Tulane in her junior season...Played in 19 games, starting 13 before an injury caused her to miss 12 games during the season...Averaged 16.6 minutes per game...Scored a career-best 15 points at McNeese State (November 19)...Made a career-high nine free throws in that game as well...Grabbed eight rebounds against Vanderbilt (November 17)...Made a season-best four field goals against Iowa State (November 24) while playing a season-high 29 minutes and posting three blocks...Also had three blocks against Southern Miss (November 14) while scoring 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds.
As a Sophomore (2016-17): Played all 33 games, including a conference stretch of seven straight starts - Averaged 17.7 minutes off the bench...Recorded the best game of her career vs No. 1 UConn on Feb. 18, tallying 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting in 32 minutes of play - all highs...Last seven games, Thompson shot 20-of-35 from the field (.571), averaging 7.0 ppg...Tied her career high of nine rebounds while setting a new personal best of four assists vs Houston (1/14)...Earned her first career start at Temple (1/8), where she scored seven points...Her three blocks vs McNeese on Nov. 30 marked a career high...Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Named to Tulane Athletics 3.0 club spring 2017.
As a Freshman (2015-16): Saw action in 28 games, averaging 7.2 minutes...Scored in 14-of-28 appearances...Over two games of conference tournament action, Thompson collected a combined six points on 3-of-7 shooting from the field to go with her three rebounds in 21 total minutes of play...One of her best overall performances of her freshman campaign came at UCF on Feb. 17, scoring five points on two made field goals, including two steals and a career high four rebounds, in a career best 15 minutes of play...Dished out a career high of three assists vs Temple (1/26)...Named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
High School: Lettered four years in basketball playing guard at Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Georgia...Qualified for playoffs all four years, including a run to the 2012 6A State Basketball Championship game...2015 All-State honorable mention...Recorded a career high 30 points...Logged her first double-double against fifth nationally ranked McEachern High...Named to 2015 First Team All-Region...Recognized by the Naismith committee with All-Metro Honorable Mention honors...Participated in the GHCA North-South Senior All-Star game...Also lettered all four years in track...Was the 2015 High Jump State Champion...P.R. of 5'8...Member of the Science National Honor Society...Two-time student government representative.
Personal: Born in Atlanta, Georgia...Has two younger sisters and an older brother, Troy, who played QB in the Naval Academy class of 2017...Grandfather, Nathaniel Adams Jr. was a hall of fame sprinter at Purdue...Uncle, Brandon Williams, was a Michigan cornerback who played in the NFL for the Broncos, Jets, Bengals and Falcons...One thing nobody knows about her is that she wanted to be an Olympic Ice Skater just like Kristi Yamaguchi - skated for five-six years and competed in U.S. figure skating events...Intended major is Business/Pre-Med.
