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2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster

32 Natecia Augusta

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position F
  • Hometown Peoria, Ill.
  • High School Limestone

Biography

2014-15:
• Redshirted after sustaining injury in preseason

2013-14:
• Appeared in all 30 games, starting 29 in the post
• Breakout season offensively, averaging 10.4 points per game
• Totaled four double-doubles and scored 10-or-more points 17 times
• Led the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage (.545), converting 121-for-222 shots taken
• Blocked a team-high 24 shots (seventh in MAC); registered a season-best three on four occasions: versus Miami (Jan. 18), Kent State (Jan. 29), Ball State (Feb. 9) and Eastern Michigan (March 10)
• Carried NIU in the paint at EMU (March 10), going 10-for-16 from the field 24 points (career-high) and eight rebounds
• Registered first career double-double versus Mississippi Valley State, scoring 17 with 11 rebounds (Nov. 12)
• Recorded last double-double at Central Michigan with 17 points and 10 rebounds (Jan. 15)
• Back-to-back double doubles on 10 point, 12 rebound efforts versus Bradley (Nov. 21) and New Mexico State (Nov. 29)
• Played a career-best 36 minutes at Eastern Michigan during the Huskies 81-76 overtime victory (March 10)
• Made five-or-more free throws five times, including a season-best seven three times
• Averaged four field goals a game, converting five-or-more 13 times
• In only game off the bench, scored nine points and recorded eight rebounds versus Akron (Feb. 5)

2012-13:
• Played in 29 games, starting 11 in the post
• Averaged 17.1 minutes per game ... Paced the Huskies with a .528 field goal percentage and 1.4 offensive rebounds per game
• Finished second on the team in blocks with 11
• Poured in a career high 16 points on six-of-eight shooting versus Davidson in the Preseason WNIT (Nov. 17)
• Tallied seven double-digit scoring games ... Was a model of efficiency versus Xavier, sinking all six of the shots she attempted (Dec. 28)
• Made four perfect trips to the charity stripe versus Norfolk State, going eight-for-eight at the line (Dec. 29)
• Pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 31)
• Recorded nine games of five or more rebounds

2011-12:
• Appeared in 20 games, averaging 11.2 minutes per game
• Played a season-high 29 minutes vs. Southern Illinois (Nov. 29) and scored a season-high 14 points on 3-of-8 shooting and an 8-for-9 performance at the free throw line
• Also had a season-high four assists vs. SIU
• Led the Huskies in shooting percentage (49%)
• Grabbed three or more rebounds 10 times, including a season-high seven vs. Central Michigan (Jan. 15)
• Scored her first double-digit game at Illinois State (11/26/11) with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 19 minutes
• Scored in 17 of 20 games on the season shooting 50% or better in 10 of 20 games

LIMESTONE HIGH SCHOOL:
• Ranked as the No. 2 forward and No. 12 overall player in Illinois by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Four-year varsity letterwinner
• As a senior averaged 17.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.3 assists per game
• Before tearing her anterior cruciate ligament her junior season she averaged 24.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game
• Prior to the injury was a 2010 Illinois Ms. Basketball candidate
• Scored 21.5 points per game and netted 8.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore
• Compiled a scoring average of 11.8 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game during freshman season
• Four-time All-Conference, All-Area and All-State honoree

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
• Daughter of Nate Augusta and Tiffany Linwood
• Born October 28, 1992 in Peoria, Ill.
• Majoring in family and individual development
• Admires Kobe Byrant and Tamika Catchings

AUGUSTA'S CAREER HIGHS
Minutes: 36, at Eastern Michigan (3/10/14)
Field Goals Made: 10, at Eastern Michigan (3/10/14)
Field Goals Attempted: 10, at Eastern Michigan (3/10/14)
Three Pointers Made: N/A
Three Points Attempted: 1, twice, last; vs UIC (12/31/13)
Free Throws Made: 8, three times, last; at Toledo (2/20/13)
Free Throws Attempted: 11, vs Ohio (1/4/14)
Rebounds: 12, twice, last; at New Mexico State (11/29/13)
Assists: 4, vs Southern Illinois (11/29/11)
Blocks: 3, four times, last; at Eastern Michigan (3/10/14)
Steals: 2, at Buffalo (3/9/13)
Points: 24, at Eastern Michigan (3/10/14)


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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2011-12Freshman

    F
    6'0"
    32
  • 32

    2012-13Sophomore

    F
    6'0"
    32
  • 32

    2013-14Junior

    F
    6'0"
    32
  • 32

    2014-15Senior

    F
    6'0"
    32
  • 32

    2015-16Redshirt Senior

    F
    6'0"
    32