2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Deasia Merrill
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Villa Rica HS
- Hometown:
- Villa Rica, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Georgia State / Kentucky
Bio
2024-25 | GRADUATE STUDENT
Played in 24 games ... Tallied 98 points and 65 rebounds while shooting 66 percent (38-58) from the floor ... Averaged 7.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game when logging at least 10 minutes ... Spent at least 10 minutes on the floor seven times ... Made her first TCU start at center vs. Samford on Dec. 17 ... Finished with 13 points and seven rebounds over 12 minutes ... Paired a season-high eight rebounds with six points over 18 minutes in TCU's 82-69 road win over Iowa State on Feb. 2 ... Chipped in nine points while playing 13 minutes in a pair of conference victories over BYU (Feb. 11) and Houston (Feb. 26) ... Added seven rebounds vs. BYU ... Scored six-or-more points in four straight games from Dec. 15-29 ... Collected six points and six rebounds across six minutes of action against New Orleans (Nov. 10) in herr second game as a Horned Frog ... Recorded her 1,000th career point in the fourth quarter of TCU's tilt vs. No. 5 Texas in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament ... Connected at a 72 percent clip (18-25) from the floor in Big 12 action ... Averaged 4.3 points per game in league play.
PRIOR TO TCU | GEORGIA STATE (2020-24)
Appeared in 100 games and earned 63 starts at center in her four-year run in Atlanta ... Tallied 901 points, 556 rebounds, 88 blocks and 10 double-doubles ... Averaged a career-best 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 2022-23 ... Connected at a 50 percent clip from the field (261-518) over her redshirt junior and redshirt senior seasons ... In 2023-24, got the starting nod 13 times across 28 games played ... Led the Panthers in blocks (30) and offensive rebounds per game (2.3) ... Averaged eight points and 6.5 boards per outing ... Scored in double figures eight times and produced four double-doubles ... Enjoyed her most productive season as a redshirt junior in 2022-23 ... Topped Georgia State's stat sheet in rebounding, blocks (28) and double-doubles (six) while ranking second on the squad in points per game ... Ranked sixth and 10th, respectively, in the Sun Belt in field goal percentage (.506) and rebounding average (7.2) ... Started 30 of 33 games played and averaged a career-high 26.4 minutes per night ... Turned in four 20-plus point performances, highlighted by a career-best 23-point effort in a victory over Appalachian State on Jan. 26, 2023 ... Earned 20 starts in 2021-22 ... Averaged 7.2 points over 16 minutes per game ... Saw action in 17 games in 2020-21 as a redshirt freshman.
PRIOR TO TCU | KENTUCKY (2019-20)
Signed with Kentucky over offers from more than 10 Power Five conference programs, including Duke, Miami, NC State and Ole Miss ... Forced to miss the entire season due to injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
Tabbed the No. 66 overall prospect in the class of 2019 in the ESPN HoopGurlz recruiting rankings ... Graded a four-star recruit by ESPN, ProspectsNation.com and All-Star Girls Report ... Lettered all four years at Villa Rica HS ... Three-time Atlanta Journal Constitution First-Team All-State selection ... Took home Georgia Class 5A Regional Player of the Year all three years from 2017-19 ... Garnered Class 5A Player of the Year honors as a senior after averaging 25.6 points, 15.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 5.2 steals and 4.2 blocks per game ... Guided Villa Rica to the GHSA Girls State Final Four in 2018 and 2019 ... Posted a stat line of 16.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.7 steals per game her junior year ... Helped the team notch state tournament berths her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Shined as a sophomore, averaging 22.8 points, 10.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game .. As a freshman, averaged a career-best 25.8 points per game to pair with averages 13.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per night.
PERSONAL
Originally from Carrollton, Georgia ... Daughter of Cornelius and Veronica Merrill ... Has a brother, Ladarius, and a sister, Dessiah ... Born Dec. 3.
Played in 24 games ... Tallied 98 points and 65 rebounds while shooting 66 percent (38-58) from the floor ... Averaged 7.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game when logging at least 10 minutes ... Spent at least 10 minutes on the floor seven times ... Made her first TCU start at center vs. Samford on Dec. 17 ... Finished with 13 points and seven rebounds over 12 minutes ... Paired a season-high eight rebounds with six points over 18 minutes in TCU's 82-69 road win over Iowa State on Feb. 2 ... Chipped in nine points while playing 13 minutes in a pair of conference victories over BYU (Feb. 11) and Houston (Feb. 26) ... Added seven rebounds vs. BYU ... Scored six-or-more points in four straight games from Dec. 15-29 ... Collected six points and six rebounds across six minutes of action against New Orleans (Nov. 10) in herr second game as a Horned Frog ... Recorded her 1,000th career point in the fourth quarter of TCU's tilt vs. No. 5 Texas in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament ... Connected at a 72 percent clip (18-25) from the floor in Big 12 action ... Averaged 4.3 points per game in league play.
PRIOR TO TCU | GEORGIA STATE (2020-24)
Appeared in 100 games and earned 63 starts at center in her four-year run in Atlanta ... Tallied 901 points, 556 rebounds, 88 blocks and 10 double-doubles ... Averaged a career-best 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 2022-23 ... Connected at a 50 percent clip from the field (261-518) over her redshirt junior and redshirt senior seasons ... In 2023-24, got the starting nod 13 times across 28 games played ... Led the Panthers in blocks (30) and offensive rebounds per game (2.3) ... Averaged eight points and 6.5 boards per outing ... Scored in double figures eight times and produced four double-doubles ... Enjoyed her most productive season as a redshirt junior in 2022-23 ... Topped Georgia State's stat sheet in rebounding, blocks (28) and double-doubles (six) while ranking second on the squad in points per game ... Ranked sixth and 10th, respectively, in the Sun Belt in field goal percentage (.506) and rebounding average (7.2) ... Started 30 of 33 games played and averaged a career-high 26.4 minutes per night ... Turned in four 20-plus point performances, highlighted by a career-best 23-point effort in a victory over Appalachian State on Jan. 26, 2023 ... Earned 20 starts in 2021-22 ... Averaged 7.2 points over 16 minutes per game ... Saw action in 17 games in 2020-21 as a redshirt freshman.
PRIOR TO TCU | KENTUCKY (2019-20)
Signed with Kentucky over offers from more than 10 Power Five conference programs, including Duke, Miami, NC State and Ole Miss ... Forced to miss the entire season due to injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
Tabbed the No. 66 overall prospect in the class of 2019 in the ESPN HoopGurlz recruiting rankings ... Graded a four-star recruit by ESPN, ProspectsNation.com and All-Star Girls Report ... Lettered all four years at Villa Rica HS ... Three-time Atlanta Journal Constitution First-Team All-State selection ... Took home Georgia Class 5A Regional Player of the Year all three years from 2017-19 ... Garnered Class 5A Player of the Year honors as a senior after averaging 25.6 points, 15.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 5.2 steals and 4.2 blocks per game ... Guided Villa Rica to the GHSA Girls State Final Four in 2018 and 2019 ... Posted a stat line of 16.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.7 steals per game her junior year ... Helped the team notch state tournament berths her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Shined as a sophomore, averaging 22.8 points, 10.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game .. As a freshman, averaged a career-best 25.8 points per game to pair with averages 13.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per night.
PERSONAL
Originally from Carrollton, Georgia ... Daughter of Cornelius and Veronica Merrill ... Has a brother, Ladarius, and a sister, Dessiah ... Born Dec. 3.
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