2013-14 Women's Basketball Roster
Knox, Curtyce
Jersey Number 11
Curtyce Knox
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Atascocita HS
- Hometown:
- Humble, Texas
Bio
About Curtyce
- Set the Texas A&M and SEC single-season record with 304 assists as a senior, her first full season as a starter after spending four seasons on the bench
- Led the nation with 8.9 assists per game in 2016-17, averaging the most assists per game for any Division I player since 2010-11
- First Texas A&M and first SEC player with 300+ assists in a single season
- Led the SEC in assists and minutes played as a senior, along with ranking in the league’s top five in assist/turnover ratio, steals per game and free throw percentage
Career
Finished sixth on Texas A&M’s career assist list with 485, with over 60% of her career assists coming in her senior season … Had 19 double-digit scoring games in her career
2016-17 (RS Senior)
Led the NCAA with 8.9 assists per game, the most assists per game of any Division I player since 2010-11, in her first full season as a starter … Set the Texas A&M and SEC single-season records with 304 assists and 8.9 assists per game, becoming the first Texas A&M player and first SEC player to record 300+ assists in a season … Named Second Team All-SEC, averaging 10.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 8.9 assists while starting all 34 games … Led the SEC in minutes played per game (37.44), which ranked 10th in the nation … In addition to leading the conference in assists, ranked second in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio (2.49), fourth in steals per game (2.1), and fifth in free throw percentage (83.5) … Played 630 out of a possible 645 minutes in SEC play, playing at least 40 minutes 13 times … Averaged 14.5 points per game in SEC play … Had two games of 15 assists (Dec. 28 vs. Prairie View, Jan. 12 vs. Arkansas), which tie for fifth in a single game in Texas A&M history … Had three games of 20+ points, all of which came in SEC play … Had 16 double-digit scoring games, 15 games of 10+ assists and five double-doubles on the season … Set her career-high with 26 points at No. 24 Kentucky (Jan. 8), including an off-balance dagger with 47 seconds left … Named the team’s MVP and Miss Defense
2015-16 (RS Junior)
Played in 29 games, starting three … Shot 41.5% from the floor and 73.3% from the free throw line … Had exactly five assists in all three of her starts … Also had five assists against Little Rock (Dec. 22) … Picked up a season-high six rebounds in her start at Ole Miss (Feb. 15) … Had five points and three rebounds in six minutes against LSU (Feb. 18) … Started and had five assists against No. 11 Mississippi State (Feb. 11) … Dished out four assists against No. 23 Missouri (Jan. 21) … Averaged 1.6 points and 1.7 assists per game
2014-15 (RS Sophomore)
Filled in for Jordan Jones in six games, averaging 8.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists in those games ... Had three double-figure scoring games, and four games of 5+ assists ... Averaged 3.7 points in 33 games, starting five of those games ... Scored eight points, with five assists and four rebounds in a start against Arkansas (Feb. 12) ... Had 10 points, including the fast-break layup that put the game out of reach, against LSU (Jan. 11) ... Scored 12 points with a season-high eight rebounds against Missouri (Feb. 26) ... Scored 12 points against LSU in the SEC Tournament (Mar. 6) ... Dished out a season-high seven assists against McNeese State (Nov. 26) ... Had a season-high four steals against North Texas (Dec. 31)
2013-14 (RS Freshman)
Averaged 3.3 points and 2.1 assists for the season ... Made one start, playing 21 minutes vs. Syracuse (Nov. 30) ... Averaged a pro-rated 5.9 assists per 40 minutes of playing time, which ranked second on the team ... Had three 5+ assist games, including a season-high seven assists at No. 12 Penn State ... Played 26 minutes at Missouri (Jan. 23) after Jordan Jones was sidelined in the first half, scoring five points and dishing out four assists ... Finished the game after Jones fouled out at Auburn (Jan. 30), picking up five assists ... Scored nine points and had three steals against Washington (Dec. 7) ... Had eight points and five rebounds against UTEP (Jan. 2)
2012-13
Redshirted
High School Career
Rated the No. 37 overall prospect in the Class of 2012 by the All-Star Girls Report and the No. 11 combination guard in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz...Two-time TGCA Class 5A All-State...TABC Class 5A All-State and All-Region...2012 TGCA 4A-5A South All-Star Team...Had 7 points and 11 assists as the point guard for the 4A-5A-PVT White All-Star Team... Averaged 15.9 points, 5.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 5.7 steals per game as a senior at Atascocita High School...District 14-5A Most Valuable Player as a junior...Averaged 16.6 points, 6.4 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game for the Eagles as a junior...Will be reunited with her high school teammate in A&M center Rachel Mitchell...Was teammates with Chelsea Jennings, Jordan Jones and Courtney Walker on the DFW Elite club team...Her team won the 2011 17-Under Nike Nationals...Also lettered in track.
Personal
Curtyce Kathryne Knox...Born March 6, 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas...Daughter of Curtis and Deneyce Knox ... Has a daughter, Haven ... Has four older siblings, Tristan Timms (32), Crystal Banks (30), Neimann Timms (28) and Curtis Knox (24) and one younger brother, Jordan Knox (17) ...Her cousin, Antionette Thompson, played college basketball and her brother, Curtis, played college football...Is a member of A&M’s highest-ever rated recruiting class in school history ... Graduated with a degree in Recreation, Park & Tourism Science … Texas A&M...Chose the Aggies over TCU, Texas Tech, Houston and LSU...Has future aspirations of playing basketball overseas and becoming an athletic trainer.
Up Close With Curtyce
Favorite Pro Basketball Team: Spurs
Favorite Pro Basketball Players: Derrick Rose & LeBron James
Favorite Television Show: Power
Favorite Movie: Transformers
Favorite Musical Artist of All-Time: Beyonce
Most-Used App On My Phone: Snapchat
I Chose Basketball Over Other Sports Because: It is all I’ve ever known
Old-School Trend I’d Bring Back: Overalls
Favorite Coach Blair One-Liner: “It’s a speaking part, honey”
I Wish I Could Dance Like: Ciara
What Superhero I Would Be: Superman
Tennessee Postgame: Sahara Jones, Lauren Ware, Joni Taylor
Wednesday, March 05
Arkansas Postgame: Joni Taylor
Sunday, March 02
Arkansas Postgame: Sahara Jones
Sunday, March 02
Highlights: Texas A&M vs Arkansas
Sunday, March 02
