2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Emerson Green
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cedar Falls HS
- Hometown:
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
SENIOR (2024-25): MVC Honor Roll ... Played in 29 games making 13 starts … Averaged 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 23.1 minutes per game … Recorded career highs with 28 points, 12 field goals, six assists, and 39 minutes (Feb. 20 vs. Missouri State) … Posted 11 double-figure scoring performances including one 20+-point outing.
JUNIOR (2023-24): MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Played in 20 games making 19 starts, averaging 25.5 minutes per game before going down with a season-ending injury … Averaged 9.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game … Set career highs in free throws made (7 vs. Indiana State 1/6/24) and rebounds (10 at Missouri State 12/30/23) … Scored her 1,000th point against Valparaiso … Recorded a season-high 23 points against Murray State (1/19/24).
SOPHOMORE (2022-23): MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team... Played and started in 31 games... Averaged 26.8 minutes, 11.4 points, and 3.1 rebounds a game... Second on the team in three-point field goal percentage, assists, and steals... Shot 42.3% from the field (129-305), 42.2% from three-point range (46-109), and 74.6% from the free throw line (50-67)... Shot the winning three-pointer in the Panthers game against Vanderbilt for their first Power 5 win since 2019... Set career highs in multiple categories including points (26 at Southern Illinois), field goals made (8 vs. Missouri State), free throws made (6 at Southern Illinois), rebounds (9 vs. Missouri State), and assists (6 at Bradley).
FRESHMAN (2021-22): Played in 32 games and started in 3 contests … Averaged 21.9 minutes per game … Totaled 255 points, 72 rebounds, 49 assists and 8 blocks … Ranked second for the Panthers with 30 steals … Shot 38.8% from the floor (153-400), 29.9% from three-point range (50-167), and 66% from the charity stripe (99-150) … Scored a career-high 17 points twice (12/1 at St. Thomas, 1/13 vs. Missouri State) … Played a career-high 37 minutes against Missouri State (1/13) … Recorded season-high 7 rebounds vs. Idaho (12/18) … Notched first multi-block game of career with 2 blocks against Valparaiso in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Played in 28 games and started in 15 contests...Named to the MVC All-Freshman Team...Ended the season with 200 points, 73 rebounds, and 36 assists...Shot 37.6% (68-of-181) from the field, 31.3% (26-of-83) from the three-point range, and 59.4% (38-of-64) from the charity stripe...Recorded a career-high 13 points against Loyola (2/20) and matched it twice at Southern Illinois (3/5, 3/6)...Tallied a career-high nine rebounds against Iowa State (12/15)...Scored a driving game-winning layup with 4.9 seconds remaining versus Creighton (3/20) in the WNIT Second Round to send the Panthers to the Rockford Region championship game...Ranked fourth on the team for scoring average (7.1 PPG), field goal attempts (181), and offensive rebounds (28).
HIGH SCHOOL: Green was a three-time First Team All-State honoree at Cedar Falls High School…Averaged 17.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game in her senior season…Closed her career with 1,292 points and one appearance in the Class 5A state championship game in 2017…Also earned All-State honors in volleyball where she helped lead Cedar Falls to the Class 5A title in 2017 and 2019…All-State recognition in track and field in 2019 while leading the Tigers to Class 4A state championships in distance medley and sprint medley relays in 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of former UNI men’s basketball associate head coach Kyle Green and Michele Green…Sister of former UNI starting point guard and MVC Larry Bird Trophy winner AJ Green…Majoring in elementary education.
