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Tiasha Gray Joins Marquette Women's Basketball Staff
Tiasha Gray Joins Marquette Women's Basketball Staff
Oct 6, 2020
Career Stats for Tiasha Gray
Career Stats for Tiasha Gray
Tiasha Gray Named Top 5 All-Time Greatest Lady Gov
June 13, 2018 Tiasha Gray Named Top 5 All-Time Greatest Lady Gov
By: Colby Wilson, Associate Director of Athletics Communications (Exclusive for LetsGoPeay.com)
It feels odd to have to sell you on the greatness of Clarksville native Tiasha Gray. She's among the program's all-time top-five in points, field goals made, three-pointers made, free-throws made, assists and steals. Two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference First-Team—one of just a handful who can make that claim as members of the Austin Peay women's basketball program. 2015 OVC Defensive Player of the Year—the only one of those the Governors have ever had, men or women. She still is the only player in women's hoops history at Austin Peay, and she had two. Her resume' is unimpeachable.
She's the only person not named Maxwell or Armistead to put together two seasons where she averaged 20-plus points per night. Unlike Armistead with her cavalcade of greats and Maxwell with Tracie Mason in the fold, Gray carried a lot of the offensive burden—over her final two seasons, she either scored or assisted on 51 percent of Austin Peay's field goals. Not only was she able to easily get hers, her presence got her teammates free as well.
Once her defense took off in 2015, Gray truly became unstoppable. That season, she set a program-record with 110 steals—breaking the old mark by 25—and finishing with the fourth-highest tally in league history. The next year, she again led the league in steals and added a league-leading 5.3 assists per night—the first player to lead the OVC in both categories since 1998 and just the second player in Austin Peay history to top the OVC in assists. Whatever you needed on a court, Tiasha Gray could provide it.
Gov great Gray returning to Sweden
June 13, 2018 Gov great Gray returning to Sweden
By: Colby Wilson, Associate Director of Athletics Communications
TORONTO—Austin Peay State University women's basketball legend Tiasha Gray is heading back to Sweden.
The Clarksville native and 2016 Austin Peay graduate is returning to the Swedish Damligan, where she was the 2016-17 Most Valuable Player and led the league in scoring and steals, with Hogsbo, a squad that gained promotion to the Damligan this past season. In 2017-18, Gray played in Israel and Lebanon before returning home to rehab a minor knee injury.
Gray also reunites with Robin Sandberg, who was head coach at Mark Basket during Gray's MVP-winning 2016-17 campaign.
The two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection finished her career ranked second in school history in scoring (1,885 points), second in assists (514), first in steals (314) and fourth in three-pointers (172). She also owns two of the 11 triple-doubles secured by OVC players since the 1997-98 season.
"I am very grateful for the opportunity from Hogsbo Basket," said Gray. "I am excited to play in Sweden again and to have Robin as our coach. I am looking forward to a great season."
Gray signs multi-year pro contract in Israel
April 26, 2017 By Corey Adams Gray signs multi-year pro contract in Israel
CLARKSVILLE – After an impressive debut season overseas in Sweden, former Austin Peay State University women's basketball great Tiasha Gray has signed a professional deal in Israel's top league.
Gray will suit up for Bnot Hertzeliya over the next three seasons, with team options for 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Last October, the Clarksville native inked a deal with Swedish club Mark Basket where she went on to lead the league in scoring at 24.3 points per game and steals with 3.6. She also ranked second in the league with 5.4 assists per game and grabbed 7.5 rebounds per contest. As a team, Mark Basket reached the quarterfinals of the Damligan playoffs with Gray as its starting point guard.
"I am blessed," Gray said in a statement. "This is a great opportunity and I'm excited to get to Israel and prove my abilities at that level."
Gray joins a Hertzeliya team that finished fourth in the regular season and lost to the eventual Israeli champions, Maccabi Ashdod, in the semifinals of the playoffs.
"We are very happy to welcome Tiasha into our family," said Hertzeliya General Manager, Amid Hellman. "We were following her this past season. Her playmaking skills are high and she understands the game. Above all, her love and enthusiasm for the game caught our eyes. We are happy to have Tiasha with us."
Gray signs professional deal in Sweden
By Corey AdamsAPSU Athletics CommunicationsGray signs professional deal in Sweden
Clarksville, Tenn. – Former Austin Peay women’s basketball standout guard Tiasha Gray has signed to play professionally for Swedish club Mark Basket in the Basketligan dam, the country’s top-flight league.
Gray’s contract is for two months, with an opportunity for an extension. The team is currently 3-2 on the season – a schedule which concludes in the middle of March.
“I’m really excited,” Gray said. “I’ve always dreamed of playing professional basketball and show what I can do.”
The Clarksville native averaged 20.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in her final Austin Peay season, which earned her back-to-back All-OVC first-team accolades. Gray ended her prestigious career by becoming the program’s all-time leader in steals (315), and second in both assists (518) and points (1,911).
Gray also reached double-digit scoring totals in 38 consecutive games, the longest streak by an APSU player since Brooke Armistead’s school-record 48 games.
“I am proud and excited for her,” head coach David Midlick said. “This has been a dream of hers, and she has put in the work to make it happen. The Govs will be following her progress, and I know she will represent herself, family and this program extremely well.”
Making a case for Tiasha Gray as the OVC Player of the Year
Autumn Allison, aallison@theleafchronicle.com Published 9:39 p.m. CT Feb. 19, 2016 |Making a case for Tiasha Gray as the OVC Player of the Year
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.— Ask Austin Peay women’s basketball players about Tiasha Gray, and they will all say something rather glowing about her skills.
“Her defense is impeccable most of the time. She gets steals,” said fellow guard Falon Baker.
Or as junior center Tearra Banks said:“She leads them. She gets us hype. I mean we can be down, and she can get a shot that will get the whole team down.”
Gray is a huge impact for the Governors and manages to be both the top-defender and the leading offensive player for the squad. Tiasha Gray a homegrown defender, game changer for APSU But it is more than just that. Gray is a top-tier Ohio Valley Conference player, one that deserves recognition. Gray deserves to be the OVC player of the year. There is no other way to state it.
The 2015 OVC defensive player of the year, is in the Top 10 of several categories in the conference, including third for points per game and first in assists and steals. Even before a single minute was played, members of the media believed that Gray would be the most impactful player in the conference and chose her as the preseason OVC Player of the Year.
Maybe it’s a bit odd to advocate for a player from a team currently trying to cement its precarious position for OVC tournament contention, but it’s not like years past in which the best player was an obvious choice and played for the best team. None of the players from the top two teams in the league as of Friday (UT Martin and Belmont) is topping the competition in any categories.
Gray, however, is the only one to secure three of these weekly awards. All of them were awarded to Gray during OVC play.
When the three have gone head to head, Gray has topped Howard and Butts, getting the better of both.
But in all fairness, Butts has significantly more consistent backing. Howard and Gray both fulfill huge offensive roles on their squads that often are unbalanced in their approaches. An off-night for Gray can result in a loss easily for the Govs, and even a nights she score 20-plus points is no guarantee of a win.
No matter how you slice it, Gray deserves a piece of the Player of the Year award.
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