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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

Erik Schelkun

42 Jayla Scaife

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Muncie Central
  • Hometown Muncie, Ind.

Biography

2019-20 (Senior)
• Earned Tournament Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament team honors at the A-10 Championships
• Received Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference honors as well as All-Defensive Team
• Named A-10 Player of the Week on Jan. 27
• Recorded a season-high 27 points to go with nine rebounds at Saint Louis (2/29/20)
• Had a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards against St. Bonaventure (2/26/20)
• Scored 25 points at Davidson (2/5/20)
• Had 24 points and 10 rebounds against Northeastern (11/16/19)
• Had her second 20+ game of the season, scoring 20 and grabbing eight boards against Buffalo (12/17/19)
• Scored a game-high 15 points in the win over Duquesne (1/15/20)
• Had her second double double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Fordham (1/26/20)


2018-19 (Junior)
Selected to USA Basketball Pan-American Games trials in Colorado Springs and took part in training camp
• Named First Team All-Conference
• Earned A-10 All-Championship team honors after averaging 22.0 points over the two game run
Received the Most Valuable Player award at the Dayton annual team awards banquet
• Posted a 23-point game in the A-10 Quarterfinal win over Davidson (3/8/19)
• Had her second straight and fourth double-double with 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds at Saint Louis (1/23/19)
• Recorded her third double-double of the season with 13 rebounds against Fordham (1/20/19)
• Led the team with a season-high 27 points in the win over Georgia Tech (12/21/18) hitting a career-high 9-of-12 free throws
• Scored 21 points at James Madison (12/3/18) hitting four three’s
• Had 19 points and nine rebounds against Northeastern (11/17/18)
• Scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in the win over Colgate (11/9/18) 


2017-18 (Sophomore)
• Named Second Team All-Conference
• Named All-Tournament Team in Maine Tip-Off Tournament (11/11/17)
Received the Most Improved Player Award
• Averaged 14.5 ppg to go along with 5.4 rebounds per game
• Shot 34.1 percent from three point range and 40.9 percent from the field
• Led the Flyers with 19 points and had four assists in the win over Tulane (11/11/17)
• Had 13 points in the season opening win over Harvard (11/10/17)
• Recorded third straight game with double-digit scoring, totaling 10 points against Morgan State (11/17/17)
• Scored a game-high 17 points and totaled 10 rebounds in her first double-double of the season against Virginia (11/19/17)
• Posted 24 points and 11 rebounds against JMU (12/17/17)
• Recorded career-highs with 35 points, 12 made field goals, seven made three’s, and six assists in the win over Rhode Island (1/4/18)
• Named College Sports Madness Player of the Week on Jan. 8, 2018
• Recorded her third double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds against St. Bonaventure (1/10/18)
• Posted a career-high 12 rebounds and had a double double in the win over Richmond at the A-10’s (3/2/18)


2016-17 (Freshman)
• Named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team
• Named A-10 Co-Rookie of the Week on Nov. 21 after averaging 11.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in wins over Wisconsin and Princeton 
• Scored 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting in her collegiate debut at Wisconsin (11/16/16) 
• Recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Princeton (11/19/16) 
• Had five rebounds, two points, and an assist at No. 2 UConn (11/22/16) 
• Posted 15 points at the Junkanoo Jam vs. Creighton (11/26/16) on 6-of-15 shooting 
• Recorded a career-high 16 points in the win over Saint Louis (1/15/17) 
• Scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in the A-10 Championship win over Duquesne (3/5/17), including a nine-point second quarter that rallied the Flyers from a nine-point deficit


High School
• Was a 2016 Indiana All-Star
• Named North Central Conference Player of the Year
• McDonald's All-American nominee
• Was a ICGSA First Team All-State as a senior
• Finished as Muncie Central all-time leading scorer and rebounder
• Was a 2015 Junior All-Star
• Earned First Team All-North Central Conference all four years
•  Named Max Preps/WBCA Region 4 Player of the Week
• Was a three-time IBCA Player of the Week
• Graduated from Muncie Central High School in 2016
• Member of two-time Sectional Champions
• Averaged 23.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game as a senior, to go with 4.4 steals and 3.7 blocks each game
• Lettered all four years of high school
• Member of multiple honor societies


Personal
•  Daughter of Wilisha and Robert Scaife
•  Has two siblings, Jauwan and Jasiah
•  Majoring in psychology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

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    2017-18Sophomore

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    2018-19Junior

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    2019-20Senior

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