12 Sarah Nelson
12 - Sarah Nelson
Height: 5-3
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Mooresville, N.C.
High School: South Iredell HS
Position: G
gp 15
pts/g 2.3
fg % 22.2
3pt % 22.2
ft % 100.0
reb/g 1.7
a/g 1.0

JUNIOR (2022-23): Played in 15 games earning six starts along the way … closed out the slate with 34 points, converting 10 field goals and eight 3-pointers … was a perfect 6-of-6 at the free throw line for Salem … finagled her way to 25 rebounds, grabbing 22 on the defensive glass … a solid defensive player, forcing eight steals … dished out 15 assists … opened the slate with a three-point outing versus Warren Wilson (Nov. 8), which came by virtue of a 3-point shot … finished with two points against Johnson & Wales (Dec. 17) … converted a trey to finish with three points against Southern Virginia (Jan. 10) … had her single-game season-high in points (13) after playing 38 minutes in a start against Methodist (Jan. 13) … followed that with six points versus N.C. Wesleyan (Jan. 14), also in a start … netted her final points of the slate in a start against Meredith (Jan. 18).

FIRST YEAR (2021-22): Played in 19 contests over the course of the slate, logging 151 minutes along the way … closed the season by hitting 8-of-42 from the floor, including six 3-pointers, and converting four free throws for 26 points … a solid defender, forcing 12 steals and grabbing 12 rebounds (nine defensive), while emerging with eight assists … made her collegiate debut at Randolph, logging 10 minutes … scored the first points of her career at Emory & Henry (Nov. 17) … added three points in seven minutes at Methodist (Nov. 30) … posted her single-game season-high in points (six) at Mary Baldwin (Dec. 4), hitting a field goal and four free throws along the way, while forcing a single-game season-high three steals … scored three points in contests against Ferrum (Dec. 15), N.C. Wesleyan (Jan. 4), Pfeiffer (Feb. 1) and Greensboro (Feb. 3) … logged 10 minutes, scoring one point, in Salem’s 92-83 overtime win against William Peace (Feb. 12) … set a single-game season-high in rebounds (two) at Ferrum (Dec. 15) before equaling the mark 14 days later against Bridgewater. 

PREP: Graduated from South Iredell High School in 2020 … earned four letters in basketball over the course of her career … played two years (2016-18) under head coach Michael Fisher and two for head coach Marcus Chambers (2018-20) … a high-level performer who was a two-time captain, scoring 1000 points in her career … named All-County on three occasions, including the 2016-17, 2018-19 and 2019-20 … earned All-Conference Team honors in 2016-17 as well as 2019-20 … active in AAU basketball, competing in the offseason since 2014 … played for head coach Matt Dagenhart’s Statesville Shock team from 2014-18 … spent 2018 playing for the Lady Phenom and head coach Brian Perry … followed that by competing for the Winston-Salem Stealers under head coach Trisha Grant in 2019.

PERSONAL: Sarah Anne Nelson … daughter of Angelene and Brett Nelson … born on February 12, 2002 … has two siblings, Lauren and Jacob.

Recent Games
Feb 3 at Pfeiffer L, 78-73
Feb 8 at Mary Baldwin W, 1-0
Feb 11 at William Peace W, 1-0
Feb 11 Meredith W, 84-69
Feb 18 Brevard L, 66-52
Feb 21 at Greensboro L, 109-68
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 15 10
Games started 6 5
Minutes 224 159
Minutes per game 14.9 15.9
FG 10-45 7-28
FG Pct 22.2 25.0
3PT 8-36 6-22
3PT Pct 22.2 27.3
FT 6-6 4-4
FT Pct 100.0 100.0
Off rebounds 3 2
Def rebounds 22 17
Total rebounds 25 19
Rebounds per game 1.7 1.9
Personal fouls 19 12
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 15 9
Turnovers 16 8
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 1.1
Steals 8 5
Blocks 0 0
Points 34 24
Points per game 2.3 2.4
Points per 40 min 6.1 6.0
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Warren Wilson W, 87-66 - 7 1-6 16.7 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 12 Randolph L, 82-57 - 16 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 19 at Va. Wesleyan L, 73-50 - 12 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 20 vs. Mary Washington L, 91-48 1 20 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
Nov 22 Methodist L, 72-65 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 29 at Southern Virginia L, 76-53 - 13 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 3 at Brevard L, 96-84 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 Johnson & Wales (NC) L, 76-58 - 10 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 29 at Guilford L, 89-55 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Ferrum L, 66-47 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 N.C. Wesleyan L, 77-48 - 16 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 7 at Greensboro L, 99-62 - 7 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 10 Southern Virginia L, 78-55 - 18 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 13 at Methodist L, 73-48 1 38 4-12 33.3 3-10 30.0 2-2 100.0 13
Jan 14 at N.C. Wesleyan L, 72-37 1 34 2-7 28.6 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 6
Jan 18 at Meredith L, 70-61 1 13 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Jan 21 Pfeiffer L, 69-56 1 15 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 25 Mary Baldwin W, 70-53 1 4 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 28 Greensboro L, 99-67 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 William Peace W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 at Pfeiffer L, 78-73 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Mary Baldwin W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 at William Peace W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 Meredith W, 84-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 Brevard L, 66-52 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at Greensboro L, 109-68 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 8 Warren Wilson W, 87-66 - 7 0 0 0 1 2 0.5 1 0 1 -
Nov 12 Randolph L, 82-57 - 16 0 0 0 2 3 0.7 2 0 3 -
Nov 19 at Va. Wesleyan L, 73-50 - 12 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 0
Nov 20 vs. Mary Washington L, 91-48 1 20 1 2 3 2 2 1.0 0 0 1 -
Nov 22 Methodist L, 72-65 - 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 -
Nov 29 at Southern Virginia L, 76-53 - 13 0 1 1 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0
Dec 3 at Brevard L, 96-84 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 Johnson & Wales (NC) L, 76-58 - 10 0 3 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 -
Dec 29 at Guilford L, 89-55 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Ferrum L, 66-47 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 N.C. Wesleyan L, 77-48 - 16 0 2 2 1 0 - 1 0 1 -
Jan 7 at Greensboro L, 99-62 - 7 0 1 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 0
Jan 10 Southern Virginia L, 78-55 - 18 0 3 3 1 1 1.0 2 0 0 -
Jan 13 at Methodist L, 73-48 1 38 0 4 4 1 3 0.3 2 0 2 -
Jan 14 at N.C. Wesleyan L, 72-37 1 34 1 3 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 3 -
Jan 18 at Meredith L, 70-61 1 13 0 2 2 3 0 - 0 0 2 0
Jan 21 Pfeiffer L, 69-56 1 15 1 1 2 2 0 - 0 0 0 -
Jan 25 Mary Baldwin W, 70-53 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Jan 28 Greensboro L, 99-67 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 William Peace W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 at Pfeiffer L, 78-73 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Mary Baldwin W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 at William Peace W, 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 Meredith W, 84-69 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 Brevard L, 66-52 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at Greensboro L, 109-68 - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
2021-22 19 - 7.9 0.4-2.2 19.0 0.3-1.8 17.1 0.2-0.4 50.0 1.4
2022-23 15 6 14.9 0.7-3.0 22.2 0.5-2.4 22.2 0.4-0.4 100.0 2.3
Total 34 6 11.0 0.5-2.6 20.7 0.4-2.1 19.7 0.3-0.4 71.4 1.8
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2020-21 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2021-22 19 - 151 8-42 19.0 6-35 17.1 4-8 50.0 26
2022-23 15 6 224 10-45 22.2 8-36 22.2 6-6 100.0 34
Total 34 6 375 18-87 20.7 14-71 19.7 10-14 71.4 60
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
2021-22 19 - 7.9 2.1-11.1 19.0 1.6-9.3 17.1 1.1-2.1 50.0 6.9
2022-23 15 6 14.9 1.8-8.0 22.2 1.4-6.4 22.2 1.1-1.1 100.0 6.1
Total 34 6 11.0 1.9-9.3 20.7 1.5-7.6 19.7 1.1-1.5 71.4 6.4
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 19 - 7.9 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 - 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0
2022-23 15 6 14.9 0.2 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.0
Total 34 6 11.0 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 19 - 151 3 9 12 21 - 8 11 0.7 12 0
2022-23 15 6 224 3 22 25 19 0 15 16 0.9 8 0
Total 34 6 375 6 31 37 40 0 23 27 0.9 20 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 19 - 7.9 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.6 0.0 2.1 2.9 0.7 3.2 0.0
2022-23 15 6 14.9 0.5 3.9 4.5 3.4 0.0 2.7 2.9 0.9 1.4 0.0
Total 34 6 11.0 0.6 3.3 3.9 4.3 0.0 2.5 2.9 0.9 2.1 0.0
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 15 6 14.9 0.7-3.0 22.2 0.5-2.4 22.2 0.4-0.4 100.0 2.3
Conference 10 5 15.9 0.7-2.8 25.0 0.6-2.2 27.3 0.4-0.4 100.0 2.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 8 2 10.9 0.4-2.0 18.8 0.2-1.4 18.2 0.0-0.0 - 1.0
Away 6 3 19.5 1.0-4.5 22.2 0.8-3.8 21.7 0.7-0.7 100.0 3.5
Neutral 1 1 20.0 1.0-2.0 50.0 1.0-2.0 50.0 2.0-2.0 100.0 5.0
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Wins 2 1 5.5 0.5-3.0 16.7 0.5-2.5 20.0 0.0-0.0 - 1.5
Losses 13 5 16.4 0.7-3.0 23.1 0.5-2.4 22.6 0.5-0.5 100.0 2.4
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November 6 1 11.5 0.3-2.3 14.3 0.3-2.0 16.7 0.3-0.3 100.0 1.3
December 1 - 10.0 1.0-4.0 25.0 0.0-3.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 2.0
January 8 5 18.1 0.9-3.4 25.9 0.8-2.6 28.6 0.5-0.5 100.0 3.0
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 15 6 224 10-45 22.2 8-36 22.2 6-6 100.0 34
Conference 10 5 159 7-28 25.0 6-22 27.3 4-4 100.0 24
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Home 8 2 87 3-16 18.8 2-11 18.2 0-0 - 8
Away 6 3 117 6-27 22.2 5-23 21.7 4-4 100.0 21
Neutral 1 1 20 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
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Wins 2 1 11 1-6 16.7 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3
Losses 13 5 213 9-39 23.1 7-31 22.6 6-6 100.0 31
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November 6 1 69 2-14 14.3 2-12 16.7 2-2 100.0 8
December 1 - 10 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
January 8 5 145 7-27 25.9 6-21 28.6 4-4 100.0 24
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 15 6 14.9 1.8-8.0 22.2 1.4-6.4 22.2 1.1-1.1 100.0 6.1
Conference 10 5 15.9 1.8-7.0 25.0 1.5-5.5 27.3 1.0-1.0 100.0 6.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 8 2 10.9 1.4-7.4 18.8 0.9-5.1 18.2 0.0-0.0 - 3.7
Away 6 3 19.5 2.1-9.2 22.2 1.7-7.9 21.7 1.4-1.4 100.0 7.2
Neutral 1 1 20.0 2.0-4.0 50.0 2.0-4.0 50.0 4.0-4.0 100.0 10.0
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Wins 2 1 5.5 3.6-21.8 16.7 3.6-18.2 20.0 0.0-0.0 - 10.9
Losses 13 5 16.4 1.7-7.3 23.1 1.3-5.8 22.6 1.1-1.1 100.0 5.8
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November 6 1 11.5 1.2-8.1 14.3 1.2-7.0 16.7 1.2-1.2 100.0 4.6
December 1 - 10.0 4.0-16.0 25.0 0.0-12.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 8.0
January 8 5 18.1 1.9-7.4 25.9 1.7-5.8 28.6 1.1-1.1 100.0 6.6
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 15 6 14.9 0.2 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.0
Conference 10 5 15.9 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.2 0.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 2 10.9 0.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 - 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.0
Away 6 3 19.5 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.7 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0
Neutral 1 1 20.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 - 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
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Wins 2 1 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Losses 13 5 16.4 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.0
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November 6 1 11.5 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.0
December 1 - 10.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 - 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 5 18.1 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.3 0.0 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 15 6 224 3 22 25 19 0 15 16 0.9 8 0
Conference 10 5 159 2 17 19 12 0 9 8 1.1 5 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 2 87 1 9 10 8 - 7 8 0.9 6 0
Away 6 3 117 1 11 12 10 0 6 6 1.0 2 0
Neutral 1 1 20 1 2 3 1 - 2 2 1.0 0 0
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Wins 2 1 11 0 0 0 1 - 1 2 0.5 1 0
Losses 13 5 213 3 22 25 18 0 14 14 1.0 7 0
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November 6 1 69 1 3 4 7 0 7 9 0.8 3 0
December 1 - 10 0 3 3 2 - 0 1 0.0 0 0
January 8 5 145 2 16 18 10 0 8 6 1.3 5 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 15 6 14.9 0.5 3.9 4.5 3.4 0.0 2.7 2.9 0.9 1.4 0.0
Conference 10 5 15.9 0.5 4.3 4.8 3.0 0.0 2.3 2.0 1.1 1.3 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 2 10.9 0.5 4.1 4.6 3.7 0.0 3.2 3.7 0.9 2.8 0.0
Away 6 3 19.5 0.3 3.8 4.1 3.4 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.0
Neutral 1 1 20.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
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Wins 2 1 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 3.6 7.3 0.5 3.6 0.0
Losses 13 5 16.4 0.6 4.1 4.7 3.4 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.0 1.3 0.0
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November 6 1 11.5 0.6 1.7 2.3 4.1 0.0 4.1 5.2 0.8 1.7 0.0
December 1 - 10.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 5 18.1 0.6 4.4 5.0 2.8 0.0 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.4 0.0