Samuels Collects All-Region Accolades From D3hoops.com
UW-Oshkosh senior center Isabella Samuels was named to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball All-Central Region Third Team by D3hoops.com.
Samuels helped lead UW-Oshkosh to a 26-4 record this season by averaging a team-leading 9.8 points per game and producing a .691 field goal percentage, which ranks second in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history.
Samuels, who earned her first all-region honor, had 13 double-digit scoring performances this season, including a career-high 23 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field against UW-Whitewater on Feb. 4 and 22 points on 11 of 12 shooting from the floor during the Titans' home victory over Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (Calif.) in the opening round of the NCAA tournament March 1.
In UW-Oshkosh's nine games between Feb. 4 through March 2, Samuels averaged 13.9 points per contest and shot 55-for-68 from the field for an .809 field goal percentage as the Titans clinched the WIAC regular season championship, claimed the league postseason crown and won the Oshkosh Regional during the span.
Samuels, who averaged 3.4 rebounds per game on the year, concluded her career with 750 points in 110 games. Her career .635 field goal percentage ranks third among all active Division III women's players.
Samuels and the Titans won both the WIAC regular season and tournament titles in the same season for the second time and first since the league postseason tournament debuted in 1999. UW-Oshkosh, which earned its league-leading 13th WIAC regular season championship, won the Division III Oshkosh Regional title and advanced to third round of the NCAA tournament for the third time in the past six years.
UW-Oshkosh, which has won at least 20 games each of the past seven seasons, compiled a 96-20 record during Samuels' four seasons to go along with two conference regular season titles, a pair of league tournament championships and three trips to the NCAA postseason. Samuels and the Titans also reached the third round of the Division III Championship in 2017 and the second round in 2016.