Merideth Deckard
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Weight:
- 0
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- Hometown:
- Martinsville, IN
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- Position:
- G
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Martinsville
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Martinsville
Bio
2020-2021 at Taylor: The junior guard appeared in 23 games, starting in each one of them … Posted career-bests with 11.1 points per game, 3.2 assists per game, 2.1 rebounds per game, 1.0 steals per game and 66 total three-point field goals made … Scored a career-best 24 points against Oakland City on December 19, while knocking down a single-game career-high eight shots from beyond the three-point line … Ranked 19th in the nation while averaging 2.9 made three-point field goals per game, 20th in the nation with 66 made three-pointers and 28th for maintaining a 42 percent average from beyond the three-point line … Ranked second in the Crossroads League in made three-pointers per game, fifth in total three-pointers made and third in three-point percentage … Ranked second on the team in three-point percentage, assists per game and steals per game, third in points per game and fourth with a 84.6 percent average from the free-throw line … Honored as an Academic All-Crossroads League player and an NAIA scholar-athlete.
2019-2020 at Taylor: Appeared in all 34 games with six starts … Set career-bests with 301 points, 96 field goals, 57 rebounds, 79 assists and 24 steals … Secured a single-game career-best 10 rebounds against Great Lakes Christian on November 21 … Led the NAIA and set a TU single-season record with a 50.4 three-point field goal percentage … Led the Crossroads League in three-point field goal percentage, finished 10th in the league with 64 made three-pointers and 12th with 1.9 three-pointers per game … Led the team in made three-pointers and three-point field goal percentage, and finished third on the team with 8.9 points per game and 2.3 assists per game.
2018-2019 at Taylor: Contributed off the bench in 34 games as a freshman … Compiled 139 points and 38 treys, averaging 4.1 points per game and maintaining a 45.8 percent mark from beyond the three-point line … Finished the season with 29 rebounds, 24 assists and 10 steals … Was second on the team in three-point percentage and third on the team while shooting 46.7 percent from the floor.
Prep: Earned four varsity letters for Vince Cerbone at Martinsville High … Set Martinsville record for most three-pointers in a career with 255, single-season with 77 and single game with 8 … Earned Indiana Basketball Coaches Association All-Indiana Honorable Mention and Underclass Honorable Mention Honors … Graduated with academic honors … Member of National Honor Society … Played club basketball with Indiana Flight.
Personal: Daughter of Jacque and Phil Deckard … Majoring in accounting and finance.
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