Biography
1992-93 (from postseason guide): One of the quickest and most graceful power forwards around, Moore has emerged as the top scorer on a balanced team ... an extremely quick leaper, which helped make her an all-state volleyball player recruited by major powers like Texas, she is excellent at maneuvering for what appear to be awkward shots - until they drop ... make remarkable improvement in free throw aim, raising her accuracy rate 17 percent over her previous career 54 percent mark .. a team leader on and off the floor who overcame the sudden death of her father in midseason -- in one of the year's memorable games, she arrived 18 minutes before tipoff of a key SLC game with Northeast Louisiana and scored 17 points, including the clinching basket in the final seconds of a courageous 67-64 win, three days after the tragedy ...
  "Nika has led the team in scoring seven times, including two 24-point outings in the lst two games against No. 12 Stephen F. Austin ... she's led in rebounding four times and has eight double-figure rebound games ... she has seven 20 point games .. she has played five 40-minute games .. she has seven double-doubles ,,,
  Single-game highs: 29 points in an OT win at North Texas Dec. 31, 18 rebounds at Stephen F. Austin Jan. 16, 6 assist vs. Texas-San Antonio Feb. 20, 6 steals vs. Sam Houston Feb. 13 ... Moore ranks third in the league in scoring, eighth in rebounding and eighth in blocked shots (0.7 pg) ...Â
  Scored her 1,000th career point with her first basket in the SLC Championship game and has 1,023 points - one of only 14 Lady Demons over 1,000 ... she ranks ninth all-time with 578 rebounds and needs eight to move into eighth place.
Smith on Moore: "The Michael Jordan of the Lady Demons ... extremely positive individual ... exerts great leadership on the floor ... has unlimited potential ... good all-around player who can post up ... very dangerous in the open court ... can rebound with the best of them ... reported for preseason drills in the best condition of her career ... has a knack for making the big shot or grabbing a key rebound on critical possessions."
1991-92: Every day and every game. she got better, and at times, was dominant .. stepped to the head of the class as a true team leader ... second team All-SLCÂ selection .. selected twice as SLC Player of the Week, once as an honorable mention and once as Louisiana Women's Player of the Week ... named as the SLC Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks (1/27) after averaging 21 points, 9.5 rebounds and two steals while shooting 53% from the floor in conference wins over North Texas (1/30) and Texas-Arlington (2/1) ... earned SLC and LSWA honors January 20 after averaging 22.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in three Lady Demon wins ... led team and ranked second in conference in rebounding (8.5 rpg) ... averaged 20 minutes per contest, second to only Kim Hill ... went to the free throw line more times than any other Lady Demon, 183 (made 97 for 53%) ... tops on squad with 16 blocked shots ... led the Lady Demons in rebounding 15 times and in scoring on 10 occasions in 29 games ... produced 11 double-figure rebound games and 20 double-digit scoring games ... moved into 20th place on the Lady Demon career rebounding list ... poured in a career-high 29 points at home against Southwest Texas (1/16) on 13 of 20 from the floor and 3 of 3 at the free throw line ... set career=bests for rebounds and assists against Cal State-Northridge (12/1) in the Lady Wolf Pack Thanksgiving Tournament with 13 rebounds and 6 assists ... tied her rebound-high versus McNeese (1/4 and Sam Houston State (2.20) with 13 ... collected nine double-doubles for the year ... had a career high 5 steals at McNeese (1/4) and again at Stephen F. Austin (1/25)
1990-91: One of the top Lady Demons coming off the bench ... second on squad to Leola Shaw (21) with 19 blocked shots and seventh in the SLC ... pulled down 116 rebounds, good enough to tie Mona Pearrie for fourth on the team rebounding chart ... third on team with 73 defensive boards ... drained a season high 15 points on the road at Stephen F. Austin ... also had 11 trips to the gree throw line in that game, tops by a Lady Demon in a single game all year ... crashed the glass for season high 11 rebounds twice - versus Prairie View and McNeese State ... shot .462 from the field against SLC competition (30-62) ... saw action in 26 of 27 contest averaging 15.6 minutes court time ... got the starting not seven times ... averaged 5.2 ppg and 4.5 rpg ... scored in double figures on three occasions.
High School: Four sport All-Star where she starred in basketball, volleyball, softball and track ... four year all-district selection for the Lady Panthers ... twice named to the Class AAAA All-State team ... selected as an AAU All-American following AAU summer league competition ... had a stellar senior season averaging 24 ppg, 14 rpg, 4.4 steals and three blocks per contest ... all-district selection in all four sports seh competed in ... captured all-state honors in volleyball ... selected to the Louisiana High School All-Star team in both basketball and volleyball.
Personal: Daughter of Willie an Patricia Moore ... has one younger sister, Adina, two stepsisters, Brianne Shay an Brittney Anne, and one stepbrother, Christopher ... majoring in Fashion Merchandising ... would like to attain a high status somewhere down the road in her fashion career ... she enjoys playing volleyball when not hooping it up on the basketball court
