2022-23 Lady Demon Basketball Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon

15 Candice Parramore

15 Candice Parramore

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Lakeview Centennial
  • Prev School:
    Grambling

Summary

Biography

2022-23 Season
     2022-23 First-Team All-Conference
     January 30, 2023 Southland Conference Player of the Week
     2022-23 Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team

• Started 24 of the 26 games in which she played and led the team in scoring at 13.5 points per game overall and 16.4 points in conference games.
• Finished the season as the fifth highest ranked scorer in the Southland overall and the second highest in league games.
• Became the first player in 28 years (Angela Simpson, 93-95) to have consecutive seasons with 100 or more made free throws, going 103-for-129 (.798) from the stripe on the season.
• Ended her time at NSU as the program's top free throw shooter for a career in terms of percentage at .850 (243-286). 
• Led NSU in scoring at Oklahoma State (Nov. 11) with 15 points.
• Went 9-for-11 from the free throw line against Arkansas Baptist (Nov. 26).
• Turned in her first double-double of the season against Champion Christian (Dec. 4) scoring 12 points and pulling in a career high 11 rebounds.
• Had back-to-back 15-point games at Tarleton (Dec. 14) and Tulsa (Dec. 19).
• Suffered a foot injury in practice leading up to the SLC opener against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 30).
• Scored 11 first-quarter points in the win at Nicholls (Jan. 14), her first full game back after a pre-conference injury. Matched a then career high with three made 3-pointers in the game and finished with 18 total points..
• Surpassed 1,000 career points in the game at New Orleans (Jan. 21), scoring 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field.
• Had back-to-back 20-point games for the third time in her career with her career-high 24 against HCU (Jan. 26) and 20 against Lamar (Jan. 28).
• Had five straight games with two or more made 3-pointers from Jan. 14 through Jan. 28 where she went 16-for-31 (.516) from beyond the arc. 
• Made 11-of-13 free throws in the second quarter against Texas A&M-Commerce (Feb. 11) and finished the game 13-for-15, a new career high in made free throws.
• Scored a career high 26 points against Texas A&M-Commerce (Feb. 11) and matched it a week later in the win over New Orleans (Feb. 18), scoring 15 of her total in the third quarter alone.
• Scored in double-digits in the final 12 games of the season beginning on Jan. 21 including five 20-point outings.

2021-22 Season
     2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
     2021-22 Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Year
     2021-22 All-Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Second Team
     February 28, 2022 Southland Conference Player of the Week
     December 13, 2021 Southland Conference Player of the Week


• Started all 26 games in her first year at NSU and led the team in scoring at 13.8 and finishing fifth in the Southland.
• Her .892 (140-157) was the fifth highest single-season free throw percentage in program history, and the highest percentage by a player with more than 100 attempts.
• Scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in her first game and start for NSU against Centenary (Nov. 9).
• Went 7-for-14 from the field and 7-for-8 from the line in route to a 21-point outing against Texas A&M-Texarkana (Nov. 13). It was the second time in her career she scored 21 points on Nov. 13, doing so against Centenary in 2019 during her time with Grambling.
• Scored 15 points against her former team Grambling (Nov. 17), for her third straight double-digit scoring effort to start the season.
• Made three consecutive 3s in the third quarter at Arkansas State (Dec. 2) that gave NSU its first lead of the game four minutes into the second half.
• Scored 23 second-half points in the win at Mississippi Valley (Dec. 11), including going 11-for-11 from the free throw line during the fourth quarter and overtime.
• Recorded her third 20-point game of the season against Champion Christian (Jan. 11) behind a 16-point first-half effort where she also had seven rebounds and a career-best five steals in one of her best overall games.
• Made 34 consecutive free throws over the span of 10 games in more than 240 minutes of playing time between Nov. 13 and Jan. 11.
• Scored 16 second-half points, 11 in the third quarter, at Southeastern (Jan. 15) for her second straight 20-point game,
• Put in 21 points against Nicholls on an 11-for-15 effort from the free throw line becoming the first player to score 20 or more in three straight games since 2016-17.
• Had her first game with 10 or more points, five or more rebounds and five or more assists in the win against Nicholls (Feb. 24).
• Matched her career high of 23 points in consecutive games against Nicholls (Feb. 24) and New Orleans (Feb. 26) giving her seven straight double-digit scoring games. the longest streak of her career.
• Scored all 12 of her points in the second half of the win against Southeastern (March 5) including going 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

Prior to NSU
• Started 38 games in two seasons at Grambling.
• Played an average of 26.0 minutes per game the past two seasons.
• Averaged 10.2 points per game during the 2020-21 season, reaching double figures 13 times with a season best 17 twice against Prairie View A&M and Southern.
• Scored a career-high 22 points her sophomore season against Texas Southern.

High School
• Four-year athlete at Lakeview Centennial in Garland, Texas on both the basketball and track & field teams.
• Named First-Team All-District basketball following her junior and senior seasons and District Offensive Player of the Year as a senior.
• Was a three-time 6A 300 meter hurdles champion.
• City medalist in the triple jump and 4x400 relay three different seasons.
• USA and AAU National Junior Olympic gold and silver medalist in hurdles and 4x100 meter relay.

Personal
• Daughter of Shari and Corey Parramore.
• Has three older siblings, sisters Courtney and Carissa and brother Anthony.
• Cousin of NFL receive Odell Beckham Jr.
• Majoring in criminal justice.
• Wants to play basketball overseas, begin coaching or work in criminal justice after graduation.
• Life's ambition is to be successful in anything she decides to do, whether that be in basketball or any other aspect of her life.

Career Highs
Points: 26, 2x, last vs. New Orleans (2/18/23)
Rebounds: 11, vs. Champion Christian (12/4/22)
Assists: 6, vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (3/6/23)
FG Made: 9, vs. Houston Christian (1/26/23)
3FG Made: 4, 2x, last vs. Lamar (128/23)
FT Made: 13, vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (2/11/23)
Steals*: 10, vs. Centenary (11/13/19)
Blocks*: 1, 6x. last at Texas A&M-Commerce (2/9/23)
Minutes: 40, 2x, last vs. Incarnate Word (3/1/23)
Double-Doubles:  4, last vs. Champion Christian (12/4/22)
*at Grambling
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  • 15

    2021-22Senior

    Guard
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2022-23Senior

    Guard
    5'7"
    15