Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus UCLA on March 29, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 70
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Final
Women's Basketball
58
vs UCLA
70
2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Riley Nelson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Clarksburg, Md.
- Prev School:
- Maryland
CAREER HONORS:
- 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
- Ally ACC All-Tournament First Team (2026)
- Started 26 of 35 games played
- Averaged 9.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game
- Scored in double figures in 20 games
- Totaled 12 points, including hitting 3-of-8 from distance in ACC Championship win over Louisville (March 8)
- Registered a career-high 23 points in win over Georgia Tech (Jan. 18)
- Posted her first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in win at Pittsburgh (Jan. 24)
- Dished a career-high seven assists to go with 15 points in win over South Dakota State (Dec. 18)
- Notched 20 points and eight rebound versus Boston College (Jan. 1)
- Scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds in road win at No. 6 Louisville
- Averaged 10.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in ACC play
- Did not play due to injury
- Joined Duke prior to the 2024-25 season after transferring from Maryland
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
- Suffered ACL tear in Terrapins' game vs. Purdue (Jan. 14)
- Added 9 points off the bench in win over Green Bay (Nov. 24)
- Scored a career-high 15 points in win over Niagara (Nov. 29)
- Added 11 points off the bench at Nebraska (Dec. 31)
- A five-star recruit, the No. 17-ranked incoming freshman overall by Blue Star Basketball and No. 18 by ESPN
- 2023 McDonald's All-American
- Jordan Brand All-American
- Named the Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023
- Averaged 16.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game as a senior, leading the Bulldogs (19-10) to the Independent School League Division AA Tournament semifinals. Also averaged 2.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks
- Earned 4A First Team All-State and First Team All-County honors as a junior and senior
- Montgomery County WBCA Player of the Year, First Team WBCA, Montgomery Country WBCA Private Schools Newcomer of the Year and Private School Player of the Year
- Team USA Finalist
- Led her high school team to the 2019 and 2022 Regional titles and the 2022 Montgomery County championship and a runner-up finish in the 2022 State Championship
- Played AAU for the Fairfax Stars
- Played first three high school seasons at Clarksburg High School
- Also played golf in high school
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