2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS (as of May 13, 2024)
Points: 16 vs. Omaha (Jan. 3, 2024)
Rebounds: 13, 2x, last: vs. Omaha (Jan. 3, 2024)
Assists: 6, 2x, last: vs. Omaha (Jan. 3, 2024)
Steals: 4 vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 5, 2022)
Blocks: 4 vs. Idaho State (Jan. 20, 2024)
Field Goals Made: 8 vs. Omaha (Jan. 3, 2024)
Field Goals Attempted: 12 vs. Idaho (Jan. 14, 2023)
Three-Pointers Made: ---
Three-Pointers Attempted: 1, 5x, last: at Weber State (Feb. 17, 2024)
Free Throws Made: 3, 2x, last: vs. Gonzaga (Nov. 29, 2023
Free Throws Attempted: 6 vs. Northern Colorado (Feb. 24, 2022)
Minutes: 36, 3x, last: vs. Omaha (Jan. 23, 2024)
2023-24 | Graduate Student
- Started 34 games, averaging 25.9 minutes of game time.
- Averaged 5.4 points per game, with 184 total.
- Shot 50.9% from the floor, second on the team, and 58.8% from the free-throw line.
- Had a career night, setting or matching career-highs in: points (16), rebounds (13), Assists (6), Field-Goals made (8), and minutes (36) against Omaha (1/3)
- Had two double-double games against Omaha (1/3) and Tarleton State (11/22)
- Tied for second on the team in assists (48)
- Tied for third on the team in blocks (14)
- Third on the team in total rebounds (165)
- Big Sky 2023-24 All-Academic Team
2022-23 | Redshirt-Junior
- Started all 30 of Eastern's games during the season.
- Averaged 25.8 minutes per game.
- Was sixth on the team with 5.2 points per game.
- Led the team with a 55.6 shooting percentage (135 attempts).
- The stat ranks fifth in program history for a individual single season.
- Scored a career-high 14 points against Idaho (1/14).
- Had five games scoring in double figures.
- Was fifth on the team with 3.2 rebounds per game.
- Recorded a season-high seven rebounds against Idaho State (2/25).
- Finished second on the team with 52 assists.
- Set a career-high with six against Northern Arizona (1/21).
- Placed third on the team with 14 blocks.
- Had 19 steals on the season.
2021-22 | Redshirt-Sophomore
- Started all 29 games she played in for Eastern.
- Scored her career high, 10 points in the opener against San Jose State(11/11), along with 10 against Multnomah(12/7) and 10 against Portland State(1/17).
- Was fifth on the team with 5.6 points per game.
- Led the the team with a 46.6 shooting percentage.
- Finished with a 5.1 rebounds per game average to rank second on the team.
- Had a career-high, 13 rebounds against Northern Colorado(2/24).
- Recorded two double digit rebound games during the season.
- Nearly had a double double against Idaho State(1/13) with 10 rebounds and nine points.
- Tied for the team lead with 16 blocks.
- Set a career high with three blocks against Montana(1/6).
2020-21 | Redshirt-Sophomore
- Played in 22 games, making 10 starts as a redshirt sophomore.
- Averaged 16.7 minutes and 2.0 points per game.
- Tied her season-high seven points twice.
- Averaged 3.4 rebounds per game with 75 total, including a career-high nine in the season opener against Northern Arizona on Dec. 5.
- Shot 40.9 percent (18-44) from the field and 50 percent (8-16) from the free throw line.
- Totaled 10 blocks, 12 assists and 16 steals.
- Had two blocks in two games and two steals in three games.
- Named to the Winter Big Sky All-Academic team.
2019-20 | Redshirt-Freshman
- Received a medical redshirt from the 2018-19 season.
- Played in 22 games as a redshirt-freshman, making four starts and averaging 13.4 minutes per game.
- Averaged 1.8 points per game, and set a career-high eight at Idaho State (March 4).
- Prior to that, she tied her season-high of four points on five different occasions.
- Averaged 2.4 rebounds per game, with a career-high seven against Weber State (Dec. 28).
- Grabbed a rebound in every game but three, and had over three rebounds in nine different games.
- Garnered 52 total rebounds.
- Earned a career-high two assists twice.
- Set a career-best three steals against Weber State (Dec. 28).
- Totaled three blocks on the season.
- Was a perfect 4-4 in free throw attempts.
- Shot 37.5 percent (18-48) from the field.
2018-19 | Freshman
- Played in seven games before being sidelined with an injury for the remainder of the season.
- Averaged 7.0 points per game off of the bench.
- Scored seven total points, including four points in two separate games.
- Pulled down nine rebounds for an average of 1.3 per game.
- Had two rebounds in three separate games.
- Went 2-for-3 from the field against Eastern Oregon (Nov. 14) and 2-for-2 from the field against Utah (Nov. 21).
- Recorded one block and one steal.
Prior to Eastern Washington
- Knowles hails from Cumbria, England and is a 6-1 power forward.
- After winning a regional championship at the U-13 and U-15 levels, she was an England National team selection at the U-15, 16 and 18 levels.
- In 2018, she was a Division I Women Semi-Finalist, an Elite AC Finalist and led her team to another U18 National League Northern Championship.
- Knowles will bring plenty of international experience to Eastern, as she played in the Division A European Championship at the U-16 level in addition to being tabbed a Great Britain U-18 Selection in the summer of 2017.
- In 2017, was named the Women's Elite Academy Basketball League North Defensive Player of the Year and earned Most Valuable Player of the England Schools.
- In addition to winning an England School Championship in 2017, she led her team to a U-18 National League Northern Championship.
- Was coached by former Eagle great Julie Page who played basketball for EWU under Schuller from 2004-06.
- Page was named Big Sky Newcomer of the Year in 2004 and earned an All-Big Sky nod in 2006.
- Earned the Will Wilson Award for outstanding sports person and the Joe Harrison award for sporting excellence in 2016.
Personal
- She chose to come to Eastern Washington because it, "has everything I'm looking for both academically and in basketball. From the initial contact and conversation, the coaching staff and players have made me feel very welcomed."
- The daughter of David and Amanda Knowles, she plans on majoring in international affairs and communication studies.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2019-20Redshirt Freshman
PF
6'1"
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2020-21Redshirt Sophomore
PF
6'1"
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2021-22Redshirt Sophomore
PF
6'1"
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2022-23Redshirt Junior
PF
6'1"
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2023-24Graduate Student
Power Forward
6'1"
