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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Jada Peebles

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Wakefield High School
  • Instagram jadapeebles
  • Twitter jpeebs_

Biography

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CAREER

  • A student-athlete on the Illinois women's basketball team for all five years of her collegiate career.
  • Finished injury-shortened career with 124 games played, which ranked 6th on Illinois' career list.
  • Scored 880 points across her Illinois career.
  • Made 142 career 3-pointers, which ranked 9th on the Illinois list.
  • Career 3-point percentage of 36.6% ranked 6th-best on Illinois' all-time list.

2023-24 - FIFTH-YEAR

  • Fighting Illini Female Spirit Award winner
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in the first 15 games of the season with three starts before suffering a torn achilles that ended her season
  • Averaged 4.7 points/game, 1.3 rebounds/game, and 1.1 assists/game
  • Shot 34.3% (24-of-70) from the field, 27.9% (12-of-43) from deep, and 64.7% (11-of-17) from the free-throw line
  • Tallied a season-high 19 points in Illinois' Field Trip Day game win over Saint Peter's
  • Made a season-best 5 3-pointers in the win vs. Saint Peter's
  • Dished out 16 assists against just five turnovers while recording 11 steals, and two blocks through 15 games.

2022-23 - SENIOR

  • Appeared in all 32 games while drawing six starts
  • Shot a new Illinois single-season record 45.2-percent from 3-point range
  • Played in the 100th game of her career on Feb. 2, 2023 at Michigan
  • Averaged 6.5 points/game, 1.6 rebounds/game and 0.8 assists/game
  • Connected on 52-of-115 3-point shots for a 45.2-percent rate
  • 130 made 3-pointers in her career ranks ninth all-time at Illinois
  • Made 6-of-7 3-pointers attempted at Pittsburgh (11/30/22) – 85.7 percent ties the second-best single-game 3-point accuracy mark in program history
  • Six made 3-pointers at Pittsburgh ties for the eighth-most made by an individual in a game in program history
  • 20-point games at Pittsburgh (11/30/22) and at Rutgers (2/26/23)
  • Last second block at Butler sealed Illinois victory (12/11/22)

2021-22 - JUNIOR

  • Played in all 27 games and ranked third on the team with 22 starts
  • Averaged 27.0 minutes per game, third-most on the team
  • Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 7.0 points per game
  • Connected on 31 three-pointers, the second-most on the team, while shooting a team-leading 37.3 percent (31-of-83) from beyond the arc. 
  • Dished out 49 assists, ranking second on the team
  • Scored in double-figures in eight games, including a season-high 17 points in a win over UC Riverside (Nov. 21)
  • Led or tied for the team lead in assists in seven contests, including a career-high-tying six helpers vs. Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 5)

2020-21 - SOPHOMORE

  • One of three Illini to play at start in all 23 games
  • Led the team in scoring at 11.6 ppg, reaching double-figures in 16 games including 14 of 18 Big Ten regular-season contests
  • Played 35.4 minutes per game, third in the Big Ten and 88th nationally
  • Knocked down a team-leading 34 three-pointers, shooting .309 from beyond the arc
  • Led the team with a .789 free-throw percentage (30-for-38)
  • Tallied eight games as the leading scorer, and five contests as the team leader in assists
  • Recorded a then-career-high 19 points, including a personal-best five three-pointers vs. Penn State (1/28/21)
  • Established a new career-high with 21 points, including a career-high-tying five three-pointers at Minnesota (2/10/21)

2019-20 - FRESHMAN

  • Played in 27 of Illinois' games, earning 11 starts
  • Averaged 5.4 points and 1.0 rebounds in 20 minutes per game
  • Notched five games in double-figures scoring
  • Tallied 17 points, including a season-most three three-pointers in an Illini win vs. Holy Cross (11/9/19)
  • Recorded season-best totals with 18 points and five rebounds in 38 minutes vs Austin Peay (11/13/19)
  • Dished out a personal-best six assists vs. Merrimack (12/10/19)
  • Ranked fourth on the team in three-point shooting (.351; 13-for-37) and free-throw shooting (.674; 29-for-43)
  • Third on the team with 1.1 steals and fifth with 1.3 assists per game 

High School

  • Ranked as the No. 104 player in the country according to Prospects Nation
  • Named Northern Atlantic Defensive Player of the Year
  • Participated in the North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-Star Game
  • Three-time Northern Atlantic All-Conference Selection
  • 2017-18 All-Metro team honoree
  • Scored her 1000th career point during her junior season at Wakefield High School
  • Averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game in her junior season

Personal

  • Daughter of Danny and Monique Peebles
  • Born October 27, 2000
  • Has three siblings, Dylan, Mia and DJ
  • Brother, Dylan, is on the track & field team at LSU
  • Father, Danny, played football at N.C. State and in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Cleveland Browns
  • Earned her bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Illinois
  • Working towards a master's degree in animal sciences from Illinois

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2019-20Freshman

    Guard
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2021-22Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2022-23Senior

    Guard
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2023-24Fifth Year

    Guard
    5'10"
    11