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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

2 Zahra King

  • Position G
  • Class SO
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Previous School Westtown School / California

Biography

2025-26 (Sophomore): CSC Academic All-District Team Honoree… Had a breakout season, appearing in all 30 games with 29 starts… King led the Mustangs in multiple offensive statistical categories, including 14.4 points per game and 443 points…  Also led the team in field goal percentage at 43.1% and made a team-high 45 three-pointers and 160 field goals… Recorded 19 games scoring double figures and scored over 20 points in six games, including five during ACC play… In conference games, King averaged 15.6 points per game while shooting 38.3% from the floor, 36.4% from three-point range and totaled 31 steals and 100 made field goals… King ended the season ranked 11th in the ACC in total field goals (160), 12th in total points (433), 13th in field goal attempts (371), and 13th in field goal percentage (43.1)… King’s 15.6 points per game in ACC Play ranked 10th in the conference… Made history by scoring 40 points in the team’s road victory over Pitt (1/18), becoming the third ever Mustang to score 40 points in a game… She went 7-of-12 from three-point range, which is tied for the second most three pointers made in a single game in school history… Her historic 40-point performance was the third-most points scored in a single game in program history and the most since Shawna Ford scored 42 against TCU in 1997… As a sophomore, King is also only the third ACC underclassman to score 40 points in a game this century, joining Jewel Spear (40-Wake Forest vs. ETSU 12/13/21) and Tiana Mangakahia (44-Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech 1/4/18)… It was also the 38th time an ACC player has ever scored 40 points in a game and is one of three players to achieve the feat during the season and the only player to do so during ACC play… In the game at Pitt set a career high for points (40), field goals made / attempts (11-19), 3-point field goals made / attempts (7-12), and free throws made / attempts (11-13)… Totaled a career high eight assists against Miami (1/25)… Hauled in a career high five rebounds in three games during the season.

2024-25 (Freshman at California): Appeared in 19 games, totaling 156 minutes for an average of 8.2 minutes per contest … Totaled 53 points (2.8 points per game), 24 rebounds and 10 assists … Played a season-high 18 minutes at Duke … Had season highs of 13 points, two 3-pointers, and four rebounds against Austin Peay … Had a season-high three assists against Temple.

High School: Ranked No. 76 nationally be ESPNW class of 2024 top 100 rankings … Part of the 23rd nationally ranked 2024 recruiting class (ESPNW) … Over her first three seasons, averaged 10.7 points, 2.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game … After her 2022-23 junior season, King was named to the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball Class 3A First Team.

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