2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Konno, Norika

Jersey Number 11
Norika Konno
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sendai, Japan
- High School:
- Seiwa
Bio
Senior Year (2022-23)
- Played in 28 games and made eight starts during her senior season.
- Scored a career-high 12 points and had a career-best four threes to go with five rebounds in the home win over Clemson.
- Earned her first career start against Syracuse and scored five points to go with two rebounds and an assist.
- Played 14 minutes off the bench and added five points and two assists in the road win over Florida State.
- Tied a career high with 11 points, set a career high with three made threes and had a season-best three steals in the win over Pitt.
- Had a career game with career-best marks with eight rebounds and seven assists to go with 10 points, two blocks and a steal in the win over Longwood on Nov. 25.
- Returned to the court and played 17 minutes with four points, three assists and one steal against South Dakota State on Nov. 21.
Junior Year (2021-22):
- Tallied eight points on 4-7 shooting in 20 minutes while leading the team with four assists in the win over Boston College on
12/30 - Recorded eight points off 3-4 shooting while adding two assists and one steal in just ten minutes on the court in the win over No. 9 Michigan
- Gathered a season high five rebounds coming off the bench at Colorado State
- Tied her career-high with 11 points on 5-8 shooting, 1-3 from 3-pt range, vs. Bellarmine
Japanese National Team (2021):
- Participated in the Japanese National Team Training Camp in Tokyo in preparation of the 2020 Olympic Games
Sophomore Year (2020-21):
- Played in all 30 games, averaging 12.1 minutes, 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds, while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor.
- Contributed five points, three rebounds, and a career-high six steals, doubling her previous career-high, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marist.
- Contributed valuable minutes off the bench, recording 10 points on 4-5 shooting, 2-3 from deep, in only 11 minutes in the ACC Semifinals vs. SYR on 3/6.
- Set a career-high with seven rebounds, in addition to ten points and three assists, in a win over Boston College on 2/4.
- Scored five points and secured a crucial late-game offensive rebound in a win over Wake Forest on 1/24.
- Recorded a career-high two threes in a win over Virginia Tech on 1/7.
- Tied a career-high with eleven points on an efficient 4-5 shooting from the field in a win vs. Bellarmine on 1/2.
- Dished out a season-high four assists in a win vs. NKU on 1/1.
- Recorded nine points and three rebounds in 18 minutes vs. UTM on 12/6.
- Recorded six points, four rebounds, and two blocks in season opener at SEMO on 11/25.
Freshman Year (2019-20):
- Played in 16 games, averaging 4.6 points, 1.9 assists 1.6 rebounds.
- Missed the last 14 games with a knee injury.
- Scored nine points, all in the fourth quarter, on 4-7 shooting, while adding three assists at Miami.
- Played pivotal minutes after Jazmine Jones got in foul trouble and finished with six points on 3-4 shooting in 72-62 win over Oregon.
- Career-high 11 points and team-high four assists vs. Chattanooga on 11/21.
- Led the team with five assists, while adding four points and four rebounds against Murray State on 11/8.
- Scored nine points in her collegiate debut against WKU.
High School:
- The 5-foot-10 shooting guard from Seiwa High School in Sendai, Japan, has an impressive resume of international experience
- Was a member of the U18 and U19 Japanese National Teams.
- Helped the 2018 team win a silver medal at the U18 Women's Asian Championships. She recorded 10-plus points in four of five games, including 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting, vs. China. She finished the tournament averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game
- Helped the 2019 team to a trip to the quarterfinals at the U19 World Cup. She recorded 10-plus points in three of six games, averaging 8.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists
- She was also a member of the 3-on-3 team from Japan that won a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games. In her best game during the tournament, she had 28 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals
Personal:
- Born on May 1, 2000.
- Daughter of Koji and Kaoru Konno; has two sisters (Yuki, Saki).
- Major is undecided.
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