2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
Dezmond Jackson

22 Lauren Gross

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Northpoint Christian School
  • Hometown Southaven, Miss.

Biography

SOUTHERN MISS
Three-year letterwinner at Southern Miss … appeared in 64 games, including 35 starting assignments … shot 30 percent (61-of-201) from 3-point range and 77 percent (27-of-35) from the free-throw line ... presented the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal twice (2019-20 and 2020-21) and earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Rolls in 2021-22 ... started all 31 games in 2022-23 and led the team in 3-point field goals made, with a career-high 35 ... recorded career highs in both assists (36) and steals (34) ... scored in double figures in six games and made at least one 3-point field goal in 19 games … scored 12 points vs. Arkansas State, connecting on 4-of-6 3-pointers, in the Sun Belt Championship quarterfinals in Pensacola, Florida ... netted 13 points each at Ole Miss, hitting 4-of-5 shots from the floor including 2-of-3 3-pointers, and at South Alabama, connecting on 5-of-9 field-goal attempts including 3-of-6 behind the 3-point arc ... collected a career-best nine rebounds vs. North Alabama ... was one of two student-athletes to play NCAA Division I women’s basketball in 2022-23 while working on a doctorate degree (international development) ... also served as team captain for the Sun Belt regular-season Co-Champions … appeared in 23 games as a junior in 2021-22, including four starts ... her 22 3-pointers made ranked second on the Lady Eagles ... reached double figures in scoring three times and matched her season high with 15 points vs. Richmond at the FAU Christmas Tournament, hitting 5-of-9 3-point field-goal attempts; her five triples also marked a career high ... also scored 15 points vs. Mississippi Valley, connecting on 6-of-13 shots from the floor including 3-of-6 from beyond the 3-point arc … recorded a career-high five assists vs. Samford ... opened the season with a 14-point performance vs. William Carey (5-of-9 FG shooting including 3-of-6 3-pointers ... saw action in 10 games as a red-shirt sophomore in 2021-22 after sitting out the entire 2019-20 season after transferring to Southern Miss from North Florida.
 
NORTH FLORIDA
Appeared in 23 games as a true freshman at North Florida in 2018-19 and scored in double figures twice, including a career-high 17 points vs. Charleston Southern (5-of-8 FG shooting including 3-of-6 3-pointers and 4-of-4 FT shooting) … won ASUN Conference Freshman of the Week honors on the strength of her 17-point outing against the Buccaneers … made 6-of-12 field-goal attempts and finished with 13 points and eight rebounds vs. Trinity Baptist.
 
NORTHPOINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Played five seasons of varsity basketball at Northpoint Christian School and helped lead the Trojans to a combined record of 142-18 (.888), with five consecutive trips to the to the Division II-A Final Fours including back-to-back state championships in 2016 and ’17 ... named to the state all-tournament team twice and became a two-time West All-Region Team selection (2015 and ’17) ... named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Division II-A All-State Team as a senior in 2017-18 ... amassed 1,654 points, 738 rebounds, 394 assists and 313 steals during her prep career.
 
PERSONAL
Earned her bachelor’s degree in sports management from Southern Miss in the summer of 2021 and added a master’s degree in the same field in the summer of 2022.
 

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