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Molly Davis - Women's Basketball - University of Iowa Athletics

#1 Molly Davis

Position G
Height 5-7
Class Fifth Year
Hometown Midland, Mich.
High School H.H. Dow
Previous School Central Michigan

2023-24

  • Recorded fourth career start – first of the season – against UNI (11/13).
  • Earned All-Tournament honors at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase.
  • Registered eight games in double figures.

2022-23

  • Had 2 blocks against Oregon State (11/25) to set a new single-game high.
  • Recorded a season-high 17 points against Rutgers (2/12), going 5-7 from the floor and 5-5 from the charity stripe.
  • Made her first start as a Hawkeye against No. 2 Ohio State. (Jan. 23)
  • Letter winner and made the Dean’s List.

2021-22 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  • Earned Second Team All-MAC honors
  • Led team with an 18.6 points per game scoring average
  • Matched her career high with 32 points at Northeastern and versus Northern Illinois
  • Made 81.7 percent of her free throws
  • Ranked fifth in the MAC in scoring, free throw percentage and minutes per game (35.9)
  • Averaged 2.2 3-pointers per game, ranking seventh in the league
  • Appeared in 24 games, all starts
  • Scored in double figures in 20 games
  • Ranks first in Central Michigan history with a 17.7 points per game average; 11th in points (1,434); seventh in assists (346); sixth in career free throw percentage (.794); eighth in career 3-pointers (187)
  • Academic All-MAC

2020-21 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  • Started all 27 games, averaging a team-high 37.9 minutes per contest
  • Ranked No. 6 in the MAC and No. 23 nationally in scoring with 20.8 points per game
  • First Team All-MAC
  • Scored in double figures in all 27 contests
  • Led league and ranked 13th in country with 76 3-pointers
  • Led team and ranked fifth in the MAC by converting 82.8 percent of free throw attempts
  • Ranked second on the team in assists (101) and steals (45)
  • Tallied a career-high 33 points versus Ohio in MAC Tournament semifinal
  • Posted 23 points in MAC Tournament championship game win over Bowling Green
  • Voted to MAC All-Tournament Team
  • Recorded double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds at Ohio
  • Scored 32 points and matched a career high with six triples at Akron
  • Made a career-best five steals versus Iowa in the NCAA Tournament
  • Academic All-MAC

2019-20 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  • Earned All-MAC Second Team and MAC All-Freshman Team honors
  • Team’s second leading scorer and ranked 12th in the MAC with 14.3 points per game
  • converted 39.5 percent from 3-point range to lead CMU and rank third in the MAC
  • Ranked fifth in the MAC with a .489 field goal percentage
  • Averaged a team-best 4.4 assists per game, ranking fifth in the league
  • Scored in double digits in 20 games
  • MAC West Player of the Week (Feb. 5)
  • Posted double-double with 15 points and a season-high 10 assists in her first collegiate game, versus Green Bay
  • Tallied 21 points and hauled in a season-best 10 rebounds versus Dayton
  • Netted 23 points at Bethune-Cookman
  • Poured in a season-best 28 points versus Toledo and matched it with 28 at Buffalo

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Totaled 832 points during her first three years at Dow, and averaged a team-best 17.1 points per game in 2017-18
  • Earned second team all-state honors during her junior year and all-state honorable mention as sophomore
  • Garnered First Team All-Saginaw Valley League accolades in both her sophomore and junior seasons
  • Helped lead the Chargers to a Class A district championship in 2016-17
  • Voted Dream Team Most Valuable Player by the Midland Daily News in 2018
  • Played for the Michigan Mystics AAU team in 2017 and 2018

PERSONAL

  • Born on 8/21/00 in Lafayette, Indiana
  • Health Studies major
  • Parents are Ted and Melinda Davis
  • Father played football at Franklin College
  • Older sibling, Trevor, played basketball at the University of Northwood