University of Minnesota Athletics
2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Scalia, Sara
Jersey Number 14
Sara Scalia
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-10
- High School:
- Stillwater HS
- Hometown:
- Stillwater, Minn.
Bio
CAREER
Ended the 2021-22 season ranked first in career free throw percentage (88.8), fifth in career minutes per game (33.8), seventh in career 3-point percentage (.381; min. 200 attempts), seventh in career threes made at Minnesota (214), seventh in threes attempted (561), ninth in career scoring average (14.5), 19th in program history in total points (1,158).
2021-22: JUNIOR SEASON
2022 All-Big Ten Second Team (Coaches and Media)... Led the team in scoring with a career-high 17.9 points per game while shooting a career-high 41.3 percent from three and 39.6 percent from the floor while starting all 33 games... Led the team in field goal attempts (513), field goals made (203), threes attempted (269), threes made (111), free throw percentage (91.5), defensive rebounds (119) and minutes (1160, 35.1 per game)... Posted the best single-season free throw percentage (91.5) in program history... Hade one of the best offensive seasons in program history, hitting the second most threes in a single season with 111, just eight behind Rachel Banham (2015-16), hit 64 threes during Big Ten play, the second most in a single season in school history just 11 behind Banham (2015-16)... Became the 28th Gopher to reach 1,000 career points while playing at Minnesota and finished the season with 1,166 career points, the 19th most points in school history... Led the team with 26 double-figures scoring performances during the season and scored over 30 points four times (which is tied for the seventh-most 30-point performances in a single season at Minnesota)... Scored over 20 points nine times during the season and led the team in scoring 15 times during the season... Scored in double figures in 22 straight games before that streak was snapped in the final game of the season against South Dakota State (3/20)... Opened the season with a 25-point performance against Jacksonville (11/9)... Scored a career high 37 points against Ohio (12/15), hitting the most threes by any Gopher at Williams Arena with nine and earned a Big Ten Player of the Week honor after the performance... Her 37 points against Ohio is the most points a Gopher has scored in a game without a made free throw... Dropped her second 30-point performance in a loss at Michigan State (1/23), hitting seven threes... Scored 32 points in the regular season finale at Penn State (2/27), playing all 40 minutes and hitting eight threes and grabbing eight rebounds... Scored the most points in a postseason debut in program history with 33 against Green Bay (3/17) in the opening round of the WNIT, hitting 11 field goals and grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out a five assists and scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter... Moved to point guard halfway through the season and finished with a career high 64 assists, highlighted by her season high (6) against South Dakota St. in the WNIT... Was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll after her 17 points and 32 points against Illinois (2/24) and Penn State (2/27).
2020-21: SOPHOMORE SEASON
2021 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... played in 16 game with 15 starts ... averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game; shot .905 on free throws (38-42) ... finished third in the Big Ten in 3-pointers made per game (2.75), fifth in 3's attempted (132), sixth in 3-point percentage (.333), 13th in minutes played per game (33.90) and 20th in scoring ... in league games only, ranked third in the league in 3-pointers made per game (2.75) and fourth in 3-point percentage (.333) ... led the team in 3-pointers made (44) and attempted, and minutes per game (33:54); tied for the team lead in scoring average ... her 3-point attempt total ranked fourth in program history for a Big Ten season ... reached double figures in each of her final 13 games, including three games with 20 or more points ... posted a line of 11 points, a career-high eight assists, seven rebounds, three steals and zero turnovers vs. Nebraska (2/24); the first Gopher to have 8+ assists with 0 turnovers since Dec. of 2017 ... all 20 of her points against Illinois came in the second half (2/10) ... .scored a career-high 30 points and set or tied career highs in field goals made and attempted (10-17), 3's made (6) and free throws made (4) vs. Purdue (1/28); it was the first 30-point game for Minnesota since Dec. of 2018
2019-20: FRESHMAN SEASON
2020 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (media) and Big Ten All-Freshman Team (media) ... two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Dec. 2 and Jan. 20 ... played in all 31 games with 30 starts and averaged 10.8 points and 32.2 minutes per game ... ranked fourth all-time among Minnesota freshmen in 3-pointers made (59) and minutes per game (32.3), and fifth in 3-pointers attempted (160), 3-point percentage (.369; min. 40 attempts), free throw percentage (.822; min. 40 attempts) and starts (30) ... led all Big Ten freshmen in 3-pointers made per game (1.9); also led all B1G freshmen in conference games only in 3-point percentage (.367), 3’s made per game (2.2) and minutes played per game (34.4) ... notched first career double-double with 18 points and career-high 10 rebounds against Iowa (1/16) ... in B1G debut, scored 22 points with career-best 5 3’s and tied career high in assists (4) at Penn State (12/28) ... set or tied season highs in several stats at George Washington (12/10), including points (23), field goals made (9), blocks (2) and steals (4) ... scored 20 points, including 4 3-pointers, and had seven rebounds vs. Bryant (11/26) ... made first career start and tallied nine points and seven rebounds against Vermont (11/10).
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-star recruit and the No. 56 guard in the country according to ESPN ... St. Paul Area Athena Award winner ... two-time all-state selection and four-time all-conference honoree ... named the Pioneer Press East Metro Girls Basketball Player of the Year as a senior after recording 22.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals per contest while shooting 45.5 percent from the field, 41.5 percent from 3-point range and 86.8 percent on free throws ... led her team back to state tournament for first time in 31 years as a senior ... averaged 26.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 3.1 assists per game as as junior ... began her career as an eighth-grader, putting up 9.4 points per game ... scoring average jumped to 16.3 as a freshman and 17.4 as a sophomore
PERSONAL
Parents are Peter and Sheri Scalia ... dad, Peter, played basketball at Centenary ... mom, Sheri, played volleyball and softball at Minnesota-Duluth ... sister, Taylor, plays volleyabll at UW-Eau Claire ... intends to major in business
Ended the 2021-22 season ranked first in career free throw percentage (88.8), fifth in career minutes per game (33.8), seventh in career 3-point percentage (.381; min. 200 attempts), seventh in career threes made at Minnesota (214), seventh in threes attempted (561), ninth in career scoring average (14.5), 19th in program history in total points (1,158).
2021-22: JUNIOR SEASON
2022 All-Big Ten Second Team (Coaches and Media)... Led the team in scoring with a career-high 17.9 points per game while shooting a career-high 41.3 percent from three and 39.6 percent from the floor while starting all 33 games... Led the team in field goal attempts (513), field goals made (203), threes attempted (269), threes made (111), free throw percentage (91.5), defensive rebounds (119) and minutes (1160, 35.1 per game)... Posted the best single-season free throw percentage (91.5) in program history... Hade one of the best offensive seasons in program history, hitting the second most threes in a single season with 111, just eight behind Rachel Banham (2015-16), hit 64 threes during Big Ten play, the second most in a single season in school history just 11 behind Banham (2015-16)... Became the 28th Gopher to reach 1,000 career points while playing at Minnesota and finished the season with 1,166 career points, the 19th most points in school history... Led the team with 26 double-figures scoring performances during the season and scored over 30 points four times (which is tied for the seventh-most 30-point performances in a single season at Minnesota)... Scored over 20 points nine times during the season and led the team in scoring 15 times during the season... Scored in double figures in 22 straight games before that streak was snapped in the final game of the season against South Dakota State (3/20)... Opened the season with a 25-point performance against Jacksonville (11/9)... Scored a career high 37 points against Ohio (12/15), hitting the most threes by any Gopher at Williams Arena with nine and earned a Big Ten Player of the Week honor after the performance... Her 37 points against Ohio is the most points a Gopher has scored in a game without a made free throw... Dropped her second 30-point performance in a loss at Michigan State (1/23), hitting seven threes... Scored 32 points in the regular season finale at Penn State (2/27), playing all 40 minutes and hitting eight threes and grabbing eight rebounds... Scored the most points in a postseason debut in program history with 33 against Green Bay (3/17) in the opening round of the WNIT, hitting 11 field goals and grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out a five assists and scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter... Moved to point guard halfway through the season and finished with a career high 64 assists, highlighted by her season high (6) against South Dakota St. in the WNIT... Was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll after her 17 points and 32 points against Illinois (2/24) and Penn State (2/27).
2020-21: SOPHOMORE SEASON
2021 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... played in 16 game with 15 starts ... averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game; shot .905 on free throws (38-42) ... finished third in the Big Ten in 3-pointers made per game (2.75), fifth in 3's attempted (132), sixth in 3-point percentage (.333), 13th in minutes played per game (33.90) and 20th in scoring ... in league games only, ranked third in the league in 3-pointers made per game (2.75) and fourth in 3-point percentage (.333) ... led the team in 3-pointers made (44) and attempted, and minutes per game (33:54); tied for the team lead in scoring average ... her 3-point attempt total ranked fourth in program history for a Big Ten season ... reached double figures in each of her final 13 games, including three games with 20 or more points ... posted a line of 11 points, a career-high eight assists, seven rebounds, three steals and zero turnovers vs. Nebraska (2/24); the first Gopher to have 8+ assists with 0 turnovers since Dec. of 2017 ... all 20 of her points against Illinois came in the second half (2/10) ... .scored a career-high 30 points and set or tied career highs in field goals made and attempted (10-17), 3's made (6) and free throws made (4) vs. Purdue (1/28); it was the first 30-point game for Minnesota since Dec. of 2018
2019-20: FRESHMAN SEASON
2020 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (media) and Big Ten All-Freshman Team (media) ... two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Dec. 2 and Jan. 20 ... played in all 31 games with 30 starts and averaged 10.8 points and 32.2 minutes per game ... ranked fourth all-time among Minnesota freshmen in 3-pointers made (59) and minutes per game (32.3), and fifth in 3-pointers attempted (160), 3-point percentage (.369; min. 40 attempts), free throw percentage (.822; min. 40 attempts) and starts (30) ... led all Big Ten freshmen in 3-pointers made per game (1.9); also led all B1G freshmen in conference games only in 3-point percentage (.367), 3’s made per game (2.2) and minutes played per game (34.4) ... notched first career double-double with 18 points and career-high 10 rebounds against Iowa (1/16) ... in B1G debut, scored 22 points with career-best 5 3’s and tied career high in assists (4) at Penn State (12/28) ... set or tied season highs in several stats at George Washington (12/10), including points (23), field goals made (9), blocks (2) and steals (4) ... scored 20 points, including 4 3-pointers, and had seven rebounds vs. Bryant (11/26) ... made first career start and tallied nine points and seven rebounds against Vermont (11/10).
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-star recruit and the No. 56 guard in the country according to ESPN ... St. Paul Area Athena Award winner ... two-time all-state selection and four-time all-conference honoree ... named the Pioneer Press East Metro Girls Basketball Player of the Year as a senior after recording 22.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals per contest while shooting 45.5 percent from the field, 41.5 percent from 3-point range and 86.8 percent on free throws ... led her team back to state tournament for first time in 31 years as a senior ... averaged 26.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 3.1 assists per game as as junior ... began her career as an eighth-grader, putting up 9.4 points per game ... scoring average jumped to 16.3 as a freshman and 17.4 as a sophomore
PERSONAL
Parents are Peter and Sheri Scalia ... dad, Peter, played basketball at Centenary ... mom, Sheri, played volleyball and softball at Minnesota-Duluth ... sister, Taylor, plays volleyabll at UW-Eau Claire ... intends to major in business
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