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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

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5 Lauren Aldridge

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Marshfield, Mo.
  • High School Marshfield
  • Prev School Kansas

Biography

Awards & Honors 

  • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2018-19: Started all 35 games in her senior season, averaging 6.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 31.3 minutes per game … Finished her collegiate career with 1,044 points and 434 assists … Led the team in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.46 … Shot a career-best 38.9 percent (74-for-190) from the field and 38.5 percent (57-for-148) from three … Her 59 three-pointers made and 38.5 percent three-point percentage ranked seventh and 10th, respectively, all-time among Mizzou seniors … Scored 14 points and made 4-for-7 shots from beyond the arc in Mizzou's win over Missouri State (11/13) … Had a team-high four assists to help lead Mizzou to a win over SIUE (11/19) … Sank four three-pointers and scored 13 points vs. Duke (11/25) … Reached double figures vs. South Dakota (12/15), scoring 12 points and draining three three-pointers … Had 11 points and drained 3-of-5 shots from deep in Mizzou's Braggin' Rights win over Illinois (12/21) … Scored nine points a dished out a season-high five assists in Mizzou's win over No. 18 Texas A&M (2/7) … Reached 1,000 career points at Auburn (2/24), scoring nine points while grabbing a season-high five rebounds and dishing out three assists … Had seven points and dished out five assists on Senior Day vs. Alabama (3/3) … Scored 12 points and was 4-for-9 from three to help lead Mizzou to an NCAA Tournament First Round victory over Drake (3/22).

2017-18: Started all 32 games for Mizzou, averaging 6.7 points and 3.5 assists in 32.1 minutes per game... Set a new program record in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.2… Led the team in assists with 113… Shot a career-best 39.5 percent (66-167) from the field and 36.6 percent (45-123) from beyond the arc... Dished out six assists and scored four points in her Mizzou debut against Western Kentucky (11/10)… Recorded a season-high and career-high nine assists and scored nine points vs. Wright State (11/16)… Reached double figures for the first time in Black & Gold vs. Kansas State (11/30), scoring 11 points on 3-for-4 from beyond the arc while dishing out five assists… Scored nine points and dished out six assists vs. Indiana (12/17)… Had eight points and eight assists vs. Ole Miss (1/18)… Scored 13 points and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line… Dished out six assists vs. Auburn (2/15)… Posted a season-high 15 points vs. Vanderbilt (2/22), draining five triples and dishing out six assists in the process.

2016-17: Sat out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer requirements, 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16 (Kansas): Started all 31 games for the Jayhawks and averaged a team-leading 11.1 points, 2.4 assists and 35.3 minutes per game … Also averaged 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 steals per contest … Scored in double figures a team-high 20 times, including nine of the first 10 games and each of the last six contests … Shot 37 percent (116-for-331) from the floor, 36 percent (60-for-169) from 3-point range and a team-high 83 percent (52-for-63) from the free throw line … Scored a career-high 20 points and season-best seven assists vs. Oklahoma (2/20) … Notched 19 points and tied a career-high with 44 minutes played in an overtime victory over Navy (12/13) … Recorded 18 points vs. Creighton (12/2) … Also dished out seven assists vs. Texas Southern (11/15) in the season opener … Pulled down a career-best four rebounds vs. West Virginia (1/16) … Grabbed a season-high three steals at Texas (1/27), vs. Washington State (12/20) and vs. Texas Southern (11/15) … First-team Academic-All Big 12 selection … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree.

2014-15 (Kansas): Earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team after starting all 32 games and averaging a team-leading 5.0 assists and 35.0 minutes per contest … Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists (5.0) … Averaged 8.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game ... Named Phillips 66 Big 12 Freshman of the Week (12/7) … Shot 37 percent from the field, 35 percent from 3-point range and 86 percent from the foul line … Scored in double figures 14 times … Notched a season-high 16 points at Oklahoma State (2/21), going a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range … Dished out a career-high 10 assists at TCU (2/17) … Finished with five-plus assists in 10 of the last 14 games … Grabbed a career-high five steals vs. West Virginia (1/24) … Played a career-high 44 minutes in an overtime contest at Creighton (12/22) … Academic All-Big 12 Rookie honoree.

High School: Four-time all-state selection and three-time Central Ozark Conference Player of the Year at Marshfield (Mo.) High School … Finalist for Miss Show-Me Basketball as a senior … Led Marshfield to four consecutive conference championships … As a senior, guided her squad to the District 10 title and a third-place finish in the MSHSAA Class 4 championship … Set school records for single-game assists and career and single-game 3-pointers.

Personal: Born May 13, 1996 … Daughter of Steve and Jennifer Aldridge … Has a brother, Tyler, and two sisters, Emily and Quinn … Father played baseball at Missouri State and mother competed in track and field and cross country at Missouri State … Graduated Summa Cum Laude in the top five percent of her class … Graudated with a degree in Political Science and a minor in American Constitutional Democracy … Currently pursuing a law degree at Mizzou … Enjoys reading, hiking, kayaking and turkey hunting … Favorite basketball team is the Golden State Warriors … Favorite basketball players are the ‘Splash Brothers’ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson … Also recruited by Florida, Nebraska and Missouri State.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Redshirt Junior

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    2018-19Redshirt Senior

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