2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Tara Manumaleuga
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hillcrest Christian College
- Hometown:
- Queensland, Australia
- Prev School:
- Arizona
Appeared in 30 of 33 games in her final season in Fort Worth ... Earned eight consecutive starts in league play from Jan. 23-Feb. 21... Averaged a career-high 31.4 minutes and 5.3 assists per game in that span ... Made her first start as TCU's primary ballhandler on Jan. 23 vs. UCF following TCU's injury-induced forfeits to Kansas State and Iowa State the week prior ... Scored seven points and led all players with seven assists to help the Horned Frogs pull off a 66-60 victory ... Finished with five-plus assists in four of TCU's first five games back ... Dished out a career-high eight assists in back-to-back games vs. NCAA Tournament participants Kansas and Oklahoma on Feb. 3 and Feb. 7 ... Accumulated 29 total assists from Jan. 27-Feb. 10 in consecutive games vs. Texas Tech, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas ... Scored a season-high 10 points off the bench in the final game of her career at Mississippi State on March 24in the second round of the WBIT ... Was also TCU's top scorer off the bench in nonconference wins over Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 8), UTEP (Nov. 23) and Mount St. Mary's (Dec. 22) ... Shot a career-high 38 percent (35-93) from the field ... Tallied 392 points, 158 rebounds, 149 assists, 79 threes and 69 steals over her five-year college career ... Completed her bachelor's degree in December.
2022-2023 | SENIOR
Appeared in 30 games while making 15 starts … Averaged 5.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game … Made seven starts in conference play and started both games of the 2022-23 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship … Scored a career-high 19 points against Oklahoma State (Feb. 4) … Tallied 16 points and a career-best seven rebounds in TCU’s 75-62 win over Kansas State (Feb. 21) … Recorded a career-high seven assists in the Big 12 Quarterfinals against Oklahoma (March 10) … Finished with a career-best five steals against Texas (Jan. 4) … Added 43 assists, 29 steals and six blocks … Shot .337 from the field (60-of-178) and .324 from downtown (34-of-105).
2021-22 | JUNIOR
Started in nine of 25 games played during her first season with the Horned Frogs ... Averaged 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game ... Tied a career-high with nine points against both Houston Baptist (Nov. 9) and North Carolina (Nov. 21) ... Set a new career-high with six assists against Oklahoma State (Feb. 9) ... Went onto shoot .227 (25-110) from the field, .167 (11-66) three-point range and .588 (10-17) from the free throw line ... Dished out 29 assists ... Totaled 19 steals and six blocked shots.
PRIOR TO TCU | ARIZONA (2019-21)
Played in 25 games for the Wildcats for two seasons ... Averaged 2.0 points and 1.0 rebounds per game, while shooting .395 from the field overall and .464 from three-point range ... Averaged 1.1 points per game in nine contests her sophomore season ... Saw action in 17 games as a true freshman, averaging 2.4 points ... Was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE ARIZONA
Was a bronze medalist at the 2017 U17 Australian High School Championships and was a silver medalist at the Championship Basketball School of Queensland QLD State Schools at Hillcrest Christian College ... Played for QLD South in both the U16 and U17 Australian Junior Basketball Championships and competed for the New Zealand U17 Team at the 2018 FIBA World Cup where she averaged 12 points per game, leading New Zealand to an 11th-place finish ... Has competed internationally since she was 12 years old.
