2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Awards:
- Third-Team All-Lone Star Conference (G) (2025-26)
- UTPB Edgardo Madrid & Associates Women's Student-Athlete of the Month (December 2025)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Team (2025-26)
2025-26 (Graduate Student):
Named to the 2025-26 LSC Preseason Players to Watch list... Named Third-Team All-LSC... Was the Falcons' go-to player this season... Started in 27 of 28 games, making the most starts by a Falcon during the regular season.... Led the team in scoring (10.6 ppg), rebounds (5.0 rpg), made field goals (109) and made 3-pointers (30)... Shot 42.1 percent (109-259) from the field, 31.9 percent (30-94) from three and 83.3 percent (50-60) from the free throw line... Also contributed with 41 assists and 28 steals... On January 8 at Oklahoma Christian University, she scored her 1,000th career point... Reached double-digit scoring in 17 games this season and pulled down 11 rebounds in two games... During her Senior Day, Rising led all players by scoring a season-high 20 points and nearly helped lead the Falcons to an upset win over No. 23 Lubbock Christian University (60-56 loss)... Ranked among the top-20 in the LSC in scoring and the top-25 in rebounding during the regular season... Averaged 12 points and five rebounds per game on 52.6 percent shooting from the field during UTPB's first two games of the season. Rising scored 14 points, had six rebounds and four steals, and was 7-for-11 from the field as UTPB won its season opener 66-53 over MSU Denver (Nov. 14). She then finished with 10 points and added three offensive rebounds to help UTPB claw back in the fourth quarter and force overtime in a 57-49 defeat vs. No. 21-ranked Colorado Mesa University (Nov. 16)... Named UTPB's Women's Student-Athlete of the Month for December. Rising started in five of six games, logged 30 minutes per game, and also averaged 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game for the women's basketball team during December. She led the Falcons in minutes, points, rebounds, assists, field goal attempts (53), 3-pointers made (8), 3-point attempts (20), and free throws made (14). She shot 43.4 percent (23-53) from the field, 40.0 percent (8-20) from three, and 87.5 percent (14-16) from the free throw line. Rising scored in double digits while making two 3-pointers and at least four made field goals in each of the first four games of the month (all conference games), and had at least eight rebounds in each of the first three games of the month. She helped lead UTPB to an overall record of 5-1 in December, including a 3-1 start in the LSC, good for fifth place, and a 4-0 record at home... At the start of conference play, Rising averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during the first week of LSC action. Rising led all players in both points (15) and rebounds (11) in a close six-point loss (65-59) at No. 4 Lubbock Christian (Dec. 3), and then helped UTPB to its first conference win of the season, a 23-point victory (68-45) at Midwestern State University (Dec. 5), after leading all players in points (19) and rebounds (8) for the second game in a row and setting new season-highs at the time in points, field goals made (8) and field goals attempted (15). Rising then scored 13 points in back-to-back home wins over Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Dec. 11) and Texas A&M International University (Dec. 13), adding a game-high eight rebounds against the Javelinas and leading all players with five assists against the Dustdevils to help UTPB get off to a 4-1 start in conference play... During UTPB's first road trip of 2026, Rising made seven of eight 3-pointers (87.5 percent) and shot 50 percent (8-16) from the field overall during a 2-0 week for the Falcons. Rising finished with a game-high 18 points, scoring all of her points in the second half, including 15 points in the fourth quarter, and finishing the game 5-for-8 from the field, 4-for-5 from three and 4-for-4 at the charity stripe in a 69-60 road win at Oklahoma Christian (Jan. 8). After beginning the day with 984 career points, Rising surpassed the 1,000-career-point threshold, and became the seventh UTPB player in the last three seasons to reach that mark. Then in the very next game, Rising had nine points on perfect 3-for-3 shooting from behind the arc in a 49-47 win at Cameron University (Jan. 10)... Lastly, Rising averaged 16 points, seven rebounds and two assists per game as UTPB kept its postseason hopes alive during its final week playing at home. Playing in a must-win game against Midwestern State (83-66 win on Feb. 19), Rising totaled 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists and scored eight of UTPB's first 12 points of the game. Then during her Senior Day, Rising led all players by scoring a season-high 20 points and nearly helped lead the Falcons to an upset win over No. 23 Lubbock Christian (60-56 loss on Feb. 21). In addition to matching her season-high with eight made field goals (8-14) against the Lady Chaps, Rising also had a team-high seven rebounds and added one assist and one block. UTPB built up an early 10-2 in the first six minutes against LCU, with all 10 points coming courtesy of Rising, who started 4-for-4 from the field (all in the paint) during her Senior Day. UTPB later trailed by 10 points (42-32) with under three minutes remaining in the third quarter before Rising scored the final seven points of the period. Rising gave it her all and nailed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to pull the Falcons to within just three points (42-39) at the end of the quarter... Named to the Fall 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... Named to the 2025-26 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.
Emporia State University (2024-25):
Appeared in the first two games of the season and totaled seven rebounds and one assist... Missed the remainder of the season after surgery following an injury to her lower leg.
Abilene Christian University (2023-24):
Played one season with the Wildcats, starting in each of the first five games of the season and playing in 23 games in total... Shot 36.1 percent (13-36) from the field, made three 3-pointers and was 3-for-3 at the free throw line... Totaled 32 points (1.4 avg.), 25 rebounds (1.1 avg.), seven assists and four steals... Had seven points in a start against Rice (11/9/23)... Hit two 3-pointers and scored a season-high eight points at TCU (12/5/23)... Earned Academic All-WAC honors.
Highland Community College (2021-22 - 2022-23):
Played two seasons with the Scotties and was a two-year starter... Played in 62 games throughout her two years, starting in all of them... Averaged 12.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 26.6 minutes, 2.3 assists and per game in her two seasons... Ended community college career with 801 points, 403 rebounds, 144 assists, and 53 steals... Scored in double figures in 12 straight games from Nov. 26 to Jan. 28... Earned Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) First and Third-Team All-Conference, and earned NJCAA First-Team All-Academic... Averaged 13.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists during her last season at HCC... Scored a career-high 28 points against Neosho CC as a sophomore and had 16 rebounds against Southwestern CC as a freshman.
High School:
Was a four-year starter at Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota... Helped lead the Raiders to a runner-up finish at the state tournament as a senior and was named First Team All-Conference.
Personal:
Grew up rodeoing.
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