SSU women's basketball program announces seven newcomers for the 2018-19 season

CEDRIC BAKER
HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

SAVANNAH, Georgia  --  Savannah State University head women's basketball coach Cedric Baker has announced his team's recruiting class for the 2018-19 season.
 
These student-athletes hail from four different states and range in height from five-foot-eight to six-foot-four.
 
Among the new players is Savannah native Ja'Brekia Bass.
 
Bass, a 5'8" guard played at Beach High School. During her senior year at Beach she averaged 9.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 3.5 steals per game. She made second team All-State, All Greater Savannah girls' basketball First Team and Region 3-AAA First Team. As a  junior, she averaged 9.5 points and 7 rebounds per game in helping her team win the Class AAA state championship. She also made first team All-State, All Greater Savannah girls basketball first team and was named Region 3-AAA Player of the Year.
 
Rounding out the newcomers are Robbi Allen, Ta'Quasia Lampkin, Azhana Maxwell, Mya Jones, Le'andrea Gillis and Alexus Bryant.
 
Allen, a 5-8 guard from Nashville, North Carolina, averaged 19.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game at Nash Central High School. She was the 2017-18 Telegram All-Area Girls Player of the Year, 2017-18 Eastern Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Year and made First Team All-District 3. She also scored a career-high and school record 39 points during a game.
 
Lampkin, a 6-1 guard hails from Beaufort, South Carolina, where she averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game at Battery Creek High School. She was First Team All-LowCo, First Team All-State Class 3A and was selected to play in the South Carolina State All-Star Game.

Maxwell, a 5'9" guard from Lithonia, Georgia, averaged 22.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game at Martin Luther King High School. She ended her high school career with 1,972 points. She was named the DeKalb County Tip Off Most Valuable Player, made Class AAAAAA All-State Second Team, and was named Region 4-AAAAAA Most Valuable Player. As a junior she was named to the Region 4-AAAAAA First Team and during her sophomore year made the Region 4-AAAAAA Second Team.

 Jones, a 5'10" guard from Commerce, Ga., averaged 21.6 points, 4.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game at Franklin County High School. During her senior season, she led her team to the Class AAA Final Four, made the Class AAA  All-State First Team and selected to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Game. She made the Class AAA All-State First Team as a junior and during her sophomore year made Class A All-State Second Team and was named Region 8-A Player of the Year.

Gillis, a 5'10" forward from Adrian, Ga. is an ESPN three star player that was ranked the 74th best wing prospect in class of 2018. She sat out her senior year at Truetlen County High School due to injury, but during her junior year she made Class A All-State First Team, All-Middle Georgia First Team and was named Region 3-A Player of the Year while averaging 24.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 3.3 steals per game. During her sophomore campaign she averaged 22.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game and made Class A All-State First Team, All-Middle Georgia First Team and Region 3-A Player of the Year. As a freshman she earned Class A All-State Second Team, All-Middle Georgia First Team and Region 3-A First Team.

Bryant, a 6'4" post player from Jacksonville, FL, averaged 14.7 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, as a senior at First Coast High School. She received Honorable Mention Gateway Conference.

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