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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

6 Helen Matthews

6 Helen Matthews

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Hometown:
    Kaiapoi, NZ
  • High School:
    Kaiapoi
  • Prev School:
    Wofford College

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS:
- 2020-21 Southern Conference All-Tournament First Team
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2021-22 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week (12/21/22)
- 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
- 2022-23 Southern Conference All-Defensive Team
- 2023 Southern Conference All-Tournament Second Team
- 2022-23 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2024-25 Southern Conference All-Conference First Team
- 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District
- 2025 Southern Conference All-Tournament Team

AT WOFFORD COLLEGE:

2024-25:
Started and appeared in 25 of 27 games, averaging 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds...Ranked third on the team in points and second in rebounds...Averaged 30.8 minutes per game...Named to the Southern Conference All-Conference First Team at seasons end...Scored a season-high 24 points in a home win against Western Carolina on January 18...Scored 20+ points three separate times, including scoring 20 points in the Terriers first round SoCon tournament matchup against Samford on March 6...Also scored 20 in a road game against Mercer on January 23...Grabbed a season-high nine boards at Lehigh on December 21...Played all 40 minutes in a game five different times, including in the teams season-finale in the SoCon Semifinals against UNC Greensboro...Following the SoCon Tournament, named to the 2025 All-Tournament Team after two double-digit scoring performances while averaging 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists through two games

2023-24: Did not see action due to injury.

2022-23: Started 30 of 31 games played… Scored 301 points (9.7) per game with 163 rebounds (5.3 per game) … Added 57 assists, 40.3 percent shooting and 28 steals… Second in team in rebounds and assists… Led team in scoring three times, assists three times and rebounding 10 times… Named to Southern Conference All-Defensive Team and SoCon All-Tournament Team… Earned CSC Academic All-District and SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (12/21) … Scored in double figures 13 times with two 20-balls and a double-double… Scored 15 points at High Point (11/19) with team-leading nine boards… Dished five assists to pace squad against UNC Wilmington (11/22) … Led team with nine rebounds against Southern Wesleyan (11/28) … Tied for team lead with 15 points at UNCG (1/14), scoring all 15 in the second half… Led team with 21 points off the bench at Mercer (1/16), shooting 8-of-14… Scored 16 points with nine boards in the regular season finale against Mercer (2/25) to help Wofford clinch the SoCon Regular Season Championship, also swatting career-high four blocks… In the SoCon Championship Game against Chattanooga (3/5), scored a career-high 25 points to lead the team… Tallied first-career double-double against Florida (3/16) in the WNIT with 10 points and career-high 12 boards, leading the team in rebounding and assists with four...Team won the regular season Southern Conference Championship, the first ever SoCon title for any Wofford women's sport team.

2021-22: Played in 28 games with two starts… Scored 157 points (5.6 ppg) alongside 92 rebounds (3.3 rpg), 48 assists and 21 steals… Third on team in blocks and assists… Led the team in scoring twice, assists seven times and rebounding twice… Opened the season with seven points against College of Charleston (11/9) … Made her two starts in the Preseason WNIT against NC State (11/12) and Towson (11/14) … Recorded 11 points against High Point (11/30) … Posted 14 points and eight boards with three steals and four assists against Brevard (12/8) … Secured eight rebounds and five assists against Erskine (1/1) … Scored 16 points at Samford (1/20) … Finished just shy of a double-double at UNCG (2/3) with 10 points and eight boards… Scored a career-high 23 points at Western Carolina (2/5) … Returned to play at Chattanooga (2/26) after missing three games due to injury, recording a career-high two blocks with four points and six rebounds.

2020-21: Played in 23 games with six starts ... Scored 141 points (6.1 ppg) along with 73 rebounds (3.2 rpg), 49 assists and 14 steals ... Started the season opener against Winthrop (11/25) and scored nine points with six rebounds ... At the College of Charleston (11/29) scored 11 points ... Added eight points at High Point (12/2) ... At Kentucky (12/19) had six points and five rebounds ... At Western Carolina had six rebounds in the first game (1/21) and six points in the second game (1/23) ... At UNC Greensboro (1/30) scored nine points with four rebounds ... Scored nine points against Chattanooga (2/6) with four rebounds ... At Mercer (2/21) scored ten points and had six rebounds ... At Furman (2/25) scored 11 points ... In the Southern Conference Tournament, had 16 points in the opening game against UNC Greensboro (3/4) and added five points in the semifinals against ETSU (3/5) ... Against Mercer (3/6) in the championship game had nine points and four rebounds ... Earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played all four years on her varsity team ... Represented the U17 New Zealand team in 2017 and 2018, the U18 New Zealand team in 2019 ... Played for the Canterbury representative team at the U15, U17, and U19 levels, and has been a part of the Mainland Eagles Academy since 2015 ... During her junior season she was named to Canterbury High School’s All-Star team ... As a senior she scored over 20 points per game and was once again named to the All-Star team.

PERSONAL:  Birthday is November 15... Daughter of Greg Matthews and Maureen Currie... Has three siblings, Alice, Edward and Joseph... Majored in international affairs and sociology and anthropology at Wofford.
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