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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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Jessica Carrothers #14 Guard

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Crown Point
  • Hometown:
    Highland, Ind.

Summary

Biography

Prior to UIC
  • Previously played at IU Northwest (2023-25) and Butler (2022-23).
  • Led all of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in scoring with 31.4 points per game. Carrothers also led the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) in free throw percentage (89.3%) and was second in field goal percentage (57.2%).
  • Finished her final season at IU Northwest elected as the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) 2025 NAIA Player of the Year and a member of the NAIA First Team All-American.
  • Scored 30+ points across 21 games, 40+ points in six games and a collegiate-high 51 points in the RedHawks 85-67 win over St. Ambrose (Ia.) on Feb. 17, 2024.
  • In her lone season at Butler, Carrothers earned BIG EAST All-Freshman Team after averaging 7.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists 1.2 steals and 21.1 minutes per game.
  • Ranked 12th in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (46.9%), third on the team in free throw percentage (81.3%) and tied for fourth on the team in three-point percentage (40%).
  • Finished her high school career with a 103-7 overall record (42-0 at home) as a four-year varsity starter at Crown Point High School. She finished as the runner up of the 2022 Indiana Miss Basketball, named the Gatorade Indiana State Basketball Player of the Year in 2021, and led Crown Point to an Indiana High School Association (IHSAA) 4A State Championship title during her junior year.
  • She finished her high school career with 2,335 points, ranking 16th in state history. She also grabbed 545 rebounds, collected 296 assists and swiped 468 career steals, which ranks her second in school history.

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