Sami Riggs
2 Sami Riggs
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    La Verne, California
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Bonita HS
  • Major:
    Exercise and Health Science
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    9.2
  • fg %
    46.8
  • 3pt %
    18.8
  • ft %
    76.8
  • reb/g
    4.0
  • a/g
    1.9
Bio

Enters her senior season as a guard with the Bearcats in 2022-23 ... Averaged 8.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.0 steals per game in 2021-22 ... Saw action in 24 of 25 games with 16 starts ... Played in all 25 games and averaged 9.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest in 2019-20, while making 14 starts for Willamette ... Earned 25 steals and 24 assists ... Also competes on the women's track and field team at Willamette ... Was a four-time letterwinner in high school and was a three-time First Team All-League selection ... Helped Bonita High School in California win two league championships in basketball ... Won the State Championship in the 4 x 400-meter relay during the 2018 track and field season ... Was chosen Academic All-League four times ... Served as a captain on both teams as a junior and a senior ... Is majoring in Exercise and Health Science at Willamette ... Daughter of Michael Riggs and Jenny Riggs.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 16
Games started 26 16
Minutes 815 524
Minutes per game 31.3 32.8
FG 96-205 68-142
FG Pct 46.8 47.9
3PT 3-16 3-10
3PT Pct 18.8 30.0
FT 43-56 25-34
FT Pct 76.8 73.5
Off rebounds 43 26
Def rebounds 62 38
Total rebounds 105 64
Rebounds per game 4.0 4.0
Personal fouls 56 32
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 49 35
Turnovers 43 27
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.3
Steals 23 12
Blocks 18 13
Points 238 164
Points per game 9.2 10.3
Points per 40 min 11.7 12.5
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 3 at Puget Sound L, 67-45
Feb 10 at Pacific L, 63-61
Feb 11 Pacific Lutheran W, 49-38
Feb 17 at Whitman L, 63-40
Feb 18 at Whitworth W, 58-52
Feb 24 at Whitman L, 51-37
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 30 Corban W, 66-57 1 24 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Nov 7 at Portland L, 92-56 1 18 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 76-59 1 26 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Nov 14 Warner Pacific W, 67-43 1 23 5-10 50.0 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 14
Nov 20 vs. Mont. St.-Northern W, 71-58 1 32 4-9 44.4 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 12
Nov 21 at Carroll (Mont.) L, 74-35 1 26 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 25 at TBA L, 71-59 1 27 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 26 vs. Eastern Ore. L, 68-59 1 26 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 2 Lewis & Clark W, 69-57 1 22 7-7 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 14
Dec 3 George Fox L, 64-51 1 27 8-13 61.5 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 18
Dec 10 at Western Oregon L, 67-51 1 38 3-4 75.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 29 Vancouver Island W, 83-59 1 28 3-7 42.9 0-3 0.0 5-5 100.0 11
Dec 30 Alma W, 61-46 1 25 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Jan 3 at Linfield L, 66-51 1 38 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 3-6 50.0 7
Jan 7 Puget Sound L, 81-75 1 39 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 13 at Pacific Lutheran W, 60-55 1 33 1-8 12.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 14 Pacific W, 63-57 1 25 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 20 Whitworth W, 68-54 1 34 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Jan 21 Whitman L, 79-66 1 33 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 8
Jan 27 at George Fox W, 69-54 1 35 6-14 42.9 2-3 66.7 4-5 80.0 18
Jan 28 at Lewis & Clark W, 63-43 1 35 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 31 Linfield W, 82-64 1 38 9-15 60.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 19
Feb 3 at Puget Sound L, 67-45 1 37 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 7
Feb 10 at Pacific L, 63-61 1 39 7-9 77.8 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 16
Feb 11 Pacific Lutheran W, 49-38 1 33 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Feb 17 at Whitman L, 63-40 1 20 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 18 at Whitworth W, 58-52 1 36 6-11 54.5 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 12
Feb 24 at Whitman L, 51-37 1 40 3-8 37.5 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 30 Corban W, 66-57 1 24 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
Nov 7 at Portland L, 92-56 1 18 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
Nov 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 76-59 1 26 2 4 6 3 2 2 0
Nov 14 Warner Pacific W, 67-43 1 23 3 1 4 1 1 3 0
Nov 20 vs. Mont. St.-Northern W, 71-58 1 32 3 2 5 3 0 0 0
Nov 21 at Carroll (Mont.) L, 74-35 1 26 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
Nov 25 at TBA L, 71-59 1 27 1 1 2 0 3 1 0
Nov 26 vs. Eastern Ore. L, 68-59 1 26 0 5 5 3 0 1 0
Dec 2 Lewis & Clark W, 69-57 1 22 0 2 2 2 1 2 1
Dec 3 George Fox L, 64-51 1 27 1 2 3 0 0 1 1
Dec 10 at Western Oregon L, 67-51 1 38 2 3 5 0 3 0 1
Dec 29 Vancouver Island W, 83-59 1 28 2 2 4 2 0 3 0
Dec 30 Alma W, 61-46 1 25 2 0 2 2 3 1 2
Jan 3 at Linfield L, 66-51 1 38 2 2 4 0 2 1 0
Jan 7 Puget Sound L, 81-75 1 39 0 3 3 2 4 1 2
Jan 13 at Pacific Lutheran W, 60-55 1 33 3 1 4 3 0 2 0
Jan 14 Pacific W, 63-57 1 25 1 5 6 0 2 0 0
Jan 20 Whitworth W, 68-54 1 34 0 3 3 4 2 2 2
Jan 21 Whitman L, 79-66 1 33 3 1 4 3 0 0 0
Jan 27 at George Fox W, 69-54 1 35 4 3 7 1 4 0 0
Jan 28 at Lewis & Clark W, 63-43 1 35 4 2 6 4 0 0 0
Jan 31 Linfield W, 82-64 1 38 3 3 6 2 3 0 2
Feb 3 at Puget Sound L, 67-45 1 37 2 4 6 5 2 1 2
Feb 10 at Pacific L, 63-61 1 39 0 3 3 2 1 0 0
Feb 11 Pacific Lutheran W, 49-38 1 33 1 3 4 1 2 0 2
Feb 17 at Whitman L, 63-40 1 20 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Feb 18 at Whitworth W, 58-52 1 36 2 1 3 4 2 1 1
Feb 24 at Whitman L, 51-37 1 40 0 5 5 0 2 0 1
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 30 Corban W, 66-57 1 4 0 0.0
Nov 7 at Portland L, 92-56 1 4 0 0.0
Nov 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 76-59 1 1 0 1.5
Nov 14 Warner Pacific W, 67-43 1 0 0 1.0
Nov 20 vs. Mont. St.-Northern W, 71-58 1 3 - -
Nov 21 at Carroll (Mont.) L, 74-35 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 25 at TBA L, 71-59 1 5 1 0.0
Nov 26 vs. Eastern Ore. L, 68-59 1 3 - -
Dec 2 Lewis & Clark W, 69-57 1 0 0 2.0
Dec 3 George Fox L, 64-51 1 2 0 -
Dec 10 at Western Oregon L, 67-51 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 29 Vancouver Island W, 83-59 1 3 0 -
Dec 30 Alma W, 61-46 1 1 0 0.7
Jan 3 at Linfield L, 66-51 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 7 Puget Sound L, 81-75 1 3 0 0.5
Jan 13 at Pacific Lutheran W, 60-55 1 1 0 -
Jan 14 Pacific W, 63-57 1 4 0 0.0
Jan 20 Whitworth W, 68-54 1 1 0 2.0
Jan 21 Whitman L, 79-66 1 5 1 -
Jan 27 at George Fox W, 69-54 1 3 0 0.3
Jan 28 at Lewis & Clark W, 63-43 1 4 0 -
Jan 31 Linfield W, 82-64 1 0 0 0.7
Feb 3 at Puget Sound L, 67-45 1 2 0 2.5
Feb 10 at Pacific L, 63-61 1 1 0 2.0
Feb 11 Pacific Lutheran W, 49-38 1 3 0 0.5
Feb 17 at Whitman L, 63-40 1 1 0 1.0
Feb 18 at Whitworth W, 58-52 1 0 0 2.0
Feb 24 at Whitman L, 51-37 1 3 0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2019-20 25 23.2 3.6-8.4 0.9-2.3 1.8-2.5 9.9
2020-21 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 24 24.9 3.0-8.0 0.3-1.6 1.8-2.9 8.1
2022-23 26 31.3 3.7-7.9 0.1-0.6 1.7-2.2 9.2
Total 75 26.6 3.4-8.1 0.4-1.5 1.8-2.5 9.1

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2019-20 25 14 579 90-209 43.1 22-57 38.6 45-63 71.4 247
2020-21 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2021-22 24 16 598 72-191 37.7 7-39 17.9 44-70 62.9 195
2022-23 26 26 815 96-205 46.8 3-16 18.8 43-56 76.8 238
Total 75 56 1992 258-605 42.6 32-112 28.6 132-189 69.8 680

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2019-20 25 579 23.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 24 598 24.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 17.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
2022-23 26 815 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 18.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 75 1992 26.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2019-20 25 1.5 2.0 3.5 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.3
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 24 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.8 2.1 1.0 0.2
2022-23 26 1.7 2.4 4.0 1.9 1.7 0.9 0.7
Total 75 1.3 2.1 3.4 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2019-20 25 14 37 51 88 24 34 25 7
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 24 16 17 43 60 43 51 23 4
2022-23 26 26 43 62 105 49 43 23 18
Total 75 56 97 156 253 116 128 71 29

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2019-20 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 24 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022-23 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 26 31.3 3.7-7.9 0.1-0.6 1.7-2.2 9.2
Conference 16 32.8 4.2-8.9 0.2-0.6 1.6-2.1 10.3
Exhibition 2 21.0 1.5-3.5 0.0-0.0 1.0-2.0 4.0
Location
Home 12 29.4 4.3-8.5 0.1-0.5 1.9-2.4 10.7
Away 12 33.7 3.3-7.6 0.2-0.8 1.3-1.9 8.2
Neutral 2 29.0 2.0-6.0 0.0-0.5 2.0-2.0 6.0
Result
Wins 14 30.4 4.3-8.9 0.1-0.6 2.0-2.4 10.7
Losses 12 32.5 3.0-6.7 0.1-0.6 1.2-1.8 7.3
Month
November 6 26.7 2.7-6.3 0.0-0.2 1.7-1.8 7.0
December 5 28.0 4.8-7.4 0.2-1.2 1.6-2.0 11.4
January 9 34.4 3.7-8.8 0.2-0.6 2.1-3.0 9.7
February 6 34.2 3.8-8.5 0.0-0.7 1.0-1.3 8.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 26 26 815 96-205 46.8 3-16 18.8 43-56 76.8 238
Conference 16 16 524 68-142 47.9 3-10 30.0 25-34 73.5 164
Exhibition 2 2 42 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 8
Location
Home 12 12 353 52-102 51.0 1-6 16.7 23-29 79.3 128
Away 12 12 404 40-91 44.0 2-9 22.2 16-23 69.6 98
Neutral 2 2 58 4-12 33.3 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 12
Result
Wins 14 14 425 60-125 48.0 2-9 22.2 28-34 82.4 150
Losses 12 12 390 36-80 45.0 1-7 14.3 15-22 68.2 88
Month
November 6 6 160 16-38 42.1 0-1 0.0 10-11 90.9 42
December 5 5 140 24-37 64.9 1-6 16.7 8-10 80.0 57
January 9 9 310 33-79 41.8 2-5 40.0 19-27 70.4 87
February 6 6 205 23-51 45.1 0-4 0.0 6-8 75.0 52

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 26 815 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 18.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 16 524 32.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition 2 42 21.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location
Home 12 353 29.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 16.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 12 404 33.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 58 29.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 14 425 30.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 12 390 32.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 14.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 6 160 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 5 140 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 16.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 9 310 34.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 6 205 34.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 26 1.7 2.4 4.0 1.9 1.7 0.9 0.7
Conference 16 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.2 1.7 0.8 0.8
Exhibition 2 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0
Location
Home 12 1.5 2.4 3.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.0
Away 12 1.8 2.2 4.0 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.5
Neutral 2 1.5 3.5 5.0 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Result
Wins 14 2.1 2.3 4.4 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.7
Losses 12 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.4 1.8 0.6 0.7
Month
November 6 1.8 2.3 4.2 1.7 1.3 1.2 0.2
December 5 1.4 1.8 3.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.0
January 9 2.2 2.6 4.8 2.1 1.9 0.7 0.7
February 6 0.8 2.7 3.5 2.3 1.8 0.5 1.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 26 26 43 62 105 49 43 23 18
Conference 16 16 26 38 64 35 27 12 13
Exhibition 2 2 2 3 5 0 2 1 0
Location
Home 12 12 18 29 47 22 20 15 12
Away 12 12 22 26 48 21 23 7 6
Neutral 2 2 3 7 10 6 0 1 0
Result
Wins 14 14 30 32 62 32 22 16 10
Losses 12 12 13 30 43 17 21 7 8
Month
November 6 6 11 14 25 10 8 7 1
December 5 5 7 9 16 6 7 7 5
January 9 9 20 23 43 19 17 6 6
February 6 6 5 16 21 14 11 3 6

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Home 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

News mentions
Sami Riggs, at right, works on defense against a player from Linfield.
Academic All-District Team logo for the College Sports Communicators, plus an image of a basketball going through a net.
Sami Riggs controls the basketball for Willamette.
Sami Riggs dribbles around a defender.
Danielle Morgan elevates as she shoots a jumper over a defender.
Ashlyn Ascuena-Mercil takes a shot while being guarded by a defender.
Carolyn Ho begins to dribble around a defender toward the basket.
Ashlyn Ascuena-Mercil shots the basketball between two defenders.
Carolyn Ho drives past a defender near he top of the key.