Senior Year – 2017-18
Appeared in 17 games and made four starts … averaged 8.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.9 steals in 28.2 minutes of action per game … Led the team with a 77.8 percent mark from the foul line, the 11th-best single-season free throw percentage in team history … Shot 82.5 percent from the foul line in 11 MEAC games … Ranked first on the team with 74 total assists and second in steals (33) … Led NSU in assists 13 times and steals eight times … Made her season debut against Towson on Dec. 12 and scored a season-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting with six assists and six boards … Dished a career-best 11 assists at William & Mary on Dec. 21, the second-most assists by a MEAC player that season … Blocked a career-high two shots in the team’s MEAC opener against Coppin State on Jan. 3, also scored 10 points with eight rebounds, six assists and a pair of steals … Tallied 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting with six assists, four rebounds, three steals to help NSU overcome a 15-point first-half deficit at Savannah State on Jan. 22 … Had 15 points on 3-of-5 shooting with seven assists, four rebounds and four steals against Savannah State on Feb. 17, also made a trey and set a career high with eight made free throws … Recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards at Howard on Feb. 26.
Junior Year – 2016-2017
Played in 20 games and started 14 … Averaged 10.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 27.7 minutes per game … Led the team with a 49.7 percent field-goal accuracy (79-of-159), which is the fourth-highest shooting percentage in the school’s Division I era … Led the team with 86 assists, while her 4.3 assists per game led the team by nearly two assists per game ... Her 86 assists are the 12
th-most in a single season in the school’s Division I era … Was second on the team with 46 steals, while her 2.3 steals per game led the team by nearly a steal per game … Did not play in enough games to qualify for the MEAC rankings, but would have ranked third in assists and fifth in steals per game … Led the team in assists and steals in 10 of her 20 games, while leading the team in scoring four times and rebounding twice … Tallied at least one steal in 19 games, including a season-high six at UNCW, which was her first game as a Spartan … Notched at least one assist in every game she played except at Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 20) … Drained a season-high seven field goals on four different occasions, with her 7-of-9 from the floor against St. Augustine’s (Nov. 15) being her best shooting performance of the season … Had 15 points and seven rebounds in the win at Lehigh (Nov. 26) … Missed 10 games due to personal reasons in December and January … Returned by scoring 13 points and tallying seven assists and three steals against MEAC regular-season champion Bethune-Cookman (Jan. 28) … Had another solid all-around game in the win against South Carolina State on Feb. 15 … Was 7-of-10 from the floor, recording 17 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals in the win … Recorded a career-high 19 points with seven assists, six rebounds and four steals in 37 minutes at Hampton (Feb. 27) … That started a streak of a season-high three straight games in which Swinson scored in double figures … Registered her only double-double with 14 points and a season-high 13 rebounds while chipping in five assists and two steals in the MEAC tournament win over Delaware State (March 6) …Ended the season with 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists against FAMU (March 9).
Junior College
At Bryant and Stratton (Sophomore Year – 2015-16)
Played in 18 games and started 16 … Averaged 17.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 4.0 steals … Scored in double figures in 16 of the 18 games in which she played … Registered four double-doubles and one triple-double during the season … Opened the season with three consecutive double-doubles … Notched a triple-double with 22 points, 20 rebounds and 10 steals at CCBC Catonsville … Recorded 10 20-plus point games, including her first three and the last six games of the season … Set a season-high 27 points at Guilford Tech … Shot 53.2 percent from the field, including 38.7 percent from behind the 3-point line.
At Bryant and Stratton (Freshman Year – 2014-15)
Named to the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American team ... Earned NJCAA first-team All-Region 10 honors … Averaged 19.3 points and 6.6 rebounds ... Ranked 11th in the nation with 139 free throws and 12th with 98 steals … Led the Lady Bobcats in points, rebounds, assists, free throws made, field-goal percentage and free-throw percentage ... Scored 30 or more points three times during the season ... Registered a career-high 33 points, with 17-of-17 from the free-throw line against Guilford Tech … Notched 32 points against Cape Fear and 30 points at Guilford Tech … Recorded four double-doubles, two triple-doubles and one quadruple-double … Registered her best game of the season when she scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Patrick Henry.
High School
A four year letterwinner in basketball … Named to the all-conference first team in her freshman and sophomore seasons … Averaged 14.8 points, 4.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 4.4 steals per game during her sophomore season … Also played soccer all four years.
Personal
Full name is Gabrielle Courtney Swinson … Born July 5, 1996 … Daughter of Stacey and Rodney Swinson ... Has an older sister, Eboni … Majoring in sociology.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
19, at Hampton (2-27-17) |
| FG Made |
7 (4x), last: at Hampton (2-27-17) |
| FG ATT. |
14, at Howard (2-26-18) |
| 3Pt. FG Made |
1(7x), last: vs. Savanah State (2-17-18) |
| 3Pt. FG ATT. |
3 (3x), last: at South Carolina State (1-20-18) |
| FT Made |
8, vs. Savannah State (2-17-18) |
| FT ATT. |
9 (2x), last: vs. Savannah State (2-17-18) |
| Rebounds |
13, vs. Delaware State (3-6-17) |
| Assists |
11, at William & Mary (12-21-17) |
| Steals |
6, at UNCW (11-11-16) |
| Blocks |
2, vs. Coppin State (1-3-18) |
| Minutes |
37 (2x), last: at Hampton (2-27-17) |
