Norfolk State University Athletics

2020-21 (Sophomore Year)
Appeared in 10 games and started six times … Averaged 6.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.6 blocks, 1.4 steals and 1.2 assists per game … Played 26.2 minutes per contest … Scored at least eight points in a game on four occasions, with a career-high 13 in the MEAC Tournament win over Coppin State … Also posted a career-high 13 rebounds and matched her career high with three blocks in that game … Also blocked three shots against both N.C. A&T and N.C. Central … Had four steals in a game twice, in back-to-back games at NCCU … Also grabbed 10 rebounds in the first road contest with the Eagles … Tallied 17 rebounds combined in the two home games with N.C. A&T … NSU AD Honor Roll member for the fall semester.

2019-20 at CMU (Freshman Year)
Played in 14 games as a freshman at Central Michigan … Logged 10 points and 15 rebounds in those appearances … Also tallied three blocks and one steal … Was 8-of-10 from the free-throw line … Notched a season-high six points, going a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe, against Northeastern … Posted season highs of seven rebounds, two blocks and 13 minutes of action against Iona.

High School
A three-year letterwinner at Saginaw Heritage High … Was a three-time All-Saginaw Valley League honoree, earning first-team accolades as a junior and senior and second-team recognition as a sophomore … Led Heritage to the state championship in both of her last two seasons … Was a first-team all-state honoree by the Detroit Free Press and second team by the Associated Press her senior year … Averaged 12.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per contest in her final year … Was a first-team all-state selection by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan her junior year … Second-team all-state by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News that season, when she averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game.

Personal
Shine Strickland-Gills was born on April 7, 2001 … Daughter of Bud Gills and Alesia Strickland … Majoring in psychology … Wants to become a physician’s assistant.
 

CAREER HIGHS*
Points	13, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
FG Made	5, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
FG ATT.	10, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
3Pt. FG Made	1, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
3Pt. FG ATT.	3, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
FT Made	5, vs. Howard (3/12/21)
FT ATT.	8, at North Carolina Central (3/3/21)
Rebounds	13, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
Assists	3, vs. North Carolina A&T (2/20/21)
Steals	4 (2x), last: at North Carolina Central (3/4/21)
Blocks	3 (3x), last: vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)
Minutes	37, vs. Coppin State (3/11/21)