Indiana University Athletics
#IUWBB Freshman Update: Tyra Buss
6/11/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
June 11, 2014
Written by Ben Faunce
The Indiana women's basketball program will welcome four freshmen in Tyra Buss, Amanda Cahill, Maura Muensterman and Jess Walter to campus this summer. Over the next four weeks, IUHoosiers.com will post a feature for each of these four incoming players that includes updates from their senior year of high school.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Tyra Buss of Mt. Carmel, Ill., is one of four signees for the 2014 freshman class for Indiana women's basketball, put on another record-breaking season in her senior year.
The two-time Illinois Ms. Basketball winner had a career that was filled with records, victories and awards. In her senior season, Buss broke the single-season Illinois state scoring record with 1,466 points, a record that was already held by her after she initially broke the record her junior season.
While averaging 45.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 6.7 steals per game, Buss led Mt. Carmel High School to its fourth straight regional title as a senior. She also shot 65 percent from 2-point range, 39 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line. Her senior season included multiple awards as well, including Parade High School All-America Team, Third Team ALL-USA Girls Basketball Team, Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year, First-Team All-State and Wendy's High School Heisman Award Winner in Illinois.
She holds multiple career state records, including points scored with 4,897, scoring average with 38 points per game, free throws made with 1,185 and field goals made with 1,644. She holds all of the single-season records in these categories as well.
She also has been ranked in the National High School Record Books, including No. 2 in points scored in a career and No. 4 in most points scored in a season. She also holds the Mt. Carmel High School record for most points scored in a game with 66 points against Princeton High School.
Buss was a multiple sport athlete during high school, also competing in tennis, track and cross country. Her career regular season and IHSA Sectional singles match record was 89-0, and she was also named the Southern Illinois Player of the Year in all four years. Her track career includes State Finals appearances in the 800m run, 300m low hurdles, 100m high hurdles, the 800m relay and the 1600m relay. She holds eight Mt. Carmel High School Track Records, which include the 100m high hurdles, 300m low hurdles, 200m, 400m, 800m, 3200m relay, 1600m relay and 400m relay.
Buss is also an excellent student in the classroom, as she was No. 1 in her graduation class at Mt. Carmel High School, finishing with a 5.0 GPA.
Prospects Nation ranks Buss the No. 27 point guard and the No. 98 overall prospect of the recruiting class, while Dan Olson's Collegiate Girls Basketball report ranks her as the No. 21 guard in the country.
