Tyshee Towner

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Aurora, Ill.
Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9

SENIOR YEAR (2016-17)
Saw action in 27 games … scored a season-high five points against UMass Lowell where she also played a season-high 15 minutes where she also dished out two assists and had two rebounds … grabbed a season-high three rebounds in back-to-back games against Valparaiso and Oakland … averaged 5.4 minutes per appearance.

JUNIOR YEAR (2015-16)
Appeared in 30 games and made 11 starts ... played 18 minutes at No. 5 Maryland and tallied four points with a steal ... vital in IU's first Big Ten win of the year vs. Michigan as she tallied seven points with three rebounds and a steal off the bench ... had five points and two boards in Indiana's Big Ten/ACC Challenge victory over Georgia Tech ... scored 18 points with six boards, two steals and two assists in season-opening triumph over Tennessee State in her IU debut on Feb. 13.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played two years at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Ill. ... named First Team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) in 2014-15 ... averaged 17.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game as a sophomore while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 79.9 percent from the free throw line ... named Great Rivers Conference Player of the Year and Region 24 Player of the Year ... led WVC to a victory in the 2015 NJCAA National Championship Tournament as the Lady Warriors finished the season with a 28-7 record.

PERSONAL
Born on Feb. 1, 1995 ... the daughter of Jasmine Burton ... major is liberal studies.