Washington State Career Highs (as of 2022-23 Season)
Points // 25, Southern California (02/07/21)
FG Made // 9, Southern California (02/07/21)
FG Attempts // 13 (3x), Last: at Arizona State (02/14/21)
3-Pt Made // 5, LMU (11/07/22)
3-Pt Attempt // 8, at Oregon State (03/01/20)
FT Made // 5 (5x), Last: Southern Cal (02/07/21)
FT Attempt // 6 (4x), Last: vs. Utah (03/03/21)
Rebounds // 15, at Colorado (01/03/21)
Assists // 6 (4x), Last: at Portland (12/07/22)
Steals // 4 (2x), Last: Oregon State (02/19/23)
Blocks // 4 (2x), Last: at Utah (02/12/23)
Minutes // 45 (3x), Last: at Oregon (01/15/23)
at Washington State
2022-23 | Fifth Year
CSC Academic All-District Team … Utilized her NCAA Eligibility Relief season due to the shortened 2020-21 campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Started a career-high 34 games as a fifth-year senior … Motuga is Washington State’s all-time winningest player with 74 wins during her five-year career with the Cougars … Her winning percentage of .552 is the best for any WSU women’s basketball player in the NCAA era (Post-1982) … Set the Washington State record for games played with 135 games … Ranks third all-time in program history with 114 career starts … Led the team in 3-point field goal percentage as a fifth-year senior hitting 37.5 percentage of her shots … Averaged 7.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game … Scored double-digit points in nine games … Recorded a season-high 16 points in the road win at No. 19/14 Arizona (Jan. 29) … Led the team in rebounding in eight games … Recorded a double-double with 14 points and a season-high 10 rebounds in the overtime win at No. 21/18 Oregon (Jan. 15) … Hit a season-best three 3-point field goals in the Pac-12 Quarterfinal win over No. 3/4 Utah to help the Cougars defeat their highest ranked opponent in program history … Her 3,818 career minutes played are the second-most in Washington State women’s basketball history … Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 | Senior
Appeared in 25 games with 22 starts during her senior season … Led the Pac-12 in 3-point field goal percentage at 48.2 percent (27-of-56) … Her 47.4 3-point field goal percentage is a program record for the highest 3-point field goal percentage in a season, while it is the sixth-highest 3-point field goal percentage in Pac-12 Conference history … Finished second on the team in rebounds at 6.0 boards per game … Averaged 6.6 points in 31.4 minutes of action per game … Shot 43.9 percent from the field (58-of-132) … Scored double-digit points in eight games … Posted a season-high 14 points in a win at Southern California (Jan. 14) … Hit a career-best four 3-point field goals on Jan. 14 at USC … Hit multiple 3-point field goals in seven games … Pulled down double-digit rebounds on four occasions … Collected a double-double on Dec. 18 with 12 points and 10 rebounds at BYU … Pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Kansas State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament … Named to the 2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 | Junior
Started all 24 games in her third year with the Cougars … Ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in total minutes played at 828 minutes played … Led the team in rebounding at 6.8 boards per game … Pulled down a team-high 113 defensive rebounds … Collected a team-best three double-doubles on the year … Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds on Jan. 3 at Colorado … Grabbed 10-or-more boards in six games … Grabbed 10 rebounds in three-straight games from Feb. 5 to Feb. 12 … Led the team in rebounds in eight games … Finished third on the team in scoring at 8.5 points per game … Scored a career-high 25 points on Feb. 7 in Beasley Coliseum against Southern Cal … Scored 10-or-more points in seven games … Led the team in blocks in seven games.
2019-20 | Sophomore
Started all 26 games she appeared in during her sophomore season … Finished fourth on the team in scoring at 7.2 points per game, which more than doubled her scoring average from a season ago … One of four players to shoot over 80% from the free throw line at 80.5% … Second on the team in assists (61) and blocks (20) … Tied for fourth on the team in rebounding with Jovana Subasic at 4.0 caroms per game … Scored a season-high 14 points in back-to-back games against Cal (Jan. 31) and Utah (Feb. 9) … Collected double-digit points in eight contests … Tallied double-figures in points in four of her final six contests of the season … Pulled down a season-best eight rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 4, then again on Dec. 20 against Southern U. … Tied her career-high in assists with six in a win at Cal on Jan. 5 … Blocked a career-best four shots on Jan. 19 against Arizona State … Finished third on the team in minutes played at 30.0 … Logged a career-high 38 minutes in two separate games this season.
2018-19 | Freshman
Started the final eight games while playing in 26 contests... finished second on the team in blocked shots (17)...shot 32.7% from the field and 29.6% from behind the arc... Scored a season-best 15 points from coming off the bench in the season opener shooting 6-for-9 from the field...went for double-digits three times...grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in 20 minutes at Arizona State in her first career start.
Australia National Program
Invited to the U-19 Australian National Team camp in the summer of 2019 ... Earned a spot on the U-18 Australian National Team playing at the FIBA Under-18 Asia Championships in India...spent the last year playing for her hometown team as a member of the Logan Thunder basketball club…in the summer of 2017, Motuga was picked to play for the Australian U-18 3 on 3 National Team at the World Championships in China where they tied for second in pool play while picking up an impressive 15-12 win over No. 1 ranked Hungary.
Prior to WSU
Club Team
as a member of her state team of Queensland, Motuga won a gold medal in the U-16 national tournament in 2015, while taking a silver medal with the U-18 team last year while averaging eight points and eight rebounds per game…promoted to the Queensland’s U-20 team to play in the 2018 U-20 National Championships as well as the Ivor Burge Championships.
Personal
Parents Acey and Noah ... Has one younger brother, Ose ... Attended Canterbury College (High School) in
Waterford, Australia ... Played volleyball, touch football, track & field and netball at Canterbury ... Born on April 6 ... Majoring in Sport Management.
