Indiana Women's Basketball Welcomes UT Martin Transfer Sharnecce Currie-Jelks
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana women's basketball program welcomes UT Martin transfer forward Sharnecce Currie-Jelks to the 2023-24 roster. The 6-foot-2 sophomore from Jackson, Tenn. was the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and All-OVC first team and All-Newcomer team.
Currie-Jelks broke a school record with nine OVC Freshman of the Week awards last season. Her best game came versus Southeast Missouri on Jan. 5 when she dropped a 30 point, 13-rebound double-double.
Tennessee Martin's Sharnecce Currie-Jelks (23) celebrates a three pointer against Morehead State during their first round game of the Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Championship at Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2023.
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As a Skyhawk, Currie-Jelks started 26 of 28 games and was second on the team averaging 15.2 points per game shooting 53.9 percent from the floor. She ranked second in the OVC in scoring and first in field goal percentage. She led her team with 6.9 boards per contest, which ranked fifth in the conference.
UT Martin finished with a 13-17 record last season and fell out of the OVC Tournament in the first round after a 2-point loss to No. 8 seed Morehead State.
The Hoosiers now have three forwards on their roster including returning leading scorer and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Mackenzie Holmes, rising sophomore Lilly Meister and Currie-Jelks.
Currie-Jelks is the first transfer the Hoosiers added to the roster this season. After the end of the regular season in March, forwards Kiandra Browne and Mona Zaric entered the transfer portal leaving space open for Currie-Jelks and even some more future Hoosiers if head coach Teri Moren and her staff opt to use up all the scholarship spots.
The decorated forward adds even more youth to the Hoosiers as Currie-Jelks is now one of five sophomores on the team.
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