2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 30
Timea Gardiner
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Fremont HS
- Hometown:
- Ogden, Utah
- Previous School:
- Oregon State
Bio
2024-25
Started the year with a scorching performance in Paris, shooting 5-of-7 from 3-point range against then-No. 17 Louisville, to finish with 15 points and seven reobunds in the season-opening win… Recorded a 7-for-12 shooting performance against Arkansas on Nov. 17 to set a new career-high in points (23) and 3FGM (7)… Led UCLA in 3-point shooting percentage, connecting at a 39.5 percent clip from long distance on the year… A strong contributor off the bench… Scored 7.6 points in 18.3 minutes on the floor, and corralled 3.4 rebounds per game… Secured her lone double-double of the season against Wisconsin in Madison on Feb. 26, scoring 14 points and collecting 10 rebounds in UCLA’s 91-61 win over the Badgers… Made significant contributions in the postseason, scoring three or more 3-pointers in four of the final six games of the year… Shot .500 against both Southern University and Richmond in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament (3-for-6 3FG in each game)… Helped lift UCLA past No. 3-seed LSU in the Elite Eight, shooting 5-for-8 from long distance (.625 3FG%) to reach the program’s first-ever NCAA Final Four.
Prior to UCLA…
at Oregon State
2023-24
Appearing in all 35 contests of her sophomore campaign at Oregon State, Gardiner scored 406 points and collected 244 rebounds while shooting 39.5 percent from three-point land. She made nine starts for the Beavs; she was named the Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year, leading the Conference with 10.2 points per game off the bench prior to the postseason. She blocked a career-high four shots against Nebraska in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
2022-23
As a freshman, Gardiner made an appearance in 15 games, starting two, after returning from a medical issue. She earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention honors for her performance despite only playing half of the season, averaging 8.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. The Ogden, Utah native shot 47.7 percent from the floor and 36.2 percent from long distance. She received Pac-12 Freshman of the Week recognition after scoring 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a win over then-no. 23 Oregon (Jan. 20). Gardiner recorded seven double-figure scoring games in 15 contests, including three against top-25 foes.
High School
Gardiner racked up accolades in high school before arriving in Corvallis. She was a McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-American. Gardiner was named to the Naismith All-America Second Team in 2022, and she was listed as Honorable Mention in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She was a Naismith Player of the Year Semi-Finalist. Gardiner was All-Utah First Team three times, All-Region MVP twice, and named Utah All-Tournament Team twice.
Started the year with a scorching performance in Paris, shooting 5-of-7 from 3-point range against then-No. 17 Louisville, to finish with 15 points and seven reobunds in the season-opening win… Recorded a 7-for-12 shooting performance against Arkansas on Nov. 17 to set a new career-high in points (23) and 3FGM (7)… Led UCLA in 3-point shooting percentage, connecting at a 39.5 percent clip from long distance on the year… A strong contributor off the bench… Scored 7.6 points in 18.3 minutes on the floor, and corralled 3.4 rebounds per game… Secured her lone double-double of the season against Wisconsin in Madison on Feb. 26, scoring 14 points and collecting 10 rebounds in UCLA’s 91-61 win over the Badgers… Made significant contributions in the postseason, scoring three or more 3-pointers in four of the final six games of the year… Shot .500 against both Southern University and Richmond in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament (3-for-6 3FG in each game)… Helped lift UCLA past No. 3-seed LSU in the Elite Eight, shooting 5-for-8 from long distance (.625 3FG%) to reach the program’s first-ever NCAA Final Four.
Prior to UCLA…
at Oregon State
2023-24
Appearing in all 35 contests of her sophomore campaign at Oregon State, Gardiner scored 406 points and collected 244 rebounds while shooting 39.5 percent from three-point land. She made nine starts for the Beavs; she was named the Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year, leading the Conference with 10.2 points per game off the bench prior to the postseason. She blocked a career-high four shots against Nebraska in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
2022-23
As a freshman, Gardiner made an appearance in 15 games, starting two, after returning from a medical issue. She earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention honors for her performance despite only playing half of the season, averaging 8.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. The Ogden, Utah native shot 47.7 percent from the floor and 36.2 percent from long distance. She received Pac-12 Freshman of the Week recognition after scoring 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a win over then-no. 23 Oregon (Jan. 20). Gardiner recorded seven double-figure scoring games in 15 contests, including three against top-25 foes.
High School
Gardiner racked up accolades in high school before arriving in Corvallis. She was a McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-American. Gardiner was named to the Naismith All-America Second Team in 2022, and she was listed as Honorable Mention in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She was a Naismith Player of the Year Semi-Finalist. Gardiner was All-Utah First Team three times, All-Region MVP twice, and named Utah All-Tournament Team twice.
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