2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Gina Conti
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Grove City
- Hometown:
- Grove City, Ohio
Career
Goes into the 2020-21 post-season ranked third in program history with 485 career assists…Needs just 29 assists to break the all-time program record…Tied for sixth in program history in assist to turnover ratio (1.42).
2020-21 (Senior)
Started in all 24 contests as a senior ... Was named to the All-ACC Second Team ... Achieved a double-double with 13 points and 12 assists versus North Carolina in the ACC Tournament ... Led the team in scoring in the opener versus Arkansas with 23 points ... Had 16 points and a team-high three assists in a 57-54 win over North Carolina ... Put up a career-best 29 points and eight made three-pointers at Notre Dame ... Was named ACC player of the week on January 18th after averaging 23.5 points on 60% shooting from the field and 62.5% from three point range against Virginia Tech and Notre Dame ... Had a team-high 13 points and two assists versus No. 1 Louisville ... Recorded 14 combined assists in two straight games against Florida State and Clemson, dishing out a season best nine dimes against the Tigers ... Led the team in points and assists versus Syracuse with 25 and six, on 8-of-12 shooting from the field ... Helped Wake to a senior night victory against Pittsburgh with 18 points and eight rebounds ... Stuffed the stat sheet on the road against Miami with 11 points, seven assists, and eight rebounds.
2019-20 (Junior)
Started all 32 games, averaging 10.0 points and 33.2 minutes per game…Notched a career-best 148 total assists as a junior, tying for fourth in single-season Wake history…Totaled five or more assists in 17 games and at least one steal in 22 games…Recorded two or more steals in 13 games…Led the team in assists per game (4.6 ast/g) and steals per game (1.3 stl/g)…Netted a career-high 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting at St. John’s (NY) (11/22) while also going a career-best 10-of-10 from the free throw line…Tallied a season-high nine assists in a victory over Clemson (1/9) while having just one turnover…Knocked down a career-high four three pointers en route to 21 points in a win over Georgia Tech (1/5)…Hit a trio of three pointers en route to 21 points in a victory over Virginia (1/16)…Drilled the game-winning jumper with :02 left at Duke (1/2), leading to a 60-58 victory. It was the Demon Deacons first win in Cameron Indoor since Jan. 25, 1993…Knocked down a game-tying three pointer against North Carolina (2/23) with :03 left in the game. Wake went on to win in overtime…Went perfect from the field against East Carolina (11/30), going 6-for-6 from the field, 3-for-3 from three-point range and 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
Started all 30 games, averaging 9.1 points and a team high 36.3 minutes per game…Led the team in steals (44) and assists (147)…Set a career-high with six steals vs. Miami (1/ 6)…Finished the season with a career-high 20 points, along with four assists, two steals and two rebounds vs. Pitt (2/ 28)…Had 12 double-digit scoring games…Finished fourth in the ACC with 4.9 steals per game…Top 15 in the ACC in assist to turnover ratio…Led the ACC in minutes played, averaging 36.3 per game…Season-best 20 points vs. Pittsburgh (2/28).
2017-18 (Freshman)
Played in all 30 games, including 11 starts … Averaged 3.2 points per game in 18.6 minutes per game … Tallied season-best 19 points in 21 minutes off the bench at Richmond (Nov. 15) … Hit career-high three three-pointers against the Spiders … Made first career start against Minnesota (Nov. 25), scoring six points … Dished out season-high 10 assists against Virginia Tech (Feb. 15), which marked the first 10-assist game for a Wake Forest player since Asia Williams in 2013.
High School
A four-year member of the basketball team at Grove City High School, was named Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year last year as a junior while being named First Team All-OCC, First Team All-District, Second Team All-State and First Team All-Metro by the Columbus Dispatch .. Also as a junior led the team in assists, steals and rebounds to go with a team-high 17.3 points per game ... As a sophomore, was named First Team All-OCC and Honorable Mention All-District while being ranked the No. 1 player in the state of Ohio by Ohio Girls Basketball Report ... Was also the team's top scorer with 12.3 points per game and top rebounder with 9 boards per contest and earned the team's Best Offensive Player award ... In her first season as a freshman, was named a Special Mention All-OCC while earning Honorable Mention All-District while leading the team in rebounds, assists and steals ... Checks in as the No. 83 player in the nation, according to Blue Star Basketball ... Ranked No. 97 nationally as a four-star recruit by Prospect Nation and the No. 22 guard in the country.
Personal
Full name is Gina Marie Conti ... Born on July 17, 1999 ... Daughter of Linda and Tony Conti ... Has two older sisters, Ellen and Anna ... Also ran track for two years and played volleyball for four years in high school, earning multiple All-Conference honors as a volleyball player ... Played AAU basketball for the Capital City Comets and won seven tournament, including the 2015 Ohio AAU State Championship ... Serves as class Vice President all four years of high school while also being a member of Student Council and FCA ... Was a four-year recipient of the Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) award ... Father, Tony, played football at Ball State from 1979-83 ... Sister, Ellen, played volleyball at Tennessee Tech from 2011-14 ... Sister, Anna, played volleyball at Kutztown from 2013-16 ... Uncle, Charles Mulfinger, played baseball at Stetson from 1976-80.
