NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team has added to their current recruiting class with the signing of Kristen Crenshaw-Gill and Nora Francois. The signees were announced on Wednesday and will begin their first season on the Lakefront in the Fall of 2022.
Both signees bring with them previous collegiate experience. Crenshaw-Gill was previously in the SEC at Kentucky. In her high school career, Crenshaw-Gill was a four-year starter at Valley Christian HS in Youngstown, Ohio.
Crenshaw-Gill was a First Team all-conference member and her team's MVP all four years in high school In her senior season, she poured in 26.0 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. She had scoring averages of 23.9, 24.1, 25.2 and 26.0 from her freshman to senior year.
In high school, Crenshaw-Gill had a lot of standout scoring performances. Among them was a 37-point effort in her sophomore year. She also scored 30 in the first round of the sectional state tournament.
Francois comes to the Privateers from North Iowa Area CC. There, she averaged 10.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in her first and only season at NIACC. Her biggest game was when she posted a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds against Southwestern CC.
At DeLaSalle, Francois was the first female eighth grader to play varsity in school history. She was also part of a state championship team in Minnesota.
The duo joins Imani Williams who signed with the Privateers in the Fall.
FROM COACH DAVENPORT
"Here we grow again! We are excited about our newest additions to the Privateer family. Nora brings a much-needed post presence that complements the post players we already have. I'm excited about her ability to knock down the three and she is also very skilled on the inside.
Kristen Crenshaw-Gill is battle-tested and practiced every day against the #1 draft pick this spring (Rhyne Howard). I'm so excited we get to add her to our roster. She brings to our backcourt size and experience. She was a prolific scorer in high school and we're expecting her to bring those abilities to the Southland.
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