The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Black, Chelsee

Jersey Number 21
Chelsee Black
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bessemer, Ala.
- High School:
- Bessemer City HS
Bio
2014-15 (Junior)
- Reached double figures in 20 games, including two games with 20 or more points
- Second on the team with 12.7 points per game
- Led UAB with 72 assists, recording an assist in 29 contests
- Also ranked second in minutes played (34.4), 3-point percentage (.385) and free throw percentage (.853)
- Had a streak of seven-straight games in double figures
- Scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Blazers against Middle Tennessee (1/4)
- Finished perfect from the free throw line in 12 games
- Brought down a season-high six rebounds and matched a career-best three steals against Loyola on Nov. 25
- Recorded a season-best six assists versus Rice on Feb. 14
- One of just three players to appear in and start all 31 games
2013-14 (Sophomore)
- Was one of two players to have started in every game for the 2013-2014 season
- Scored in double figured in 22 games
- Scored over 20 points in three games
- Hit a three-pointer in 26 games
- Held a streak of 6 straight three-pointers made
- Scored a career high of 29 points against Vanderbilt
- Led the conference in free throw percentage (87.5)
2012-13 (Freshman)
- Ended the 2012-13 season with perhaps her best outing of the year with a 15-point performance at Auburn in the first round of the WNIT
- Scored in double figures six times as she saw action in 28 games
- Off the bench, averaged 17.1 minutes per contest and was the team's best free-throw shooter with her 81 percent (47-of-58) performance from the charity stripe
- Scored 14 points against George Mason on Dec. 2 -- the first of four-straight double-figure scoring efforts
- Recorded a season-high seven rebounds against Alabama State on Nov. 24
- Hit two crucial 3-pointers in the win at UTEP on Jan. 20
High School
- Played for coach Benita Gordon at Bessemer City
- A 6A All-State First Team selection as a senior and an all-state honorable mention choice as a junior by the Alabama Sports Writers Association
- Also named the Birmingham News Girls West Player of the Year
- Selected to compete in the Alabama-Mississippi Girls Basketball Classic
- Scored more than 2,000 points for her high school career
- Averaged 22.2 points per game as a senior
- Helped her team to three area championships in her four years
- Her 2011-12 team finished 23-11 and advanced to the regional finals
- Averaged 16.1 points and 4.1 assists per game as a junior while hitting nearly 40 percent of her 3-point attempts
- A second-team all-metro choice by the Birmingham News that year
- Averaged 16.0 points per game as a freshman and 14.5 as a sophomore
- Ranked as the seventh-best player in the Alabama class of 2012 by bamaprepgirls.com
- Played her AAU basketball for the Alabama Twisters with fellow UAB freshman Kayla Anderson
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