By Steven M. Glassman
Director of Sports Information
May 6, 2020
JENKINTOWN, PA—Today's Manor College Athletics alumni profile is about Women's Basketball guard Samantha Aiken (Hilton Head, SC/Hilton Head).
Manor College Women's Basketball (2009-2010; 2012-2013):
Games: 34.
Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 153/416 (36.8).
Three-Point Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 24/64 (37.5).
Free Throws Made/Attempts (Percentage): 77/104 (74.0).
Points (Per Game): 407 (12.0).
Overall Rebounds (Per Game): 130 (3.8).
Assists (Per Game): 107 (3.1).
Steals (Per Game): 96 (2.8).
Blocked Shots (Per Game): 25 (0.7).
Aiken holds school career records in steals and per game. She finished in the top-50 in NJCAA Division II in the following categories in 2012-2013: steals per game (3.3, 23rd), free throw percentage (75.6%, 36th), and steals (76, tied for 45th). Aiken led Manor in 2012-2013 in free throws made (62), attempts (82), and percentage. She also paced the Blue Jays that season in assists (85) and per game (3.7), steals and per game, and points (296).
Manor College Awards/Honors:
2012-2013 Manor College Women's Basketball Outstanding Performance Award.
Salem (West Virginia) University Women's Basketball (NCAA Division II) (2014-2016):
Games: 52.
Games Started: 43.
Minutes (Per Game): 1666 (32.0).
Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 267/829 (32.2).
Three-Point Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 65/232 (28.0).
Free Throws Made/Attempts (Percentage): 159/224 (71.0).
Points (Per Game): 758 (14.6).
Overall Rebounds (Per Game): 231 (4.4).
Assists (Per Game): 118 (2.3).
Steals (Per Game): 136 (2.6).
Blocked Shots (Per Game): 26 (0.5).
Aiken finished in the top-50 in NCAA Division II in 2015-2016 in steals per game (2.96, 15th), free throw percentage (85.2, 34th), steals per game (2.34, 45th), and steals (68, 49th). She led Salem in 2015-2016 in minutes (695), field goals made (122) and attempts (349), free throws made (75) and attempts (88) and percentage, points (347) and per game (15.1), assists (50) and per game (2.2), steals and per game, and blocked shots (14) and per game (0.6). Aikens' career-best 15 field goals made at Alderson-Broaddus on February 2, 2016 was seventh in Division II. Her career-best 37 points versus the Battlers was 14th in Division II. Aiken paced the Tigers in 2014-2015 in field goal attempts (455), three-point field goals made (37) and attempts (133) and percentage (27.8), free throws made (83) and attempts (130) and percentage (63.8), points (398) and per game (14.2), steals (68) and per game (2.4), and blocked shots (11) and per game (0.4).
Women's Basketball Career Statistics (2009-2010, 2012-2013, 2014-2016):
Games: 86.
Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 420/1245 (33.7).
Three-Point Field Goals Made/Attempts (Percentage): 89/296 (30.1).
Free Throws Made/Attempts (Percentage): 236/328 (72.0).
Points (Per Game): 1265 (14.7).
Overall Rebounds (Per Game): 361 (4.2).
Assists (Per Game): 225 (2.6).
Steals (Per Game): 232 (2.7).
Blocked Shots (Per Game): 51 (0.6).