20 Emma Santoro
20 - Emma Santoro
Height: 6-0
Year: Sr.
Hometown: King, N.C.
High School: West Stokes HS
Position: F
gp 12
pts/g 14.3
fg % 55.6
3pt % 17.6
ft % 58.8
reb/g 8.3
a/g 2.8

2024-25 SAC Player to Watch

2023-24 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022-23 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023-24: Started all 28 games her junior year ... Finished second on the team in scoring at 14.3 points per game and led the squad in rebounding with 7.0 rebounds per contest ... Also tallied 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals per outing and had 19 blocks on the year ... Shot 45.5 percent from the field and 73.6 percent at the free throw line ... Scored in double figures 19 times with a career-high 25 points coming at Lincoln Memorial (Feb. 7) ... Had four double-doubles on the season with a season-high 13 rebounds at Anderson (Jan. 20) ... Pulled down five or more rebounds 22 times over the year ... Had 15 games with three or more assists and a career-high seven helpers against Tusculum (Jan. 3) and at UVA Wise (Jan. 31) ... Had three or more steals 12 times, with four swipes in four games ... Posted three blocks at Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec. 9).

2022-23: Started all 25 games in which she played her sophomore season ... Averaged 11.0 points and a team-leading 6.8 rebounds per game ... Also notched 43 assists, 32 steals and 28 blocks over the course of the year ... Shot 44.9 percent from the field and 73.1 percent from the stripe ... Reached double figures in scoring on 13 different occasions with a career-high 24 points at Coker (Jan. 28) ... Had five double-digit rebounding games and three double-doubles ... Posted 20 games with five or more rebounds ... Had four assists against No. 21 Catawba (Feb. 18), four steals against Limestone (Dec. 3) and four blocks at UVA Wise (Jan. 18).

2021-22: Started 17 of the 20 games in which she played as a freshman ... Averaged a team-leading 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game ... Notched 28 assists, 18 steals and 11 blocks on the year ... Scored in double figures 12 times on the year including a season-best 23 points against Queens (N.C.) (Nov. 14) ... Grabbed 12 rebounds at Mary Baldwin (Dec. 13) ... Had three steals, two assists and two blocks against Salem (N.C.) (Nov. 17).

Recent Games
Nov 26 No. 5 Carson-Newman L, 76-57
Nov 30 at Newberry L, 60-53
Dec 4 Coker L, 77-60
Dec 7 at Catawba L, 79-67
Dec 9 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 80-70
Dec 10 vs. Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras W, 65-46
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 12 6
Games started 12 6
Minutes 369 202
Minutes per game 30.8 33.7
FG 74-133 30-64
FG Pct 55.6 46.9
3PT 3-17 0-8
3PT Pct 17.6 0.0
FT 20-34 12-20
FT Pct 58.8 60.0
Off rebounds 15 8
Def rebounds 85 38
Total rebounds 100 46
Rebounds per game 8.3 7.7
Personal fouls 22 11
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 33 18
Turnovers 38 23
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.8
Steals 30 11
Blocks 9 7
Points 171 72
Points per game 14.3 12.0
Points per 40 min 18.5 14.3
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 4 at Tennessee Tech L, 82-54 1 29 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 8 vs. Southern Wesleyan W, 79-65 1 31 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 9 at Belmont Abbey L, 60-49 1 21 5-11 45.5 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 12
Nov 13 King (Tenn.) W, 76-52 1 32 12-16 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 25
Nov 16 Virginia Union W, 74-65 1 36 9-13 69.2 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 18
Nov 20 UVA Wise L, 80-66 1 26 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 2-7 28.6 4
Nov 23 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 76-59 1 37 6-15 40.0 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 16
Nov 26 No. 5 Carson-Newman L, 76-57 1 38 6-12 50.0 0-2 0.0 5-5 100.0 17
Nov 30 at Newberry L, 60-53 1 34 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 10
Dec 4 Coker L, 77-60 1 29 6-9 66.7 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 13
Dec 7 at Catawba L, 79-67 1 38 6-14 42.9 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 12
Dec 9 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 80-70 1 20 6-11 54.5 1-4 25.0 5-7 71.4 18
Dec 10 vs. Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras W, 65-46 1 27 11-14 78.6 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 23
Dec 14 at Mars Hill   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 Lynchburg   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 18 at Wingate   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Anderson (S.C.)   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 Tusculum   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 at Limestone   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 Mars Hill   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 at Lenoir-Rhyne   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 at Lincoln Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 Newberry   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 29 at UVA Wise   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Wingate   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 at Tusculum   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Coker   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 Lincoln Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Catawba   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Carson-Newman   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at Anderson (S.C.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Limestone   - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 4 at Tennessee Tech L, 82-54 1 29 0 3 3 0 4 0.0 0 2 3 0
Nov 8 vs. Southern Wesleyan W, 79-65 1 31 0 13 13 3 6 0.5 5 0 2 0
Nov 9 at Belmont Abbey L, 60-49 1 21 2 1 3 1 1 1.0 0 0 2 0
Nov 13 King (Tenn.) W, 76-52 1 32 1 11 12 4 0 - 6 1 1 0
Nov 16 Virginia Union W, 74-65 1 36 2 10 12 1 2 0.5 3 1 2 0
Nov 20 UVA Wise L, 80-66 1 26 0 2 2 2 2 1.0 1 1 3 0
Nov 23 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 76-59 1 37 0 8 8 6 3 2.0 2 0 1 0
Nov 26 No. 5 Carson-Newman L, 76-57 1 38 5 8 13 3 4 0.8 1 2 1 -
Nov 30 at Newberry L, 60-53 1 34 1 4 5 4 5 0.8 3 4 1 0
Dec 4 Coker L, 77-60 1 29 1 3 4 3 4 0.8 3 0 3 0
Dec 7 at Catawba L, 79-67 1 38 1 13 14 0 5 0.0 1 0 2 0
Dec 9 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 80-70 1 20 1 2 3 3 1 3.0 1 0 2 0
Dec 10 vs. Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras W, 65-46 1 27 1 10 11 3 5 0.6 4 0 2 0
Dec 14 at Mars Hill   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 17 Lynchburg   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 18 at Wingate   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Anderson (S.C.)   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 Tusculum   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 at Limestone   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 Mars Hill   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 at Lenoir-Rhyne   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 at Lincoln Memorial   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 Newberry   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 29 at UVA Wise   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Wingate   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 at Tusculum   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Coker   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 Lincoln Memorial   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Catawba   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Carson-Newman   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at Anderson (S.C.)   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Limestone   - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2021-22 20 17 25.1 4.5-9.8 45.2 0.5-1.9 24.3 1.1-1.8 62.9 10.4
2022-23 25 25 28.0 4.4-9.9 44.9 0.6-2.1 26.4 1.5-2.1 73.1 11.0
2023-24 28 28 31.6 5.8-12.6 45.5 0.5-2.5 18.6 2.3-3.1 73.6 14.3
2024-25 12 12 30.8 6.2-11.1 55.6 0.2-1.4 17.6 1.7-2.8 58.8 14.3
Total 85 82 28.9 5.1-11.0 46.7 0.5-2.1 22.0 1.7-2.4 69.2 12.4
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 20 17 503 89-197 45.2 9-37 24.3 22-35 62.9 209
2022-23 25 25 700 111-247 44.9 14-53 26.4 38-52 73.1 274
2023-24 28 28 884 161-354 45.5 13-70 18.6 64-87 73.6 399
2024-25 12 12 369 74-133 55.6 3-17 17.6 20-34 58.8 171
Total 85 82 2456 435-931 46.7 39-177 22.0 144-208 69.2 1053
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2021-22 20 17 25.1 7.1-15.7 45.2 0.7-2.9 24.3 1.7-2.8 62.9 16.6
2022-23 25 25 28.0 6.3-14.1 44.9 0.8-3.0 26.4 2.2-3.0 73.1 15.7
2023-24 28 28 31.6 7.3-16.0 45.5 0.6-3.2 18.6 2.9-3.9 73.6 18.1
2024-25 12 12 30.8 8.0-14.4 55.6 0.3-1.8 17.6 2.2-3.7 58.8 18.5
Total 85 82 28.9 7.1-15.2 46.7 0.6-2.9 22.0 2.3-3.4 69.2 17.1
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2021-22 20 17 25.1 1.3 5.2 6.5 2.1 0.1 1.4 2.3 0.6 0.9 0.6
2022-23 25 25 28.0 0.8 6.0 6.8 2.8 0.0 1.7 2.9 0.6 1.3 1.1
2023-24 28 28 31.6 1.3 5.7 7.0 2.1 0.0 2.9 3.9 0.7 2.0 0.7
2024-25 12 12 30.8 1.3 7.1 8.3 1.8 0.0 2.8 3.2 0.9 2.5 0.8
Total 85 82 28.9 1.1 5.9 7.0 2.3 0.0 2.2 3.1 0.7 1.6 0.8
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2021-22 20 17 503 26 104 130 43 1 28 45 0.6 18 11
2022-23 25 25 700 19 151 170 71 0 43 73 0.6 32 28
2023-24 28 28 884 36 159 195 60 0 80 110 0.7 56 19
2024-25 12 12 369 15 85 100 22 0 33 38 0.9 30 9
Total 85 82 2456 96 499 595 196 1 184 266 0.7 136 67
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 20 17 25.1 2.1 8.3 10.3 3.4 0.1 2.2 3.6 0.6 1.4 0.9
2022-23 25 25 28.0 1.1 8.6 9.7 4.1 0.0 2.5 4.2 0.6 1.8 1.6
2023-24 28 28 31.6 1.6 7.2 8.8 2.7 0.0 3.6 5.0 0.7 2.5 0.9
2024-25 12 12 30.8 1.6 9.2 10.8 2.4 0.0 3.6 4.1 0.9 3.3 1.0
Total 85 82 28.9 1.6 8.1 9.7 3.2 0.0 3.0 4.3 0.7 2.2 1.1
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 12 12 30.8 6.2-11.1 55.6 0.2-1.4 17.6 1.7-2.8 58.8 14.3
Conference 6 6 33.7 5.0-10.7 46.9 0.0-1.3 0.0 2.0-3.3 60.0 12.0
Exhibition 1 1 29.0 0.0-3.0 0.0 0.0-1.0 0.0 1.0-2.0 50.0 1.0
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Home 6 6 33.0 6.7-11.8 56.3 0.2-1.2 14.3 2.0-3.3 60.0 15.5
Away 3 3 31.0 5.3-11.0 48.5 0.0-1.3 0.0 0.7-1.3 50.0 11.3
Neutral 3 3 26.0 6.0-9.7 62.1 0.7-2.0 33.3 2.0-3.3 60.0 14.7
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Wins 5 5 29.2 7.8-11.6 67.2 0.6-1.6 37.5 1.2-2.4 50.0 17.4
Losses 7 7 31.9 5.0-10.7 46.7 0.0-1.3 0.0 2.0-3.1 63.6 12.0
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November 8 8 31.9 5.6-10.6 52.9 0.1-0.8 16.7 1.8-3.1 56.0 13.1
December 4 4 28.5 7.2-12.0 60.4 0.5-2.8 18.2 1.5-2.2 66.7 16.5
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 12 12 369 74-133 55.6 3-17 17.6 20-34 58.8 171
Conference 6 6 202 30-64 46.9 0-8 0.0 12-20 60.0 72
Exhibition 1 1 29 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
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Home 6 6 198 40-71 56.3 1-7 14.3 12-20 60.0 93
Away 3 3 93 16-33 48.5 0-4 0.0 2-4 50.0 34
Neutral 3 3 78 18-29 62.1 2-6 33.3 6-10 60.0 44
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Wins 5 5 146 39-58 67.2 3-8 37.5 6-12 50.0 87
Losses 7 7 223 35-75 46.7 0-9 0.0 14-22 63.6 84
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November 8 8 255 45-85 52.9 1-6 16.7 14-25 56.0 105
December 4 4 114 29-48 60.4 2-11 18.2 6-9 66.7 66
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 12 12 30.8 8.0-14.4 55.6 0.3-1.8 17.6 2.2-3.7 58.8 18.5
Conference 6 6 33.7 5.9-12.7 46.9 0.0-1.6 0.0 2.4-4.0 60.0 14.3
Exhibition 1 1 29.0 0.0-4.1 0.0 0.0-1.4 0.0 1.4-2.8 50.0 1.4
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Home 6 6 33.0 8.1-14.3 56.3 0.2-1.4 14.3 2.4-4.0 60.0 18.8
Away 3 3 31.0 6.9-14.2 48.5 0.0-1.7 0.0 0.9-1.7 50.0 14.6
Neutral 3 3 26.0 9.2-14.9 62.1 1.0-3.1 33.3 3.1-5.1 60.0 22.6
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Wins 5 5 29.2 10.7-15.9 67.2 0.8-2.2 37.5 1.6-3.3 50.0 23.8
Losses 7 7 31.9 6.3-13.5 46.7 0.0-1.6 0.0 2.5-3.9 63.6 15.1
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November 8 8 31.9 7.1-13.3 52.9 0.2-0.9 16.7 2.2-3.9 56.0 16.5
December 4 4 28.5 10.2-16.8 60.4 0.7-3.9 18.2 2.1-3.2 66.7 23.2
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 12 12 30.8 1.3 7.1 8.3 1.8 0.0 2.8 3.2 0.9 2.5 0.8
Conference 6 6 33.7 1.3 6.3 7.7 1.8 0.0 3.0 3.8 0.8 1.8 1.2
Exhibition 1 1 29.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
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Home 6 6 33.0 1.5 7.0 8.5 1.8 0.0 3.2 2.5 1.3 2.7 0.8
Away 3 3 31.0 1.3 6.0 7.3 1.7 0.0 1.7 3.7 0.5 1.3 1.3
Neutral 3 3 26.0 0.7 8.3 9.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 0.8 3.3 0.0
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Wins 5 5 29.2 1.0 9.2 10.2 1.8 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.0 3.8 0.4
Losses 7 7 31.9 1.4 5.6 7.0 1.9 0.0 2.7 3.4 0.8 1.6 1.0
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November 8 8 31.9 1.4 7.1 8.5 1.6 0.0 3.0 2.9 1.0 2.6 1.1
December 4 4 28.5 1.0 7.0 8.0 2.3 0.0 2.3 3.8 0.6 2.3 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 12 12 369 15 85 100 22 0 33 38 0.9 30 9
Conference 6 6 202 8 38 46 11 0 18 23 0.8 11 7
Exhibition 1 1 29 0 3 3 3 0 0 4 0.0 0 2
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Home 6 6 198 9 42 51 11 0 19 15 1.3 16 5
Away 3 3 93 4 18 22 5 0 5 11 0.5 4 4
Neutral 3 3 78 2 25 27 6 0 9 12 0.8 10 0
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Wins 5 5 146 5 46 51 9 0 14 14 1.0 19 2
Losses 7 7 223 10 39 49 13 0 19 24 0.8 11 7
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November 8 8 255 11 57 68 13 0 24 23 1.0 21 9
December 4 4 114 4 28 32 9 0 9 15 0.6 9 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 12 12 30.8 1.6 9.2 10.8 2.4 0.0 3.6 4.1 0.9 3.3 1.0
Conference 6 6 33.7 1.6 7.5 9.1 2.2 0.0 3.6 4.6 0.8 2.2 1.4
Exhibition 1 1 29.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 2.8
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Home 6 6 33.0 1.8 8.5 10.3 2.2 0.0 3.8 3.0 1.3 3.2 1.0
Away 3 3 31.0 1.7 7.7 9.5 2.2 0.0 2.2 4.7 0.5 1.7 1.7
Neutral 3 3 26.0 1.0 12.8 13.8 3.1 0.0 4.6 6.2 0.8 5.1 0.0
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Wins 5 5 29.2 1.4 12.6 14.0 2.5 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.0 5.2 0.5
Losses 7 7 31.9 1.8 7.0 8.8 2.3 0.0 3.4 4.3 0.8 2.0 1.3
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November 8 8 31.9 1.7 8.9 10.7 2.0 0.0 3.8 3.6 1.0 3.3 1.4
December 4 4 28.5 1.4 9.8 11.2 3.2 0.0 3.2 5.3 0.6 3.2 0.0