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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

10 Tayla Dalton

  • Position Guard
  • Hometown Auckland, New Zealand
  • Class Senior
  • Prev School Carmel College
  • Height 5-9

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2022-23)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)

AS A SENIOR (2023-24): Played in 28 games and made 27 starts for the Gaels, averaging a team high 33.4 minutes per game... Shot 47% from the field to average 10.1 points per game... Was second on the team in steals with 47 and also averaged just under three rebounds per game... Recorded a season high 27 points shooting 9-15 from the floor in a 70-66 victory vs. LMU... 

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23): Played in 31 games with 24 starts... Averaged 7.4 ppg and shot 76.5% at the free-throw line, ranking on third on the team in both categories ... finished second on the team in steals with 36... Had a season-high 20 points scored and six, three-pointers made (6 of 10) at Montana State (12/12/22)... went 9 of 10 from the free-throw line in a WCC Tournament game vs. Pacific (3/3/23)... Scored in double figures nine times during the season... Had a career-high five assists at Pacific (12/17/22) and at Gonzaga (1/21/23)... Tied her career-high in rebounds with eight at San Jose State (12/1/23)... Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and made WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention with a 3.832 GPA.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Played in all 33 games with 28 starts... led the team in steals with 31... averaged 9.8 points per game, scoring in double figures 12 times during the season... scored a career-high 22 points in the regular-season finale at USF... set a career high in three pointers made when she went 5 for 6 at LMU on 1/11/22 while scoring 19 points... pulled down a career-high eight rebounds at Pepperdine on 1/31/22... second on the team in three pointers made with 37... had the third-best free-throw percentage on the team at 75.4%... saw action for the New Zealand Tall Ferns 3x3 team during the Asia Cup in Singapore, and was a reserve for the  Commonwealth Games and for the Pre-World Cup and World Cup... 

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21): Appeared in every game during her first season in Moraga, making three starts out of 26 games...averaged 17.1 minutes per game, the second-most of any freshman on the team...made 16 three-pointers, good for fourth-best among all shooters, and shot 34.3% from the field overall, leading to 4.7 points per game...a strong defender, Dalton finished second on the Gaels with 26 steals, and also added 1.5 rebounds per game...scored 16 points in her collegiate debut against VCU (at Arizona State) on November 25...tallied a career-best five steals in the regular season finale against Pacific on February 27, while also scoring nine points...made her first collegiate start at Fresno State on December 11 and scored 11 points...made her first and only WCC start against BYU on January 14.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Dalton competed in the 2017 U16 Asian Championships in India, 2018 U17 World Cup in Belarus, 2018 U19 Asia Cup in India, and the U18 3x3 World Cup in Mongolia this year when she helped her team to win a silver medal...also competed in the skills contest at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup where she earned a bronze medal...in 2019, she averaged 37 points at Carmel College, as she helped them to a best-ever, third place finish in regionals to qualify for Secondary School Nationals...once at Nationals, she led the tournament in scoring at 26 points per game...recorded a career-best, 60 points during 2017 when she was playing for the North Harbour team at the U17 Nationals.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2020-21Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2021-22Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    10