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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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  • Birmingham, Ala.
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  • 6'0
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  • Wenonah H.S.
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  • Troy
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Alexus Dye
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Birmingham, Ala.
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Biography

CAREER HIGHS

* Indicates most recent high

  • Points: 37 // Texas State, 3/6/21
  • Rebounds: 20 // Appalachian State, 1/30/21
  • Assists: 3 // Miss. St., 2/24/22*
  • Steals:  4 // Georgia Southern, 2/6/21*
  • Blocks: 4 // Texas, 11/21/21
  • Field Goals: 16 // Texas State, 3/6/21*
  • 3-Pointers: N/A
  • Free Throws: 6 // Buffalo, 03/19/22
  • Minutes: 36 // Texas State, 3/6/21*
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CAREER HONORS (TROY 2019-21/TENN. 2021-22)

  • Signed a preseason contract with the Connecticut Sun.
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2021-22
  • SEC All-Tournament Team -- 2021-22
  • Katrina McClain Award Top 10 -- 2021-22
  • Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List -- 2021-22
  • Sun Belt Player of the Year -- 2020-21
  • All-Sun Belt First Team -- 2020-21
  • All-Sun Belt Second Team -- 2019-20
  • 4x Sun Belt Player of the Week (2/24/20, 12/22/20, 1/18/21, 2/1/21)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Finished her three-year NCAA Division I career with 1,104 points and 892 rebounds, averaging 12.1 and 9.8 per game, respectively, while starting 75 of 91 contests during her time at Troy and Tennessee.
  • Recorded 39 career double-doubles, including 61 games scoring in double figures with 12 efforts of 20 or more points.

2021-22 (AT TENNESSEE)

  • Averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds to rank as UT’s number four scorer and number three rebounder in 2021-22.
  • One of only three Lady Vols to start all 34 games, finishing third on the team with seven double-doubles.
  • Was sensational during Tennessee’s five-game SEC and NCAA postseason run, putting up a team-leading double-double of 17.8 ppg. and 10.8 rpg. while shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line.
  • Put up 21.0 ppg. and 12.0 rpg. while shooting 60.6 percent from the field to earn SEC All-Tournament honors.
  • Also led UT in NCAA play, averaging 15.7 ppg. and 10.0 rpg., shooting 44.2 on field goals and 81.8 at the line.
  • Wrapped up her collegiate career with four double-doubles and a pair of 20-point efforts in her final five games.
  • Had a season-high 26 points and pulled down 10 boards vs. Kentucky in the SEC semifinals.
  • Went off for 20 and 11 vs. Belmont in the NCAA Second Round for her fourth straight double-double.
  • Finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds vs. Buffalo in the NCAA First Round.
  • Scored her 1,000th career point against Mississippi State, finishing with 13 on 5-of-8 shooting.
  • Was good for 16 points and a season-best 14 rebounds vs. Alabama in the SEC quarterfinals. 
  • Poured in 14 points against No. 3 Stanford, with 10 of those coming in the third quarter to fuel a 17-0 UT run. 
  • Totaled 17 points in a key road win at Ole Miss, hitting seven of 12 field goals and all three free throws.
  • Grabbed an offensive board and scored a layup on the put-back to tie the game with 21 seconds left in regulation against No. 12/21 Texas.
  • Also converted three free throws in the final 49 seconds of overtime to seal the victory over the Longhorns, finishing with 13 points and a career-high four blocks.
  • Recorded a double-double in her Lady Vol debut, finishing with 12 points, 13 boards, two assists and a steal vs. Southern Illinois.
  • Ranked No. 14 on ESPN's preseason list of impact transfers.
  • Dye was the fifth incoming graduate transfer in Lady Vol history and the third committing to UT during the Kellie Harper era.
  • The most recent players to do so are Keyen Green (Liberty) and Jordan Walker (Western Michigan), who played alongside Dye on the 2021-22 squad.

CAREER (AT TROY)

  • Dye finished her career at Troy with averages of 13.3 points and 11.1 rebounds in two seasons.
  • She tallied 32 double-doubles during her time there, including 30 in her last 40 games.
  • Started 41 of 57 contests, including all 28 in 2020-21, accumulating 757 points and 630 rebounds over two campaigns.
  • Connected on 48 percent of her shots (328-684) from the field and 63.1 percent from the free-throw line, improving her charity-stripe average from 53.6 in 2019-20 to 73.7 in 2020-21.
  • She helped the Trojans to a 22-6 overall mark and 15-2 league record in 2020-21, winning the Sun Belt East and capturing the league's tourney title on their way to the NCAA Tournament.
  • Team was 25-4/16-2 in 2019-20 before the pandemic brought the season to an end just before the league tournament.

2020-21 (AT TROY)

  • Became Troy’s first-ever Sun Belt Player of the Year and earned All-Sun Belt Conference First Team and Sun Belt Tournament MVP accolades.
  • Started all 28 contests and led the team with 16.6 ppg. and 12.6 rpg. while shooting a team-best 49.5 percent from the field and 73.7 from the free-throw line.
  • Led the NCAA in double-doubles (23) and total rebounds (352), and she was seventh in rebounds per game (12.6) and 16th in field goals made (204).
  • Only Sun Belt player and one of 28 in the NCAA to average a double-double.
  • She scored in double digits in 26 games and fired in at least 15 points in 17 of them.
  • Against Power-5 opponents, Alexus averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game.
  • In the NCAA Tournament vs SEC power Texas A&M, she tallied a game-high 26 points and pulled down 11 boards in Troy’s near upset of the Aggies.
  • Against SEC foe Mississippi State, she put up 20 points on nine-of-16 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds in 23 minutes.
  • She posted a career-best 37 points against Texas State in Troy's first game of the SBC Tournament.
  • Put up 30 and 10 vs. NCAA Tournament team Middle Tennessee.
  • Reset her career-high rebounding total with 20 at Appalachian State.

2019-20 (AT TROY)

  • Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors in her first season at Troy.
  • Started 13 of 29 contests, averaging 10.1 ppg. and 9.6 rpg. for the Trojans.
  • Was a rebounding force with 12 games of double-digit rebounds and five contests of at least 15 boards.
  • Earned a team-high nine double-doubles on the year with seven coming in the final 12 games.
  • Came down with a (then) career-high 19 caroms vs. Arkansas State.

2018-19 (AT GULF COAST STATE)

  • Dye played two seasons at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida, from 2017-19.
  • In her final campaign there, she was named a WBCA Two-Year College Coaches' All-American and an NJCAA Division I Second-Team All-American as well as the MVP of the 2019 NJCAA National Tournament.
  • Dye averaged 15.3 ppg. and 9.5 rpg. while shooting 55.4 percent from the field as a sophomore.
  • Her 304 rebounds ranked No. 2 in the NJCAA, while her 55.4 field percent was fifth and her 488 points stood ninth.
  • She helped guide Gulf Coast to a national title and a 27-5 record during that campaign, recording a double-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds in the national title game.

2017-18 (AT GULF COAST STATE)

  • As a freshman, she ranked second nationally in field goal percentage at 61.2 percent and averaged 7.0 points and 4.6 rebounds as GCSC finished fourth nationally.

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 19 wing by espnW HoopGurlz in the 2017 class.
  • Three-time all-state selection.
  • Led WHS to four Alabama Class 5A state titles.
  • Named state tournament MVP in 2016 after she scored 55 points and grabbed 37 rebounds in three games.
  • She repeated as state tourney MVP in 2017.

PERSONAL

  • Full name is Alexus Antanic Dye.
  • Nickname is “Snoop.”
  • Born in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 10, 1998.
  • Father is Derrick Dye.
  • Siblings include sisters Aaliyah and Ashley Sutton, Daja and Shania Gratton, Jayla Dye and Yanese Cameron as well as brother, Elijah Sutton.
  • Uncle Willis Beverly played football at Alabama.
  • Chose UT over Mississippi State and Syracuse.
  • Earned an associate’s degree at Gulf Coast State College in 2019 and a bachelor’s in human services with a minor in psychology from Troy in 2021.
  • Graduated with her master’s degree in agricultural leadership, education and communication from Tennessee in May of 2022.
  • Recipient of the Emily Yoakum Winners' Circle Scholarship For Forwards.