Jace Henderson

Year:
Redshirt Freshman
Position:
F
Hometown:
Billings, Mont.
Previous School:
HS

2018-19 (senior season): Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... Lady Griz Classic MVP ... Husky Classic All-Tournament Team ... Voted team’s Mary Louise Pope Zimmerman Most Valuable Player ... Voted team’s Shannon Green Most Inspirational Player ... Played in all 30 games ... One of two Lady Griz to start every game ... Averaged 12.0 points and 8.6 rebounds while playing 33.8 minutes ... Led team and Big Sky in field goal percentage (.561) ... Had the second-best shooting season in program history ... Shot 50 percent or better in 23 of 30 games ... Went 7 for 8 in home wins over UC Davis and Southern Utah and 9 for 11 in home win over Sacramento State ... The only player in the Big Sky to rank in the top 20 in scoring and top 10 in both rebounding and assists (3.7/g) ... Dished out 111 assists on the season, just eight shy of the team lead ... Had nine double-doubles, including seven in 10 games between late December and late January ... Was one assist shy of posting first triple-double in program history in victory over Saint Francis at Husky Classic ... Also had a season-high five steals in that game ... Posted 18 double-figure scoring games, 14 double-digit rebounding games ... Had a 31-point, 12-rebound performance on 13-of-17 shooting in home win over Idaho, the team that would be the Big Sky tournament’s No. 1 seed ... Played 48 of a possible 50 minutes in double-overtime road win at Sacramento State ... Grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds in home win over Big Sky tournament champion Portland State ... Averaged 21.5 points on 64.3 percent shooting and 11.5 rebounds in home wins over Portland State and Sacramento State to close the regular season and collect Big Sky Player of the Week honors.

2017-18 (junior season): Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team ... Voted team’s Mary Louise Pope Zimmerman Most Valuable Player ... Voted team’s Shannon Green Most Inspirational Player ... Played in 29 of 31 games, getting 26 starts ... Missed two late-season games with an ankle injury ... Averaged 8.8 points on 47.4 percent shooting ... Led team in rebounding at 7.2 per game ... Played 29.7 minutes per game ... Led team in blocks (24), ranked second in assists (50), third in steals (27) ... Ranked ninth in the Big Sky in rebounding, 11th in field goal percentage ... Had 14 double-figure scoring games after entering season with one in first two years ... Also had six double-figure rebounding games and five double-doubles ... Scored a season-high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting in home win over Montana State ... Had 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting in home win over Portland State, with 13 rebounds, four assists and no turnovers in 35 minutes ... Totaled 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting to go along with eight rebounds in home loss against Eastern Washington ... Ended season with 11 points and nine rebounds on a bad ankle in quarterfinal loss to Northern Colorado in Big Sky tournament ... Had 50 assists against 39 turnovers on the season ... Totaled three blocks in road win at Southern Utah, four steals in home win over Stephen F. Austin.

2016-17 (sophomore season): Voted team’s Shannon Green Most Inspirational Player ... Played in all 30 games ... Averaged 12.6 minutes off the bench ... Averaged 2.7 points and 3.1 rebounds ... Grabbed a team-high 47 offensive rebounds ... Scored a season-high 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in home win over Rocky Mountain ... Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds at Portland State, twice finished with eight boards ... Handed out three assists in season-opening home win over Great Falls, had three steals at Idaho ... Five times played 20 or more minutes, a season-high 26 at Stephen F. Austin.

2015-16 (freshman season): Played in 22 of 31 games, averaging 6.0 minutes off the bench ... Totaled 25 points (1.1/g) and 22 rebounds (1.0/g) ... Made 10 of 17 (.588) shot attempts on the season and turned the ball over just four times in 131 minutes ... Scored a season-high five points while playing a season-high 18 minutes in 86-51 home win over Cal State Fullerton ... Scored in 10 of 22 games played ... Twice grabbed a season-high three rebounds ... Played 10 or more minutes five times.

2014: Competed for the Montana volleyball team … Played in 15 of the team’s 29 matches at setter, getting one start … Finished third on the team with 77 assists.

Career Highs
Points: 31 (Idaho, 1.19.19)
Rebounds: 18 (Portland State, 3.7.19)
Assists: 9 (Saint Francis, 12.16.18)
Blocks: 3, two times
Steals: 5 (Saint Francis, 12.16.18)
3FG made: n/a
FT made: 7, two times
FT attempted: 11 (Weber State, 2.14.19)
Minutes played: 48 (Sacramento State, 1.3.19)
Double-doubles: 14
Double-figure scoring games: 33
Double-figure rebounding games: 20

Prep: a 2014 graduate of Billings Senior High … A three-time all-state selection … Led the Lady Broncs to the Class AA consolation girls’ basketball championship as a senior after finishing consolation runner-up in 2012 and ’13 … The 2012 and ’13 Gatorade Montana Volleyball Player of the Year, the first two-time winner of the award in state history … Led Senior High to state titles as a junior and senior … Three times finished in the top four in the throws at Class AA state track and field meets.

Personal: The daughter of Brian and LynAnn Henderson ... Has an older sister, Dani, and two younger brothers, Brooks and Bo ... A communication studies major.