2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Purvis, Tae’lor

Jersey Number 5
Tae’lor Purvis
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Hightower
Bio
XAVIER
GRADUATE (2024-25)
Played in 31 games, making 30 starts... averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game... added 2.2 steals and 1.7 assists per game... had a team-high 67 steals... added 52 assists... scored in double figures five times... scored a season-high 15 points vs Villanova on Feb. 16... pulled down a season-high seven rebounds twice (vs Fordham on Dec. 22; vs Seton Hall on March 8)... had a season-high six steals at DePaul on Jan. 22... averaged 31.0 minutes per game... posted a .409 field-goal percentage (67-for-164)... went 16-for-47 from behind the arc... went 42-for-61 from the foul line... had 67 steals, ranking tied for seventh in single-season school history... her 2.2 steals per game average ranks tied for eighth in single-season school history... ranked third in the BIG EAST and 87th in the NCAA in steals per game (2.16)... also ranked fifth in the BIG EAST and 99th in the NCAA in total steals (67).
SENIOR (2023-24)
Played in 27 games, making 23 starts... averaged 6.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game... added 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game... posted a .382 field-goal percentage (63-for-165) and went 12-for-48 from behind the arc... was also 41-for-61 from the foul line... scored in double figures six times... scored a season-high 15 points at St. John's on Jan. 31... also pulled down a season-high eight rebounds vs the Red Storm on Jan. 31... dished out a season-high seven assists at Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 27... had four steals in a game four times... posted a team-high 69 assists and a team-high 43 steals.
HOUSTON (2020-23)
Played in 51 games with eight starts at Houston from 2020-23… recorded 63 points, 48 rebounds, 54 assists and 37 steals over three seasons… helped the Cougars post a 50-40 (29-19 AAC) record over three seasons with two WNIT Appearances.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Nikita and George Lemon... majoring in liberal arts.
GRADUATE (2024-25)
Played in 31 games, making 30 starts... averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game... added 2.2 steals and 1.7 assists per game... had a team-high 67 steals... added 52 assists... scored in double figures five times... scored a season-high 15 points vs Villanova on Feb. 16... pulled down a season-high seven rebounds twice (vs Fordham on Dec. 22; vs Seton Hall on March 8)... had a season-high six steals at DePaul on Jan. 22... averaged 31.0 minutes per game... posted a .409 field-goal percentage (67-for-164)... went 16-for-47 from behind the arc... went 42-for-61 from the foul line... had 67 steals, ranking tied for seventh in single-season school history... her 2.2 steals per game average ranks tied for eighth in single-season school history... ranked third in the BIG EAST and 87th in the NCAA in steals per game (2.16)... also ranked fifth in the BIG EAST and 99th in the NCAA in total steals (67).
SENIOR (2023-24)
Played in 27 games, making 23 starts... averaged 6.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game... added 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game... posted a .382 field-goal percentage (63-for-165) and went 12-for-48 from behind the arc... was also 41-for-61 from the foul line... scored in double figures six times... scored a season-high 15 points at St. John's on Jan. 31... also pulled down a season-high eight rebounds vs the Red Storm on Jan. 31... dished out a season-high seven assists at Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 27... had four steals in a game four times... posted a team-high 69 assists and a team-high 43 steals.
HOUSTON (2020-23)
Played in 51 games with eight starts at Houston from 2020-23… recorded 63 points, 48 rebounds, 54 assists and 37 steals over three seasons… helped the Cougars post a 50-40 (29-19 AAC) record over three seasons with two WNIT Appearances.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Nikita and George Lemon... majoring in liberal arts.
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