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Deja Cage

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Prev school:
Morgan Park
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.

AWARDS & HONORS
• Big East All-Academic Team
• Shirley Becker Academic Award

2020-21 (r-SENIOR)
• 4th in C-USA and 53rd nationally for 3-pointers made (56)
• 9th in C-USA for 3-PT FGs per game (2.2)
• Connected for 3-plus 3-pointers in nine games
• Hit game-winner vs. FAU (1/2) with nine-tenths of a second remaining
• HIt go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:24 remaining to lead comeback win vs. ODU (2/27) on Senior Day; tallied 17 points
• Career-high nine rebounds vs. FAU (1/2); tied career hi at WKU (1/23)
• Made Lady Raider debut in opener vs. Belmont
• Made first Lady Raider start vs. Tulane
• Career highs for points (24), FGs (8), 3-point FGs (7) and tied career hi for rebounds (7) vs. Troy
• Seven 3-pointers vs. Troy 11th on the MT single-game list and 4th most in a game at Murphy Center
• Poured in 22 points on the strength of four 3-pointers vs. Lipscomb, adding six rebounds and four assists in 40 minutes of action

2019-20 (r-JUNIOR, OLE MISS)
• Played in 29 games, making 21 starts
• Led Ole Miss in scoring (12.9) and 3-point field goals per game (2.3)
• Averaged 3.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists per game
• Scored career-high 30 points vs. LA Tech
• Career-high eight rebounds at Texas A&M
• Career-high six 3-pointers at Tennessee
• Scored double-figure points 19 times
• Eleven of 19 double-figure scoring games came against SEC competition including 19 or more against Missouri (19), Mississippi State (19), LSU (20), Tennessee (22) and Florida (23)
• Led Ole Miss in scoring 14 times, rebounding four times and in assists five times

2018-19 (JUNIOR)
Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE, DEPAUL)
• Set career highs with 15 points and six field goals against Loyola
• Scored 11 points in 14 minutes against Seton Hall
• Had 10 points and four assists in career-high 20 minutes at Northwestern

2016-17 (FRESHMAN, DEPAUL)
• Played in 25 games averaging six minutes per game
• Scored a season-high 13 points against Appalachian State in collegiate debut playing a season-high 19 minutes
• Finished with 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting at Loyola
• Eight points and three rebounds vs. Seton Hall

HIGH SCHOOL
• Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN with a grade of 89 as the No. 65 guard nationally
• Played senior season at Morgan Park and her first three years at Fenwick
• Helped Morgan Park to the program's first-ever appearance in the IHSA State Tournament, where it fell to eventual champions, Morton, in the semifinals of the 3A bracket
• At Morgan Park, averaged 20.5 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals per game
• Named an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) First-Team All-State selection
• First-Team Daily Southtown
• Chicago Public League All-Conference selection
• Associated Press All-State Honorable-Mention
• Chicago-Tribune All-State Third-Team selection
• Honor student

Personal
• Born June 3, 1998
• Mother: Donna Jones
• Has one brother, Steven Cage
• Majoring in criminal justice