2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
2025-26 (SENIOR)
Third Team All-ECC...played in 27 games, starting all of them…totaled 234 points, 75 assists, 81 rebounds, 75 steals, and 9 blocks...led the team and finished tied for seventh in the ECC in assists per game (2.8) and was second on the squad and second in the ECC in steals per game (2.8)...also averaged 8.7 PPG and 3.0 RPG...helped Daemen win its fifth straight ECC title...grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds against Mercy on Dec. 12…dished out a season-high 7 assists against Tex. A&M-Kingsville on Dec. 20…blocked a season-high 2 shots against Molloy on Jan. 18…knocked down a season-high 3 three-pointers (3-for-4) against D’Youville on Feb. 22…scored a career-high 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting against Roberts Wesleyan on Feb. 25
2024-25 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 8 games this season… ranked 3rd on the team in points per game (9.1), totaling 73 points… recorded 33 rebounds and 18 assists… posted three games with at least 10 points… scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds against Assumption on Nov. 9, 2024… helped Daemen to a 22-8 record, its fourth straight ECC Tournament title, sixth straight conference title, and another trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball East Region Tournament.
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 25 games... set an NCAA-era (2015-present) record in single-game steals with her 7-steal performance against Molloy on Jan. 27... led the Wildcats with 44 steals on the season to average 1.8 steals per game (ninth in the ECC)... totaled 292 minutes to average 11.7 minutes per game... ranked fifth on the team in assists (31)... finished with 71 total points (2.8 ppg), shooting 39.7% from the field (27-of-68) and 68.2% from the free throw stripe (15-of-22)... scored a season-high seven points in two games (vs. St. Thomas Aquinas on Dec. 9 and vs. Dist. of Columbia on Feb. 5)... pulled down 36 total rebounds (1.4 rebounds per game)... helped the Wildcats to their fourth consecutive ECC regular season titles, their second straight ECC Tournament title (and third in four years) and a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the fourth straight season. Daemen finished the year with a 20-5 overall record and a 13-3 mark in ECC play. The Wildcats ended the season ranked eighth in the country in scoring defense, only allowing their opponents to score an average of 54.7 points per game.
BEFORE DAEMEN
A four-year varsity player at Kimball Union Academy under coach Angelica Pascual ... won New England Preparatory School Athletic Council All-League  All-Star award her senior year ... was an NEPSAC Class B All-Star her junior year ... earned Independent School League Honorable Mention twice ... also played four years of varsity soccer
PERSONAL
Born Shyla Jolie Montgomery on May 14th, 2003 in Boston, Mass. ... Daughter of Jody Montgomery ... has three siblings, Taeya, Delano and Jayden ... hobbies are listening to music and working out ... bucket list items include winning a championship in college ... favorite TV show is Fresh Prince of Bel Air ... favorite musical artist is J Cole ... favorite holiday is Christmas ... chose to attend Daemen because "of the campus's strong sense of community, talented players, and amazing coaching staff. I felt right at home immediately."
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2022-23Freshman
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5'6"
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2023-24Sophomore
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5'6"
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