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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Edward Jacobs Jr
Joshua Geurink
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Darral Freund
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs Jr

23 Tosjanae Bonds

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • High School Martin Luther King Jr. Early College
  • Hometown Denver

Biography

  • 2023-24 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative
  • 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, March 14
  • 2022 RMAC All-Tournament Team
  • 2021-22 All-RMAC honorable mention

Career: Prior to the 2022-23 season, ranked eighth in program history in free throw percentage at 33.6 (161 of 195), 14th with 134 steals and 18th with 1.8 steals per game.

2022-23: Appeared in 28 games, starting 16, and ranked second on the team with 7.89 points per game while scoring a total of 221 points. ... Fourth on the team with 1.64 steals per game, second with 46 steals. .... Grabbed 120 rebounds for 4.3 per game, both third-best on the team. ... Fourth on the team with 28 assists. ... Shot 32.6 percent from the field (63 of 193), 31.0 percent on 3-pointers (22 of 71) and 79.3 percent on free throws (73 of 92). ... Worked up to speed after missing practice time in the fall. ... Scored 16 points in the season-ending 74-66 loss to Nos. 21/23 Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament semifinals on March 3. ... Returned to a starring role in 56-50 win at Black Hills State in the first round of the RMAC Tournament on Feb. 28, scoring a season-high 21 points and matching a season high with five steals. Knocked down 3 of 5 from 3-point range and made 6 of 8 free throws in the closing minutes to seal the win. ... Had eight points and seven rebounds in 64-53 win over Chadron State on Feb. 17. ... Over four games from Feb. 3 through Feb. 11, averaged 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals. ... Averaged 12.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals key road wins at South Dakota Mines (72-58) and Black Hills State (62-52) on Feb. 3-4. Her five steals at South Dakota Mines were a season high. ... All-around effort in 71-66 win over Fort Lewis on Jan. 28 included six points, seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and a blocked shot. ... Scored a team-best 13 points in a 63-51 win at Western Colorado on Jan. 20. ... Excellent in 63-62 loss to Nos. 19/24 Colorado School of Mines on Jan. 17, sinking all three of her 3-point attempts while scoring a season-high 15 points to go with six rebounds. ... Willed herself to her second career double-double, despite limping throughout the game, with a season-high 11 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds in a 58-42 win over CSU Pueblo on Jan. 7. Also added three steals. ... Produced a season-high 10 points while adding two assists and two steals in the 54-52 win at Colorado Mesa on Dec. 3.

2021-22: RMAC All-Tournament team. ... All-RMAC honorable mention. ... Continued developing into one of the most menacing players in the RMAC while averaging 7.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.5 assists per game. ... Appeared in 30 games, starting 27, while shooting 41.9 percent from the field (75 of 179) and 87.2 percent on free throws (68 of 78). ... Free throw percentage was the seventh-best in a season in program history. ... Her 67 steals were the 11th-best total in a season at MSU Denver. ... ... Fourth in the RMAC in steals (67) and fifth with 2.2 steals per game, good for 44th and 78th, respectively, in NCAA Division II. ... Unstoppable in 90-83 overtime loss to Texas Woman's in NCAA Tournament first round on March 11, with a career-best 26 points on 11 of 17 shooting and five steals. ... Tour de force performance in RMAC Tournament championship game win against CSU-Pueblo included career-high 17 points. ... Matched career best of six steals to go with seven points, four rebounds and three assists in 86-78 overtime win against Colorado Christian on Feb. 8. ... Has made 16 straight free throws dating back to her final attempt against Chadron State on Jan. 28. ... Had nine points, four assists and four steals in 74-67 overtime win against Nos. 13/9 Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 4. ... Over five games from Jan. 14 through Jan. 22 (all wins on the road in an eight-day span), averaged 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and an astounding 3.2 steals per game. ... Had seven points, six rebounds, two assists and three steals in an 81-61 win over Chadron State on Jan. 28. ... As Roadrunners won four road games in five days from Jan. 17 through Jan. 22, guarded opponents top perimeter player including three games keyed to a specific player (those players were a combined 3-for-17 from the field with 14 turnovers). ... Turned momentum nearly single-handedly in comeback from 14-point deficit in final 21 minutes in 54-47 win at UCCS on Jan. 21, finishing with a career-high six steals and season bests of 12 points and nine rebounds. ... Primary defender on high-scoring Mariah Martin in 76-62 win at No. --/22 Colorado Mesa on Jan. 14, holding Martin to seven points on 2 of 15 shooting. ... Stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, three rebounds, three assists, a blocked shot and a steal in an 80-52 win over South Dakota Mines on Dec. 18. ... Statistics don’t measure the impact of Bonds, perhaps the RMAC’s best perimeter defender. Guarded Ashley Alter of Seattle Pacific in the second half of Nov. 26 win of 60-55 and Alter -- after scoring 10 points in the first half -- got just two points on 1 of 4 shooting after the break. Then in the impressive 76-54 win over host Central Washington, Bonds held Kizzah Maltezo, averaging 21.4 points per game, to four points on 1 of 13 shooting. ... Had a career-best five assists in a season-opening, 63-47 win over Angelo State (Texas) on Nov. 12.

2020-21: By season's end, was a defensive force with an effective offensive game. ... Played in all 18 games, starting five, and averaging 22.1 minutes per game. ... Averaged 5.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and a team-best 1.2 steals per game. ... Shot 80 percent at the free throw line (20 of 25). ... Played lockdown defense against Black Hills State's Racquel Wientjes in a Feb. 27 victory, holding the 19-points per game scorer to six, despite being four inches shorter. ... Averaged 11.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals while shooting 57.9 percent from the field (11 for 19) in three games from Jan. 30 through Feb. 20. ... Made 11 straight free throws over two games, Feb. 16-20. ... Had career highs of 13 points and four assists while matching a career best of two steals in a 67-58 win at UCCS on Feb. 20. Also made all seven of her free throw attempts. ... Posted first career double-figures game in both points (12) and rebounds (11) in an 83-67 win at Chadron State on Jan. 30. Also matched career-best with two steals and had a career-high three assists. ... Had five points and a career-high five rebounds in key 71-66 victory over Colorado Mesa on Jan. 15. ... Her Jan. 30 double-double at Chadron State capped a breakout win in which her all-out hustle was on display as she averaged 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals while making her first two career 3-pointers and getting her first career blocked shot. ... Played 24 minutes in win over South Dakota Mines on Dec. 17, scoring five points. ... Had a then career-best eight points at Colorado Mesa on Dec. 5. ... Scored her first MSU Denver point on a free throw and also had four rebounds and two assists against Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 28. ... Made her MSU Denver debut against Regis on Nov. 27, grabbing three rebounds and adding two assists.

High School: Martin Luther King Jr. Early College, class of 2020. ... Playing for the Far Northeast Warriors, Bonds led the state of Colorado in scoring her senior season and also set the state record for career steals. ... All-state second team selection. ... Had a career average of 7.4 steals per game, with a state-record 631 in 85 games. ... Had a state-record 21 steals in a single game as a senior, breaking the record of 20 that she had set in a game during her junior year. ... On Feb. 8, 2020, against Denver East, she had a quadruple double of 40 points, 18 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. ... Averaged 24.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 9.0 steals for a 15-9 team that played in the Class 5A/4A Denver Prep League her senior season. ... Scored 1,631 career points in four seasons with the Warriors after averaging 16.6 as a freshman, 16.7 as a sophomore and 17.7 as a junior. ... She had three triple-doubles as a senior. ... Had career averages of 19.2 points and 5.4 rebounds. ... Coached by Eric Law. ... Also competed in track & field.

Club: Played for the Blue Star Rockies and Lady Giants. ... Named Down Under Sports Hoops Classic women's MVP, 2016. ... Coached by Johnnie Bratton and Howard Payne.

Personal: Born Tosjanae Monte Bonds in Denver. ... Birthday is Oct. 9. ... Daughter of Tosjanae Bonds. ... Has two brothers (Aaris and Paris) and a sister (Toshana). ... Majoring in athletic training.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21Freshman

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    2021-22Freshman

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    2022-23Sophomore

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    2023-24Junior

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