THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2023-24: Played in 21 games with 17 starts after becoming eligible midway through the season... averaged 10.6 points per game while shooting 37.6 percent from the floor... made 30-107 threes at a 28.0 percent clip and went 46-61 from the free-throw line for a 75.4 percent mark... totaled 93 rebounds, 27 assists, 17 steals and 10 blocks... finished second on the team in scoring while third in total three-pointers... scored in double figures 11 times, including a career-high 27 points against Austin Peay on Jan. 11, 2024...won the Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week honor with her performance on Jan. 15, 2024... secured her first career double-double at Stetson with a 15-point, 10-rebound performance on Feb. 8, 2024

PRIOR TO UNA: Cruce spent her undergraduate playing career at the University of Alabama, playing in 934 minutes across 102 games with five starts for the Crimson Tide... registered 251 points (2.5 PPG) on 39.6 percent shooting from the field while hitting 37 threes at a 30.8 percent clip... also tallied 169 rebounds, 46 assists, 35 steals and 16 blocks in her career with Alabama... was named to the 2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and 2020 & 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as the No. 14 wing according to HoopGurlz ESPNW... Times Daily Class 1A-3A All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018...two-time AHSAA 3A Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018... AL.com second team Super State selection in 2018... First team 3A all-state all four years... Two-time state champion at Lauderdale County (2014-15, 2015-16)... Led Lauderdale County to a state championship runner-up finish in 2017-18... All-county all four years... Named regional MVP in 2016 and 2018... AL.com Super-State honorable mention in 2016... Played AAU basketball for the AL Southern Starz under head coach Brian Gafford

PERSONAL: Born on March 29, 2000... nickname is "AC"... daughter of Bryan and Amy Cruce... has two sisters, Pariss Brown and Neeley Kelley; father, Bryan, played basketball at Tennessee Tech in 1980