Cara Bowling

#23 Cara Bowling

POS. G
HT. 5'8"
YR. Jr.
HOMETOWN Elizabethton, Tenn.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL Elizabethton HS

2014-15 Season: Played in 19 games on the year due to injury ... recorded a season-high 16 points at Furman (1/10) ... scored six points on Senior Day vs. Mercer (2/21) ... nailed three three-pointers vs. Western Carolina (3/5) ... added 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, and two steals vs. NC State in the WNIT first round (3/20).

2013-14 Season: Scored a team-high 17 points as well as posting eight rebounds at Memphis (11/8) ... poured in a team-high 17 points at App State (11/12) ... tallied a game and career-high 22 points vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24) ... scored 10 points at Western Carolina (12/1) ... registered 11 points at Vanderbilt (12/3) ... tallied 12 points including 3 made three-pointers in a win vs. Indiana State (12/18) ... added a game-high 19 points vs. Chattanooga (12/21) ... scored 13 points including three made three-pointers in a win vs. Lipscomb (1/2) ... recorded 10 points vs. Northern Kentucky (1/4) ... led ETSU with 15 points at FGCU (1/9) ... posted 14 points, four assists and four steals at Stetson (1/11).

2012-13 Season: Missed the last three games with an ankle injury suffered at Chattanooga ... made her season debut with five minutes off the bench at Chattanooga (11/17), scoring two points (1-3 FG) and grabbing two rebounds ... scored 9 points, grabbed three rebounds and had two steals at LSU (12/13) ... came off the bench to post nine points and six rebounds at North Carolina (12/28) ... posted 15 points and three steals at USC Upstate (1/2) ... posted seven points, two rebounds, two blocks and two steals at Lipscomb (1/5) ... added five points, six rebounds and two assists at Northern Kentucky (1/7) ... tallied eight points, two assists and one steal vs. FGCU (1/12) ... scored
a team-high 15 points, grabbed three rebounds and had two steals vs. Stetson (1/14) ... recorded 14 points, a career-high five steals and four rebounds vs. North Florida (1/26) ... registered 13 points and a season-high seven rebounds vs. Lipscomb (2/2) ... scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds vs. Northern Kentucky (2/4) ... posted 10 points at Stetson (2/9) ... tallied a team-high 14 points at FGCU (2/11) ... recorded 10 points and corralled six rebounds vs. Mercer (2/16) ... scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out four assists at Jacksonville (2/23) ... posted a careerhigh 21 points, inlcuding another career-high five made three-pointers, at North Florida (2/25) ... stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, six rebounds and five steals in an Atlantic Sun Championship quarterfinal loss to Stetson (3/6).

2011-12 Season: Saw action in 28 of the 30 games for the Lady Bucs (six starts) ... was named A-Sun Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 24 ... tabbed second on the team in three-pointers (23) and steals (42) and ranked fourth in scoring with 6.6 points per contest … tallied seven points, career-high 10 rebounds, four assists and two steals at Lipscomb (2/16) ... finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals vs. UNF (2/11) ... was one of four players to score in double figures vs. Jacksonville (2/9) ... netted 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting against the Dolphins ...  finished with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting at Mercer (2/2) ... scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc vs. LSU (1/24) ... tallied nine points and tied a career high with five steals vs. Lipscomb (1/21) ... finished with a career-high 16 points and grabbed four rebounds vs. Belmont (1/19) ... scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed six rebounds at Jacksonville (1/14) ... came off the bench to finish with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting at UNF (1/12) ... netted 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting vs. Upstate (1/4) ... forced a career-high five steals at Stetson (12/1) ... started her first collegiate game at Richmond (11/28) ... led the Lady Bucs with12 points vs. MTSU (11/26) ... dished out four assists and grabbed five rebounds vs. Manhattan (11/19) ... scored six points on 3-of-5 shooting in her collegiate debut vs. UAB (11/18).

High School: A 5-foot-8 guard from Elizabethton High School … was named 2009-10 Player of the Year and 2007 Freshman of the Year … was also a three-time All-Conference member, while being tabbed All-District (2007-08) and District MVP in 2009 … Bowling was named Regional MVP in 2010-11 and named First Team All-State in 2011 … the Elizabethton, Tenn. product reached the 1,000-point club as a junior (1,250 total points), and compiled 367 rebounds, 246 assists, and 251 steals with the Cyclones … Bowling was a 42-percent 3-point and 82-percent free throw shooter in her high school career.

Personal: Daughter of R. Dale Bowling Jr. and Petra Weaver … born March 3, 1993 … plans to major in exercise science.