Grice leads NCAA DI in steals

FAMU point guard Jasmine Grice is making a run at the Lady Rattler Basketball history book with three regular season games left in her final season.

The former All-State guard from nearby Quincy, Florida’s East Gadsden High School, who was voted Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preseason Co-Player of the Year prior to the start of this season, is currently leading NCAA Division One in steals with 101 in 27 games (3.7 average).

That puts her 9th on the FAMU single season steals list, just one steal ahead of her 10^th  place standing of 100 steals in 30 games in 2013.

Grice’s nation-leading pace puts her on track to become the third Lady Rattler to lead the nation in steals.

Should she run the table in the steals chase, she would join NCAA Career Steals leader Natalie “Pocketbook” White (1992, 1994, 1995) and Shelly Boston (1990, 1991), who combined to lead the nation in steals five times in a scintillating six-year span.

Grice stands fifth (5^th) in FAMU career steals with 255 in 99 games, trailing Hall of Famer and fellow Gadsden County native Cathy Robinson’s 294 steals from 1992 to 1996.

Grice also ranks 7^th nationally in scoring, averaging 24.6 points per game.