Kansas State University Athletics
2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Poindexter, Temira
Jersey Number 2
Temira Poindexter
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sapulpa, Okla.
- High School:
- Sapulpa HS
- Prev School:
- Tulsa
Bio
POINDEXTER'S TROPHY CASE
• Signed free agent contract with WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
• 2024-25 All-Big 12 Third Team
• Reached semifinals of 2025 Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship
• 2024-25 Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
• 2024 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
• 2024 WBCA All-Region 3
• 2024 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2024 unanimous All-AAC First Team
• 2023 All-AAC First Team
• 2022 AAC Freshman of the Year
• 2022 AAC All-Freshmen Team
• Three-time AAC Player of the Week
• 11-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll
• Eight-time AAC Freshman of the Week
SENIOR (2024-25)
2024-25 All-Big 12 Third Team... Participated and reached the semifinals of the 2025 Celsius Women’s 3-Point Championship in San Antonio, Texas... Played in and started all 36 games... Registered 1,030 minutes played, third on the team... Tallied 451 points (12.5 ppg) on a career-high .455 field goal percentage (163-of-358) including a career-high .400 (92-of-230) from 3-point range... Ranked third in the Big 12 and 34th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage... Ranked fifth in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.56)... Her 92 connections were a career-high, led the Wildcats and ranked fifth in school history for a season and third for a senior season... Ranked 16th in the nation for 3-point field goals made... Registered four games with 20 or more points... Registered eight games with four or more 3-point field goals made... Hauled in 106 rebounds (2.9 rpg)... Dished out a 62 assists (1.7 apg)... Blocked 36 shots, which ranked second in the team... Pocketed a career-high 43 steals (1.2 spg)... Made K-State debut in starting lineup against Green Bay (11/4) and recorded 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting including 3-of-6 from long range, five rebounds, two assists, four blocks and two steals... She was the first Wildcat to debut with that stat line or better... Carded 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-11 from 3-point range, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks against Belmont (11/7)... Notched 11 points, five rebounds and three assists against DePaul (11/27). .. Registered 10 points, three assists, three steals and two blocks against Central Arkansas (12/1)... Carded 17 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block against USC Upstate (12/5)... Tallied 15 points, six rebounds and two assists against Middle Tennessee (12/14)... Carded 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 4-of-7 from long range and added four rebounds and three assists against Cincinnati (12/22)... Tallied 15 points, five rebounds and two assists at Houston (1/1)... Registered a season-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-10 from long range, at BYU (1/11)... Paced the Wildcats with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists against Arizona State (1/19)... Carded 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, with three rebounds at two blocks at Cincinnati (2/12)... Registered 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting including 4-of-6 from long range and three rebounds against UCF (2/15)... Tallied 17 points on 5-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-7 from long distance, two steals and two blocks at West Virginia (2/17)... Notched 14 points, three rebounds and two assists against Kansas (2/22)... Registered 17 points, including four connections from long range, at Iowa State (3/2)... Tallied 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting including 3-of-5 from long range and pulled in a season-high six rebounds against West Virginia (3/7) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship... Made her NCAA Tournament debut with seven points against Fairfield (3/21) in the first round... Led K-State with 24 points on a career-best 8-of-15 shooting from beyond the arc while adding six rebounds and a career-high six blocks at Kentucky (3/23) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament... Her eight 3-pointers set the school record for 3-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game... She is the first player in the history of the women’s NCAA Tournament to make six or more 3-pointers and block six or more shots in the same game.
TULSA (2021-24)
Played in 93 games with 87 starts... Scored 1,560 career points (16.77 ppg)... Ranked third in Tulsa history for career points... Ranked fifth in school history for career scoring average... Registered a field goal percentage of .425 (569-of-1,340)... Ranked fifth in school history for career field goals made... Shot .311 from 3-point range (181-of-583)... Ranked third in school history for career 3-point field goals made... Made two or more 3-point field goals in a game 54 times, including 15 games with four or more 3-point field goals made... Shot .765 from the free throw line (241-of-315)... Scored in double figures in 80 career games, including 36 games with 20 or more points... Hauled in 477 career rebounds (5.1 rpg)... Recorded seven double-digit rebounding games... Dished out 198 assists (2.1 apg)... Seven career games with five or more assists... Carded 148 blocked shots (1.59 bpg)... Ranked fourth in school history for career blocks... Owns 42 career games with two or more blocked shots, including a career-high six at Cincinnati on Jan. 29, 2022... Pocketed 90 steals (0.97 spg)... Owns seven games with a double-double... In the 2023-24 season, set the school records for points in a single-season with 734, field goals made in a season with 265 and 3-point field goals made in a season with 85... Ranked second in school history for points per game, 21.0... Ranked seventh in the nation for total points... Ranked 16th in the nation in scoring average... Tied for ninth in school history for blocks in a season with 53... Ranked 48th in the nation for total blocks... Was one of three players in the nation (JuJu Watkins, USC; Paige Bueckers, UConn) to record 700 or more points and 50 or more blocked shots... Ranked 11th in the nation in field goals made... Ranked eighth in the nation for field goals attempted (614)... Ranked 22nd in the nation for 3-point field goals made... Ranked 44th in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.4)... Notched double figures in all 35 games, including 21 games with 20 or more points... Scored a career-high 33 points with 10 rebounds against Rice on Feb. 10, 2024, which ranked tied for fourth in Tulsa history for points in a single game... Carded 22 points and 10 rebounds against Central Arkansas on Dec. 5, 2023... In the 2022-23 season, played in and started all 30 games... Averaged 16.1 points (482)... 27 double-figure scoring games... Shot .403 from the field (173-of-429), including .288 (57-of-198) from 3-point range... Was 89th in the nation for 3-point field goals attempted... Tallied a free throw percentage of .832 (79-of-95) and ranked 80th in the nation... Hauled in 5.4 rebounds per game (163)... Three double-digit rebounding contests... Ranked 76th in the nation for blocks per game (1.43) and 79th in the nation for blocks (43)... Carded three double-doubles... Tallied a season-high 25 points at 23rd-ranked South Florida on Feb. 22, 2023... In the 2021-22 season, played in 28 games with 22 starts... Averaged 12.3 points (344)... Tallied 18 games with 10 or more points... Shot .441 from the field (131-of-297), including .320 (39-of-122) from 3-point range... Shot .796 (43-of-54) from the foul line... Pulled down 4.6 rebounds (130)... Notched two games with 10 or more boards... Registered 52 blocks (1.86 bpg)... Pocketed two double-doubles... Tallied 23 points, five rebounds and two assists in her collegiate debut against Duquesne on Nov. 11, 2021... Registered a season-high 29 points at Wyoming in the WNIT Second Round on March, 20, 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at Sapulpa High School… In senior season, led Chieftains to a 19-3 record and to the 2021 Class 5A state championship… Averaged 20.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range during her senior campaign… Earned all-conference, Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) and Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association all-state honors as a senior… During her junior campaign, averaged 17.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in helping lead the Sapulpa to a 23-4 record and a state tournament berth… Scored in double figures in 36 straight games… Named the Frontier Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior, the Frontier Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and the Frontier Valley Freshman of the Year in her rookie season.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Ray and Susie Poindexter… Father, Ray, played on two NCAA basketball tournament teams at Tulsa (1994-96)... Major is integrative human sciences.
• Signed free agent contract with WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
• 2024-25 All-Big 12 Third Team
• Reached semifinals of 2025 Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship
• 2024-25 Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
• 2024 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
• 2024 WBCA All-Region 3
• 2024 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2024 unanimous All-AAC First Team
• 2023 All-AAC First Team
• 2022 AAC Freshman of the Year
• 2022 AAC All-Freshmen Team
• Three-time AAC Player of the Week
• 11-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll
• Eight-time AAC Freshman of the Week
SENIOR (2024-25)
2024-25 All-Big 12 Third Team... Participated and reached the semifinals of the 2025 Celsius Women’s 3-Point Championship in San Antonio, Texas... Played in and started all 36 games... Registered 1,030 minutes played, third on the team... Tallied 451 points (12.5 ppg) on a career-high .455 field goal percentage (163-of-358) including a career-high .400 (92-of-230) from 3-point range... Ranked third in the Big 12 and 34th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage... Ranked fifth in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.56)... Her 92 connections were a career-high, led the Wildcats and ranked fifth in school history for a season and third for a senior season... Ranked 16th in the nation for 3-point field goals made... Registered four games with 20 or more points... Registered eight games with four or more 3-point field goals made... Hauled in 106 rebounds (2.9 rpg)... Dished out a 62 assists (1.7 apg)... Blocked 36 shots, which ranked second in the team... Pocketed a career-high 43 steals (1.2 spg)... Made K-State debut in starting lineup against Green Bay (11/4) and recorded 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting including 3-of-6 from long range, five rebounds, two assists, four blocks and two steals... She was the first Wildcat to debut with that stat line or better... Carded 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-11 from 3-point range, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks against Belmont (11/7)... Notched 11 points, five rebounds and three assists against DePaul (11/27). .. Registered 10 points, three assists, three steals and two blocks against Central Arkansas (12/1)... Carded 17 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block against USC Upstate (12/5)... Tallied 15 points, six rebounds and two assists against Middle Tennessee (12/14)... Carded 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 4-of-7 from long range and added four rebounds and three assists against Cincinnati (12/22)... Tallied 15 points, five rebounds and two assists at Houston (1/1)... Registered a season-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-10 from long range, at BYU (1/11)... Paced the Wildcats with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists against Arizona State (1/19)... Carded 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, with three rebounds at two blocks at Cincinnati (2/12)... Registered 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting including 4-of-6 from long range and three rebounds against UCF (2/15)... Tallied 17 points on 5-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-7 from long distance, two steals and two blocks at West Virginia (2/17)... Notched 14 points, three rebounds and two assists against Kansas (2/22)... Registered 17 points, including four connections from long range, at Iowa State (3/2)... Tallied 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting including 3-of-5 from long range and pulled in a season-high six rebounds against West Virginia (3/7) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship... Made her NCAA Tournament debut with seven points against Fairfield (3/21) in the first round... Led K-State with 24 points on a career-best 8-of-15 shooting from beyond the arc while adding six rebounds and a career-high six blocks at Kentucky (3/23) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament... Her eight 3-pointers set the school record for 3-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game... She is the first player in the history of the women’s NCAA Tournament to make six or more 3-pointers and block six or more shots in the same game.
TULSA (2021-24)
Played in 93 games with 87 starts... Scored 1,560 career points (16.77 ppg)... Ranked third in Tulsa history for career points... Ranked fifth in school history for career scoring average... Registered a field goal percentage of .425 (569-of-1,340)... Ranked fifth in school history for career field goals made... Shot .311 from 3-point range (181-of-583)... Ranked third in school history for career 3-point field goals made... Made two or more 3-point field goals in a game 54 times, including 15 games with four or more 3-point field goals made... Shot .765 from the free throw line (241-of-315)... Scored in double figures in 80 career games, including 36 games with 20 or more points... Hauled in 477 career rebounds (5.1 rpg)... Recorded seven double-digit rebounding games... Dished out 198 assists (2.1 apg)... Seven career games with five or more assists... Carded 148 blocked shots (1.59 bpg)... Ranked fourth in school history for career blocks... Owns 42 career games with two or more blocked shots, including a career-high six at Cincinnati on Jan. 29, 2022... Pocketed 90 steals (0.97 spg)... Owns seven games with a double-double... In the 2023-24 season, set the school records for points in a single-season with 734, field goals made in a season with 265 and 3-point field goals made in a season with 85... Ranked second in school history for points per game, 21.0... Ranked seventh in the nation for total points... Ranked 16th in the nation in scoring average... Tied for ninth in school history for blocks in a season with 53... Ranked 48th in the nation for total blocks... Was one of three players in the nation (JuJu Watkins, USC; Paige Bueckers, UConn) to record 700 or more points and 50 or more blocked shots... Ranked 11th in the nation in field goals made... Ranked eighth in the nation for field goals attempted (614)... Ranked 22nd in the nation for 3-point field goals made... Ranked 44th in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.4)... Notched double figures in all 35 games, including 21 games with 20 or more points... Scored a career-high 33 points with 10 rebounds against Rice on Feb. 10, 2024, which ranked tied for fourth in Tulsa history for points in a single game... Carded 22 points and 10 rebounds against Central Arkansas on Dec. 5, 2023... In the 2022-23 season, played in and started all 30 games... Averaged 16.1 points (482)... 27 double-figure scoring games... Shot .403 from the field (173-of-429), including .288 (57-of-198) from 3-point range... Was 89th in the nation for 3-point field goals attempted... Tallied a free throw percentage of .832 (79-of-95) and ranked 80th in the nation... Hauled in 5.4 rebounds per game (163)... Three double-digit rebounding contests... Ranked 76th in the nation for blocks per game (1.43) and 79th in the nation for blocks (43)... Carded three double-doubles... Tallied a season-high 25 points at 23rd-ranked South Florida on Feb. 22, 2023... In the 2021-22 season, played in 28 games with 22 starts... Averaged 12.3 points (344)... Tallied 18 games with 10 or more points... Shot .441 from the field (131-of-297), including .320 (39-of-122) from 3-point range... Shot .796 (43-of-54) from the foul line... Pulled down 4.6 rebounds (130)... Notched two games with 10 or more boards... Registered 52 blocks (1.86 bpg)... Pocketed two double-doubles... Tallied 23 points, five rebounds and two assists in her collegiate debut against Duquesne on Nov. 11, 2021... Registered a season-high 29 points at Wyoming in the WNIT Second Round on March, 20, 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at Sapulpa High School… In senior season, led Chieftains to a 19-3 record and to the 2021 Class 5A state championship… Averaged 20.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range during her senior campaign… Earned all-conference, Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) and Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association all-state honors as a senior… During her junior campaign, averaged 17.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in helping lead the Sapulpa to a 23-4 record and a state tournament berth… Scored in double figures in 36 straight games… Named the Frontier Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior, the Frontier Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and the Frontier Valley Freshman of the Year in her rookie season.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Ray and Susie Poindexter… Father, Ray, played on two NCAA basketball tournament teams at Tulsa (1994-96)... Major is integrative human sciences.
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