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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

Richard Palaikis

11 Lexey Tobel

11 Lexey Tobel

  • Position:
    Guard/Forward
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Highschool:
    Hartland
  • Hometown:
    Hartland, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Career Notes
• Started 29 of 44 career games, playing every game in her Titan career.
• Averaged 9.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists in 27.7 minutes per game.
• Scored in double figures 18 times, also making 100-of-125 career free throw attempts (80.0 percent, third all-time).
• Sank 64 career 3-pointers, which was 26th in school history at finish of 2018-19 season.

2018-19
• Switched from No. 11 to No. 25 prior to the start of the season.
• Started all 14 games she played and led team in scoring at 11.4 points per game before transferring during the season.
• Scored in double figures eight times, scoring a career-best 23 points in season opener against Michigan-Deaborn (11/6).
• Made 48-of-142 field goals (33.8 percent), including 19-of-61 from behind the arc (31.1), also making 44-for-60 free throw attempts (73.3) in her 14 games.
• Averaged 4.9 rebounds, pulling down four or more rebounds in 11 of 14 games, including tallying seven caroms twice.
• Scored two games of 19 points, hitting 3-of-4 triples and 5-of-8 shots overall for 19 points at Manhattan (11/24), before hitting three more 3-pointers and scoring 19 points at Bowling Green (12/17).
• Had 10 points, seven rebounds and three steals in Horizon League opener against Youngstown State (12/28).
• Added 17 assists and 15 steals on the season, averaging 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game before her departure.
• Made multiple 3-pointers six times in 14 games.
• Received Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll honors (3.2 GPA+).

2017-18
• Earned Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors.
• Received the team's Sixth Player of the Year at the year-end banquet.
• Played in all 30 games during her freshman season, starting 15 contests.
• Averaged 8.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 26.2 minutes per game.
• Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, second in rebounding, third in 3-pointers made (45) and fourth in both steals (14) and blocks (14) on the squad.
• Led all Horizon League freshmen and ranked 17th in the league in 3-pointers made per game (1.5). Also ranked fourth among league freshmen in scoring.
• Her 45 treys were fifth-most all-time in school history among Titan freshmen.
• Also ranked second on the team in free throw percentage (86.2), sinking 22-straight during the season at one point and going 56-for-65 from the line.
• First Titan freshmen since 2014-15 season with 200 points and 100 rebounds.
• Scored in double figures 10 times.
• Started the first 13 games of her Titan career, making her collegiate debut in the starting lineup at Miami (11/10).
• Named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week (11/20) after scoring 16 points vs. Bowling Green (11/13) with five 3-pointers (5-for-8 3-PT) in her Calihan Hall debut.
• Notched second career double figure scoring effort with 14 points vs. Michigan (12/4).
• Tallied 13 points, eight rebounds and three assists at Illinois (12/10).
• Scored a season-high 19 points vs. Eastern Michigan (12/17), going 11-for-11 from the free throw line, adding seven boards, a season-best three blocks and two steals.
• Posted third-straight double figure scoring effort with 11 points, sinking three 3-pointers, against Toledo (12/21).
• Connected on 5-of-8 shots, including 3-of-4 from downtown, for 16 points at IUPUI (1/11).
• Recorded 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in win at UIC (1/13).
• Sank four 3-pointers for 16 points, adding three assists vs. Cleveland State (2/1).
• Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Youngstown State (2/3).
• Made all six free throws, scoring 13 points at Wright State (2/8).
• In start at Northern Kentucky (2/10), went 4-of-9 from downtown and tallied her 10th double-figure scoring effort of the season with 14 points, adding three assists.
• Posted at least one rebound in every game of the season and grabbed multiple boards in 28 of 30 games, including 17 games of four or more caroms.
• Also made at least one 3-pointer in 26 contests and multiple treys in 10 games.
• Earned 2017-18 Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA or better).

High School
• A 2017 graduate of Hartland High School.
• Played four years of varsity basketball for coach Don Palmer and the Eagles.
• Three-time All-State, three-time First Team All-County, three-time First Team All-Conference and the 2016-17 Livingston County Player of the Year.
• Named to 2016-17 Detroit Free Press Top 20 Players, 2016-17 "BCAM's Best" Girls Class A All-State Team, 2016-17 Metro North First Team and 2016-17 State Champs Sports Network Top 25 Players in final year of high school.
• A three-time KLAA Conference Scholar Athlete, three-time Hartland High School Scholar Athlete, five-time Livingston Daily Athlete of the Week nominee and four-time State Bank Athlete of the Week.
• Leading scorer in final three seasons of high school, scoring 303 points in final season. Made 40 3-pointers and 79 percent of free throws in senior season. Sank 8-of-11 triples in conference championship game as a senior.
• Helped team to 71-21 record, three district titles, and both a Class A regional championship and state quarterfinalist appearance in 2015.
• As a senior, team had an 18-game winning streak and went 22-2 overall.
• Three-time Team MVP and two-time captain.
• Named Best Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman.
• Involved with "Be the Change", Peer to Peer Support and Honor Guard.
• Played club basketball with Michigan Cagers (5 years) & Michigan Storm (1 year).

Personal
• Full name is Lexey Blair Tobel.
• Daughter of Tammie & Scott Tobel.
• Has two siblings, Lacey & Logan.
• Born in Southfield, Mich.
• Chose the Titans in part because it was close to home, the family atmosphere and it felt like the best fit.
• Major is Special Education.
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