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3 Layla Acosta
Layla Acosta
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Haines City, FL
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Haines City
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    14.5
  • fg %
    32.7
  • 3pt %
    33.9
  • ft %
    77.1
  • reb/g
    5.7
  • a/g
    1.1
Bio

GENERAL: Majoring in criminal justice, law, and behavioral science…Chose Russell Sage College for its small campuses and tight-knit community…Mentioned that she likes how RSC feels like home…Listed drawing, painting, and fashion as some activities she enjoys…Started playing basketball when she was seven…Picked time travel as her preferred superpower…Listed Tom and Jerry as her favorite TV show and Chipotle as her favorite food…Cited LeBron James as an athlete she admires…Is the daughter of Stephanie and Rudolfo.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Voted third-team All-E8...Started all 25 games on the campaign...Averaged a team-high 14.5 points per-game, good for fifth in the E8 at the start of the postseason...Registered 15.0 points per-game in E8 regular season games, fourth-best on the circuit...Topped the E8 by making 33.9 percent of her three-point attempts during the regular season...Ranked second in the Conference for the regular season with 2.3 made three-pointers per-game...Brought down 5.7 rebounds per-game...Ranked fifth in the E8 by making 77.1 percent of her foul shots...Tallied three double-doubles...Scored in double figures 22 times...Reeled in 11 or more rebounds on three different occasions...Totaled 24 steals and 28 assists...Registered a career-high 30 points on 45.0 percent shooting in the E8 victory vs. Elmira (1/12)...Became just the seventh RSC player to score 30 or more points in a game...Dished out three assists vs. Nazareth (12/1)...Came up with four steals at Elmira (2/10)...Grabbed 12 boards at Houghton (1/20)...Received the Edwin Evans Award for Leadership from the RSC Division of Student Life...Made the RSC Dean's List for the spring semester.

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23): Selected the (1/9) E8 Rookie of the Week...Averaged 13.0 points across a pair of contests (1/6, 1/7)...Appeared in all 27 games...Averaged 6.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists...Made 35.5 percent of her field goals...Knocked down 41.3 percent of her three-point attempts...Scored in twin figures five times...Registered a season-high 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting at Elmira (1/6).

HIGH SCHOOL: Captained the program.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 25 16
Games started 25 16
Minutes 730 498
Minutes per game 29.2 31.1
FG 126-385 83-263
FG Pct 32.7 31.6
3PT 57-168 38-112
3PT Pct 33.9 33.9
FT 54-70 36-42
FT Pct 77.1 85.7
Off rebounds 21 16
Def rebounds 122 75
Total rebounds 143 91
Rebounds per game 5.7 5.7
Personal fouls 72 42
Disqualifications 3 1
Assists 28 20
Turnovers 66 46
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.4
Steals 24 17
Blocks 2 1
Points 363 240
Points per game 14.5 15.0
Points per 40 min 19.9 19.3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 2 Keuka W, 70-46
Feb 3 Utica L, 58-55
Feb 6 at Hartwick L, 53-42
Feb 9 at Alfred W, 76-69
Feb 10 at Elmira L, 57-45
Feb 17 Houghton L, 60-49
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Skidmore L, 71-45 1 24 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 12
Nov 17 vs. St. Mary's (Md.) W, 62-43 1 32 6-11 54.5 0-3 0.0 4-5 80.0 16
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) L, 73-32 1 7 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 21 Whittier - - - - - - - - -
Nov 21 SUNY Potsdam L, 60-51 1 30 8-20 40.0 3-7 42.9 0-2 0.0 19
Nov 27 SUNY Cobleskill L, 68-51 1 30 3-14 21.4 3-8 37.5 6-8 75.0 15
Dec 1 Nazareth L, 54-40 1 38 5-20 25.0 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 15
Dec 2 SJFU L, 84-33 1 34 4-17 23.5 1-9 11.1 2-4 50.0 11
Dec 19 vs. Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 72-49 1 27 4-17 23.5 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 11
Dec 20 vs. Drew L, 77-58 1 29 4-10 40.0 2-5 40.0 3-4 75.0 13
Dec 30 Union W, 52-42 1 24 6-13 46.2 4-9 44.4 1-2 50.0 17
Dec 31 Coast Guard L, 72-42 1 29 6-23 26.1 5-17 29.4 3-4 75.0 20
Jan 5 at Utica L, 55-39 1 38 4-22 18.2 1-9 11.1 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 6 at Keuka W, 62-34 1 3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 12 Elmira W, 67-51 1 34 9-20 45.0 4-9 44.4 8-8 100.0 30
Jan 13 Alfred L, 46-30 1 34 3-13 23.1 1-7 14.3 2-2 100.0 9
Jan 17 Hartwick L, 63-53 1 34 4-12 33.3 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 11
Jan 20 at Houghton L, 71-54 1 36 5-15 33.3 3-5 60.0 4-4 100.0 17
Jan 26 at SJFU L, 67-38 1 32 4-19 21.1 4-12 33.3 0-0 - 12
Jan 27 at Nazareth L, 83-54 1 31 8-18 44.4 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 17
Feb 2 Keuka W, 70-46 1 35 6-17 35.3 4-13 30.8 1-2 50.0 17
Feb 3 Utica L, 58-55 1 19 4-9 44.4 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 12
Feb 6 at Hartwick L, 53-42 1 36 8-25 32.0 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 19
Feb 9 at Alfred W, 76-69 1 23 5-11 45.5 3-5 60.0 5-6 83.3 18
Feb 10 at Elmira L, 57-45 1 35 8-23 34.8 3-7 42.9 5-5 100.0 24
Feb 17 Houghton L, 60-49 1 36 5-20 25.0 3-11 27.3 1-1 100.0 14
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Skidmore L, 71-45 1 24 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Nov 17 vs. St. Mary's (Md.) W, 62-43 1 32 0 7 7 2 3 0 0
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) L, 73-32 1 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 21 Whittier - - - - - - - - -
Nov 21 SUNY Potsdam L, 60-51 1 30 2 9 11 1 4 0 1
Nov 27 SUNY Cobleskill L, 68-51 1 30 0 6 6 0 3 1 0
Dec 1 Nazareth L, 54-40 1 38 0 2 2 3 4 0 0
Dec 2 SJFU L, 84-33 1 34 0 5 5 2 6 0 0
Dec 19 vs. Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 72-49 1 27 0 6 6 1 1 2 0
Dec 20 vs. Drew L, 77-58 1 29 2 4 6 2 3 1 0
Dec 30 Union W, 52-42 1 24 0 7 7 1 2 3 0
Dec 31 Coast Guard L, 72-42 1 29 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 5 at Utica L, 55-39 1 38 6 5 11 2 6 1 0
Jan 6 at Keuka W, 62-34 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Jan 12 Elmira W, 67-51 1 34 1 6 7 1 1 1 0
Jan 13 Alfred L, 46-30 1 34 2 7 9 0 3 1 0
Jan 17 Hartwick L, 63-53 1 34 0 4 4 2 3 0 0
Jan 20 at Houghton L, 71-54 1 36 0 12 12 2 4 0 0
Jan 26 at SJFU L, 67-38 1 32 1 5 6 2 4 2 0
Jan 27 at Nazareth L, 83-54 1 31 1 3 4 0 3 1 0
Feb 2 Keuka W, 70-46 1 35 2 2 4 2 2 3 0
Feb 3 Utica L, 58-55 1 19 1 6 7 2 0 0 0
Feb 6 at Hartwick L, 53-42 1 36 1 5 6 0 4 1 0
Feb 9 at Alfred W, 76-69 1 23 0 3 3 0 0 1 0
Feb 10 at Elmira L, 57-45 1 35 0 2 2 2 2 4 0
Feb 17 Houghton L, 60-49 1 36 0 7 7 0 3 2 1
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Skidmore L, 71-45 1 5 1 0.0
Nov 17 vs. St. Mary's (Md.) W, 62-43 1 2 - 0.7
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) L, 73-32 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 21 Whittier - - - -
Nov 21 SUNY Potsdam L, 60-51 1 3 - 0.3
Nov 27 SUNY Cobleskill L, 68-51 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 1 Nazareth L, 54-40 1 4 - 0.8
Dec 2 SJFU L, 84-33 1 3 - 0.3
Dec 19 vs. Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 72-49 1 4 - 1.0
Dec 20 vs. Drew L, 77-58 1 5 1 0.7
Dec 30 Union W, 52-42 1 3 - 0.5
Dec 31 Coast Guard L, 72-42 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 5 at Utica L, 55-39 1 4 - 0.3
Jan 6 at Keuka W, 62-34 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 12 Elmira W, 67-51 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 13 Alfred L, 46-30 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 17 Hartwick L, 63-53 1 4 - 0.7
Jan 20 at Houghton L, 71-54 1 1 - 0.5
Jan 26 at SJFU L, 67-38 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 27 at Nazareth L, 83-54 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 2 Keuka W, 70-46 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 3 Utica L, 58-55 1 4 - -
Feb 6 at Hartwick L, 53-42 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 9 at Alfred W, 76-69 1 5 1 -
Feb 10 at Elmira L, 57-45 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 17 Houghton L, 60-49 1 3 - 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 27 23.9 2.0-5.7 1.2-3.0 1.3-1.6 6.6
2023-24 25 29.2 5.0-15.4 2.3-6.7 2.2-2.8 14.5
2024-25 26 27.7 4.4-12.8 1.5-5.3 2.5-2.8 12.8
Total 78 26.9 3.8-11.2 1.7-5.0 2.0-2.4 11.2

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 27 21 644 55-155 35.5 33-80 41.3 35-42 83.3 178
2023-24 25 25 730 126-385 32.7 57-168 33.9 54-70 77.1 363
2024-25 26 25 721 114-334 34.1 39-139 28.1 65-73 89.0 332
Total 78 71 2095 295-874 33.8 129-387 33.3 154-185 83.2 873

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 27 644 23.9 3.4-9.6 2.0-5.0 41.3 2.2-2.6 11.1
2023-24 25 730 29.2 6.9-21.1 3.1-9.2 33.9 3.0-3.8 19.9
2024-25 26 721 27.7 6.3-18.5 2.2-7.7 28.1 3.6-4.0 18.4
Total 78 2095 26.9 5.6-16.7 2.5-7.4 33.3 2.9-3.5 16.7

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 27 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.9 2.9 1.0 0.2
2023-24 25 0.8 4.9 5.7 1.1 2.6 1.0 0.1
2024-25 26 0.9 3.4 4.3 1.9 3.2 1.4 0.1
Total 78 0.9 3.8 4.7 1.7 2.9 1.1 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 27 21 29 86 115 51 77 28 5
2023-24 25 25 21 122 143 28 66 24 2
2024-25 26 25 24 88 112 50 84 37 3
Total 78 71 74 296 370 129 227 89 10

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 27 1.8 5.3 7.1 3.2 4.8 1.7 0.3
2023-24 25 1.2 6.7 7.8 1.5 3.6 1.3 0.1
2024-25 26 1.3 4.9 6.2 2.8 4.7 2.1 0.2
Total 78 1.4 5.7 7.1 2.5 4.3 1.7 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 25 29.2 5.0-15.4 2.3-6.7 2.2-2.8 14.5
Conference 16 31.1 5.2-16.4 2.4-7.0 2.2-2.6 15.0
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 31.4 5.2-16.5 2.9-8.8 2.4-3.2 15.8
Away 10 26.5 4.9-14.9 1.8-4.8 1.7-2.1 13.3
Neutral 3 29.3 4.7-12.7 1.3-5.0 2.7-3.7 13.3
Result
Wins 6 25.2 5.5-12.3 2.5-6.5 3.3-4.2 16.8
Losses 19 30.5 4.9-16.4 2.2-6.8 1.8-2.4 13.8
Month
November 5 24.6 4.6-11.8 1.2-3.6 2.0-3.2 12.4
December 6 30.2 4.8-16.7 2.8-9.0 2.0-3.0 14.5
January 8 30.3 4.8-15.1 1.8-5.9 2.5-2.8 13.8
February 6 30.7 6.0-17.5 3.3-8.2 2.0-2.3 17.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 25 25 730 126-385 32.7 57-168 33.9 54-70 77.1 363
Conference 16 16 498 83-263 31.6 38-112 33.9 36-42 85.7 240
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 12 12 377 63-198 31.8 35-105 33.3 29-38 76.3 190
Away 10 10 265 49-149 32.9 18-48 37.5 17-21 81.0 133
Neutral 3 3 88 14-38 36.8 4-15 26.7 8-11 72.7 40
Result
Wins 6 6 151 33-74 44.6 15-39 38.5 20-25 80.0 101
Losses 19 19 579 93-311 29.9 42-129 32.6 34-45 75.6 262
Month
November 5 5 123 23-59 39.0 6-18 33.3 10-16 62.5 62
December 6 6 181 29-100 29.0 17-54 31.5 12-18 66.7 87
January 8 8 242 38-121 31.4 14-47 29.8 20-22 90.9 110
February 6 6 184 36-105 34.3 20-49 40.8 12-14 85.7 104

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 25 730 29.2 6.9-21.1 3.1-9.2 33.9 3.0-3.8 19.9
Conference 16 498 31.1 6.7-21.1 3.1-9.0 33.9 2.9-3.4 19.3
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 377 31.4 6.7-21.0 3.7-11.1 33.3 3.1-4.0 20.2
Away 10 265 26.5 7.4-22.5 2.7-7.2 37.5 2.6-3.2 20.1
Neutral 3 88 29.3 6.4-17.3 1.8-6.8 26.7 3.6-5.0 18.2
Result
Wins 6 151 25.2 8.7-19.6 4.0-10.3 38.5 5.3-6.6 26.8
Losses 19 579 30.5 6.4-21.5 2.9-8.9 32.6 2.3-3.1 18.1
Month
November 5 123 24.6 7.5-19.2 2.0-5.9 33.3 3.3-5.2 20.2
December 6 181 30.2 6.4-22.1 3.8-11.9 31.5 2.7-4.0 19.2
January 8 242 30.3 6.3-20.0 2.3-7.8 29.8 3.3-3.6 18.2
February 6 184 30.7 7.8-22.8 4.3-10.7 40.8 2.6-3.0 22.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 25 0.8 4.9 5.7 1.1 2.6 1.0 0.1
Conference 16 1.0 4.7 5.7 1.3 2.9 1.1 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 0.7 5.3 6.0 1.3 2.7 0.9 0.2
Away 10 1.1 4.1 5.2 0.8 2.7 1.0 0.0
Neutral 3 0.7 5.7 6.3 1.7 2.3 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 6 0.7 4.3 5.0 1.0 1.5 1.3 0.0
Losses 19 0.9 5.1 5.9 1.2 3.0 0.8 0.1
Month
November 5 0.6 5.4 6.0 0.6 2.6 0.2 0.2
December 6 0.3 4.5 4.8 1.7 2.8 1.0 0.0
January 8 1.5 5.4 6.9 1.1 3.1 0.8 0.0
February 6 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.0 1.8 1.8 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 25 25 21 122 143 28 66 24 2
Conference 16 16 16 75 91 20 46 17 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 12 8 64 72 15 32 11 2
Away 10 10 11 41 52 8 27 10 0
Neutral 3 3 2 17 19 5 7 3 0
Result
Wins 6 6 4 26 30 6 9 8 0
Losses 19 19 17 96 113 22 57 16 2
Month
November 5 5 3 27 30 3 13 1 1
December 6 6 2 27 29 10 17 6 0
January 8 8 12 43 55 9 25 6 0
February 6 6 4 25 29 6 11 11 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 25 1.2 6.7 7.8 1.5 3.6 1.3 0.1
Conference 16 1.3 6.0 7.3 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 0.8 6.8 7.6 1.6 3.4 1.2 0.2
Away 10 1.7 6.2 7.8 1.2 4.1 1.5 0.0
Neutral 3 0.9 7.7 8.6 2.3 3.2 1.4 0.0
Result
Wins 6 1.1 6.9 7.9 1.6 2.4 2.1 0.0
Losses 19 1.2 6.6 7.8 1.5 3.9 1.1 0.1
Month
November 5 1.0 8.8 9.8 1.0 4.2 0.3 0.3
December 6 0.4 6.0 6.4 2.2 3.8 1.3 0.0
January 8 2.0 7.1 9.1 1.5 4.1 1.0 0.0
February 6 0.9 5.4 6.3 1.3 2.4 2.4 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min