University of Tennessee Athletics
2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Spencer, Samara
G
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG/F
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
Jersey Number 7
Samara Spencer
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas H.S.
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
* Indicates most recent high
- Points: 33 // N.C. Central, 12/14/24
- Rebounds: 14 // Alabama, 1/14/24
- Assists: 11 // Louisiana Tech, 3/16/23
- Steals: 4 // Northern Arizona, 11/24/22*
- Blocks: 2 // Texas A&M, 2/22/24*
- Field Goals: 11 // Alabama, 1/14/24
- 3-Pointers: 9 // N.C. Central, 12/14/24
- Free Throws: 10 // ULM, 11/7/23
- Minutes: 43 // Ole Miss, 1/29/23*
CAREER HONORS (ARKANSAS 2021-24/TENN. 2024-25)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2024-25
- SEC Freshman of the Year -- 2022
- SEC All-Freshman Team -- 2022
- SEC Freshman of the Week (11/16, 1/25, 2/1, 2/15) -- 2021-22
CAREER SUMMARY
- Started 129 of 135 games played during three seasons at Arkansas and one at Tennessee.
- Averaged 12.8 ppg., 3.9 apg., 3.9 rpg. and 1.2 spg. during her collegiate career.
- Tallied 1,730 points, 533 rebounds, 523 assists, 215 three-pointers and 164 steals during that stretch.
- She is one of only six SEC women since 1991-92 to exceed 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists.
- As a Lady Vol, she tallied 362 points, 158 assists, 127 rebounds, 66 three-pointers and 45 steals.
- Her assist average of 4.65 as a Lady Vol ranked her fourth on the program's career top-10 list.
- Her 36.7 three-point field goal percentage (66-180) placed her 11th on UT's career list.
2024-25 - SENIOR (AT TENNESSEE)
- Averaged 10.6 ppg., 4.6 apg., 3.7 rpg. and 1.3 spg. while starting 32 of 34 games in her lone season at Tennessee.
- Shot percentages of 40.9 from the field and 36.7 from beyond the arc.
- Finished first on the team in assists (158), double-doubles (3) and charges drawn (16), and second in three-pointers made (66) and steals (45).
- Scored in double figures 22 times and led UT in assists in 27 games, in three-pointers on 12 occasions and in steals six times.
- Her assist average of 4.65 ranks third-best all-time in a season by a Lady Vol senior.
- Her assist total of 158 tied for the 10th-most in a season in program history.
- Her nine three-pointers vs. N.C. Central set a school record and tied for fifth-best in SEC history.
- Her 13 treys attempted vs. N.C. Central tied for fifth-best in league annals as well.
- In that N.C. Central game, she compiled a career scoring high and a double-double of 33 points and 10 assists while hitting 10 of 15 shots from the field, including the 9-of-13 effort beyond the arc.
- Made six of nine shots vs. Middle Tennessee, including four treys, to tally 17 points while dishing out five assists.
- Tallied her second double-double of the season, netting 13 points and 10 rebounds while adding six assists against Ole Miss.
- Notched her third double-double performance of the campaign, producing 11 points and 11 rebounds at Florida.
- Chipped in 18 points, five rebounds and four assists against Mississippi State.
- Fired in 16 points and added five rebounds, five assists and three steals versus No. 9/10 Oklahoma.
- Contributed 15 points with five assists, two steals and a rebound against South Florida in the NCAA First Round.
- Turned in 14 points, two boards, two dimes and two steals in the win against No. 5 UConn.
- Against No. 5 Texas in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, she finished with 12 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal.
- Logged 12 points, five assists, a block, steal and rebound during the Lady Vols’ season opener vs. Samford.
- Totaled 12 points, six assists and four rebounds in the victory at Memphis.
- Scored 11 points and produced seven rebounds and four assists in the triumph over Florida State.
- Helped UT secure an early ranked win over No. 17/20 Iowa, dropping 11 points at the Barclays Center in New York.
CAREER (AT ARKANSAS)
- Started 97 of 101 games played over three seasons at Arkansas.
- Sported a career average of 13.5 points per game, putting up double-figure production in all three seasons.
- Also tallied 4.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per contest as a Razorback.
- Hit triple digits in assists her last two seasons at UA, including 154 as a sophomore in 2022-23.
2023-24 - JUNIOR (AT ARKANSAS)
- Second-leading scorer for the Razorbacks, averaging 13.9 points while contributing 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 34 percent from the field and 74 percent at the free-throw line.
- One of three players to start all 33 contests, she led Arkansas in assists (115), free throws made (128), free throws attempted (173) and free-throw percentage (.740).
- Registered 26 double-digit scoring games, including every contest but one in SEC play.
- Recorded six 20+-point games and one 30-point game and tallied nine contests with five or more assists.
- She ranked second in the SEC in free throws made and minutes/game (34.7), third in free throw attempts, ninth in field goal attempts (431), 11th in assists/game (4.5) and 19th in scoring (13.9).
- Put up 15.9 points per game in SEC contests, which was the 10th best average in the league.
- Finished eighth in free throws made and attempts, 11th in minutes (1143), 14th in field goal attempts, 17th in assists and 18th in defensive rebounds (132) in a single season in school history.
- Best game of the season came at Alabama, logging a double-double with a season-high 31 points and 14 rebounds with three assists and two steals.
- Commenced SEC play with 25 points and seven boards at Kentucky to start a 10-game double-digit scoring streak.
- Registered 24 points at Texas A&M and followed that up with 19 against Vanderbilt.
- Put up 20 points, five rebounds and seven assists at No. 9 LSU.
- Recorded her first 20-piece of the year with 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists vs. Louisiana Tech
- Began the season with 16 points and eight rebounds vs. ULM.
- Registered 15 points and six assists in the Hogs’ upset win at No. 15 Florida State, where she surpassed 1,000 career points.
- Two games later, she put up 20 points and four assists vs. Samford.
- Had the game-winning assist in the Hogs’ buzzer-beater win vs. Illinois at the West Palm Beach Classic, in which she had 17 points.
- Ended the season with 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists at Tulsa in the WBIT.
2022-23 - SOPHOMORE (AT ARKANSAS)
- Was second on the team in scoring with a career-best 14.4 points per game while starting all 37 contests and tying a school record.
- Additionally, she ranks first in UA history in games played and in minutes (1,256) as well.
- Also produced 4.2 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game and hit 65 three-pointers, good for third on the team.
- Led Arkansas in assists (154), minutes per game (33.9) and field goal attempts per game (12.4).
- Made several UA individual season top-10 lists, including No. 7 in total assists (154).
- Her 531 points for the season placed her 11th in the Arkansas record book.
- Among SEC players, she finished fourth in minutes, fifth in assists and free-throw attempts (182), seventh in field goal attempts (459), 10th in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), 12th in 3-pointers per game (1.8) and 15th in scoring.
- Nationally, she ranked 40th in total assists and 47th in free-throw attempts.
- Finished the season with 27 double-digit scoring games, eight 20-point performances, two double-doubles and 13 contests with 5+ assists.
- Earned a career-high 32 points off 10-of-17 shooting from the field, 6-of-8 from 3-point, on her birthday against Oral Roberts.
- Put up 27 points against Stephen F. Austin in the WNIT Second Round, while shooting 9-of-11 from the charity stripe.
- Logged 27 points vs. Northern Arizona in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Paced the Hogs in a big road win at No. 16 Creighton with 26 points.
- Was on fire at Mississippi State with 25 points off 8-of-14 shooting from the field, which began a streak of eight straight double-digit scoring games to end the season.
- Tallied 23 points vs. Vanderbilt at home.
- Registered 22 points, seven rebounds and seven dimes vs. Kent State.
- Put up her first career double-double with 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds against No. 16 Oregon at the San Diego Invitational.
- Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds at Missouri.
- Had 16 points, five rebounds and six assists vs. Ole Miss. Finished with a near double-double vs. Tennessee with 10 points and nine assists.
- Scored 19 points and came up with critical plays, including an and-1 in Arkansas’ SEC Tournament win over Missouri.
- Logged a career-high 11 assists with 14 points against Louisiana Tech in the Postseason WNIT First Round.
2021-22 - FRESHMAN (AT ARKANSAS)
- Earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors, becoming the first Razorback to do so since 2009.
- Played in 31 games in her first season, earning 27 starts and averaging 12.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 30.1 minutes per game.
- Ranked second on the team in three-pointers (44) and third in points (379) and steals (36).
- Shot 43 percent from the field and 34 percent on threes, totaling 20 games in double figures and three with 20+ points.
- Her 96 assists ranked as 20th-most in a single-season in program history.
- Ranked 13th in the SEC in assists per game average.
- Scored a career-best 22 points and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds in Arkansas’ road comeback against Missouri.
- Scored 20 in the Hogs’ upset of #12 LSU.
- Dropped in 19 in the Razorbacks’ win over Mississippi State.
- Nearly willed Arkansas to a road upset of #7 Tennessee after Makayla Daniels went down, scoring 17 points and dishing four assists.
- Had 20 in the Hogs’ loss at Texas A&M.
- Scored 18 points, pulled down five rebounds and dished three assists against Utah in her NCAA Tournament debut.
USA/SUMMER BASKETBALL
- Played for Miami Suns Nike EYBL program.
HIGH SCHOOL
- No. 72 overall player by Blue Star (2021).
- Led St. Thomas Aquinas to a state title during her senior season (2021).
- Broward County 7A-6A Player of the Year (2021).
- First-Team Broward County (2020).
- Broward County FAB 5 (2020).
- Inside Exposure All-Tournament Team (2020).
- Second-Team Broward County (2019).
- Second-Team All-Area (2019).
- Led the Raiders to the state title game during her sophomore season as well.
- Prior to playing for St. Thomas Aquinas, she helped lead Fort Myers to a state title during her freshman season as the sixth woman.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Samara Ymone Spencer.
- Nickname is “Sam.”
- Born on Dec. 4, 2002, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Parents are Lucrecia and Byron Dennis, and Sheldon Spencer.
- Mom played basketball at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
- Father ran track at Albany State University.
- Has two brothers (DeAntre Spencer and Devin Shirley) and a sister (Vonshelle Spencer).
- Graduated in summer 2025 with a degree in sport management and a minor in business administration.
- Recipient of the Perry Stuart Smith Women's Basketball Scholarship Endowment.
WBB | Kim Caldwell Media Availability (8.28.25)
Thursday, August 28
Lady Vol Basketball Season Attendance 2024-25
Thursday, April 10
WBB | Caldwell, Whitehorn, Spencer Postgame Presser | 3.29.25
Saturday, March 29
WBB | Highlights: Lady Vols 59, Texas 67 (3.29.25)
Saturday, March 29
