INDIANAPOLIS – Portland Pilots women's basketball guard Nicole Anderson been selected to the Celsius Women's 3-Point contest watch list as part of 37th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday, April 3. The event will be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Sunday (April 5).
The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites a collection of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the yearly Slam Dunk Championship, the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship and the team shootout. The winners of the Men's and Women's 3-Point Championships will then compete in the Skechers Battle of the Champions. It will be the seventh time Indianapolis has played host to the event, and the third time the annual competition will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of the Butler Bulldogs.
Anderson has been stellar for the Pilots in her first year with the team. She's averaging 7.9 points per game on 35.7% shooting from outside, hitting a team-high 46 3-pointers on the year. Her six 3-pointers against Saint Mary's on Jan. 29 were the most by a Pilot since 2023 and also matched a career high that she's hit three times. Anderson has been a top shooter in the WCC dating back to her days with the LMU Lions, shooting 35.5% from outside during her four years with the Lions and draining 172 3-pointers. She's drained 218 3-pointers in total for her career.
This isn't the first time a Pilots men's or women's basketball player has earned the chance to potentially compete in the event. Men's basketball player Troy Collins partook in the dunk contest in 2000 while women's basketball sharpshooter Casasandra Brown participated in the 2015 3-point contest, also at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Brown won the contest that year.
Participants in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships have included some of basketball's greats and legendary lottery picks, including Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Cappie Pondexter and Odyssey Sims, to unforgettable tournament superstars from recent history like Kris Jenkins, Jack Gohlke, Dyaisha Fair and Ariel Atkins.
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