2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Monique Billings
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santiago
- Hometown:
- Corona, Calif.
2017-18:
Monique Billings played in all 35 games, making 34 starts … scored in double figures in 31-of-35 games … recorded at least five rebounds in all 35 games she played in and tallied double-digit rebounds in 18 games … recorded at least one block in 27-of-35 games and at least one steal in 24-of-35 games … scored a season-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal in an overtime loss at No. 8 Oregon (Feb. 19) … named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Jan. 22, 2018 after leading UCLA to a 2-0 week with a 60-52 win over then-No. 21 California (Jan. 19) and a 64-53 victory over Stanford (Jan. 21) … she averaged a double-double on the week at 16.0 points and 13.0 rebounds and also added 2.5 blocks, 1.5 steals and 1.0 assists per game … the Pac-12 rebounding leader hauled in 18 boards in the win over California, a season-high and third-best in her career … she became only the third player in UCLA history and the 14th in the Pac-12 to score over 1,500 points and grab over 1,000 rebounds against the Cardinal … also became the 21st player in Pac-12 history to reach the 1,000-rebound plateau (ended her career with 1,761 points and 1,159 rebounds) … Billings, the UCLA all-time leader in blocks, finished her career ranked sixth in the Pac-12 with 228 blocks … led the Bruins and the Pac-12 with 17 double-doubles on the year (20 pts., 10 rebs. vs. American (3/17/18); 24 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Utah (2/24/18); 12 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Colorado (2/22/18); 26 pts., 10 rebs. at Oregon (2/19/18); 14 pts., 12 rebs. at Oregon State (2/16/18); 18 pts., 11 rebs. at USC (2/5/18); 14 pts., 16 rebs. vs. USC (2/2/18); 15 pts., 15 rebs. at Washington State (1/28/18); 14 pts., 18 rebs. vs. California (1/19/18); 22 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Oregon (1/7/18); 20 pts., 10 rebs. at California (12/31/17); 13 pts., 10 rebs. at Stanford (12/29/17); 10 pts., 10 rebs. at Fordham (12/20/17); 17 pts., 10 rebs. vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/3/17); 14 pts., 12 rebs. vs. UC Riverside (11/28/17); 17 pts., 12 rebs. vs. Kansas State (11/24/17) and 19 pts., 11 rebs. vs. San José State (11/10/17)) … averaged a 16.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game during the Bruins’ four games of the NCAA Tournament as UCLA reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1999 … was second on the team in scoring (535, 15.3 ppg) and third in steals (40, 1.1 spg) and led the squad in rebounds (333, 9.5 rpg) and blocks (1.6 bpg) … also led or tied for the team lead in rebounds in 22-of-35 games she played. HONORS: Was named All-Pac-12 and to the All-Defensive Team by the coaches and media … named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team … named to the Kansas City Regional All-NCAA Tournament Team … named an honorable mention All-American by WBCA … named to the WBCA All-Region 5 Team … named to the John R. Wooden Award Watch list (midseason) … named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List (preseason) … named to the Lisa Leslie Award Watch List (preseason, midseason, top 5 finalist) … named to the Wade Trophy Watch List … named a Street & Smith’s Second Team All-American (preseason) … was one of five players named Preseason All-Pac-12 (media). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 1st - Rebounding (9.5 rpg); 1st - Double-Doubles (17); 1st - Offensive Rebounds Per Game (3.7); 4th - Defensive Rebounds Per Game (5.8); 5th - Blocks (1.6 bpg); 10th - Scoring (15.3 ppg) and 11th - Field Goal Percentage (.472). Pac-12 Games: 1st - Rebounding (10.4 rpg); 1st - Double-Doubles (11); 1st - Offensive Rebounds Per Game (3.8); 1st - Defensive Rebounds Per Game (6.6); 4th - Blocks (1.6 bpg); 6th - Field Goal Percentage (.490); 12th - Scoring (15.1 ppg) and 15th - Steals (1.3 spg). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 22nd - Rebounds (333); 22nd - Double-Doubles (17); 34th - Free Throw Attempts (197); 49th - Rebounds Per Game (9.5); 49th - Free Throws Made (141); 64th - Blocks (56); 91st - Blocks Per Game (1.6); 107th - Field Goals Made (197); 116th - Field-Goal Percentage (.472); 121st - Final Points (535); 123rd - Minutes Played (1,116) and 204th - Points Per Game (15.3). UCLA STATISTICAL RANKS: Career Charts: 1st - Blocks (228); 2nd - Rebounding (1,159); 2nd - Free Throws Attempted (677); 4th - Free Throws Made (435) and 9th - Scoring (1,761). All-Time Single-Season Charts: 1st - Blocks (66, 2016-17); 1st - Free Throws Made (154, 2016-17); 1st - Free Throws Attempted (234, 2016-17); 2nd - Rebounds (357, 2016-17); 3rd - Blocks (56, 2017-18); 4th - Blocks (56, 2015-16); 5th - Rebounds (333, 2017-18); 6th - Free Throws Made (141, 2017-18); 7th - Blocks (50, 2014-15); 8th - Free Throws Attempted (197, 2017-18) and 13th - Rebounds (285, 2015-16).
2016-17:
Monique Billings was only one of two players to start in all 34 games … scored in double figures in 32-of-34 games, 20 or more points six times, and 30 points once … recorded at least two rebounds in all 34 games she played in and tallied double-digit rebounds in 19 games, including seven games of 15 or more … recorded at least one block in 31-of-34 games and tallied at least one steal in 24-of-34 games … scored a career-high 30 points and added 14 rebounds, a career-high-tying six steals, one assist and one block in a home win over Oregon (Jan. 15) … scored 28 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and one block in a win at USC (Jan. 18) … had a monster game of 27 points, 18 rebounds, four assists and four blocks in a home win over No. 20 Colorado (Jan. 1) … registered 22 points, 15 boards and a career-high-tying six steals in a home win over Southern (Nov. 18) … tallied 21 points, 15 rebounds, four blocks and one assist in a win at No. 8 Stanford (Feb. 6) … began the week with 23 points, six assists, four steals and three boards in a loss at #2 Baylor (Nov. 14) … became the 33rd player in UCLA history to surpass the 1,000-point mark in her career in a home win over USC (Jan. 22) … had 19 double-doubles on the year (17 pts., 16 rebs. vs. UConn (3/25/17); 19 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Arizona State (3/3/17); 12 pts., 11 rebs. at Arizona (2/24/17); 12 pts., 25 rebs. vs. Washington State (2/19/17); 18 pts., 12 rebs. at Oregon (2/10/17); 21 pts., 15 rebs. at Stanford (2/6/17); 16 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Arizona State (1/27/17); 12 pts., 12 rebs. vs. USC (1/22/17); 28 pts., 11 rebs. at USC (1/18/17); 30 pts., 14 rebs. vs. Oregon (1/15/17); 18 pts., 12 rebs. at Washington State (1/6/17); 27 pts., 18 rebs. vs. Colorado (1/1/17); 10 pts., 13 rebs. vs. Utah (12/30/16); 12 pts., 22 rebs. at South Carolina (12/18/16); 19 pts., 16 rebs. vs. Michigan (12/11/16); 13 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Toledo (11/25/16); 22 pts., 15 rebs. vs. Southern (11/18/16); 16 pts., 10 rebs. at Baylor (11/14/16); 15 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Pacific (11/11/16)) … led UCLA in scoring during the NCAA Tournament (16.0 ppg) … also averaged 8.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks per game during the Bruins’ three games of the NCAA Tournament … led the team in rebounding (357, 10.5 rpg) and blocks (66, 1.9 bpg) … also led or tied for the team lead in rebounds in 24-of-34 games she played and in scoring in 10 of those games … her 66 blocks were a UCLA single-season all-time record (Corinne Costa, 61, 2014-15) … set the UCLA single-season record in free throws attempted (242) and tied the record in made free throws (154, Maylana Martin, 1998-99) … registered double-digit free throw attempts in 10 games … Billings tied a UCLA single-game record with 25 rebounds (Denise Curry and Natalie Williams) as No. 18 UCLA beat Washington State, 67-48, for its 30th straight home win over the Cougars (Feb. 19) … the 25 rebounds were a Pauley Pavilion record … was second on the UCLA single-season record for rebounds with 357, three shy of the record set by Denise Curry (360, 1980-81) … named Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 2) after leading the Bruins to a 2-0 week by averaging 18.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 48.1 percent (13-for-27) from the field … had back-to-back double-doubles to open Conference play with 10 points and 13 rebounds in a 67-56 win against the Utes and a then-career-high-tying 27 points and 18 rebounds in the 87-74 win over the Buffaloes … Billings added four blocks and a career-high four assists against Colorado and two steals, one block and one assist against Utah … named Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 20) after leading the Bruins to a 2-0 week by averaging 15.5 points, 16.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 42.4 percent (14-for-33) from the field … opened with 19 points and eight rebounds in the 90-71 win over No. 9 Washington and then had her 16th double-double of the year with 12 points and a career-best 25 rebounds vs. Washington State. HONORS: Was named All-Pac-12 and to the All-Defensive Team by the coaches and media … named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List (Jan. 24, 2017). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 2nd - Double-Doubles (19); 2nd - Rebounding (10.5 rpg); 2nd - Defensive Rebounds Per Game (7.03 drpg); 3rd - Offensive Rebounds Per Game (3.47 orpg); 4th - Blocked Shots (1.94 bpg); 5th - Scoring (16.7 ppg); 8th - Steals (1.79 spg); 12th - Field Goal Percentage (.472). Pac-12 Games: 1st - Offensive Rebounds Per Game (4.11 orpg); 2nd - Rebounding (11.2 rpg); 2nd - Defensive Rebounds Per Game (7.06 drpg); 4th - Blocked Shots (2.11 bpg); 4th - Scoring (17.1 ppg); 8th - Steals (1.61 spg); 15th - Field Goal Percentage (.443). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 7th - Double-Doubles (19); 7th - Free Throw Attempts (242); 9th - Rebounds (357); 17th - Rebounds Per Game (10.5 rpg); 18th - Defensive Rebounds Per Game (7.0 drpg); 20th - Free Throws Made (154); 41st - Blocked Shots (66); 53rd - Blocked Shots Per Game (1.94 bpg); 63rd - Final Points (568); 66th - Field Goals Made (207); 98th - Points Per Game (16.7); 102nd - Field Goal Attempts (439); 108th - Field-Goal Percentage (.472); 139th - Steals (61) and 191st - Steals Per Game (1.79). TEAM USA: Came off the bench in all three games for Team USA as the Americans won the U24 Four Nations Tournament title in Tokyo, Japan on Aug. 15, 2017 … averaged 5.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.3 steals per game as the U.S. went 3-0 … scored a tournament-high eight points and added four rebounds in 13 minutes in the 103-71 win over Japan in the final game … had a solid all-around game in a 107-61 rout of Canada by recording five points, five rebounds and one steal in 12 minutes of action.
2015-16:
Monique Billings played in 35 games, making 35 starts ... registerd nine double-doubles on the season and had five or more rebounds in a team-high 12 consecutive games … scored seven points and hauled in a career-high 14 rebounds to go with two blocks and two assists in the win over St. John’s (Nov. 13) … had 15 points, six rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist in a win over James Madison (Nov. 20) … scored a career-high 18 points and completed the second double-double of her career with 13 boards in the overtime loss to No. 3 Notre Dame (Nov. 28) … set another career high with 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the win over CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 5) … reset her career high in scoring for the third straight game with her second double-double of the season with 20 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Michigan (Dec. 13) … made a career-best eight free throws on a career-high-tying 10 attempts against the Wolverines … had 20 points and added seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks in the blowout win at Sacramento State (Dec. 18) … scored a career-high 21 points in the double overtime loss at California (Dec. 21) … had her third double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win at UC Riverside (Dec. 28) … had her fourth double-double with a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds in a win over USC (Dec. 30) … made her longest streak of 12 consecutive free throws, the longest streak by a Bruin this season (over a span of four games from UC Riverside (Dec. 28) to Oregon State (Jan. 4)) … tallied 19 points, nine rebounds and two steals in a win at Washington State (Jan. 17) … led the Bruins with 14 points and nine rebounds in the blowout win over California (Jan. 22) … led UCLA with 12 points and seven boards in the blowout win over Stanford (Jan. 24) … had 10 points and eight rebounds in a blowout win at Colorado (Jan. 29) … had her fifth double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Utah (Jan. 31) and added career-high in blocks (six) and steals (four) against the Utes … had 10 points and four boards in a loss at No. 8 Arizona State (Feb. 5) … had 14 points and five rebounds in a blowout win at Arizona (Feb. 7) … had 16 points, nine rebounds, three blocks, two steals and an assist in a win over Washington State (Feb. 12) … had her sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Washington (Feb. 14) … was named the CollegeSportsMadness.com Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 15) for her performance against the Washington schools … had 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in a loss at Oregon State (Feb. 21) … had 14 points and 10 boards in the win over No. 9 Arizona State (Feb. 28) … had 18 points, eight rebounds, four blocks, four steals and two assists in the Pac-12 Quarterfinal win over Arizona (Mar. 4) … had 22 points, nine rebounds, a career-high five steals and one block in a Pac-12 Semifinal win over California (Mar. 5) … had eight points, seven rebounds, five blocks, two steals and one assist in the NCAA First Round win over Hawai’i (Mar. 19) … had a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards in the NCAA Second Round win over South Florida (Mar. 21) … had a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen loss against No. 2 Texas for her ninth double-double of the season … also had three steals and three blocks against the Longhorns … led the team in rebounds (285, 8.1 rpg), ranking 14th all-time in UCLA single-season history … led the team in blocks (56), ranking 2nd all-time in UCLA single-season history … was third on the team in scoring (445) and steals (56) … was chosen by Athletes in Action to travel to Poland (June 17-26) to compete against the women’s national teams of France, Poland and Latvia. HONORS: Was named Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 by the coaches … named Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic. PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 2nd - Offensive Rebounds (122, 3.5 orpg); 5th - Blocks (1.6 bpg); 6th - Field-Goal Percentage (.492); 9th - Rebounding (285, 8.1 rpg); 10th - Free-Throw Percentage (.679); 11th - Steals (1.6 spg); 14th - Defensive Rebounds (163, 4.7 drpg); 18th - Scoring (445). Pac-12 Games: 2nd - Offensive Rebounds (3.6 orpg); 6th - Blocks (1.7 bpg); 10th - Rebounding (7.9 rpg); 14th - Defensive Rebounds (4.3 drpg); 15th - Steals (1.5 spg); 21st - Scoring (11.3 ppg). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 63rd - Rebounds (285); 64th - Blocks (56); 80th - Field-Goal Percentage (.492); 93rd - Blocks Per Game (1.6); 133rd - Rebounds Per Game (8.1); 147th - Field Goals Made (178).
2014-15:
Was one of three Bruins to play in all 37 games, making two starts ... had at least one rebound in every game (37-of-37) including five or more in 18-of-37 games and double-digit efforts twice ... had at least one block in 24-of-37 including multiple blocks in 16-of-37 games ... scored in double figures five times including a season-high 14 points in the home win over Colorado (Feb. 6) ... led the team in field goal percentage (.468, 81-for-173) and was second in blocks with 50 (1.4 bpg), and in rebounding (5.0 rpg) and was third in steals (38, 1.0 spg) ... registered her first double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds to go with four blocks in a win over Sacramento State (Dec. 12) ... made her first career start and had two points, three rebounds and a season-high five blocks in a home loss to Oregon (Jan. 5) ... the five blocks against the Ducks were tied for the sixth-most in the Pac-12 (all games) and tied for the second-most in league play ... had eight points, three rebounds and a block in her first collegiate game at James Madison (Nov. 14) ... followed with seven points, a season-high 12 rebounds, two blocks, one assist and one steal in a loss at No. 13 North Carolina (Nov. 16) ... just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine boards in a loss to Miami (Dec. 18) and nine points and nine rebounds in a loss to No. 11/16 Stanford (Jan. 23). HONORS: Was named to the Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team by the coaches. PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 9th - Blocks (1.4 bpg); 26th - Double-Doubles (1). Pac-12 Games: 6th - Blocks (1.3 bpg). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 147th - Blocks (1.4 bpg).
HIGH SCHOOL:
Lettered four years in basketball as a forward under head coach David Wolfe at Santiago High School (Corona, Calif.) and for three years in track and field in the high jump for coach Ken Lindsay ... averaged 18.3 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.1 blocks, 2.1 steals and 1.5 assists per game in 2013-14 but missed the last 10 games due to injury as Santiago HS finished the year 15-10 and 3-7 in the Big VIII League ... the Sharks captured the 2013 CIF-SS Division IAA championship with a 29-3 record and a 10-0 mark in the Big VIII ... she averaged 12.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.4 blocks and 2.3 steals per game during the 2012-13 season ... she was named first team All-Big VIII League in 2013 and 2014 and All-CIF both years as well ... also named first team All-State in 2014 ... she averaged 10.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game as a sophomore (2012-13) as SHS went 31-2 overall and 14-0 in league play ... won the league high jump title three times and set the Santiago High School record (5-feet-8-inches) ... Billings was ranked as one of the Top 30 players in the country by most recruiting services including No. 17 by Prospects Nation, No. 20 by PB Media, No. 27 by Full Court and No. 37 by ESPN’s HoopGurlz ... she was also ranked near the top in the forward rankings, coming in as the No. 6 rated forward by Prospects Nation, No. 8 by HoopGurlz, No. 9 by PB Media and No. 10 by Full Court ... participated in the USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team Trials in May of 2014 ... played club basketball for West Coast Premier.
PERSONAL:
Full name: Monique Charice Billings ... right-handed ... born May 2, 1996 in Riverside, Calif. ... her parents are Chuck and Jane Billings ... has one sister, Andrea ... says she chose to attend UCLA because, “I want to be a part of something special and be the first to raise an NCAA women’s basketball banner” ... biggest thrill so far in her athletic career was winning a CIF title in her junior year (2013) and on being invited to attend the Team USA U18 trials in May of 2014 ... hobbies include singing, modeling and thrift shopping ... majoring in sociology.
