Junior (2014-15)
Saw action in 20 games, including six starts to start the season … scored a career best 16 points in her first game of season against Abilene Christian (Nov. 19) where she went 5-for-13 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 at the charity stripe with seven rebounds, two blocks and a career best five steals … scored in double figures four times … averaged 6.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, while averaging 22.7 minutes per outing … shot 75.9 percent (41-for-54) from the free throw line … garnered the Conference USA Winter Spirit of Service Award.
Sophomore (2013-14)
Appeared in 22 contests, earning a spot in the starting lineup on 12 occasions … averaged 4.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game … posted double-digit points on three occasions, including a season-best 13 versus Northwestern State (Nov. 21) … matched a career-best 10 boards against Tulsa (Jan. 8) … tied for seventh on the team in rebounds (88), while also adding 18 assists, 13 blocks and 24 steals … seven of 13 blocks came in Conference USA play, which ranked 18th … shot 52 percent (28-54) from the free throw line and 27 percent from the field.
Freshman (2012-13)
Came off the bench in all 30 games and averaged 5.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per contest … upped those averages in Western Athletic Conference play with 5.7 points and 4.6 boards per outing … shot 34.2 percent from the floor and 27.3 percent from behind the arc for the season including marks of 38.6 percent and 29.3 percent, respectively, in conference action … reached double-figure scoring four times and led the team in scoring once … led the team in rebounding five times … finished with a season-high 15 points on the strength of a pair of 3-pointers against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 7) … registered a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Seattle (March 2).
High School
A four-year starter for head coach Robert Rheinberger at Roosevelt High School … averaged 15.1 points, 11.1 rebounds, 5.4 steals, 5.0 assists and 3.7 blocks per game as a senior … named All-Region IV by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) and first-team All-District 26-5A and to the San Antonio Express-News Super Team and all-area team … named first-team all-district three times and earned second-team accolades as a freshman when she was the district’s Newcomer of the Year … also earned TABC all-region honors as a junior … graduated summa cum laude and in the top 10 percent of her class with a 4.0 GPA to earn TABC academic all-state honors … helped the Rough Riders track & field team to back-to-back district titles and went to state as a member of the 1,600-meter relay team.
Personal
Full name is Niaga Mitchell-Cole … born on March 19, 1994, in Tucson, Ariz. … daughter of Mikal Cole and Kimberly Johnson … has two sisters, Kiara and Alexis Johnson, and a brother, Michael Johnson … majoring in management.