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Georgia Southern University Athletics

2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster

Dave Mayo

23 Tatum Barber

  • Position G
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool Liberty Christian HS

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List

SENIOR (2020-21)
Played in 23 games, starting four, as a senior for the Eagles ... Averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game ... Shot 41.9% from the floor (57-of-136) and 36.7% from three-point range (18-of-49) ... Made 38-of-58 from the free throw line (65.5%) ... Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in Georgia Southern's 77-69 win over Georgia State on February 11 ... Had six games of double digit scoring ... Made a school-record seven straight three-pointers from January 8 through January 15 ... Finished her Georgia Southern career with 938 points and a career 8.9 ppg scoring average.

JUNIOR (2019-20)
Played in 30 games, starting 17, for the Eagles as a junior ... Averaged a team-leading 12.3 points per contest, which ranked 15th in the Sun Belt Conference ... Also averaged a team-best 5.7 rebounds per game ... First Georgia Southern women's basketball player to lead the team in scoring and rebounding since Shawnda Atwood in 2007-08 ... Averaged 12.5 points per game in Sun Belt Conference contests ... Shot 77.1% from the free throw line (84-of-109), ranking eighth in the Sun Belt and 166th in NCAA Division I ... Scored a career-high 31 points against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 20, her first 30+ point performance as an Eagle ... Reached 20 double digit scoring games as a junior ... Notched back-to-back double-doubles with 20 points and 10 rebounds at Arkansas State on Jan. 11 and 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Troy on Jan. 16 ... Hit 7-of-9 shots from the floor, including 5-of-6 three-pointers, en route to 21 points in the Eagles' 81-56 win over Georgia State on Jan. 25 ... Enters her senior season needing just 232 points to reach 1,000 for her collegiate career.

SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Played in all 29 games, making 20 starts, as a sophomore for the Eagles ... Averaged 11.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game ... Ranked 17th in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring ... Averaged 12.7 points per game in Sun Belt Conference play ... Scored a career-high 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 on three-pointers, at Troy on Feb. 16 ... Registered her first career double-double with 20 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Louisiana on Feb. 7, helping the Eagles claim a 79-71 Sun Belt win over the Ragin' Cajuns ... Also had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Arkansas State on March 2 ... Reached double digit scoring 16 times and scored 20 or more points three times ... Notched a career-high six steals vs. Coastal Georgia on Dec. 14.

FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Played in 23 games, averaging 7.1 minutes per game for the Eagles as a freshman ... Averaged 2.6 points a game and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Scored a season high 13 points vs Savannah State (11/29) ... Hit 2-of-3 three-pointers in her collegiate debut at Mercer (11/16) ... Played a season-high 18 minutes, grabbing four rebounds and dishing out three assists at UCF (12/10).

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas under head coach Ken Burroughs ... Lettered in basketball, volleyball and track and field for the Warriors ... Earned first-team All-State Academic and All-District honors as well as second-team All-State honors, averaging 18 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game ... Shot 48.6 percent from the field ... Also earned second-team All-State honors as a sophomore ... LIberty Christian captured the Texas state championship in 2015 & 2016.

PERSONAL
Born Tatum Ann Barber on July 1, 1999, in Plano, Texas ... Daughter of Sean and Julie Barber ... Has two siblings, Taylor and Teaghan .... Father, Sean, played baseball for Missouri Valley State ... Brother, Taylor, plays baseball at UT San Antonio.

MAJOR
Sport Management

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Freshman

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    2018-19Sophomore

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    2019-20Junior

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    2020-21Senior

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