SIUE’s rugged, high-IQ frontcourt scorer with a steady free-throw touch
In her SIUE career, Gwen Adams was a reliable frontcourt presence who produced at a high level for the Cougars, finishing as one of the program’s all-time leading scorers with 1,155 points and showing a rare guard-like touch from the line, including an 80.9% free-throw rate in her final season and a career-best 91.9% in 2016-17. She mattered because she combined physicality, efficiency, and composure—exactly the kind of dependable, tough-minded big who stabilizes an offense when the game gets messy.
