Biography

International Experience

Helped Australia to a third-place finish at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup in Lithuania, its best finish in the biennial competition since a second-place showing in 1997… Attended team camp for the Australian Senior National Team (Opals) in April 2019... Named to the Australian Senior National Team in July 2020



Senior Season (2019-20)

Diagnosed with Stage 2 Grade 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (breast cancer) on June 18... Underwent a successful double mastectomy on Nov. 6.... Sat out the entire season and did not play in any games



Junior Season (2018-19)

Associated Press (AP) All-America Honorable Mention … WBCA All-America Honorable Mention … Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award Top-5 Finalist… Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List, Nancy Lieberman Watch List, and Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 List…All-ACC First Team… All-ACC Tournament Team… Cancun Challenge MVP… Four Time ACC Player of the Week (11/26), (1/7), (1/14), (3/4)…Named USBWA and Citizen Naismith National Player of the Week (1/13)…Syracuse Female Athlete of the Year...Became the all-time leader in career assists with 591 against South Dakota State in the NCAA Tournament (3/25)…Broke ACC Tournament assist record with 13 versus Miami (3/8)…Had first points-rebounds-assists triple-double in program history against UNC with 34 pts, 10 rebs, 10 assists (1/13)…Became the fastest player in program history to score 1,000 points surpassing the mark with a three-pointer before the buzzer to end the first quarter at Boston College (3/3)…Matched career-high 44 points at Florida State (2/28)... Had a season high 15 assists vs. Niagara (12/17)…Pulled down a season high 10 rebounds versus DePaul in the Cancun Challenge (11/23)…Recorded a season high five steals in the first round of the NCAA Tournament versus Fordham (3/23)…Made a season high 16 filed goals at Florida State (2/28)…Led the Orange in points (573), points per game (16.9), assists (287), assists per game (8.4), and free throw percentage (88.2%).



Sophomore Season (2017-18)

Named a top-10 finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award and First Team All-ACC by both the coaches and Blue Ribbon Panel ... Led the nation in assists (304) and assists per game (9.8) en route to setting program and Atlantic Coast Conference records ... Averaged 17.5 points, 9.8 assists, and 3.8 rebounds per game, including 14 double-double performances in points and assists ... Played a career-high 41 minutes against Stony Brook (12/3) ... Against Vanderbilt in the 2018 Paradise Jam (11/24), broke the Syracuse single-game assists record with 17 dishes in the game and was 9-for-9 at the free throw line ... Was tabbed as the Jam's MVP after totaling 41 points and 41 assists including three consecutive double-doubles in the tournament (11/23-11/25) ... Had a career-high eight steals against UNLV (12/22) ... Scored a season-high 44 points against Georgia Tech (1/4), second-most by any Syracuse player, men’s or women’s, in Carrier Dome history and was 20-of-21 from the free throw line (both season-highs) ... Pulled down a season-high nine rebounds in 37 minutes of work at Miami (1/18) ... In the ACC tournament second round against Virginia Tech, led the Orange with 17 points and nine assists.



Hutchinson Community College (2015-17)

Did not play in any games.



Personal

Tiana Cynthia Mangakahia ... Born April 1995 in Australia ... Daughter of Cynthia and Terei Mangakahia ... Has five brothers ... Earned her undergraduate degree in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2019 and is currently pursuing a masters in sport venue and event management.