Ashley Lester

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Ashley Lester
  • Height:
    5'8
  • Hometown:
    Athens, Georgia
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    Freshman
  • gp
    30
  • pts/g
    12.0
  • fg %
    34.8
  • 3pt %
    35.3
  • ft %
    76.4
  • reb/g
    3.7
  • a/g
    1.1
Bio

High School: Lester joins the Bucs from Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, Georgia where she was a four time All-Region selection including earning 1st Team honors as a junior and senior.  As a senior she averaged 15.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, finishing her career with 1,452 points which ranked in the top 10 in school history. 

Personal: Born March 7, 2005, she is the daughter of LaTasha & Cedric Lester. She has a younger sibling, Jaden (11).

CAREER HIGHS AT FSW
Points 32  vs. Hillsborough (Jan. 13, 2024)
Field Goals Made 10  vs. Santa Fe College (Feb. 15, 2024)
3P Field Goals Made 6  Three times, last vs. Hillsborough (Jan. 13, 2024)
Free Throws Made 8  vs. Hillsborough (Jan. 13, 2024)
Rebounds 10  vs. #20 Santa Fe (Feb. 24, 2024)
Assists 4  vs. Bishop State (Dec. 29, 2023)
Minutes 37  vs. Indian River (Dec. 13, 2023)

Updated 3/21/24

  

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 30 21
Games started 25 20
Minutes 786 580
Minutes per game 26.2 27.6
FG 120-345 90-256
FG Pct 34.8 35.2
3PT 78-221 53-166
3PT Pct 35.3 31.9
FT 42-55 30-40
FT Pct 76.4 75.0
Off rebounds 35 29
Def rebounds 76 57
Total rebounds 111 86
Rebounds per game 3.7 4.1
Personal fouls 60 40
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 33 24
Turnovers 34 19
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.3
Steals 20 14
Blocks 4 1
Points 360 263
Points per game 12.0 12.5
Points per 40 min 18.3 18.1
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 21 St. Petersburg College W, 85-63
Feb 24 Santa Fe College L, 72-63
Feb 28 at Miami Dade College W, 81-68
Mar 2 at Indian River State College L, 89-86
Mar 4 Daytona State College W, 78-66
Mar 14 vs. #5 Northwest Florida L, 68-42
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 6 at Nova Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Lynn University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Eckerd University - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 vs. Pensacola State College L, 75-57 - 6 1-7 14.3 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 5
Nov 4 vs. Southern Crescent Technical College W, 86-31 - 17 3-8 37.5 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 9 vs. North Idaho College L, 65-48 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 10 vs. Yavapai College W, 74-65 - 28 8-16 50.0 6-12 50.0 2-2 100.0 24
Nov 11 at #4 Southern Idaho L, 76-63 1 28 4-11 36.4 4-6 66.7 3-4 75.0 15
Nov 25 vs. University of Puerto Rico - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 #20 Chipola L, 70-58 1 21 2-10 20.0 1-6 16.7 2-3 66.7 7
Dec 2 Western Wyoming Community College W, 52-48 1 35 7-15 46.7 6-10 60.0 3-4 75.0 23
Dec 9 at Miami Dade College W, 59-48 1 31 2-12 16.7 2-8 25.0 2-2 100.0 8
Dec 11 at St. Petersburg College W, 55-45 1 35 4-20 20.0 2-12 16.7 3-3 100.0 13
Dec 13 Indian River State College L, 66-60 1 37 6-11 54.5 4-8 50.0 2-3 66.7 18
Dec 16 Hillsborough Community College - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 48-42 1 30 2-7 28.6 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 3 Hillsborough Community College W, 58-48 1 29 4-16 25.0 3-13 23.1 0-0 - 11
Jan 6 at #22 Eastern Florida L, 58-55 1 27 3-12 25.0 3-9 33.3 1-2 50.0 10
Jan 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 87-80 1 30 9-14 64.3 6-11 54.5 8-8 100.0 32
Jan 20 at St. Petersburg College W, 67-33 1 26 4-10 40.0 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 8
Jan 23 at Santa Fe College L, 56-55 1 28 6-13 46.2 4-8 50.0 0-2 0.0 16
Jan 25 at #15 Eastern Florida L, 74-38 1 26 1-6 16.7 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 5
Jan 27 Miami Dade College W, 44-39 1 23 1-12 8.3 1-10 10.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 31 Indian River State College W, 65-58 1 20 3-7 42.9 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 9
Feb 3 at Daytona State College W, 65-60 1 20 3-9 33.3 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 8
Feb 7 #9 Eastern Florida L, 75-67 1 36 7-16 43.8 5-10 50.0 2-3 66.7 21
Feb 13 at Hillsborough Community College L, 54-51 1 28 1-8 12.5 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3
Feb 15 at Santa Fe College W, 67-64 1 29 10-19 52.6 5-14 35.7 2-3 66.7 27
Feb 17 Daytona State College L, 64-61 1 31 5-16 31.3 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 11
Feb 21 St. Petersburg College W, 85-63 1 19 4-10 40.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Feb 24 Santa Fe College L, 72-63 1 30 4-16 25.0 4-13 30.8 1-3 33.3 13
Feb 28 at Miami Dade College W, 81-68 1 35 5-15 33.3 2-8 25.0 5-6 83.3 17
Mar 2 at Indian River State College L, 89-86 1 18 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 7
Mar 4 Daytona State College W, 78-66 0 22 5-8 62.5 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 13
Mar 14 vs. #5 Northwest Florida L, 68-42 1 30 3-12 25.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 9
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 6 at Nova Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Lynn University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Southeastern University - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Eckerd University - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 vs. Pensacola State College L, 75-57 - 6 1 1 2 0 5 0 0
Nov 4 vs. Southern Crescent Technical College W, 86-31 - 17 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
Nov 9 vs. North Idaho College L, 65-48 - 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 10 vs. Yavapai College W, 74-65 - 28 2 1 3 1 0 1 1
Nov 11 at #4 Southern Idaho L, 76-63 1 28 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Nov 25 vs. University of Puerto Rico - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 #20 Chipola L, 70-58 1 21 2 5 7 0 4 1 0
Dec 2 Western Wyoming Community College W, 52-48 1 35 0 2 2 1 2 2 1
Dec 9 at Miami Dade College W, 59-48 1 31 4 0 4 3 1 2 0
Dec 11 at St. Petersburg College W, 55-45 1 35 4 3 7 1 0 0 0
Dec 13 Indian River State College L, 66-60 1 37 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
Dec 16 Hillsborough Community College - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 48-42 1 30 0 3 3 4 3 1 1
Jan 3 Hillsborough Community College W, 58-48 1 29 2 4 6 0 0 1 0
Jan 6 at #22 Eastern Florida L, 58-55 1 27 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 87-80 1 30 4 2 6 1 0 1 0
Jan 20 at St. Petersburg College W, 67-33 1 26 1 1 2 0 0 2 0
Jan 23 at Santa Fe College L, 56-55 1 28 0 4 4 2 2 1 0
Jan 25 at #15 Eastern Florida L, 74-38 1 26 0 4 4 2 1 0 0
Jan 27 Miami Dade College W, 44-39 1 23 3 1 4 1 0 0 0
Jan 31 Indian River State College W, 65-58 1 20 0 1 1 2 1 0 0
Feb 3 at Daytona State College W, 65-60 1 20 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Feb 7 #9 Eastern Florida L, 75-67 1 36 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
Feb 13 at Hillsborough Community College L, 54-51 1 28 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Feb 15 at Santa Fe College W, 67-64 1 29 0 1 1 0 3 1 0
Feb 17 Daytona State College L, 64-61 1 31 2 1 3 1 1 1 0
Feb 21 St. Petersburg College W, 85-63 1 19 1 2 3 1 1 2 0
Feb 24 Santa Fe College L, 72-63 1 30 1 9 10 1 1 0 0
Feb 28 at Miami Dade College W, 81-68 1 35 3 6 9 0 1 0 0
Mar 2 at Indian River State College L, 89-86 1 18 2 3 5 2 1 1 0
Mar 4 Daytona State College W, 78-66 0 22 0 5 5 3 1 1 0
Mar 14 vs. #5 Northwest Florida L, 68-42 1 30 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 6 at Nova Southeastern University - - - -
Oct 21 at Lynn University - - - -
Oct 28 Southeastern University - - - -
Oct 28 Eckerd University - - - -
Nov 3 vs. Pensacola State College L, 75-57 - 3 - 0.0
Nov 4 vs. Southern Crescent Technical College W, 86-31 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 9 vs. North Idaho College L, 65-48 - 1 - -
Nov 10 vs. Yavapai College W, 74-65 - 2 - -
Nov 11 at #4 Southern Idaho L, 76-63 1 4 - -
Nov 25 vs. University of Puerto Rico - - - -
Dec 1 #20 Chipola L, 70-58 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 2 Western Wyoming Community College W, 52-48 1 1 0 0.5
Dec 9 at Miami Dade College W, 59-48 1 3 - 3.0
Dec 11 at St. Petersburg College W, 55-45 1 1 - -
Dec 13 Indian River State College L, 66-60 1 1 0 -
Dec 16 Hillsborough Community College - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Bishop State Community College W, 48-42 1 4 - 1.3
Jan 3 Hillsborough Community College W, 58-48 1 1 0 -
Jan 6 at #22 Eastern Florida L, 58-55 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 13 Hillsborough Community College W, 87-80 1 2 0 -
Jan 20 at St. Petersburg College W, 67-33 1 0 0 -
Jan 23 at Santa Fe College L, 56-55 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 25 at #15 Eastern Florida L, 74-38 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 27 Miami Dade College W, 44-39 1 4 0 -
Jan 31 Indian River State College W, 65-58 1 3 0 2.0
Feb 3 at Daytona State College W, 65-60 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 7 #9 Eastern Florida L, 75-67 1 1 0 -
Feb 13 at Hillsborough Community College L, 54-51 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 15 at Santa Fe College W, 67-64 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 17 Daytona State College L, 64-61 1 2 0 1.0
Feb 21 St. Petersburg College W, 85-63 1 3 0 1.0
Feb 24 Santa Fe College L, 72-63 1 3 0 1.0
Feb 28 at Miami Dade College W, 81-68 1 1 0 0.0
Mar 2 at Indian River State College L, 89-86 1 1 - 2.0
Mar 4 Daytona State College W, 78-66 0 1 0 3.0
Mar 14 vs. #5 Northwest Florida L, 68-42 1 0 0 -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2023-24 30 26.2 4.0-11.5 2.6-7.4 1.4-1.8 12.0
Total 30 26.2 4.0-11.5 2.6-7.4 1.4-1.8 12.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2023-24 30 25 786 120-345 34.8 78-221 35.3 42-55 76.4 360
Total 30 25 786 120-345 34.8 78-221 35.3 42-55 76.4 360
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2023-24 30 786 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 30 786 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2023-24 30 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.1
Total 30 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.1
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2023-24 30 25 35 76 111 33 34 20 4
Total 30 25 35 76 111 33 34 20 4
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2023-24 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 30 26.2 4.0-11.5 2.6-7.4 1.4-1.8 12.0
Conference 21 27.6 4.3-12.2 2.5-7.9 1.4-1.9 12.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 27.8 4.8-12.6 3.2-8.4 1.5-2.0 14.3
Away 12 27.6 3.8-11.8 2.1-7.2 1.7-2.2 11.4
Neutral 6 20.3 2.8-8.8 2.3-5.5 0.7-0.7 8.7
Result
Wins 16 26.8 4.6-12.4 2.9-8.1 1.6-1.9 13.8
Losses 14 25.5 3.3-10.5 2.3-6.5 1.1-1.8 10.0
Month
November 5 18.0 3.2-9.0 2.6-5.6 1.4-1.6 10.4
December 6 31.5 3.8-12.5 2.8-8.2 2.0-2.5 12.5
January 8 26.1 3.9-11.2 2.6-8.4 1.4-1.8 11.8
February 8 28.5 4.9-13.6 2.6-8.1 1.4-2.1 13.8
March 3 23.3 3.7-8.7 2.0-4.0 0.3-0.3 9.7
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 30 25 786 120-345 34.8 78-221 35.3 42-55 76.4 360
Conference 21 20 580 90-256 35.2 53-166 31.9 30-40 75.0 263
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 12 11 333 57-151 37.7 39-101 38.6 18-24 75.0 171
Away 12 12 331 46-141 32.6 25-87 28.7 20-27 74.1 137
Neutral 6 2 122 17-53 32.1 14-33 42.4 4-4 100.0 52
Result
Wins 16 13 429 74-198 37.4 46-130 35.4 26-30 86.7 220
Losses 14 12 357 46-147 31.3 32-91 35.2 16-25 64.0 140
Month
November 5 1 90 16-45 35.6 13-28 46.4 7-8 87.5 52
December 6 6 189 23-75 30.7 17-49 34.7 12-15 80.0 75
January 8 8 209 31-90 34.4 21-67 31.3 11-14 78.6 94
February 8 8 228 39-109 35.8 21-65 32.3 11-17 64.7 110
March 3 2 70 11-26 42.3 6-12 50.0 1-1 100.0 29
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 30 786 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 21 580 27.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 333 27.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 38.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 12 331 27.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 6 122 20.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 42.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 16 429 26.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 14 357 25.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 90 18.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 46.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 6 189 31.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 34.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 8 209 26.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 8 228 28.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 3 70 23.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 50.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 30 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.1
Conference 21 1.4 2.7 4.1 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 1.3 2.9 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.2
Away 12 1.3 2.6 3.8 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.0
Neutral 6 0.7 1.7 2.3 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.3
Result
Wins 16 1.6 2.2 3.8 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.2
Losses 14 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.1
Month
November 5 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.2
December 6 1.7 2.5 4.2 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.5
January 8 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.0
February 8 1.1 2.9 4.0 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.0
March 3 0.7 3.3 4.0 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 30 25 35 76 111 33 34 20 4
Conference 21 20 29 57 86 24 19 14 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 11 16 35 51 14 11 10 2
Away 12 12 15 31 46 13 14 7 0
Neutral 6 2 4 10 14 6 9 3 2
Result
Wins 16 13 25 35 60 18 16 15 3
Losses 14 12 10 41 51 15 18 5 1
Month
November 5 1 4 7 11 3 6 2 1
December 6 6 10 15 25 10 10 6 3
January 8 8 10 21 31 8 5 5 0
February 8 8 9 23 32 6 11 5 0
March 3 2 2 10 12 6 2 2 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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  • December 11, 2023
FSW Grinds Out Win at St. Pete

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers moved to 2-0 in Citrus Conference play Monday night in St. Petersburg, using a grinding effort to beat the Titans 55-45  despite shooting just 30% from the field in the contest.  

  • December 11, 2023
Ashley Lester (Photo by Linwood Ferguson/CaptivePhotons.com)
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  • December 02, 2023
Lester's Big Night Leads Bucs Past Mustangs

In what turned into a heavyweight slugfest at Suncoast Credit Union Arena Saturday afternoon between the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers and the Western Wyoming Mustangs, a hero emerged, as Ashley Lester nailed six three pointers and poured in nearly half her team's points as the Bucs pulled out a 52-48 win to wrap up the 2023 FSW Classic in Fort Myers. 

  • December 02, 2023
Makenna Shaffer (Photo by Roy Allen)
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  • November 12, 2023
Bucs Come Up Short Against #4 CSI

The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers went toe to toe with the 4th ranked College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles on the road Saturday night in Twin Falls, Idaho, but in front of a big home crowd, CSI was too much for the young Bucs, taking home a 76-63 win to drop FSW to 2-3 on the year. 

  • November 12, 2023
Makenna Shaffer (Photo by Roy Allen)
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  • November 11, 2023
Shaffer/Lester Lead Bucs to Comeback Win

 Thursday, it was a hot start and a slow finish for the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers, the opposite was true on Friday and so was the result as the Bucs shook off a 14-0 deficit to begin the game against Yavapai to come from behind for a 74-65 victory behind a combined 44 points from freshmen Ashley Lester and Makenna Shaffer. 

  • November 11, 2023