2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 9
Missy Nuku
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- International School
- Hometown:
- Tauranga, New Zealand
2025-26
- Made an appearance in 25 games, starting once.
- Closed out the season averaging 5.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in 23.2 minutes per game.
- Finished the season with 131 points, including back-to-back 10-point games in the MAAC Championship, her first in double figures in a Pioneer uniform. Combined in those two games to shoot 6-of-13 from the field.
- Dished out 60 assists, third most on the team, in the 25 games she played, leading the team with an average of 2.4 assists per game.
- Finished three games with 5 or more assists, including in her season debut at home against Mercy (Nov. 25) when she finished with five assists to go along with eight points.
- Set a season-high with six assists twice against Niagara (Jan. 1) and at Mount St. Mary’s (Feb. 26).
- Also finished with 18 steals.
- Closed out the season shooting 34.6 percent from the field (44-of-127), including 14 three pointers.
Before Sacred Heart
- Transferred to Sacred Heart from Lakeland College (Alberta, Canada).
- As a rookie, helped lead Lakeland to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, rounding out the 2024 season with an undefeated record through 26 games.
- Was named CCAA All-Canadian and women’s basketball Player of the Year after the 2024 season.
- In two seasons with the Rustlers she played in 28 games, started in 26, finishing with 385 points while shooting 39.5 percent (140-of-354) from the field, including 41 three pointers.
- Her 14.2 points per game as a freshman led the team.
Personal
- Daughter of Kiharoa Nuku and Mihi Gardiner.
- Has two siblings, Ihipera Nuku and Miringiwai Gardiner.
Mic'd Up: Missy Nuku
Tuesday, September 23
Episode 1
Friday, September 27
Saige Harper Paris 2024
Tuesday, April 16
Behind the Boards (MIH): Season 2, Episode 13
Friday, March 08
















































