2005-06: Appeared in 27 games for the Lady Rams, starting six contests...Recorded 530 minutes of playing time on the season for an average of 20.4 minutes per contest, more than any WSSU rookie...Scored 163 points on the season for an average of 6.3 points per game...Hit 61 of her 137 field goal attempts on the season for a field goal shooting percentage of .445...Hit her lone three-point field goal attempt of the season for a perfect three-point field goal shooting percentage of 1.00...Converted on 40 of her 61 free throw attempts for a FT percentage of .656...Pulled down 124 rebounds, the most of any WSSU rookie for an average of 4.8 rebounds per contest...Tallied 27 assists and 45 turnovers...Recorded 16 blocks and 27 steals...Led the Lady Rams in scoring five times...Led the Lady Rams in rebounding five times...Led the Lady Rams in scoring and rebounding in the same contest twice...Recorded a season-high and career-high 18 points at Fayetteville State University on February 19, 2006....Recorded a career-high and season-high 10 rebounds at Johnson C. Smith University on February 11, 2006...Recorded a career-high 30 minutes of playing time at Appalachian State on December 6, 2005...12th in the CIAA blocks per game (.65 bpg).

Personal: The 2005-06 season marks Saunders' first as a member of the Lady Rams' basketball team...A native of Greensboro, NC she is a 2005 graduate of Dudley High School where she earned numerous basketball honors...Named the Piedmont Triad 3-A Most Valuable Player her senior season at Dudley High School...An All-Area First-Team selection...An All-Guilford County First-Team selection...A participant in the East vs. West All-Star Game...An All-Tournament Team selection in the State Regionals...A Bill Lee Athletic Scholar...Averaged 18.0 points and 14.1 rebounds per game her senior season...Also a member of the Panther's Track and Field team where whe was a sprinter...The daughter of Audrea Saunders...A Mathematics major at WSSU, she is concentrating on a Secondary Education curriculum...Born in High Point, NC on January 29, 1987...Will look to compete for playing time at the power forward slot.

Coach Stokes on Candace: "I have been pleased with what I have seen from Candace Saunders during the post season workouts. Candace could see time at the small and power forward positions. She has a nice stroke and we will count on her scoring abilities inside and out."

Saunders' Statistics:

YearGP/GSMin-AvgFG-FGAPct.3FG-3FGAPct.FT-FTAPct.Reb.ATOBlk.Stl.Pts.Avg.
2005-0626-6530-20.461-137.4451-11.0040-61.65672274516271636.3
Totals26-6530-20.461-137.4451-11.0040-61.65672274516271636.3