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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Hilani Cantone #4 G

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Apopka HS
  • Hometown:
    Apopka, Fla.
  • Prev School:
    Kentucky State

Summary

Biography

2024-25
HBCU All-Star Watch List (11/21)
All-SIAC First Team

2022-23
SIAC Player of the Week (12/13)

2024-2025 (AT TUSKEGEE): The Golden Tigers’ leading scorer and one of the SIAC’s most reliable guards, Cantone averaged 12.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.6 steals in 30 starts while shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three ... She recorded 20 double-figure scoring performances, highlighted by a season-high 26 points in a win over Albany State (3/1) ... Cantone twice reached 20 points on the road, including a 20-point effort on 7-for-14 shooting at Kentucky State (2/15) ... She also posted 19 points in the conference victory over Clark Atlanta (3/07) and tallied 17 points at North Georgia (12/2) ... Cantone added 15 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double against Columbus State (11/23), and she pulled down a season-best 11 rebounds in two games, at Fort Valley State (12/16) and again versus Albany State (3/01) ... Defensively, she recorded multiple steals in 15 contests and posted four steals in the opener at West Alabama (11/12) ... Cantone finished her senior season as Tuskegee’s most complete offensive weapon and one of the team’s most consistent all-around performers.

2023-24 (AT KENTUCKY STATE): Played in 22 games, starting six while averaging 24.5 minutes per game … Averaged 8.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game … Shot 43.0 percent from the floor and 38.1 percent from long range with the Thorobreds … Recorded 27 steals and six blocks … Scored in double figure in ten games on the year, including season-high 17 points against West Liberty (11/17) … Scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds, a career-high seven steals, and five assists against Albany State (12/18).
 
2022-23 (AT KENTUCKY STATE): Played in 25 games with 23 starts … Scored 289 points (11.6 ppg) with 116 rebounds, 84 assists and 35 steals … Finished second the season averaging 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game with shooting splits of 36.0 percent from the field and 27.1 percent from three-point range … Finished in double figures in 16 of 25 games … Scored over 20 points in five contests including a season-high 24 points and four threes at St. Augustine’s (11/18) … Played 26 minutes in the SIAC Championship Tournament versus Edward Waters (2/28), scoring 11 points, grabbing four rebounds, and three assists … Tallied 20 points and six assists against Edward Waters (11/28) … Scored 20 points to go along with four steals in 30 minutes versus Simmons (12/10) … Recorded 22 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against Bluefield State (1/19).
 
2021-22 (AT KENTUCKY STATE): Played in 19 games with 16 starts, averaging 28.4 minutes per game … Posted numbers of 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game … Shot 42.9 percent from the floor and 31.4 from three in her first year with KSU, while averaging nearly two steals per contest.
 
2020-21 (AT ARKANSAS STATE): Played in 15 games, averaging 8.1 minutes per game … Averaged 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds … Shot 32.0 percent from the floor in her first year and notched an assist/turnover ratio of 1.13 … Played 20 minutes in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament versus South Alabama (3/5), scoring 2 points and grabbing 6 rebounds … Tallied 6 points and a season-high 3 steals against Champion Christian (12/17) … Scored a season-high 10 points in 23 minutes versus Champion Christian (12/15) with 5 assists and 2 steals. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Apopka High School her senior season after beginning her prep career at DME Sports Academy … Averaged 13.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists as a senior for AHS, leading the Blue Darters to a 24-4 overall record in 2019-20 … Also nabbed 3.2 steals per contest as a senior … Helped Apopka to a Florida 7A District 3 Tournament crown and a Region 1 semifinal finish in the Class 7A state tournament … As a junior for DME, averaged 10.8 points, 3.9 boards and 2.8 assists to help her team to a 28-8 overall mark.

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