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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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34 Shariah Gailes

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Brooklyn, Ohio
  • High School Brooklyn
  • Prev School University of Illinois Springfield
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Biography

CAREER HIGHS
Points:
37, vs. UIndy (2/17/24)*
Rebounds:
13 - 2x, last at Mount St. Mary’s (2/15/25)
Assists:
4 - 2x, last vs. Illinois (12/2/25)
*Achieved while at University of Illinois Springfield

2024-25 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Appeared in 29 games, making 12 starts
• Led team in rebounds with 234 on the season, the third best mark for a sophomore in program history
• Led team and ranked third in the MAAC in rebounds per game (8.1)
• Ranked second in the MAAC with 2.7 offensive rebounds per game
• Posted a team-high eight double-double on the season, ranking second in the MAAC in that category
• Scored in double-figures 13 times this season, highlighted
by her season-high 20 points in a home win over Merrimack (Feb. 8)
• Posted 11 games with 10-or-more rebounds

BEFORE CANISIUS
• A native of Brooklyn, Ohio, she joins the Canisius program after spending the 2023-24 season at Division II University of Illinois Springfield (UIS).
• Was named the UIS Female Rookie of the Year after she averaged 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in 29 contests for the Prairie Stars.
• Ended her freshman season as the UIS leader in field goal percentage after she shot 50.5 percent (97-for-192) from the field.
• A 2023-24 Great Lakes Valley Conference All-Freshmen Team selection, she had three double-double performances to her credit last season, including a 27-point, 12-rebound effort in a road win over William Jewel on Jan. 6, 2024.
• In UIS’ 101-96 victory over UIndy on Feb. 17, 2024, she scored a school-record 37 points after she went 12-for-21 from the field and 12-for-15 from the free-throw line, to go along with seven boards, four assists and a steal.
• In high school at Brooklyn High School, she was a two-time all-district honoree, a three-time team MVP and she earned All-Ohio Special Mention after her senior season in 2022-23.
• A four-year varsity letterwinner, she closed out her scholastic career with 1,020 career points and a school-record 1,101 career rebounds.
• Holds the Brooklyn High School record for points in a game (43) and the program's single-game rebounding record with 29.
• Set the Brooklyn High School single-season record for rebounds with 388 in 2022-23.

PERSONAL
• The daughter of James and Shronda Gailes.
• Has three sisters, Desiree, Diamond and Janee.
• Has one brother, Wallik.
• Majoring in sports and exercise health care.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2024-25Sophomore

    Forward
    6'0"
    34
  • 34

    2025-26Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    34