Layla Acosta

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Layla Acosta
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Haines City, FL
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Haines City
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    16.1
  • fg %
    41.3
  • 3pt %
    32.5
  • ft %
    68.4
  • reb/g
    4.1
  • a/g
    2.3
Bio

GENERAL: Majoring in criminal justice, law, and behavioral science…Chose Russell Sage College for its small campuses and tight-knit community…Mentioned that she likes how RSC feels like home…Listed drawing, painting, and fashion as some activities she enjoys…Started playing basketball when she was seven…Picked time travel as her preferred superpower…Listed Tom and Jerry as her favorite TV show and Chipotle as her favorite food…Cited LeBron James as an athlete she admires…Is the daughter of Stephanie and Rudolfo.

AS A SENIOR (2025-26): Voted first-team All-Empire 8 Conference...Closed her season ranked fourth on the RSC career scoring list with 1,276 career points...Surpassed 1,000 career points in the home win vs. SUNY Cobleskill (12/1)...Became just the tenth RSC Women's Basketball player to reach the milestone...Tabbed the E8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 9...Led all players with 24 points on 47.3 percent shooting in the season-opening victory vs. Bard (11/8)...Selected the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, December 7...Topped all participants with 26 points on 43.5 percent shooting in the home victory vs. SUNY Cobleskill (12/1)...Chosen the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 1...Averaged 22.3 points across three games...Made 39.3 percent of her field goal attempts...Totaled 11 assists, 10 rebounds, and five steals in the 2-1 week...Scored 35 points at SUNY Brockport (1/30)...Passed Mary Leary '83 for fourth place on the program's career scoring list with the output, tied for the third-most in a game by an RSC player...On January 12, 2019, Emily Parslow '19, who is third on the program career scoring list,  scored 35 points vs. Nazareth...Appeared in 25 games...Made 22 starts...Helped the Gators qualify for the E8 Tournament for the second-straight year...Headed into the playoff ranked fourth in the Conference in scoring average...Tallied 16.1 points per-game on 41,3 percent shooting...Made 36.0 percent of her three-point attempts...Averaged 4.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.5 steals...Scored 20 or more points on eight occasions...Topped the Gators with 37 steals...Dished out 37 assists...Recorded four blocked shots...Closed the season fourth in program career records with 168 made three-pointers...Ranked tenth among Gators with 473 career rebounds and tied for ninth with a 12.4 scoring average...Sat seventh in RSC career records with 206 made foul shots...Shot 78.9 percent from the charity stripe in her career, third-best by an RSC player...Registered double figures in 20 games...Made six three pointers at SUNY Brockport (1/30)...Grabbed 10 rebounds in the home victory vs. Saint John Fisher (1/24)...Dished out six assists twice (1/16, 1/30)...Tallied five steals in the season opener vs. Bard (11/8).

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25): Voted second-team All-E8...Played in all 26 contests...Started 25 games...Selected an E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 9...Averaged 20.3 points on 45.8 percent shooting in the 3-0 week...Ranked eighth in the E8 in scoring at 12.8 points per-game...Made 34.1 percent of her shot attempts...Led the Conference with a 89.0 free throw percentage, a program single-season record...Percentage ranked fourth in the nation at the end of the season...Scored in double figures 18 times...Registered four 20+ point performances...Totaled 37 steals, 112 rebounds, 50 assists and three blocks...Closed the season atop the program's career record book with an 83.2 free throw percentage...Ranked sixth among Gators with 129 career made three-pointers...Finished the year with 873 career points, just 127 away from becoming the tenth RSC player to surpass 1,000 career points...Scored 26 points on 57.1 percent shooting in the win at Utica (2/8)...Dished out five assists twice...Came up with four steals on two occasions...Reeled in eight rebounds at SUNY Poly (1/24).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Voted third-team All-E8...Started all 25 games on the campaign...Averaged a team-high 14.5 points per-game, good for fifth in the E8 at the start of the postseason...Registered 15.0 points per-game in E8 regular season games, fourth-best on the circuit...Topped the E8 by making 33.9 percent of her three-point attempts during the regular season...Ranked second in the Conference for the regular season with 2.3 made three-pointers per-game...Brought down 5.7 rebounds per-game...Ranked fifth in the E8 by making 77.1 percent of her foul shots...Tallied three double-doubles...Scored in double figures 22 times...Reeled in 11 or more rebounds on three different occasions...Totaled 24 steals and 28 assists...Registered a career-high 30 points on 45.0 percent shooting in the E8 victory vs. Elmira (1/12)...Became just the seventh RSC player to score 30 or more points in a game...Dished out three assists vs. Nazareth (12/1)...Came up with four steals at Elmira (2/10)...Grabbed 12 boards at Houghton (1/20)...Received the Edwin Evans Award for Leadership from the RSC Division of Student Life...Made the RSC Dean's List for the spring semester.

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23): Selected the (1/9) E8 Rookie of the Week...Averaged 13.0 points across a pair of contests (1/6, 1/7)...Appeared in all 27 games...Averaged 6.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists...Made 35.5 percent of her field goals...Knocked down 41.3 percent of her three-point attempts...Scored in twin figures five times...Registered a season-high 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting at Elmira (1/6).

HIGH SCHOOL: Captained the program.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 25 15
Games started 22 12
Minutes 743 403
Minutes per game 29.7 26.9
FG 156-378 84-214
FG Pct 41.3 39.3
3PT 39-120 22-70
3PT Pct 32.5 31.4
FT 52-76 23-30
FT Pct 68.4 76.7
Off rebounds 16 12
Def rebounds 87 44
Total rebounds 103 56
Rebounds per game 4.1 3.7
Personal fouls 60 33
Disqualifications 3 1
Assists 57 38
Turnovers 89 39
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 1.0
Steals 37 23
Blocks 4 3
Points 403 213
Points per game 16.1 14.2
Points per 40.0 min 21.7 21.1
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 6 Elmira L, 71-49
Feb 7 Keuka W, 50-41
Feb 13 at Alfred L, 59-54
Feb 14 at Houghton L, 76-52
Feb 17 Hartwick W, 66-59
Feb 21 at SUNY Geneseo L, 59-41
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Bard W, 61-44 1 28 9-19 47.4 4-9 44.4 2-4 50.0 24
Nov 12 at Union L, 64-61 1 29 10-20 50.0 5-11 45.5 1-3 33.3 26
Nov 15 SUNY Morrisville W, 80-70 1 39 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) W, 67-56 1 33 7-13 53.8 0-1 0.0 4-7 57.1 18
Nov 22 SUNY Canton L, 72-51 1 35 5-16 31.3 1-3 33.3 5-11 45.5 16
Nov 29 Hartford W, 64-50 1 39 5-13 38.5 2-6 33.3 2-2 100.0 14
Dec 1 SUNY Cobleskill W, 71-68 1 35 10-23 43.5 2-6 33.3 4-6 66.7 26
Dec 11 at Westfield State L, 74-70 1 38 9-20 45.0 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0 23
Jan 3 at VTSU Castleton L, 63-54 1 28 8-17 47.1 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 18
Jan 6 at Utica W, 68-54 1 30 5-11 45.5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 10
Jan 9 at Keuka W, 66-57 1 36 13-28 46.4 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 29
Jan 10 at Elmira L, 74-54 1 35 7-20 35.0 1-7 14.3 2-3 66.7 17
Jan 13 SUNY Poly W, 59-55 1 40 3-15 20.0 2-7 28.6 2-2 100.0 10
Jan 16 Houghton W, 73-58 1 35 7-12 58.3 1-3 33.3 6-9 66.7 21
Jan 17 Alfred W, 64-49 1 21 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 23 Nazareth L, 80-45 1 15 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 24 SJFU W, 52-44 1 35 7-20 35.0 1-5 20.0 4-4 100.0 19
Jan 27 at Hartwick W, 68-63 1 26 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 5-5 100.0 13
Jan 30 at SUNY Brockport L, 71-66 1 38 13-33 39.4 6-16 37.5 3-5 60.0 35
Jan 31 at SUNY Geneseo W, 65-64 1 34 7-18 38.9 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 19
Feb 6 Elmira L, 71-49 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Keuka W, 50-41 1 4 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 13 at Alfred L, 59-54 - 19 5-13 38.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 10
Feb 14 at Houghton L, 76-52 - 7 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 17 Hartwick W, 66-59 - 28 9-17 52.9 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 22
Feb 21 at SUNY Geneseo L, 59-41 1 36 5-15 33.3 0-4 0.0 6-6 100.0 16
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Bard W, 61-44 1 28 0 2 2 1 6 5 0
Nov 12 at Union L, 64-61 1 29 1 3 4 1 2 0 0
Nov 15 SUNY Morrisville W, 80-70 1 39 0 8 8 5 7 1 0
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) W, 67-56 1 33 1 2 3 4 5 1 0
Nov 22 SUNY Canton L, 72-51 1 35 1 3 4 0 7 2 1
Nov 29 Hartford W, 64-50 1 39 0 8 8 1 5 0 0
Dec 1 SUNY Cobleskill W, 71-68 1 35 0 2 2 1 3 2 0
Dec 11 at Westfield State L, 74-70 1 38 1 4 5 3 8 2 0
Jan 3 at VTSU Castleton L, 63-54 1 28 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
Jan 6 at Utica W, 68-54 1 30 3 2 5 2 3 1 0
Jan 9 at Keuka W, 66-57 1 36 0 0 0 5 1 3 0
Jan 10 at Elmira L, 74-54 1 35 0 5 5 3 4 3 0
Jan 13 SUNY Poly W, 59-55 1 40 2 3 5 2 5 3 0
Jan 16 Houghton W, 73-58 1 35 1 8 9 6 1 3 0
Jan 17 Alfred W, 64-49 1 21 0 3 3 5 2 1 1
Jan 23 Nazareth L, 80-45 1 15 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 24 SJFU W, 52-44 1 35 2 8 10 1 4 2 0
Jan 27 at Hartwick W, 68-63 1 26 1 0 1 2 4 2 0
Jan 30 at SUNY Brockport L, 71-66 1 38 1 4 5 6 4 0 0
Jan 31 at SUNY Geneseo W, 65-64 1 34 0 4 4 3 3 3 0
Feb 6 Elmira L, 71-49 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Keuka W, 50-41 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 13 at Alfred L, 59-54 - 19 1 2 3 2 2 2 1
Feb 14 at Houghton L, 76-52 - 7 0 1 1 0 4 0 0
Feb 17 Hartwick W, 66-59 - 28 1 2 3 1 0 0 1
Feb 21 at SUNY Geneseo L, 59-41 1 36 0 8 8 3 6 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Bard W, 61-44 1 3 - 0.2
Nov 12 at Union L, 64-61 1 3 - 0.5
Nov 15 SUNY Morrisville W, 80-70 1 2 - 0.7
Nov 18 at Saint Joseph (Conn.) W, 67-56 1 5 1 0.8
Nov 22 SUNY Canton L, 72-51 1 1 - 0.0
Nov 29 Hartford W, 64-50 1 1 - 0.2
Dec 1 SUNY Cobleskill W, 71-68 1 2 - 0.3
Dec 11 at Westfield State L, 74-70 1 5 1 0.4
Jan 3 at VTSU Castleton L, 63-54 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 6 at Utica W, 68-54 1 2 - 0.7
Jan 9 at Keuka W, 66-57 1 1 - 5.0
Jan 10 at Elmira L, 74-54 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 13 SUNY Poly W, 59-55 1 3 - 0.4
Jan 16 Houghton W, 73-58 1 2 - 6.0
Jan 17 Alfred W, 64-49 1 3 - 2.5
Jan 23 Nazareth L, 80-45 1 5 1 0.0
Jan 24 SJFU W, 52-44 1 2 0 0.3
Jan 27 at Hartwick W, 68-63 1 3 0 0.5
Jan 30 at SUNY Brockport L, 71-66 1 2 0 1.5
Jan 31 at SUNY Geneseo W, 65-64 1 2 0 1.0
Feb 6 Elmira L, 71-49 - - - -
Feb 7 Keuka W, 50-41 1 1 - -
Feb 13 at Alfred L, 59-54 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 14 at Houghton L, 76-52 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 17 Hartwick W, 66-59 - 1 - -
Feb 21 at SUNY Geneseo L, 59-41 1 1 - 0.5
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 27 23.9 2.0-5.7 1.2-3.0 1.3-1.6 6.6
2023-24 25 29.2 5.0-15.4 2.3-6.7 2.2-2.8 14.5
2024-25 26 27.7 4.4-12.8 1.5-5.3 2.5-2.8 12.8
2025-26 25 29.7 6.2-15.1 1.6-4.8 2.1-3.0 16.1
Total 103 27.6 4.4-12.2 1.6-4.9 2.0-2.5 12.4
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 27 21 644 55-155 35.5 33-80 41.3 35-42 83.3 178
2023-24 25 25 730 126-385 32.7 57-168 33.9 54-70 77.1 363
2024-25 26 25 721 114-334 34.1 39-139 28.1 65-73 89.0 332
2025-26 25 22 743 156-378 41.3 39-120 32.5 52-76 68.4 403
Total 103 93 2838 451-1252 36.0 168-507 33.1 206-261 78.9 1276
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 27 644 23.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 41.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
2023-24 25 730 29.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
2024-25 26 721 27.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
2025-26 25 743 29.7 8.4-20.3 2.1-6.5 32.5 2.8-4.1 21.7
Total 103 2838 27.6 6.4-17.6 2.4-7.1 33.1 2.9-3.7 18.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 27 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.9 2.9 1.0 0.2
2023-24 25 0.8 4.9 5.7 1.1 2.6 1.0 0.1
2024-25 26 0.9 3.4 4.3 1.9 3.2 1.4 0.1
2025-26 25 0.6 3.5 4.1 2.3 3.6 1.5 0.2
Total 103 0.9 3.7 4.6 1.8 3.1 1.2 0.1
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 27 21 29 86 115 51 77 28 5
2023-24 25 25 21 122 143 28 66 24 2
2024-25 26 25 24 88 112 50 84 37 3
2025-26 25 22 16 87 103 57 89 37 4
Total 103 93 90 383 473 186 316 126 14
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 27 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023-24 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024-25 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2025-26 25 0.9 4.7 5.5 3.1 4.8 2.0 0.2
Total 103 1.3 5.4 6.7 2.6 4.5 1.8 0.2
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 25 29.7 6.2-15.1 1.6-4.8 2.1-3.0 16.1
Conference 15 26.9 5.6-14.3 1.5-4.7 1.5-2.0 14.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 29.5 5.2-13.1 1.5-4.2 2.1-3.2 13.9
Away 13 29.9 7.2-17.0 1.6-5.3 2.1-2.9 18.2
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 15 30.9 6.1-14.3 1.6-4.5 2.0-2.7 15.7
Losses 10 28.0 6.5-16.4 1.5-5.2 2.2-3.5 16.7
Month
November 6 33.8 6.7-14.8 2.2-5.5 2.3-4.5 17.8
December 2 36.5 9.5-21.5 2.0-5.0 3.5-4.5 24.5
January 12 31.1 6.3-16.4 1.5-5.2 2.1-2.8 16.3
February 5 18.8 4.2-9.8 0.8-3.0 1.2-1.2 10.4
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 25 22 743 156-378 41.3 39-120 32.5 52-76 68.4 403
Conference 15 12 403 84-214 39.3 22-70 31.4 23-30 76.7 213
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 12 11 354 62-157 39.5 18-51 35.3 25-38 65.8 167
Away 13 11 389 94-221 42.5 21-69 30.4 27-38 71.1 236
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 15 14 463 91-214 42.5 24-68 35.3 30-41 73.2 236
Losses 10 8 280 65-164 39.6 15-52 28.8 22-35 62.9 167
Month
November 6 6 203 40-89 44.9 13-33 39.4 14-27 51.9 107
December 2 2 73 19-43 44.2 4-10 40.0 7-9 77.8 49
January 12 12 373 76-197 38.6 18-62 29.0 25-34 73.5 195
February 5 2 94 21-49 42.9 4-15 26.7 6-6 100.0 52
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 25 743 29.7 8.4-20.3 2.1-6.5 32.5 2.8-4.1 21.7
Conference 15 403 26.9 8.3-21.2 2.2-6.9 31.4 2.3-3.0 21.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 12 354 29.5 7.0-17.7 2.0-5.8 35.3 2.8-4.3 18.9
Away 13 389 29.9 9.7-22.7 2.2-7.1 30.4 2.8-3.9 24.3
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 15 463 30.9 7.9-18.5 2.1-5.9 35.3 2.6-3.5 20.4
Losses 10 280 28.0 9.3-23.4 2.1-7.4 28.8 3.1-5.0 23.9
Month
November 6 203 33.8 7.9-17.5 2.6-6.5 39.4 2.8-5.3 21.1
December 2 73 36.5 10.4-23.6 2.2-5.5 40.0 3.8-4.9 26.8
January 12 373 31.1 8.2-21.1 1.9-6.6 29.0 2.7-3.6 20.9
February 5 94 18.8 8.9-20.9 1.7-6.4 26.7 2.6-2.6 22.1
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 25 0.6 3.5 4.1 2.3 3.6 1.5 0.2
Conference 15 0.8 2.9 3.7 2.5 2.6 1.5 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 0.6 4.1 4.7 1.9 3.5 1.6 0.3
Away 13 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.6 3.6 1.4 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 15 0.7 3.5 4.3 2.6 3.3 1.8 0.1
Losses 10 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.8 4.0 1.0 0.2
Month
November 6 0.5 4.3 4.8 2.0 5.3 1.5 0.2
December 2 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.0 5.5 2.0 0.0
January 12 0.8 3.4 4.3 2.9 2.8 1.8 0.1
February 5 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.2 2.4 0.4 0.4
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 25 22 16 87 103 57 89 37 4
Conference 15 12 12 44 56 38 39 23 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 11 7 49 56 23 42 19 3
Away 13 11 9 38 47 34 47 18 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 15 14 11 53 64 39 49 27 2
Losses 10 8 5 34 39 18 40 10 2
Month
November 6 6 3 26 29 12 32 9 1
December 2 2 1 6 7 4 11 4 0
January 12 12 10 41 51 35 34 22 1
February 5 2 2 14 16 6 12 2 2
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 25 0.9 4.7 5.5 3.1 4.8 2.0 0.2
Conference 15 1.2 4.4 5.6 3.8 3.9 2.3 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 0.8 5.5 6.3 2.6 4.7 2.1 0.3
Away 13 0.9 3.9 4.8 3.5 4.8 1.9 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 15 1.0 4.6 5.5 3.4 4.2 2.3 0.2
Losses 10 0.7 4.9 5.6 2.6 5.7 1.4 0.3
Month
November 6 0.6 5.1 5.7 2.4 6.3 1.8 0.2
December 2 0.5 3.3 3.8 2.2 6.0 2.2 0.0
January 12 1.1 4.4 5.5 3.8 3.6 2.4 0.1
February 5 0.9 6.0 6.8 2.6 5.1 0.9 0.9