Jacksonville State University Athletics

2013-14: Saw action in all 32 games and earning starts in the post for all 32 games as a junior…nearly finished the season in double figures in the scoring column with a 9.9 points per game mark…led JSU in rebounding with 7.3 per game…ranked sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference in rebounds per game…listed third in the league in offensive rebounds with 3.0 boards per game on the offensive end of the floor…scored in double figures in 16 games…tallied six double-doubles throughout the season, including back-to-back double-doubles twice during the 2013-14 season…turned in 12 points and 10 rebounds against Georgia Southern (11/16) and 19 points and 11 boards versus Kennesaw State (11/20)…also reached double-double status in the Lipscomb and Mercer contests…established a new career high in a New Year’s Day match up at Samford (1/1) with 22 points in 31 minutes of action…was 8-of-15 from field and pulled down eight rebounds…pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds at New Orleans (11/23) …led JSU with 21 points and 12 rebounds in an 84-76 home win over Tennessee State…had a pair of blocks on two occasions against Samford and at Murray State (1/25)…dished out a career-best four assists in JSU’s opening round contest of the OVC Tournament against SIU Edwardsville (3/5)…had three steals against Morehead State (2/17).

2012-13: JSU’s top returning scorer after averaging 8.9 points per game as a sophomore…played in 27 of the 28 games…earned 22 starts, including 15 starts within Ohio Valley Conference play…led the Gamecocks on the backboards with 141 total rebounds and an average of 5.2 per contest…tallied 12 double figure games and rounded out the 2011-12 season with seven consecutive double digit scoring games…posted double-doubles in both games with Morehead State…established new career scoring and rebounding marks MSU in the match up in Jacksonville, Ala. (2/2), scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds…finished 7-of-18 on 34 minutes of activity in the first contest and followed that feat with a new career marks in Morehead later in February with 18 points and 10 rebounds…averaged 9.2 points per game against OVC competition…over the final seven games of the 2012-13 season, she averaged 14.6 points and 8.1 rebounds over the seven-game span. 

2011-12: Added depth at the post position in 2011-12, playing in all 29 games and starting three contests….in the starting line up at Samford (11/30), vs. Troy (12/4) and against OVC foe SIU Edwardsville (1/30)…averaged 3.8 points per game and pulled down 2.8 rebounds…scored in double figures twice against Florida International (12/17) and 11 versus Morehead State (1/9)…turned in a season-best 12 in the FIU contest…hauled in seven rebounds against Troy (12/4)…registered six of her 12 points vs. FIU from the free throw line…credited with three steals versus Eastern Kentucky (12/20) and dished out a pair of assists on three occasions…tallied a block at Kentucky (11/15), at North Florida (12/18) and at Southeast Missouri (1/2)… named to the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

High School: Played four season at North Clayton High School in the Atlanta, Ga. area … Voted NCHS’s Most Valuable Player all four seasons … Named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution's All-Metro Second Team as a junior … Named All-Region 4-AAAA her junior season and honored by 4shot.com as an All-Star … Averaged a double-double as a senior with 14.2 points per game along with pulling down 15 rebounds per contest … Helped guide NCHS to the state tournament after posting a 15-6 mark on the season … Ranked second in the region in scoring and led Region 4-AAAA in rebounds with 15.9 per game … Participated in volleyball, football and track and field as an NCHS Eagle … A First Team All District volleyball selection in 2009 and a First Team All Region honoree in 2009 on  the volleyball court … An Honor Student at NCHS … Maintained a 3.8 grade point average and ranked 21st in her class at NCHS.

Personal: Full name is Miranda Cantrell … Daughter of Robert Cantrell, Jr. and Cynthia Allen … Born February 25, 1993 in College Park, Ga. … Has two sisters (Cynthia Cantrell, Tameka Cantrell) and two brothers (Isiah Cantrell, Elijah Cantrell).