2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Joiner, Moira

Jersey Number 22
Moira Joiner
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Heritage
- Hometown:
- Saginaw, Mich.
Bio
MSU Career Stats
GRADUATE (2023-24): Captured second-team All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in and started all 31 games ... Second on the team in scoring, averaging 14.7 ppg ... Ended her MSU career with 1,173 points ... Scored 12 points in the season opener, going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc against Oakland (11/8) ... Reached double figures with 13 points, going 5-for-8 from the field, against Wright State (11/12) ... One of three Spartans in double figures, scoring 17 points against Detroit Mercy (11/16) ... Despite a slow start, scored 11 points, going 3-for-7 from beyond the arc against James Madison at the Cancun Challenge (11/23) ... Led the team in scoring with 13 points and seven rebounds against Creighton at the Cancun Challenge (11/24) ... Scored a then-career-high 26 points, going 11-for-20 from the field at DePaul (11/30) ... Set a new career high going 7-for-8 from the charity stripe, ending the game with 18 points and a season-high three steals ... Scored 27 points, going 7-for-13 from beyond the arc with three steals vs. CMU (12/17) ... Earned her first double-double of the season and second of her career with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Richmond at the Cherokee Invitational (12/20) ... Topped her previous night’s performance with 19 points and seven rebounds against Coastal Carolina at the Cherokee Invitational (12/21) ... Captured her third 20-point game with 20 points against Maryland (1/9) ... Scored 14 points with seven rebounds against Northwestern (1/17) ... Became the 30th member of the MSU 1,000th points club with 14 points against Purdue (1/24) ... Scored 12 points with a season-high five assists against Michigan (1/27) ... Tied her career high with six assists to go along with 10 points at Rutgers (1/30) ... Just shy of a double-double, scoring 21 points with nine boards and five assists against Minnesota (2/5) ... Tied her career high with six steals at Michigan (2/18) ... Led the team in scoring with 22 points, including going 6-for-9 from beyond the arc against Rutgers (2/24) ... On Senior Day, tied for the team lead with 16 points, going 7-for-12 from the field ... Against Wisconsin (3/3), scored 15 points, including 15 in the second quarter alone ... One of three Spartans to score in double figures against North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament (3/22), dropping 13 points.
SENIOR (2022-23): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in all 30 games, starting 14 ... Averaged 10.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game both of which were career highs ... Returned to action after missing much of last season, tied for the team lead in scoring with 13 points in 19 minutes against Delaware State (11/7) ... Reached double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points, adding five rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/10) ... Against WMU (11/13), had another double-digit performance with 11 points to go along with a career-high two blocks and four boards ... Tied her then-career high with four steals to go along with five assists and five rebounds against Florida A&M (11/17) ... Tied her career high with five 3-pointers, scoring 17 points at Central Michigan (11/19) ... Brought down a season-high seven rebounds to go along with seven points against No. 18/18 Oregon (11/27) ... Scored nine points in Big Ten opener vs. Purdue (12/5) ... Making her second start of the season, scored 16 points with four assists and two steals against No. 3/4 Ohio State (12/11) ... Against Prairie View A&M (12/20), scored 11 points with six rebounds ... Scored seven points with three rebounds at Northwestern (1/2) ... Had a solid performance at No. 13/14 Maryland (1/7) with a season-high 19 points and five 3-pointers, adding five assists ... Tied her career high with 20 points for her second-straight double-digit scoring game against Wisconsin (1/11) ... Earned her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, playing a career-high 40 minutes against No. 10/9 Iowa (1/18) ... One of four Spartans in double figures with 11 points, tying her career-high with two blocks at No. 22/22 Illinois (1/29) ... Fourth-straight game in double figures with 13 points, adding five steals at Nebraska (2/2) ... Set a new career high with six steals to go along with 12 points against No. 18/19 Michigan (2/5) ... Stellar performance with 16 points, four steals and five rebounds against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/2) ... Score 16 points for the second-straight game going 4-for-9 from long range against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (3/3).
JUNIOR (2021-22): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and Scholar-Athlete honors at the Academic Gala ... Played in 12 games, starting five ... In the season opener against Morehead State (11/9), scored 10 points with four rebounds, while making the start ... On her birthday, scored seven points, while tying a career high with six assists against Niagara (11/14) ... Set a new career-high with 38 minutes, bringing down seven rebounds win nine points against Valparaiso (11/16) ... Did not play against Bryant (11/19) ... Off the bench, scored seven points with six rebounds and three assists at St. Francis (11/23) ... Scored a season-high 14 points with four rebounds against No. 24/25 Notre Dame (12/2) ... Did not play against FGCU, West Virginia and Nebraska due to injury ... Returned to the lineup with five points and three rebounds against Purdue (1/9) ... Played her final game of the season at Ohio State (1/12) due to concussion protocol.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 23 games, starting 10 ... Averaged 5.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game ... In the season opener against Saint Francis (11/27), scored five points with three assists ... Set a new career-high with six assists and tied a career-best with four steals against Detroit Mercy (12/2) ... Scored seven points, while adding three steals and two rebounds at Minnesota (12/9) ... Added six points with two boards against Northern Illinois (12/20) ... Against Oakland (12/22), scored a season-high 13 points, adding a career-high six free throws ... Scored in double figures for the third time with 10 points and three steals at Wisconsin (1/24) ... Led the team in rebounds with seven at six, adding four assists at No. 7/10 Maryland (1/28) ... Scored five points with two assists at No. 16/15 Indiana (1/31) ... Returned to the starting lineup against Illinois (2/4) ... Started her third-straight game, scoring six points against Penn State (2/13) ... Reached double digits for the fourth time this season with 11 points, adding two assists and two steals against Purdue (2/21) ... Scored nine points with four assists and two steals against Wisconsin (3/6) ... Off the bench, tied a season-high 13 points off the bench in the Big Ten Tournament vs. Penn State (3/10), adding six rebounds ... Started the Big Ten Tournament semifinal game vs. Iowa (3/12), scoring 10 points for her sixth double-digit scoring game.
FRESHMAN (2019-20): Scored three points and hauled five rebounds in her Spartan debut in the season-opening win vs. Eastern Michigan (11/5) ... Tallied nine points in her first career start, hauling five rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes of play vs. Detroit Mercy (11/8) ... Tallied seven points, going 3-of-4 from the field in nine minutes of play at No. 8/10 Florida State in the B1G/ACC Challenge (12/5) ... Hauled four rebounds, while adding three points vs. Morehead State (12/15) ... In her seventh start of the season, scored six points with three boards against Syracuse in the Florida Sunshine Classic (12/20) ... Captured double-digit scoring for the first time in her career, tallying career highs in points (15), field goals (5) and three pointers (3) and rebounds (6) vs. Nebraska (12/31) ... Set a career-high and led the team in assists with five, while adding two points in 24 minutes of play at Michigan (1/5) ... Scored a career-high 15 points, with a new career-high six field goals and three trey’s in 30 minutes of play at Penn State (1/9) ... Tallied six points, adding two rebounds and one assist in 27 minutes of play vs. Wisconsin (1/12) ... Hauled in six rebounds to tie her career-high, adding nine points, two steals and dishing two assists vs. Ohio State (1/16) ... Captured her first career 20-point game, setting career-highs in points (20), field goals (7) and three-pointers (5) in 29 minutes of play at Rutgers (1/20) ... Led the team in scoring for the second-consecutive game, tallying 17 points, tying her career-high with five trey’s and hauling four rebounds in a career-high 34 minutes of play vs. No. 22 Northwestern (1/23) ... Played another 34 minute game, scoring five points, hauling five rebounds and recording her first career block at No. 19 Iowa (1/26) ... Captured double-digit scoring with 12 points, adding four rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes of play vs. Purdue (1/30) ... Scored nine points including three trey’s, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with two rebounds, two assists and one steal vs. Rutgers (2/13) ... Led the team in rebounding with a career-high 11 boards for the first time in her career, also scoring nine points with a career-high two free throws and dishing three assists vs. Minnesota (2/17) ... Tied for the team lead in assists with three helpers, hauled three rebounds and scored six points at Purdue (2/20) ... Played a career-high 35 minutes, tallying five points, five rebounds and two steals vs. Michigan (2/23) ... Captured double-digit scoring with 11 points and hauled seven rebounds and grabbed two steals in 23 minutes of play at Illinois (2/26) ... Scored six points including a career-high three free throws, while hauling seven rebounds, dishing three assists and tallying one block and two steals in 23 minutes of play vs. Penn State (3/1) ... Tied her career-high in steals with four while adding eight points and three rebounds vs. Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament (3/5).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Vonnie Delong at Heritage High School in Saginaw, Michigan … Four-time Associated Press All-State honoree … Led Heritage to its second-consecutive Class A state championship in 2019, recording a triple-double in the semifinals … Averaged 21.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game during her senior season … Named one of the Saginaw Valley League co-Most Valuable Players in 2019 … Named to the 2019 Detroit Free Press Dream Team … As a junior in 2018, she led Heritage to the Class A state championship, averaging 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 4.0 steals … Named the Associated Press Class A Player of the Year in 2018 … The three-time captain earned the Army National Guard Team award as a junior … Garnered first-team All-State honors during her senior season … Earned first-team All-Saginaw Valley honors since her freshman season … Also played AAU basketball for the Michigan Storm and head coach Jeff Taylor.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Williams and Jerusha Joiner ... Major is business.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 27, vs. CMU (12/17/23)
Field Goals: 11, at DePaul (11/30/23)
Free Throws: 7 vs. Nebraska (12/9/23)
3-Point Field Goals: 7, vs. CMU (12/17/23)
Rebounds: 11, vs. Minnesota (2/17/20)
Assists: 6, two times, last vs. Niagara (11/14/21)
Blocks: 2, two times, last at Illinois (1/29/23)
Steals: 6, two times, last at Michigan (2/18/24)
Minutes: 40, two times, last at PSU (12/30/23)
GRADUATE (2023-24): Captured second-team All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in and started all 31 games ... Second on the team in scoring, averaging 14.7 ppg ... Ended her MSU career with 1,173 points ... Scored 12 points in the season opener, going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc against Oakland (11/8) ... Reached double figures with 13 points, going 5-for-8 from the field, against Wright State (11/12) ... One of three Spartans in double figures, scoring 17 points against Detroit Mercy (11/16) ... Despite a slow start, scored 11 points, going 3-for-7 from beyond the arc against James Madison at the Cancun Challenge (11/23) ... Led the team in scoring with 13 points and seven rebounds against Creighton at the Cancun Challenge (11/24) ... Scored a then-career-high 26 points, going 11-for-20 from the field at DePaul (11/30) ... Set a new career high going 7-for-8 from the charity stripe, ending the game with 18 points and a season-high three steals ... Scored 27 points, going 7-for-13 from beyond the arc with three steals vs. CMU (12/17) ... Earned her first double-double of the season and second of her career with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Richmond at the Cherokee Invitational (12/20) ... Topped her previous night’s performance with 19 points and seven rebounds against Coastal Carolina at the Cherokee Invitational (12/21) ... Captured her third 20-point game with 20 points against Maryland (1/9) ... Scored 14 points with seven rebounds against Northwestern (1/17) ... Became the 30th member of the MSU 1,000th points club with 14 points against Purdue (1/24) ... Scored 12 points with a season-high five assists against Michigan (1/27) ... Tied her career high with six assists to go along with 10 points at Rutgers (1/30) ... Just shy of a double-double, scoring 21 points with nine boards and five assists against Minnesota (2/5) ... Tied her career high with six steals at Michigan (2/18) ... Led the team in scoring with 22 points, including going 6-for-9 from beyond the arc against Rutgers (2/24) ... On Senior Day, tied for the team lead with 16 points, going 7-for-12 from the field ... Against Wisconsin (3/3), scored 15 points, including 15 in the second quarter alone ... One of three Spartans to score in double figures against North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament (3/22), dropping 13 points.
SENIOR (2022-23): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in all 30 games, starting 14 ... Averaged 10.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game both of which were career highs ... Returned to action after missing much of last season, tied for the team lead in scoring with 13 points in 19 minutes against Delaware State (11/7) ... Reached double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points, adding five rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/10) ... Against WMU (11/13), had another double-digit performance with 11 points to go along with a career-high two blocks and four boards ... Tied her then-career high with four steals to go along with five assists and five rebounds against Florida A&M (11/17) ... Tied her career high with five 3-pointers, scoring 17 points at Central Michigan (11/19) ... Brought down a season-high seven rebounds to go along with seven points against No. 18/18 Oregon (11/27) ... Scored nine points in Big Ten opener vs. Purdue (12/5) ... Making her second start of the season, scored 16 points with four assists and two steals against No. 3/4 Ohio State (12/11) ... Against Prairie View A&M (12/20), scored 11 points with six rebounds ... Scored seven points with three rebounds at Northwestern (1/2) ... Had a solid performance at No. 13/14 Maryland (1/7) with a season-high 19 points and five 3-pointers, adding five assists ... Tied her career high with 20 points for her second-straight double-digit scoring game against Wisconsin (1/11) ... Earned her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, playing a career-high 40 minutes against No. 10/9 Iowa (1/18) ... One of four Spartans in double figures with 11 points, tying her career-high with two blocks at No. 22/22 Illinois (1/29) ... Fourth-straight game in double figures with 13 points, adding five steals at Nebraska (2/2) ... Set a new career high with six steals to go along with 12 points against No. 18/19 Michigan (2/5) ... Stellar performance with 16 points, four steals and five rebounds against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/2) ... Score 16 points for the second-straight game going 4-for-9 from long range against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (3/3).
JUNIOR (2021-22): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and Scholar-Athlete honors at the Academic Gala ... Played in 12 games, starting five ... In the season opener against Morehead State (11/9), scored 10 points with four rebounds, while making the start ... On her birthday, scored seven points, while tying a career high with six assists against Niagara (11/14) ... Set a new career-high with 38 minutes, bringing down seven rebounds win nine points against Valparaiso (11/16) ... Did not play against Bryant (11/19) ... Off the bench, scored seven points with six rebounds and three assists at St. Francis (11/23) ... Scored a season-high 14 points with four rebounds against No. 24/25 Notre Dame (12/2) ... Did not play against FGCU, West Virginia and Nebraska due to injury ... Returned to the lineup with five points and three rebounds against Purdue (1/9) ... Played her final game of the season at Ohio State (1/12) due to concussion protocol.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 23 games, starting 10 ... Averaged 5.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game ... In the season opener against Saint Francis (11/27), scored five points with three assists ... Set a new career-high with six assists and tied a career-best with four steals against Detroit Mercy (12/2) ... Scored seven points, while adding three steals and two rebounds at Minnesota (12/9) ... Added six points with two boards against Northern Illinois (12/20) ... Against Oakland (12/22), scored a season-high 13 points, adding a career-high six free throws ... Scored in double figures for the third time with 10 points and three steals at Wisconsin (1/24) ... Led the team in rebounds with seven at six, adding four assists at No. 7/10 Maryland (1/28) ... Scored five points with two assists at No. 16/15 Indiana (1/31) ... Returned to the starting lineup against Illinois (2/4) ... Started her third-straight game, scoring six points against Penn State (2/13) ... Reached double digits for the fourth time this season with 11 points, adding two assists and two steals against Purdue (2/21) ... Scored nine points with four assists and two steals against Wisconsin (3/6) ... Off the bench, tied a season-high 13 points off the bench in the Big Ten Tournament vs. Penn State (3/10), adding six rebounds ... Started the Big Ten Tournament semifinal game vs. Iowa (3/12), scoring 10 points for her sixth double-digit scoring game.
FRESHMAN (2019-20): Scored three points and hauled five rebounds in her Spartan debut in the season-opening win vs. Eastern Michigan (11/5) ... Tallied nine points in her first career start, hauling five rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes of play vs. Detroit Mercy (11/8) ... Tallied seven points, going 3-of-4 from the field in nine minutes of play at No. 8/10 Florida State in the B1G/ACC Challenge (12/5) ... Hauled four rebounds, while adding three points vs. Morehead State (12/15) ... In her seventh start of the season, scored six points with three boards against Syracuse in the Florida Sunshine Classic (12/20) ... Captured double-digit scoring for the first time in her career, tallying career highs in points (15), field goals (5) and three pointers (3) and rebounds (6) vs. Nebraska (12/31) ... Set a career-high and led the team in assists with five, while adding two points in 24 minutes of play at Michigan (1/5) ... Scored a career-high 15 points, with a new career-high six field goals and three trey’s in 30 minutes of play at Penn State (1/9) ... Tallied six points, adding two rebounds and one assist in 27 minutes of play vs. Wisconsin (1/12) ... Hauled in six rebounds to tie her career-high, adding nine points, two steals and dishing two assists vs. Ohio State (1/16) ... Captured her first career 20-point game, setting career-highs in points (20), field goals (7) and three-pointers (5) in 29 minutes of play at Rutgers (1/20) ... Led the team in scoring for the second-consecutive game, tallying 17 points, tying her career-high with five trey’s and hauling four rebounds in a career-high 34 minutes of play vs. No. 22 Northwestern (1/23) ... Played another 34 minute game, scoring five points, hauling five rebounds and recording her first career block at No. 19 Iowa (1/26) ... Captured double-digit scoring with 12 points, adding four rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes of play vs. Purdue (1/30) ... Scored nine points including three trey’s, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with two rebounds, two assists and one steal vs. Rutgers (2/13) ... Led the team in rebounding with a career-high 11 boards for the first time in her career, also scoring nine points with a career-high two free throws and dishing three assists vs. Minnesota (2/17) ... Tied for the team lead in assists with three helpers, hauled three rebounds and scored six points at Purdue (2/20) ... Played a career-high 35 minutes, tallying five points, five rebounds and two steals vs. Michigan (2/23) ... Captured double-digit scoring with 11 points and hauled seven rebounds and grabbed two steals in 23 minutes of play at Illinois (2/26) ... Scored six points including a career-high three free throws, while hauling seven rebounds, dishing three assists and tallying one block and two steals in 23 minutes of play vs. Penn State (3/1) ... Tied her career-high in steals with four while adding eight points and three rebounds vs. Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament (3/5).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Vonnie Delong at Heritage High School in Saginaw, Michigan … Four-time Associated Press All-State honoree … Led Heritage to its second-consecutive Class A state championship in 2019, recording a triple-double in the semifinals … Averaged 21.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game during her senior season … Named one of the Saginaw Valley League co-Most Valuable Players in 2019 … Named to the 2019 Detroit Free Press Dream Team … As a junior in 2018, she led Heritage to the Class A state championship, averaging 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 4.0 steals … Named the Associated Press Class A Player of the Year in 2018 … The three-time captain earned the Army National Guard Team award as a junior … Garnered first-team All-State honors during her senior season … Earned first-team All-Saginaw Valley honors since her freshman season … Also played AAU basketball for the Michigan Storm and head coach Jeff Taylor.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Williams and Jerusha Joiner ... Major is business.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 27, vs. CMU (12/17/23)
Field Goals: 11, at DePaul (11/30/23)
Free Throws: 7 vs. Nebraska (12/9/23)
3-Point Field Goals: 7, vs. CMU (12/17/23)
Rebounds: 11, vs. Minnesota (2/17/20)
Assists: 6, two times, last vs. Niagara (11/14/21)
Blocks: 2, two times, last at Illinois (1/29/23)
Steals: 6, two times, last at Michigan (2/18/24)
Minutes: 40, two times, last at PSU (12/30/23)
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