A four-time MVP of the women’s basketball program out of Pemberton High School, Terry Cole owns Rutgers-Camden career records for points (2,240), scoring average (25.5), field goals (921) and free throws (398), is fourth in free throw percentage (65.8) and ninth in games played (88). She produced the top four games for both points and field goals in program history, including the high of 26 field goals and 53 points against Ramapo (Feb. 26, 1983). She also had 10 of the top 14 single-game scoring totals in program history and compiled an amazing 26 games with 30 or more points.
The only female in school history to score over 2,000 points, and the school's overall all-time leading basketball scorer, Cole owns the top three single-season scoring averages (including a record 27.1 in 1980-81), the second and third-best single-season point totals (671 in 1981-82 and 614 in 1982-83), the second-best season free throw percentage (78.4 in 1982-83), the second and third-highest number of field goals in a season (283 in 1981-82 and 247 the next year) and the fourth-highest free throw total (120 in 1982-83). She shot 120-for-153 from the foul line that year, an accuracy rate of 78.4 percent (second all-time for a single season).
Cole was named the Rutgers-Camden Female Athlete of the Year twice (1981 and 1982), and was a two-time All-Regional and All-Conference performer during the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons. She also was the MVP of the 1981 Rutgers-Camden Holiday Tournament and was named to the NJAIAW All-Star Team during the 1981-82 season.
As a senior, Cole nabbed numerous honors, including New Jersey Sports Writers College Division Player of the Year and the Philadelphia Sports Writers Player of the Week. She was named to the Philadelphia College Division All-Area Team and the New Jersey Sports Writers All-Star Team, and also was a member of the Kodak All-District team. She finished fourth in scoring and 12th in rebounding among all NCAA Division III players.
Cole graduated from Rutgers-Camden in a 1985 with BA in Sociology. Following graduation, she played for two teams (Sandwell and Sheffield) in the European Basketball League in England.
Cole works as a Behavior Modification Therapist at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and is a Lumberton resident.
