Career Stats After 2020-21 Season
CAREER
• Played in 106 games, starting 89
• Ranks 28th in program history in games started
• Started 54 straight games before season-ending injury against Rutgers on Jan. 5, 2020
• Ranked 11th in program history with 6.5 rebounds per game
• Averaged 6.1 points per game as a 39.2% shooter
• Posted six double-doubles in career
• Topped 10 points in 21 games and recorded 15 outings with at least 10 boards
• Led the Boilermakers in scoring 15 times, rebounding in 18 games, assists twice, steals 16 times and blocks 15 times
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
2020-21 / AS A SENIOR
• Played in and started all 23 games
• Averaged 6.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 28.1 minutes per game
• Shot 37.7% from the field on the year and 72.2% at the line
• Scored 10 points in five games
• Recorded one double-double and snagged at least 10 boards in three outings
• Knocked down two of her three career triples during the season against Buffalo on Dec. 9 and Illinois on Feb. 28
• Led the team in scoring once, rebounding eight times, assists twice, steals four times and blocks six times
• Dropped a career-high 19 points in first game since January against North Alabama on Nov. 29
• Dished out a career-high six assists against Buffalo on Dec. 9
• Averaged a double-double over the opening four games
• Named Academic All-Big Ten
2019-20 / AS A JUNIOR
• Played in and started the first 15 games of the season
• Went down with a season-ending injury midway through the game against Rutgers on Jan. 5
• Totaled a career-high 7.3 points per game, behind a 44.4% field goal clip
• Averaged 7.5 rebounds per game, including two offensive boards
• Was on pace to set a new personal season-scoring mark
• Notched three double-doubles, a career high
• Topped 10 points in five games and 10 rebounds three times
• Led the team in scoring once, rebounds five times, steals once and blocks twice
• Set a career-high with 18 points at Virginia Tech on Dec. 5
• Dished out a career-best five assists, along with a season-high 14 rebounds against Western Illinois on Nov. 17
• Named the Coaches Award winner at the postseason banquet
• Tabbed Academic All-Big Ten
2018-19 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Started all 34 games for the Boilermakers, 1-of-3 players on the team to do so, averaging 29.3 minutes per game
• Posted career-high averages of 6.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game
• Put up eight games in double figures, including a career-high 16 points in a 71-70 win over Michigan
• Pulled down 262 rebounds, good for 13th-most in a season in Purdue history and her 7.7 rebounds per game average was 10th best in the Big Ten
• Her rebounding total is second-most in program history for a sophomore (behind Harris), while her 7.7 rebounds per game is the No. 3 all-sophomore average at Purdue
• Averaged 7.8 boards per game in conference play, the No. 8 mark in the Big Ten
• Grabbed 18 rebounds at Northwestern, tying the No. 14 single-game total in Boilermaker history, and snagged 15 boards vs. Nebraska, matching the second-best Purdue total in a Big Ten Tournament game
• Had a pair of double-doubles on the year, posting 11 points and 12 rebounds at Ohio and 12 points and 11 rebounds vs. Rutgers
• Received the Perseverance Award at the Purdue women's basketball postseason banquet
• Appeared in all 34 games of her rookie season, starting 17 contests for the Boilermakers
• Posted 163 rebounds, good for seventh-most by a Purdue freshman in program history
• Her 28 blocked shots were ninth on the Boilermakers' freshman record list
• Averaged 4.6 points and 4.7 rebounds for the season, but jumped her averages to 5.3 points and 5.9 rebounds over the final 15 games
• Posted a career-best 12 points at Utah, hitting 6-of-11 from the floor in 23 minutes
• Matched a career-high with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the Boilermakers' win at No. 10 Maryland
• Secured a career-high 13 rebounds, including six on the offensive end at Ohio State
• Just missed a double-double at Georgia Tech, posting nine points, seven rebounds and two blocks
• Tied career-high totals of three blocks and two steals in the WNIT opener at IUPUI
• Named the Boilermakers' Co-Most Improved Player at the postseason banquet
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year participant at Dawson College
• Averaged 17.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in 2015-16
• Named team's defensive player of the year
• Played just six games in 2014-15, averaging 9.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game
• Missed the majority of 2013-14 and 2014-15 due to injury
• Coached by Trevor Williams
NOTEWORTHY
• Rated a three-star wing (90 rating) and ranked 19th in the class at her position by ESPN Hoop Gurlz
• Member of the Canadian National Women's Development Team, which earned the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Korea
• Two-time RSEQ Defensive Player of the Year and a first team all star
• Played in the RISE Across Border Global Games for Team Canada
• Three-time Academic Honor Roll honoree
• Has two former teammates playing NCAA Division I basketball: Sarah St-Fort (Toledo), Anie-Pier Samson (Duquesne)
PERSONAL
• Full name: Tamara O. Farquhar
• Major: Psychological Sciences
• Birthday: 8/17/97
• City Born: Lagos, Nigeria
• Parents: Ibironke Fakoya
• Siblings: Brothers: Kentebe Jr., Dharmy, Bobby