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Had breakout junior season,
and looks to continue that success as one of the team’s two captains ...
will likely fill the four position, where her quickness will be an advantage
... needs 280 points to become 13th Purple Knight with 1,000 ... has grabbed
a board in 58 straight games ... As a junior: Recorded one of the
best all-around seasons in the program’s history, notching 435 points, 233
rebounds, 93 steals, 77 assists and 22 blocks ... first player in SMC
history – man or woman – with 400 points, 200 rebounds, 60 assists and 20
blocks in a season ... collected most steals since Lynne Liebhauser ’94
(105) in 1993-94 ... steal total was the seventh-most in program history ...
named NE-10 Player of the Week for Jan. 19 ... named to NE-10 Honor Roll
four times ... tied for fourth in the NE-10 with nine double-doubles,
including three in a row from Dec. 10-28 ... finished 25th in the nation
with 3.2 steals per game ... ranked high in the NE-10 in scoring and
rebounding (fifth each), steals (second) and blocks (10th) ... connected on
19 straight free throw attempts from Feb. 6 to Dec. 4, 2002 ... named to
Radisson Tip-Off Tournament All-Tournament Team ... collected 22 points, 12
rebounds, five assists and three steals on Nov. 24 versus East Stroudsburg
during the Radisson Tip-Off Tournament ... collected 12 points, 13 rebounds
and seven steals on Dec. 10 versus Southern New Hampshire ... had 14 points
and 15 rebounds on Dec. 14 at Saint Rose ... put together 22 points, 11
rebounds and five steals on Jan. 11 versus Merrimack ... shot 12-for-22 from
the field in recording 25 points and 10 boards on Jan. 17 versus Green
Mountain ... nearly notched triple-double with 17 points, eight boards and
nine steals at Le Moyne on Jan. 22 ... went 12-for-20 with 25 points at Pace
on Feb. 8 ... had 27 points and six steals on Feb. 17 at Green Mountain ...
named to ECAC Division II Tournament All-Tournament Team after recording 26
points, 16 rebounds, four assists and five steals against Philadelphia in an
ECAC semifinal on March 15 ... As a sophomore: Served as the team’s
“sixth player” ... fifth on team in scoring and third in rebounding ...
second on team in steals and tied for third in blocks ... started three
games, averaging 5.7 points and 4.3 boards during those outings while
averaging 7.0 points and 5.5 boards off the bench ... hit double digits in
points six times and recorded two double-doubles, notching 12 boards each
time ... the first double-double came with 14 points against West Chester
during the Radisson Tip-Off Tournament on Nov. 17, and the second occurred
on Jan. 12 versus Stonehill when she scored 23 points thanks to 11-for-14
shooting from the charity stripe ... As a freshman: Appeared in all
26 games, drawing 12 starts ... finished third on the team in steals ... had
great game on Jan. 25 versus Southern New Hampshire with 10 points, seven
boards and five assists ... High School: Played four years of varsity
basketball for Alex Saltmarsh at Bow High School, where she scored more than
1,000 points and set a slew of school records, including career points;
career and single-season assists, steals and blocks; and single-season
3-point percentage ... garnered first-team all-state honors three times ...
led Bow to the New Hampshire Class M State Championship her senior year ...
named to the New Hampshire Alhambra and Granite State all-star teams ...
also played tennis as a sophomore and ran track and cross country as a
junior and senior ... as a senior, won state championship in track in the
400 meter run and placed second in the long jump ... Personal: Erica
Leigh Kensey was born on May 10, 1982 ... daughter of Scott and Laura Kensey
... Erica is a biology major. |