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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
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Brent Smith
Brent Smith

22 Katherine Strong

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Chicago Heights, Ill.
  • Highschool Bloom
  • Prev School VCU

Biography

2019-20 Senior Season: Appeared in 29 games, making 27 starts… Averaged 7.3 points per game… Scored 213 total points… Shot 37 percent from the field, making 85 of her 230 attempts… Made five 3-pointers… Hit 53 percent of her free throw attempts (38-71)… Averaged 3.9 rebounds per contest… Recorded 114 rebounds; 52 offensive, 62 defensive… Dished out 36 assists… Credited with 28 steals… Blocked five shots… Averaged 20.1 minutes per game… Reached a double figure scoring total in 10 games… Scored a season-high 21 points at St. John’s (2/28)… Recorded a double-double vs. the Red Storm by adding a season-high 11 rebounds… Helped BU win at Villanova by contributing 14 points and six rebounds (1/10)… Impacted the game at Georgetown with 12 points, eight rebounds and two assists (1/12)… Recorded seven made field goals in back-to-back games at DePaul and Marquette to net 15 and 14 points (2/14, 2/16)... Credited with a season-high four assists vs. Creighton (2/21)… Blocked two shots at Xavier (1/4)… Recorded three steals vs. Xavier (1/31)… Logged 30 minutes of action at Marquette (2/16).

2018-19 Junior Season: Appeared in 20 games, making 18 starts… Scored 150 points, averaging 7.5 points per game… Pulled down 74 rebounds to average 3.7 per game… Ended the year with 18 assists, 16 steals and two blocked shots… Averaged 16.8 minutes of playing time per game… Shot 50 percent from the field (65-130) and 29 percent from 3-point range (5-17)… 60 percent free throw shooter (15-25)… Scored a season-high 23 points in a win at Creighton (1/20)… Suffered a season-ending knee injury vs. Marquette on Jan. 27… Reached a double figure scoring total in six of her last eight games before the injury… Posted a double-double vs. Seton Hall with 11 points and 10 boards (1/4)… Scored 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds in a win at Xavier (1/11)… Stuffed the box score vs. DePaul with 14 points, three rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block (1/25)… Scored 15 points in just 13 minutes in her second game at Butler vs. Murray State (11/13)… Opened the BIG EAST season with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting at Villanova (12/29).

2017-18: Redshirt - NCAA Transfer Rule

2016-17 Sophomore Season at VCU: Saw playing time in 30 of 31 games… Averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game… Averaged 12.8 minutes of playing time… Shot 43 percent from the field (49-112)… Hit two 3-point field goals… Shot 46 percent from the free throw line (14-30)… Collected more offensive rebounds (45) than defensive (42)… Logged 12 assists… Came up with eight steals… Blocked two shots… Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting at Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 11)… Reached double figures with 10 points at Furman (Dec. 7)… Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in four different contests.
 
2015-16 Freshman Season at VCU: Appeared in 26 games… Averaged 2.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per game… Averaged 7.2 minutes of playing time… Shot 29 percent from the field (19-64)… Hit nine 3-point field goals… Shot 47 percent from the free throw line (9-19)… Pulled down 39 total rebounds… Logged seven assists and seven steals… Blocked three shots… Best outing came against Coppin St. in the opening game of the season (11/13) where she scored eight points and grabbed two rebounds in 18 minutes… Registered eight points against Maryland Eastern Shore (12/13) connecting on 2-3 3-pointers in the contest.
 
High School: Earned Southland All-Conference and All-Area honors her first two seasons at Bloom High School… Sat out her junior season with an ACL injury… Highly touted recruit split her AAU basketball time between the Illinois Wolverines and Mac Irvin Godfather, two of the most highly competitive AAU teams in the Chicago area.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2017-18Junior

    Guard
    5'11"
    21
  • 22

    2018-19Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    5'11"
    22
  • 22

    2019-20Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    5'11"
    22
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