Lauren Pellicane
Lauren Pellicane
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Deer Park, N.Y.

High School:
Saint Dominic H.S.

Height:
5-7

Position:
Guard

Birthdate:
07/04/1978

VILLANOVA

Battling back from a knee injury suffered last season...Great three-point shooter...Extremely smart and consistent performer...Solid defensive player.

JUNIOR SEASON(1999-00)

Has started in all 15 games and is averaging 5.5 ppg., 2.5 rpg., and 3.2 apg., in 34.3 mpg...Tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in practice on Thursday, Jan. 20 that forced her to miss the UConn game...Became the first-ever Villanova women's basketball player to tear their ACL...By missing the Uconn game, her streak of 43-consecutive starts was snapped...Had a career-high nine assists against Fairfield...Tallied 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in win over Cal State Northridge...Dished out seven assists and hit two crucial free throws with 1.8 seconds left in three-point win over Nevada...Started at the two-guard versus Temple and netted 16 points (5-of-7 from three-point range) and three assists with all five three-pointer coming in the first half...Tied a career-high with five rebounds to go with five points in loss to St. Joseph’s...Went 5-of-7 from the field for 15 points with all seven attempts coming from behind the arc, in addition to three assists and career-high tying efforts of five rebounds and three steals in win over Mt. St. Mary's...Recorded three points, two rebounds and four assists versus Providence...Logged 42 minutes at Rutgers and had four points, three rebounds, one assist and no turnovers...Tied a career-high with five rebounds against Syracuse

SOPHOMORE SEASON (1998-99)

Finished second in the Big East in three-point field goals made with 69...Started in each of the Wildcats’ 28 games at the two-guard spot...Averaged 9.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 2.3 apg in 32 mpg...First on the team in three-pointers made (69) and three-point percentage (.381)...Shot a team-best 75.0 percent from the free throw line (18-of-24)...Had two 20-point games on the season...Had at least one three-pointer in 25 of the team’s 28 games...Tallied two or more three-pointers in 21 contests...Registered five assists without turning the ball over La Salle...Scored 20 points on seven-of-10 shooting including a career-best six three-point field goals in nine attempts in addition to registering a career-high eight assists against Temple...Connected one five three-point field goals for 15 points versus Notre Dame...Scored a career-high 24 points on seven-of-10 from the field and tied a career-high with six three-pointers in nine attempts in win over West Virginia...Tallied a career-best three steals to go along with five points, four assists and three rebounds in victory over St. John’s...Was four-of-10 for a team-high tying 12 points in win over Pittsburgh... Scored a game-high 16 points and hit four-of-six from three-point range versus St. John’s...Registered a game-high 19 points on five-of-10 shooting and four-of-nine from long distance and tied a career-high with five rebounds versus West Virginia...Scored 14 points on four-of-eight shooting against Syracuse...Had 11 points including three-of-eight three pointers in a win over Providence in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (1997-98)

Redshirted

FRESHMAN SEASON (1996-97)

Saw action in all of Villanova’s 28 games...Averaged 16.8 minutes per contest...Averaged 3.3 ppg and 1.5 rpg...Shot 36.5% (19-for-52) from the floor and 27.3% (nine-for-33) from three-point range...Connected on 82% (16-for-20) of her free throws...Finished third on the team in assists with 30... Committed just nine turnovers on the season...Scored a season-high 10 points in the championship game of the DePaul Thanksgiving Tournament against the host Blue Demons(12/1/96)...Went a perfect six-for-six from the foul line in the DePaul game...Logged a season-high 27 minutes in the Boston College game (1/25/97).

SAINT DOMINIC

Led team to the New York State Class B Federation State Championship...Named All-New York State in 1996...First team All-Long Island in 1995 and 1996...Three-time First Team All-League Selection...NYS Federation All-Tournament team 1993-1995...Recorded over 1,000 career points and 600 career assists...National Honor Society member...Honor roll student.

PERSONAL:

Attending graduate school at Villanova... Youngest of three children of Joseph and Linda Pellicane...Father is the head women’s basketball coach at Dowling College...Born 7/4/78 in West Islip, N.Y.

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