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  Andrea Lightfoot

Andrea Lightfoot

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Omaha, NE

High School:
Omaha Marian

Last College:
Nebraska

Height:
5-8

Position:
G

Experience:
2VL

2006-07: Named a First Team All-Big Sky selection... Received All-American Honorable Mention... Averaged 17.2 points per game, the sixth best single season average in ISU history... Her 533 total points marks the fifth most points in a single season in ISU history... Scored double-digit points in 25 of 31 games... Reached the 20-points plateau in 14 of her 31 games played... Matched a career-high of seven assists against Northern Arizona (2/10)... Shot a career-high 86.4 percent from the line... That is the second best free throw shooting season in ISU history... Set a career-high with 14 free throws attempted and 12 free throws made at Utah Valley (1/6)... Her career .863 free throw percentage is the best in ISU history... Made all of her free throws in 14 of 31 games... Ended her season by connecting on 39 of her last 40 free throw attempts... Four times she went 8-8 from the charity stripe... Moved into second place on the all-time Idaho State list for three-point field goals with 122... Became just the 11th Bengal to record 1,000 career points when she netted 24 points in a 91-90 win over Portland State... In that game, Lightfoot hit the game-winning three-pointer with no time left in the game after ISU found themselves down two with 1.5 seconds left after a Vikings basket... Scored a season-high 29 in a three-point win over Eastern Washington.

2005-06: Became first player in Big Sky Conference history to receive both the Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors... Earned four Big Sky Player of the Week awards, the most ever received by an Idaho State player in a single season... Averaged 18.5 points per game--the 27th-best mark in the nation and the top average ever recorded in a single season at ISU... It also ranks 15th all-time in a single season in the Big Sky.... Scored 554 points--the most points ever scored in a single season at Idaho State... The point total surpassed Sue Hollaway's 1980-81 season total of 551 points... Lightfoot's 554 points ranks seventh all-time in a single season in the Big Sky Conference... Logged 1,153 minutes played, the most minutes ever recorded in the Big Sky... Her 187 made field goals ranks fifth all-time on the ISU single season record chart... Recorded 118 made free throws which ranks sixth all-time at ISU in a single season... Hit 118-of-137 free throws for an 86.1 percentage mark, ranking her second on the single season ISU free throw percentage chart... Registered 63 steals--the seventh most in a single season at ISU... Tallied 62 three-point field goals which is the third-best single season performance at ISU and ranks her in the top-20 in the Big Sky record charts... Scored a career-high 38 points in an overtime win over in-state rival Idaho (12/10)... The 38 points breaks Mandi Carver's Idaho State record of 37 points which was set during the 1999-2000 season.... The 38 points also ranks as the sixth-best single game performance ever in the Big Sky Conference and was the eighth best single game performance in the nation during the season... Led the Big Sky, scoring 20 or more points in 12 games... Connected on a career-high seven threes against Idaho (12/10)--the sixth-best performance in Big Sky history... Ranked second in the conference with a 40.8 percent clip from beyond the arc... Scored 31 points in a win over Montana (3/2)... Connected on a perfect 9-of-9 free throws in two games...

2004-05: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.

Nebraska: Played in 28 games as a true freshman during the 2003-04 campaign for Nebraska... Decided to transfer to Idaho State after being heavily recruited by Creighton, Kansas State, Hawai'i, and Seton Hall... Earned a letter with Nebraska.

High School: Received numerous accolades during her four-year career at Omaha Marian High School... Was the leading scorer in Class A during both her junior and senior seasons... Earned First Team Class A All-State honors in both 2002 and 2003 from the Lincoln Journal Star... Was also a Second Team Super State selection by the Journal Star in 2003... The two-time All-State guard averaged 20.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a senior... Her 19.3 points a game average as a junior was the best in Class A... Her play during her junior season earned her third-team All-Nebraska honors from the Omaha World-Herald... Was also a member of the Nebraska/Iowa Elite team and was the second-leading scorer at the Miss Basketball Dakota Showcase in the summer of 2002.

Personal: Mother is Denise... Has one brother, Anthony... Plans to major in pre-pharmacy at Idaho State.



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