University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

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2010-11...
Really came on as a sophomore tying for second on the team in scoring (9.3), while also finishing third in rebounding (3.7)…Was in double digits in scoring 14 times and reached the 20-point plateau on four occasions…The top Titan from behind the arc hitting 53 3-pointers on the year, including nine games with at least three from downtown…Her 53 triples were good for 10th in the league…More than half of her field goals (97) were 3-pointers…Started 20 of the 29 games she appeared in…Put the Titans on her back in Detroit’s 57-50 win over Valparaiso in the first round of the Horizon League tournament, scoring a career-high 25 points… She scored 16 of her 25 in the second half and ended the contest with a career best 9-of-16 from the field and 6-of-11 from three...She also grabbed six rebounds and had three assists and three steals…Netted her first 20-point game with 20 markers - including 15 in the first half - on 7-of-15 shooting and 4-of-8 from three-point range vs. Ball State… Led UDM with 16 points, hitting 6-of-12 from the field, at IPFW…Had 11 points and six rebounds in the victory at Michigan…Notched her third straight game in double figures leading the team with 13 points, while posting a career-best nine rebounds, in 19 minutes against Marygrove… Posted 20 points going 5-of-8 from the field, including four 3-pointers at Milwaukee, and matched that with 20 points and seven rebounds at Loyola… Recorded 18 points - 17 in the first half - hitting five 3-pointers vs. Valparaiso…Had a game-high 14 in leading UDM to a win Butler, ending a 12-game slide to the Bulldogs…Scored 17 points draining five treys versus Cleveland State.

2009-10...
Played in 24 games… Averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game… Had three assists… Came up with two steals… Averaged 6.5 minutes per contest… Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds in her first game as a Titan… Dropped five points and added three rebounds at Cincinnati (Nov. 21)… Hit her only three-point field goal of the season against the Bearcats… Came up with four points at Georgia (Dec. 22)… Logged a season-high 21 minutes against the Bulldogs… Matched her career-high with five points against Green Bay (Jan. 9)… Added four rebounds against the Phoenix… Hauled in four rebounds at Butler (Jan. 23)… Dished out a season-high two assists against the Bulldogs.

PREP...
2009 graduate of Frank Cody Senior High School… Earned four varsity letters in basketball at FCSHS… Named MVP for both Westside PSL and the Comets senior season… 2009 Ms. PSL nominee… Served as team captain senior year... Led FCHS in scoring all four years… Ranked No. 1 in 2009 Prep Spotlight… Ranked first in Class of 2009 for Prep Spotlight… Earned The Detroit News Freshman First Team and Sophomore First Team honors… Named to The Detroit News Upperclassmen Second Team in 2008… Collected All-Detroit honors from The Detroit Free Press first three years at FCSHS… Earned regional and all-state honorable mention honors freshman and sophomore seasons, respectively… Jersey number was retired at end of high school career.

PERSONAL...
Daughter of Nicholette Thornton… Has two siblings: Destiny and Markasia Thornton… Majoring in civil engineering.