2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 4
Kayla Bacon
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Owings Mills, Md.
- High School:
- Seton Keough
Bio
Career
*Appeared in 101 contests in her career
*Amassed 213 career points including a career-high 94 in her senior season
*Completed 53-64 attempts at the free throw line for a .828 shooting percentage
*3x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient
2020-21 / Senior
Played in 22 games in her senior season…got the start in four contests…held the second highest field goal percentage on the team (.420)…was lights out at the free throw line, completing 20-of-22 for an impressive .909 free throw percentage… one of the Dragons leading rebounders in 2020, averaging four per game for a total of 88…averaged 4.3 points per game…grabbed a season and career-high eight rebounds against UNCW on Jan. 2 and followed it up with a career-high 12 points against the Seahawks on Jan. 3…recorded double digit points in three games…made her 100th career appearance against Delaware in the CAA Championship game…added four points and two assists against the Blue Hens, helping claim the team’s first conference title since the 2009 season…named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…received the Maureen Cronin Spirit/Leadership award the team’s season-end awards, given to the player who was a team leader on and off the court.
2019-20 / Junior
Played in 29 of 30 games as a reserve…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 1.8 points, 1.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.4 steals and 11.1 minutes in her 29 appearances…shot 29.2% (19-of-65) from the field, 33.3% (1-of-3) from three-point range and 70.0% (14-of-20) from the free-throw line for 53 points…put up eight points and dished out a career-high four assists vs. Buffalo (Nov. 30) at the SJU Hawk Classic…grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the win over La Salle (Dec. 17)…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Sophomore
A top defensive option off the bench for the Dragons...got two spot starts in the Manhattan Holiday Classic, the first starts of her career...made the most of her first start, scoring eight with two steals and two rebounds at Manhattan (12/7)...also had eight points at Towson, a second eight-point performance in as many years at SECU Arena, just minutes from her hometown (3/9)...hit her first collegiate three-pointer in the CAA quarterfinals vs. William & Mary (3/14).
2017-18 / Freshman
CAA Rookie of the Week (2/26) after putting up eight points in the fourth quarter at Towson the day before…was 4-for-8 from the floor with a rebound and a steal in that game…appeared in 21 total games, averaging 5.8 minutes a contest…made her collegiate debut at Penn State (11/12), pulling down a rebound in nine minutes...netted her first collegiate points at the free throw line against Lafayette (12/1)...had her first field goal in the win at Delaware State (12/3)…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
Background
A combo guard while at Seton Keough in Baltimore...nominated as a McDonald's All-American...was a 1,000 point scorer while in high school, with two years each at St. Timothy's in Greenspring, Md. and Keough...winner of the C. Markland Kelly Award and her team's Coaches Award as a senior...a four-year member of the Honor Roll...also a standout soccer midfielder and goalkeeper, and a catcher for the softball team.
Personal
Daughter of Mashell and Brian...sister, Kelsie, played basketball at Salisbury University... environmental science major.
*Appeared in 101 contests in her career
*Amassed 213 career points including a career-high 94 in her senior season
*Completed 53-64 attempts at the free throw line for a .828 shooting percentage
*3x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient
2020-21 / Senior
Played in 22 games in her senior season…got the start in four contests…held the second highest field goal percentage on the team (.420)…was lights out at the free throw line, completing 20-of-22 for an impressive .909 free throw percentage… one of the Dragons leading rebounders in 2020, averaging four per game for a total of 88…averaged 4.3 points per game…grabbed a season and career-high eight rebounds against UNCW on Jan. 2 and followed it up with a career-high 12 points against the Seahawks on Jan. 3…recorded double digit points in three games…made her 100th career appearance against Delaware in the CAA Championship game…added four points and two assists against the Blue Hens, helping claim the team’s first conference title since the 2009 season…named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…received the Maureen Cronin Spirit/Leadership award the team’s season-end awards, given to the player who was a team leader on and off the court.
2019-20 / Junior
Played in 29 of 30 games as a reserve…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 1.8 points, 1.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.4 steals and 11.1 minutes in her 29 appearances…shot 29.2% (19-of-65) from the field, 33.3% (1-of-3) from three-point range and 70.0% (14-of-20) from the free-throw line for 53 points…put up eight points and dished out a career-high four assists vs. Buffalo (Nov. 30) at the SJU Hawk Classic…grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the win over La Salle (Dec. 17)…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Sophomore
A top defensive option off the bench for the Dragons...got two spot starts in the Manhattan Holiday Classic, the first starts of her career...made the most of her first start, scoring eight with two steals and two rebounds at Manhattan (12/7)...also had eight points at Towson, a second eight-point performance in as many years at SECU Arena, just minutes from her hometown (3/9)...hit her first collegiate three-pointer in the CAA quarterfinals vs. William & Mary (3/14).
2017-18 / Freshman
CAA Rookie of the Week (2/26) after putting up eight points in the fourth quarter at Towson the day before…was 4-for-8 from the floor with a rebound and a steal in that game…appeared in 21 total games, averaging 5.8 minutes a contest…made her collegiate debut at Penn State (11/12), pulling down a rebound in nine minutes...netted her first collegiate points at the free throw line against Lafayette (12/1)...had her first field goal in the win at Delaware State (12/3)…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
Background
A combo guard while at Seton Keough in Baltimore...nominated as a McDonald's All-American...was a 1,000 point scorer while in high school, with two years each at St. Timothy's in Greenspring, Md. and Keough...winner of the C. Markland Kelly Award and her team's Coaches Award as a senior...a four-year member of the Honor Roll...also a standout soccer midfielder and goalkeeper, and a catcher for the softball team.
Personal
Daughter of Mashell and Brian...sister, Kelsie, played basketball at Salisbury University... environmental science major.
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