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Women's Basketball

  Jennifer Strong

Jennifer Strong

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Warrensville, OH

High School:
Warrensville Heights

Height:
6-0

Position:
F

2006-07
Started all 31 games and finished her career with a streak of 103 consecutive games started...Became just the eighth player in school history to record at least 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds...Was the 16th Flyer female to join the 1,000-Point Club with a career-best 24 points against Boston University at the Blue Sky Classic in Hanover, NH on Dec. 29...Ranks 13th all-time in scoring at UD with 1,209 career points...Also finished her career ranked 11th all-time in three-point shooting accuracy as well as accuracy from the free throw stripe...Also 11th in offensive rebounds and fifth in minutes played per game...Strong made multiple three-point shots 17 times and scored in double figures during 23 of 31 games...Put up 20 points at Charlotte...Scored 19 on 4-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc in the one-point win at Akron...Tallied 10 points or more in the last four regular season games.

2005-06
An A-10 Second Team selection, Strong started all 29 games at small forward...She also averaged 31.2 minutes per game to lead all players...Strong ranked 18th in the A-10 in scoring and tallied double-figures in scoring during 19 of her final 25 games...After three seasons, she ranks 22nd all-time in career scoring, seventh in three-point shots made, and ninth in three-point shooting accuracy...She made 41 treys during her junior year alone, which was tied for the ninth best mark ever in UD single-season history...Led Dayton to a dramatic 79-77 victory over Toledo in the opening round of the Tulane Basketball Classic by hitting two free throws with 2.6 seconds left on the clock in a tied game...Tallied a career-high 24 points against Xavier in 35 minutes of action.

2004-05
Started all 28 games and played 25 minutes or more in 19 of those games...Third on the team in scoring at 8.9 points per game and finished with 11 double-digit scoring efforts...Posted a career-high 23 points at Xavier on Jan. 27 while shooting 9-for-16 from the field...Also poured in 21 points at Fordham on Jan. 23 by connecting on 8-of-16 shots from the field including 5-of-8 from three-point range...Made 4-of-5 three-point shots en route to a 7-for-9 game in which she finished with 18 points at Temple (Feb. 20)...Had 11 double-figure scoring performances as well as a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds at George Washington (Feb. 6)...Also tallied 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting against Rhode Island on Jan. 16...Converted on all seven free throw attempts to tally 11 points at Wright State on Dec. 7.

2003-04
Averaged 7.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game...Her 144 rebounds are the eighth most by a freshman at UD...Started all but two games...Scored 10 or more points eight times, including a career-high 21 against Texas Pan-American...A two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week selection...Her 792 minutes played are the third most by a Flyer freshman...Third on the team in scoring, second in rebounding and fourth in three-point field goals (21)...Her 88 three-point attempts set a freshman single-season record at Dayton...Led team in scoring four times and in rebounding six times...Posted two double-doubles -- 11 points and 12 rebounds against St. John's and 11 points and 10 rebounds against La Salle...Led Flyers with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting at La Salle...Scored a team-leading 17 points against Penn...Grabbed career-high 13 rebounds at Duquesne.

2002-03
Played in four of the first six games before being sidelined with a stress fracture in her leg...Took a medical redshirt for the season...Scored two points at then-#25 Cincinnati... Averaged 9.0 minutes per game off the bench.

High School
Strong was an Ohio Division II All-State Third Team selection after averaging 16.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game at Warrensville Heights... Was a two-time All-State honoree and a three-time All-League selection... Led team to an 18-3 record and the league championship her junior year... Two-time team co-MVP...Averaged 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals, and 4.0 assists for her career, scoring over 1,500 points.

Personal Data
Daughter of Renee Strong...Has an older sister, Kristina (22)...Born on March 29, 1984...Majoring in Mechanical Engineering...High School coach was Larry Ellis... Member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Career Statistics

Year GP GS Min FG Att Pct 3Pt Att Pct FT Att Pct Reb Avg Ast Blk Stl Pts Avg
2002-03 4 0 32 1 6 .167 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 3 0.8 2 0 2 2 0.5
2003-04 28 26 792 84 239 .351 21 88 .239 33 49 .673 144 5.1 31 7 21 222 7.9
2004-05 28 28 789 91 255 .357 29 79 .367 38 51 .745 134 4.8 32 3 32 249 8.9
2005-06 29 29 906 125 330 .379 41 120 .342 54 67 .806 120 4.1 44 6 28 345 11.9
2006-07 31 31 973 145 398 .364 43 160 .269 58 79 .734 130 4.2 38 6 38 391 12.6
TOTAL 120 114 3492 446 1228 0.352 134 451 .297 183 246 .744 531 4.4 147 22 121 1209 10.1