By Fred Lambert
flambert@valenciavoice.com
Knights women’s basketball guard Aisha Patrick led her team in points on Sunday’s game against the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Blazers, but she’d already proved her meddle in scoring.
Patrick was honored on Jan. 12 with a commemorative team ball, recognizing her as the 15th UCF women’s basketball player in school history to score an accumulative 1000 points. The recognition came during an away game at UAB when she hit her mark. The awarded ball had “1000 points” and her name printed on it.
“The significant thing about me getting a thousand points is that I don’t look to be a shooter; I like defense,” said Patrick after the Knights’ victory over the Blazers. “I try to get the steals and I get the easy points, and teams don’t look at me as a scoring threat.”
The tally after Sunday’s game puts her at an added total of 1,109 points. Patrick, whose played for the Knights since 2008, holds the number nine spot in total points for the school’s women’s basketball program, along with number three for most rebounds at 770, number four for assists at 343, number two for steals at 270 and number six for most free throws made at 243.
A 5-foot 9-inch senior from Rockledge, Fla., Patrick averages 13.9 points per game. She scored 12 for her team in Sunday’s matchup, along with 10 rebounds.
“Really proud of Pat, because she led the way tonight,” said Knight’s coach Joi Williams. “She played 40 minutes and no turnovers, a double-double – we couldn’t ask for more from her.”
Sunday’s double-double puts Patrick in the top five slot for UCF’s women’s basketball program’s all-time double-double list. She is the only guard out of six players in the Conference USA to record at least 10 double-doubles, and she’s led her team in steals for eight out of the last 12 games.
Outside of point scoring, Williams gave Patrick high praise on defense, leadership and rebounds.
“I’m just extremely proud of her,” said Williams. “She’s meant a lot to our program since she was a freshman. For her to be able to achieve that milestone means a lot, and she’s a player that does a lot of different things. The ball was for a 1000 point scoring, but she affects the game in so many different ways, so it’s really neat to see her get that award.”
flambert@valenciavoice.com
Knights women’s basketball guard Aisha Patrick led her team in points on Sunday’s game against the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Blazers, but she’d already proved her meddle in scoring.
Patrick was honored on Jan. 12 with a commemorative team ball, recognizing her as the 15th UCF women’s basketball player in school history to score an accumulative 1000 points. The recognition came during an away game at UAB when she hit her mark. The awarded ball had “1000 points” and her name printed on it.
“The significant thing about me getting a thousand points is that I don’t look to be a shooter; I like defense,” said Patrick after the Knights’ victory over the Blazers. “I try to get the steals and I get the easy points, and teams don’t look at me as a scoring threat.”
The tally after Sunday’s game puts her at an added total of 1,109 points. Patrick, whose played for the Knights since 2008, holds the number nine spot in total points for the school’s women’s basketball program, along with number three for most rebounds at 770, number four for assists at 343, number two for steals at 270 and number six for most free throws made at 243.
A 5-foot 9-inch senior from Rockledge, Fla., Patrick averages 13.9 points per game. She scored 12 for her team in Sunday’s matchup, along with 10 rebounds.
“Really proud of Pat, because she led the way tonight,” said Knight’s coach Joi Williams. “She played 40 minutes and no turnovers, a double-double – we couldn’t ask for more from her.”
Sunday’s double-double puts Patrick in the top five slot for UCF’s women’s basketball program’s all-time double-double list. She is the only guard out of six players in the Conference USA to record at least 10 double-doubles, and she’s led her team in steals for eight out of the last 12 games.
Outside of point scoring, Williams gave Patrick high praise on defense, leadership and rebounds.
“I’m just extremely proud of her,” said Williams. “She’s meant a lot to our program since she was a freshman. For her to be able to achieve that milestone means a lot, and she’s a player that does a lot of different things. The ball was for a 1000 point scoring, but she affects the game in so many different ways, so it’s really neat to see her get that award.”
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