The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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BKB PREVIEW 12-13 ■ KRYSTAL BARRETT 12 • Guard • 5-9 Sophomore • Dallas Career Highlights: Made her only career start Bios Of The 2012-13 Women's Basketball Team GP THE PLAYERS against Longwood last season … One of the first players off the bench and a top scor- ing reserve in her first season at NC State … Scored in double fig- ures six times, includ- ing three games during ACC play … Missed the Duke game with a con- cussion suffered in the second half at Miami … Scored all 14 of her team-leading point total in the second half against the Hurricanes … Returned with 12 points against Boston College … Had 34 steals, tied for 13th most as an NC State fresh- man … The product of Skyline High was regarded as the No. 75 overall player and the No. 22 guard in her class by ESPNU HoopGurlz … Was a 2011 McDonald's All-American nominee and a 2011 Texas McDonald's All- American … Was also selected as a Texas Girls' Coaches Association All-Star and all-state player … Tallied more than 1,200 points in her final two high school seasons … Averaged 21.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.6 steals, 2.9 assists and 1.4 blocks per game as a senior, helping her team to a 27-6 overall record … Averaged 16.7 points and 4.1 assists during the regular season of her junior campaign and was named District 9-5A Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Personal: Krystal Monique Barrett … Enrolled in the First Year College at NC State. CAREER STATISTICS Year 2011-12 GP 34 PPG 6.2 RPG 2.5 APG 0.9 ■ LEN'NIQUE BROWN 2 • Guard • 5-5 Redshirt Sophomore • San Antonio Career Highlights: Brown sat out the 2011-12 as a junior and senior … Earned a nod to the all-state first-team as a senior … Averaged 12.5 points, 5.1 assists and 3.5 steals as a prep senior. Personal: Her father and brothers have all played basketball at the junior college level. 2010-11 CAREER STATISTICS (at USC 2010-11) Year GP 37 PPG 3.1 RPG 1.5 APG 1.2 ■ KODY BURKE 44 • Forward • 6-2 Junior • Northridge, Calif. Career Highlights: Named to the All-ACC Aca- CAREER STATISTICS Year 2010-11 2011-12 30 35 PPG 9.5 10.5 RPG 6.4 5.3 BPG 1.9 1.5 season due to NCAA transfer rules and has three years of eligibil- ity remaining … Saw action in all 37 games at USC and made one start as a true freshman … Helped the team to a 24-13 showing and an appearance in the WNIT championship game … Tallied 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 12.4 minutes of action per game … Scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in a victory over NC State at Reynolds Coliseum … Was a four-time all-district first-team selec- tion at Karen Wagner High … Was named district MVP 86 ■ THE WOLFPACKER demic Team for a sec- ond straight season in 2011-12 … Averaged 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds in two Post- season WNIT games … Had a career-high 26 points against Wake Forest, along with eight rebounds, four blocks, three steals and two assists … Also had 21 points in the win over No. 18 Vanderbilt … Was named College Sports Madness National and ACC Player of the Week after her performance against Vandy … Was named to Pepsi Rainbow Wahine In- vitational all-tournament team after averaging 12.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in three games in Hawaii … Scored in double figures 18 times … Ranked 28th in scoring (10.5) and fourth in blocks (53) in the ACC … Set a Wolfpack freshman record with 57 blocks during the 2010-11 campaign — the fourth-best single-season total in program history … She also ranked among the school's top 15 debut cam- paigns in free throw attempts (sixth, 104), rebounds (seventh, 196), steals (12th, 34), field goals (12th, 113), free throws (12th, 54), points (13th, 284) and scoring average (13th, 9.5) … Ranked second in the ACC and led all conference rookies with 1.9 blocks per game … Started 16 of 30 games, including seven of the last eight games … Scored in double figures 17 times, including 10 times against ACC competition … Averaged 11.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 14 conference contests … Was named ACC Rookie of the Week Dec. 27 … Finished second on the team and 16th in the league with 6.4 rebounds per contest … Also ranked fourth among all conference freshmen with 9.5 points per game … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team … Averaged 22.7 points, 12.2 re- bounds, 5.5 blocks and 1.9 assists per game as a senior at Notre Dame High School … Led the Mission Con- ference in points, rebounds and blocks while earning MVP honors for the third straight year as a senior. Personal: Born Kody Marie Burke on Jan. 15, 1992, to Rogelio and Janice Burke … Father played college basketball at UC Riverside and Cal State Dominquez Hills before playing professionally overseas … Studying business administration at NC State. against Southeast Mis- souri State in 2011-12 season opener … Re- sponded with seven points and six rebounds … Had a career-high 12 rebounds against Jacksonville … Scored career-high 10 points and hauled in nine re- bounds against Alcorn State before suffering a concussion in the game … Scored nine points in 11 minutes at Boston College … Appeared in 11 games in 2010-11 before being ruled academically ineligible for the spring semester … Averaged 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds … Scored in double figures twice, including 13 points against Creighton … Redshirted during the 2009-10 season … Was ranked as the No. 19 player at her position and the No. 72 overall player coming out of high school by ESPNU Hoopsgurlz … Played her senior season at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia and averaged a double-double … Named to The Daily Herald's All-Area basketball team as a sophomore and junior at North- west Halifax High School. Personal: Born Lakeesa Shari' Daniel on Sept. 26, ■ LAKEESA DANIEL 41 • Forward/Center • 6-4 Redshirt Junior • Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Career Highlights: Made first collegiate start 1991, to Wilson and Florida Bradley … Originally signed to play at Wake Forest during the 2008 early signing period … Majoring in parks, recreation and tourism management at NC State. CAREER STATISTICS Year 2010-11 2011-12 GP 11 33 PPG 5.1 2.9 RPG 3.6 3.9 ■ THERANY DUNNIGAN 42 • Forward • 6-2 Sophomore • Cleveland Career Highlights: BPG 0.3 0.4 Reserve forward for NC State in her first season … Scored two points on three sepa- rate occasions in 2011- 12 … The 2011 Mc- Donald's All-American nominee was ranked by ESPNU HoopGurlz as the No. 25 forward in the country coming out of Midpark High … Helped her team go 22-3 in her