| Desire Almind |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Blairstown, N.J.
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| High School:
North Warren Regional
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| Height:
6-0
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| Position:
Guard/Forward
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| Experience:
3 year letterwinner
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ALMIND SNAPSHOT
Named to the All-Patriot League Preseason Team ... 2003-04 Co-Captain ... Brings an all-around game to the floor ... Has an above average vertical leap that allows her to get to balls ... Plays the 3 or 4 position ... Has range from outside, as well as being able to drive to the bucket or pull up and hit the short jumper.
2003-04:
Named to the All-Patriot League First-Team ... Recorded her first double-double of the season against Loyola (Md.) (11/25/03) ... Scored a career-best 33 points vs. Bowling Green on 14-of-16 shooting (12/3/03) ... Had two more double-double’s at Cornell Classic on her way to All-Tournament honors ... Set a Sojka Pavilion record with 19 rebounds vs. Akron (12/19/03) ... Named to All-Tournament squad at La Salle Invitational ... Pulled down a career-best 20 rebounds to go with 29 points at Iona (1/5/04) ... Registered career-high five blocks at American (1/10/04) ... Handed out career-best six assists at Lehigh (1/14/04) ... Became the Bucknell single-season leader in blocks against Lafayette (1/25/04) ... Recorded a career-best and school record 19 double-doubles on the year ... Became the school’s single-season record holder for rebounds in the American game (2/7/04) ... Ended the season with 390 caroms and a school and conference record 13.4 rpg, second-best in the nation ... Broke the Patriot League single-season rebounding mark at Colgate (2/29/04) ... Was named Patriot League Player of the Week five times (12/7, 12/21, 1/12, 2/23, 3/1) ... Earned Patriot League All-Tournament Team honors for the second-straight year ... Broke her own tournament single-game rebounding record with 20 boards in semifinal loss to eventual champion Colgate (3/7/04).
2002-03:
Named to the All-Patriot League Second-Team ... Opened the 2002-03 season equaling her career-high with 26 points vs. Penn State (11/15/03) ... Recorded the first double-double of the season, and third of her career, with 10 boards in the contest ... Has scored in double-figures in 60 of 80 career games ... Came back from a five-game hiatus due to injury to score 19 points against American (1/11/03) ... Also grabbed a career-best seven steals ... Pulled down 15 rebounds against Navy (2/16/03) ... Reached the then career-best for caroms again against Colgate (3/2/03) ... Pulled down a Patriot League Tournament record 19 boards in the quarterfinal round against Navy (3/7/03) ... Led the team with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Holy Cross (3/9/03) in the Patriot League semi-final game, setting a two-game tournament record with 29 caroms ... Recorded 11 double-doubles on the year ... Had a string of four-consecutive double-doubles earlier in the year ... Scored her 1,000th career point in loss at Army (2/23/03).
2001-02:
Saw time in 29 games this season, starting 21 ... Missed the first two games of her career at the Nassau Knockout with a stomach ulcer ... Earned a starting role in five contests before missing the games ... Led the team with 20 blocks ... Has been held under double figures scoring just 15 times in her young career (57 games) ... Was sidelined by mono in the preseason ... Scored a season-high 18 points at Army (2/9/02) ... Shot 7-of-12 from the field in the game ... Came back from a stomach ulcer to score 13 points, hand out a career-high five assists and grab four steals against Lafayette (1/9/02) ... Scored in double-figures in 12 of 14 Patriot League contests, averaging 11.9 ppg in conference action ... Named PPL Utilities Player of the Game at Army.
2000-01:
Was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year and was a member of the Patriot League All-Rookie and Second-Team ... Was second on the team and third in the league in overall scoring ... Finished sixth among conference players in league scoring with 14.2 ppg ... Started 26 of 28 games as a rookie ... In just her second collegiate contest, recorded a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds ... Reached 25 points again against Marist (11/28/2000) in just her fourth college game ... Went 10-15 from the field in that game ... Tallied a career-high 26 points in victory over Harvard (12/9/2000) ... Matched that with 26 on 11-18 shooting at Army (2/14/01) ... Was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week six times ... Named to Cornell Classic All-Tournament Team ... Named Bucknell’s Subway Athlete of the Month for November ... Had seven 20+-point games in her young career ... Named the Eastern College Women’s Basketball Coaches & Media Association Regional Rookie of the Week (1/15/01) ... Pulled down career-high 12 boards against Navy (2/2/01).
AT NORTH WARREN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL:
Earned four varsity letters in both basketball and softball, while earning two letters in cross country ... Averaged 25.4 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 5.0 spg, 4.0 apg and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior ... Broke high school and Warren, Sussex and Hunderton County career scoring records with 2,281 points over her four years ... Was named Player of the Year in All West Jersey, Warren County and Express Times ... Named first-team Associated Press All-State, All Groups All-State, Group 1 All-Seniors and Group 1 All-State ... Also earned first-team honors for All-West Jersey, Warren County, Skyland Conference, N.J. Herald and Express Times ... Majoring in Geography ... Daughter of William and Greye Almind ... Born 7/13/82.
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| Points: | 33 | Bowling Green | 12/3/2003 |
| Rebounds: | 20 | twice | |
| Assists: | 6 | at Lehigh | 1/14/2004 |
| Steals: | 8 | at Holy Cross | 2/27/2004 |
| Blocks: | 5 | at American | 1/10/2004 |
| FG Made: | 14 | Bowling Green | 12/3/2003 |
| FG Attempted: | 26 | at Hampton | 11/20/2000 |
| 3-pt FG Made: | 2 | Canisius | 11/27/2002 |
| 3-pt FG Attempted: | 6 | vs. Northeastern | 12/30/2000 |
| FT Made: | 14 | Navy | 1/17/2004 |
| FT Attempted: | 15 | Navy | 1/17/2004 |
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| '00-01 | 28-26 | 172-373 | .461 | 6-18 | .333 | 73-91 | .802 | 423 | 15.1 | 839-30.0 |
| '01-02 | 29-21 | 129-272 | .474 | 1-7 | .143 | 43-54 | .796 | 302 | 10.4 | 749-25.8 |
| '02-03 | 23-23 | 137-267 | .513 | 3-8 | .375 | 77-93 | .828 | 354 | 15.4 | 760-33.0 |
| '03-04 | 29-29 | 192-407 | .472 | 4-14 | .286 | 114-150 | .760 | 502 | 17.3 | 1082-37.3 |
| Totals | 109-99 | 630-1319 | .478 | 14-48 | .292 | 307-388 | .791 | 1581 | 14.5 | 3430-31.5 |
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| '00-01 | 143 | 5.1 | 75-3 | 38 | 66 | 7 | 39 |
| '01-02 | 133 | 4.6 | 63-2 | 64 | 66 | 20 | 44 |
| '02-03 | 207 | 9.0 | 72-2 | 41 | 63 | 19 | 58 |
| '03-04 | 390 | 13.4 | 79-1 | 77 | 92 | 62 | 72 |
| Totals | 873 | 8.0 | 289-8 | 220 | 287 | 108 | 213 |
