Lakeisha Sutton
- position G
- height 5-9
- class Freshman
- Hometown Trenton, N.J.
- High school Trenton Catholic
- position G
- height 5-9
- class Freshman
- Hometown Trenton, N.J.
- High school Trenton Catholic
Lakeisha Sutton Bio
Career Highs |
Pts
24 vs. USC Upstate, 12/16/08
FG
8, 3x, last, at No. 15/15 Florida, 2/22/09
FGA
20, 2x, last, at No. 15/15 Florida, 2/22/09
FG %
.857 (6-7) at Georgia, 1/11/09
3FG
3 at No. 13/15 Tennessee, 1/18/09
3FGA
3, 5x, last, at No. 15/15 Florida, 2/22/09
3FG %
1.00 (3-3) at No. 13/15 Tennessee, 1/18/09
FT
8 vs. USC Upstate, 12/16/08
FTA
14 vs. USC Upstate, 12/16/08
FT %
1.000 (3-3) vs. Davidson, 11/24/08
Reb
7 at Ole Miss, 1/22/09
Off Reb
2, 6x, last, vs. Kentucky, 3/1/09
Def Reb
6 at Ole Miss, 1/22/09
Asst
7, 2x, last, vs. Ole Miss, 2/8/09
Stl
5 vs. UNC Wilmington, 11/29/08
Blks
2 vs. No. 1 UConn, 12/28/08
Min
39 vs. Mississippi State, 3/5/09
Freshman Year (2008-09)
Was a unanimous selection to the SEC All-Freshman Team … started 14 of her 28 games … was second on the team with 11.0 points per game to rank 23rd in the SEC and tied for team-high honors with 2.4 assists per game … was 12th in the SEC with a .675 free throw percentage … scored in double figures 15 times with nine games with 15 or more points … was second on the team with 13.6 points per game in SEC play to rank 10th in the league (tops among SEC freshmen) … handed out 3.6 assists per game against SEC opponents, ninth-best in the league … was the team[apos]s leading scorer 10 times and paced the team in assists in 11 games … added nine points and three assists against Kentucky … scored a game-high 14 points at Mississippi State … led the team with 17 points at No. 15/15 Florida … dished out a team-high six assists to go with seven points and five rebounds against Alabama … netted 15 points and handed out a team-high five assists at Arkansas … tied her career high with seven assists against Ole Miss to go with a team-high 19 points, including the last four points that put the team up by one with nine seconds left … led the team with 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting at Kentucky, playing just 22 foul-plagued minutes … netted a game-high 19 points on a career-high eight field goals against LSU … posted career highs of seven rebounds and seven assists at Ole Miss to go with 15 points … hit 3-of-3 from 3-point range at No. 13/15 Tennessee, just the third time in school history a freshman has shot that well from behind the arc … sparked the offense late to finish with 18 points at Georgia, hitting 6-of-7 field goals to tie for fourth-best field goal percentage by a freshman in school history … poured in 17 points against No. 9/8 Auburn, including hitting 7-of-8 from the free-throw line … tied for the team lead with 11 points against No. 1 UConn on 4-of-8 shooting and blocked two shots … led the team with 13 points against No. 3/4 Stanford … turned in an outstanding all-around game against USC Upstate, scoring a game-high 24 points to go with four assists and three steals … went to the free-throw line 14 times against the Spartans, the second-most by a freshman in school history … reached double-digit points for the third time in five games with 11 points against High Point as her defensive spark off the bench led to a series of layups that put the Gamecocks comfortably ahead … was named to the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team … scored a season-high 12 points against UNC Wilmington, including what proved to be the game-winning basket with the shot clock winding down … earned the start in the season opener at Penn State.
High School
Played four years for coach Khaliq Lewis El[apos]s Iron Mikes … piled up awards her senior year, including New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year, Trenton Times Player of the Year and Trentonian Player of the Year, averaging 19.6 points per game … was a four-time all-county first-team selection and twice earned All-State honors from the Associated Press … named MVP of the 2008 New Jersey State Championship after leading her team to its second-straight title … scored a career-high 36 points against Cherokee High to set the Cougar Classic record … netted 30 points in the State Championship semifinals against Sacred Heart … helped AAU team, New Jersey Flames, to back-to-back New Jersey State U17 titles.
Career Stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | PF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts | Avg |
2008-09 | 28 | 14 | 734 | 26.2 | 108 | 263 | .411 | 15 | 36 | .417 | 77 | 114 | .375 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 2.0 | 70 | 2 | 68 | 107 | 5 | 36 | 308 | 11.0 |