Kyla McMakin - 2023-24 - Women's Basketball

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2023-24 • Graduate Student

Helped the program to its first-ever WNIT Championship title – a run that included a six-game winning streak and beating two Power 5 opponents
Reached the 1,000-point mark and became only the third women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points at two separate institutions
Ranked second on the team with 666 points and averaged 16.7 points per game
Season highs – points: 30 vs. St. Bonaventure, three-pointers: 6 vs. Southern Indiana, free throws: 10 vs. UMass, minutes: 39 vs. three opponents, rebounds: 8 vs. UCA, steals: 4 vs. George Washington
Scored in double digits in 37 of the team’s 40 games
Led the Billikens in scoring in 18 of their 40 contests
Put up 20-plus points in 12 outings
Named Second-Team All-Conference
Ranked third in the A-10 in scoring (16.7), first in free throws (146) and first in minutes played (1,377)
Finished her collegiate career ranking 16th in career points (2,899)
Ended the 2023-24 season 3rd in career points (2,899), 14th in scoring average (17.7), 5th in field goals made (1,033,) and 3rd in games played (164) among active NCAA Division I players
Holds SLU’s second (666) and third (602) single-season points records
Played in 164 total games making 164 starts

2022-23 • Senior

Helped her teams to back-to-back conference tournament titles (Big South at Longwood in ‘22; Atlantic 10 at Saint Louis in ’23), and the Billikens to their first-ever NCAA Tournament after topping UMass in the highest-scoring A-10 final since 1995
Averaged 17.7 points in the A-10 tournament including a 27-point effort in the championship game
Named to the A-10 All-Championship Team to go along with her regular-season All-Conference Second Team honors
Led the conference in free throws made (125) and attempted (153)
Fourth in the A-10 in scoring (17.2 points per game)
Closed out the season 11th in career points (2,233), 11th in career scoring average (18.0 ppg), 13th in career field-goals made (802) and 25th in career free-throw percentage (84.4) among active NCAA Division I players
Set the SLU single-season points record with 602
Broke SLU’s single-game scoring record with a 40-point performance on the road against VCU (January 1), and became one of only two A-10 players since the 2009-10 season to score 40+ points in a single game
Her 33-point effort versus Fordham (January 28) was her fourth game with 30 or more points in the 2022-23 season
Recorded three steals and 31 points, including five 3-pointers, in her first game at Chaifetz Arena against SIUE (Nov. 11)

At Longwood

Helped the Lancers to an NCAA Tournament victory and first-ever Big South Championship
Three-time Big South All-Conference first team member
Posted over 1,600 points in three seasons
Led the conference in scoring in back-to-back seasons
At the conclusion of the 2021-22 season, her 1,629 career points ranked fifth among juniors in the NCAA, while her average of 18.3 points was sixth
Joined the 1,000-point club just 54 games into her career
Ranks 17th all-time in scoring in the Big South
Finished the 2021-22 season ranked 23rd nationally with 619 points, 20th with 235 made field goals and 53rd with an average of 18.2 points
Averaged 18.8, 17.9 and 18.3 points, respectively, across her first three collegiate seasons
As a sophomore in 2020-21, led the Big South in scoring for a second straight season and helped the Lancers earn a berth in the Women's Basketball Invitational

High School

Recorded 1,990 points and 1,055 rebounds, with averages of 25.7 points and 18.0 rebounds
Became the first player at Ocean Lakes to secure 1,000 rebounds in her illustrious career
Named the 2019 Regional Player of the Year and Virginia Beach 2019 Player of the Year
Earned a spot on the 2019 first team All-Region

Off the Court

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