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NEW MEXICO: A quick, durable point guard who displays a good burst to the basket on drives. … A team captain who has good command of the offense. … Has fantastic stamina. … A three-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree.
JUNIOR (2014-15): Finished her third consecutive season as the Lobos’ everyday starting point guard…averaged 8.0 points per game…picked up her best game of the year against No. 1 ranked Stanford (11-24-14), finishing with 16 points…shot 30 percent from the field 28 percent from three-point range and 67 percent from the charity stripe…finished 11th in the conference with 2.8 assists per game and in steals with 1.5 per game…finished 10th in MW in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.3…led the squad with 94 assists and was third on the team with 51 steals…picked up 110 rebounds as a guard…was second on the team in minutes played with 956, averaging 29.0 minutes per game…Academic All-Mountain West honoree for third straight season.
SOPHOMORE (2013-14): Finished her second consecutive season as the Lobos’ everyday starting point guard… Increased her scoring average, three-point shooting and assist-to-turnover ratio from the previous season… Best game of the season came against Utah State (1-29-14) with 17 points and nine assists… Buried a career-high five three-pointers against in the same game against USU… Her 97 assists as a sophomore put her in the top 15 all-time at New Mexico… Recorded four or more assists in ten of her 30 games this season… Finished the season with eleven games of a three-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio or better… Led the team in minutes played with 960.
FRESHMAN (2012-13): Academic All-Conference… Led all Mountain West Conference freshmen in assists, steals and minutes played while finishing third in scoring… Her 116 assists were fifth in the MWC and the most by a Lobo since the 2008-09 season… Re-wrote Lobo freshmen record books finishing 14th in scoring, second in assists and fourth in steals among all New Mexico freshmen…Her ten assists versus New Mexico State (11-20-12) were the most by a Lobo in a game since Mandi Moore also had ten assists in the 2003-04 season… Nearly recorded the program’s first triple-double in over three decades with twelve points, ten rebounds and seven assists at Colorado State (1-23-13)… First-ever 20-point game was at Houston (11-30-12)… Registered three or more steals on eight different occasions, which includes a season-high six steals against Cal-State Fullerton (12-4-12).
HIGH SCHOOL: McDonald’s All-American nominee at Desoto High… 2012 TABC/TGCA All-State Award Winner… 2012 District Offensive Player of the Year… Academic All-District Team member… Became first player in school history to play in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame All-Star Game… Played AAU with the Houston Insiders… Graduated with a 4.02 grade point average… National Honor Society inductee
PERSONAL: Born Chirrisse Bryce Owens on September 27, 1994… Parents are Harold and Chirrisse Owens… Lists “Fat Albert” as her favorite movie… Enjoys pizza and spaghetti… Favorite athlete is Dwyane Wade… iPod favorites include anything by Chris Brown… Favorite free-time activities include watching bad sci-fi movies with her parents…