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2014-15 USCI Women's Basketball

10 Jessica Sylvester

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Nazareth Academy
  • Hometown Trevose, Pa.

Biography

Ranks second on the Devils all-time list with 182 three-point field goals made...ranks 17th in assists with 202...ranks 18th on the Devils' all-time scoring list with 849 points

2013-14:  Started and played in all 27 games for the Devils…set a single season school record with 69 three-point field goals made…her 69 three-point field goals made ranked second in the CACC…led the team in free throw percentage (.782) …was second on the team in assists (73) and third in scoring (11.2 points/game) and steals (28)…reached double figures in scoring 14 times during the season… had 14 games with three or more three-point field goals  made with half of those making four or more …had a career high 27 points at Bloomfield College on 2/22/14…made a career-high six three-point field goals and seven free throws at Bloomfield and equaled her career high with four steals…had seven assists against Dominican College on 2/15/14..had a career high four steals vs. Wilmington University on 2/11/14…equaled her career high with six rebounds vs. Caldwell College on 1/25/14…dished out seven assists at Goldey-Beacom on 1/23/14… grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. Holy Family University on 1/14/14… had a career high eight assists vs. Post University on 1/4/14…recorded 21 points with five three-point field goals vs. Cheyney University on 11/26/13…shot 80% vs. Cheyney, making eight of ten field goals attempts.

2012-13:  Appeared in all 27 games for the Devils, starting 26…averaged 30.7 minutes per game…second on the team in scoring and 18th in the CACC, averaging 11.3 points/game…led team with 61 three-point field goals made, fifth most in the CACC during the season and the second highest single season total in program history…second on team with 71 assists…fourth on team with 39 steals…second on team, shooting 80.3% from free throw line…averaged 2.5 rebounds per game…shot 32.4% from the field and 32.3% beyond the three point arc on the season…scored 10 or more points in 19 games during the season…recorded a career-high 28 points vs. Felician on 1/26 with a career-high five three-point field goals and ten total field goals…grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists at Dominican in the CACC quarterfinal playoff game of 3/2...scored 17 points on five three-point field goals and had three steals at Chestnut Hill on 2/23, her eighth straight game of double-figure scoring…equaled her season high with five rebounds while scoring 11 points at Georgian Court on 2/19...had 14 points vs. Chestnut Hill on 2/12...dished out five assists while scoring 14 points at Caldwell on 2/2...scored 14 points vs. Goldey-Beacom on 1/29...equaled her career high with six assists vs. Georgian Court on 1/23 while shooting a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line (8 points total for game)…made four three-point field goals for 12 points at Holy Family on 1/15...had a career-high five steals at Wilmington on 1/12...had 12 points and five assists vs. Philadelphia U. on 1/9...made four three-point field goals and had 16 total points vs. Concordia on 1/5...had a career-high two blocks vs. Wilmington on 11/28...scored 14 points and had three steals at Goldey-Beacom on 11/20...dished out a career-high six assists and grabbed five rebounds in 40 minutes of play vs. West Virginia Wesleyan on 11/18....grabbed five rebounds vs. Lincoln on 11/17...had 14 points vs. Franklin Pierce on 11/10. 

2011-12:   Appeared in all 30 games for the Devils…averaged 21.2 minutes per game…led the team in three-point field goals made with 52, the sixth highest single season total in program history  and ranking fifth in the CACC during the season…fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 8.1 points per game…third on the team with 58 assists…had 26 steals and 63 rebounds…shot 32.4% from the field, 35.6% from three-point range and 67.3% from the free throw line…had a season high 17 points with six field goals (three triples) and two free throws vs. Post on 12/10...had a career high six free throws made at Felician in the CACC  quarterfinals on 2/25...equaled her season high of four assists at Nyack on 2/18...scored 13 points at Philadelphia U. on 2/16...had 14 points at Felician on 2/11...dished out four assists, equaling her season high vs. Georgian Court on 2/7...scored 13 points vs. Holy Family on 1/26...grabbed four rebounds and dished out four assists at Wilmington on 1/17...scored ten points (4-7 FG) vs. Goldey-Beacom on 1/10...was a perfect 4-4 from beyond the three point arc enroute to 15 points at Chestnut Hill on 1/3...also had four assists at Chestnut Hill…grabbed a career-high six rebounds and dished out a season-high four assists at East Stroudsburg on 12/19/11..made four three-point field goals while scoring 14 points and grabbed five rebounds at Goldey-Beacom on 12/6...made four three-point field goals while scoring 12 points at Kutztown on 11/23...had 11 points vs. C.W. Post on 11/13...in her collegiate debut, scored 11 points (4-9 FG) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas on 11/12.

Honors and Activities:  Two Time CACC Winter All-Academic Team honoree (2013, 2014)...Named to 2013 Philadelphia Area All- Academic Women’s Basketball Team…Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman Honor Society, spring 2012…Named to Dean’s List five times. 

Prior to USciences:  Four-year player at Nazareth academy…Named to the All-Academies Team three times…Markward Basketball Club Award winner…Played AAU ball for the Philadelphia Belles…also played softball and ran cross country. 

Personal:  Oldest daughter of Gregory and Cheryl Sylvester… On choosing USciences: “I chose USciences because I have a strong desire to be a pharmacist.  I found an opportunity here to play basketball as I pursue my career goals.”…Plans on becoming a pharmacist after graduation and hopefully get a job in the environment she enjoys the most.

Historical Player Information

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    2012-13Sophomore

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    2013-14Junior

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    2014-15Senior

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