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2018-19 USCI Women's Basketball

3 Alyx McKiernan

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Immaculate Heart Academy
  • Hometown Paramus, N.J.

Biography

Career Honors

3x CACC All-Academic Team (2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19)

3x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19)

8x Dean's List Honors

Four 4.0 GPA Semesters

 

Career-Highs

Points: 11 (vs. Nyack, 2/16/19)
Field Goals: 4 (vs. Nyack, 2/16/19)
3-pointers: 3 (vs. Nyack, 2/16/19)
Free Throws: 2 (4x) 
Rebounds: 5 (vs. Georgian Court, 12/5/17) 
Assists: 4 (vs. Chestnut Hill, 3/2/19)
Blocks:  
Steals: 2 (2x)
Minutes: 24 (at Post, 1/19/19)

 

2018-19 (Game-by-Game): McKiernan appeared in 32-of-33 games her senior season, making three starts. She led USciences and the entire CACC with a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio. McKiernan set new career-highs with 81 points and 46 rebounds, while averaging 11.1 points per game. 

  • Led all players with four assists, a new career-best, and scored seven points on 3-of-3 shooting in Senior Day victory over Chestnut Hill (3/2)
  • Made her second career start and scored eight of her game and career-high 11 points in the first half (2/16)
  • Made her first career start in victory at Post (1/19)
  • Was the Devils' third-leading scorer with a career-best nine points on 3-of-4 shooting in victory at Georgian Court (1/8)
    Tied her career-high with three assists in victory at Rollins, as USciences won the Rollins Thanksgiving Invitational (11/24)
  • Set a career-high with eight points on 3-of-5 shooting and 2-of-3 3-poiners in victory over Hillsdale. She added two rebounds and two assists (11/23)

2017-18 (Game-by-Game): McKiernan appeared in 14 games in 2017-18, averaging 1.6 rebounds and 0.8 points in 8.1 minutes per game. 

  • Was one board shy of her career-high with four in victory at Concordia (2/3)
  • Pulled down a career-best five rebounds in win over Georgian Court (12/5)
  • Led all players with a career-best three assists in just six minutes in a win over Bloomsburg (11/15)

2016-17 (Game-by-Game):

2015-16 (Game-by-Game): 

Prior to USciences: 

  • Four Year Player at Immaculate Hearty Academy
  • Team won Non-public A  State championship in 2013-14
  • Played on three Non-public A North Sectional Championship teams
  • Played on two Varsity Bergen County Tournament Championship teams
  • School also won JV Bergen County Tournament Championship in 201212-13 and freshman Bergen County tournament Championship in 2011-12

Personal: 

  • Youngest of three children on Patrick and Phyllis McKiernan
  • Chose USciences because she liked the campus a lot on her visit and liked Coach Hartzell and her style of play

Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

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    5'4"
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  • 03

    2016-17Sophomore

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    5'4"
    03
  • 03

    2017-18Junior

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    5'4"
    03
  • 3

    2018-19Senior

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    5'4"
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