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2020-21 USCI Women's Basketball

11 Irisa Ye

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School North Penn
  • Hometown Lansdale, Pa.

Biography

Career Honors

2019-20 CACC Player of the Year

2x All-CACC First Team (2018-19; 2019-20)

2x D2CCA All-East Region First Team (2018-19; 2019-20)

2x WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2018-19; 2019-20)

3x CACC Championship All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019, 2020)

2019 East Regional All-Tournament Team

2018-19 USciences Female Athlete of the Year

2x CACC Student-Athlete of the Month (Dec. 2018; Jan. 2020)

2x CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team (2019-20; 2020-21)

3x CoSIDA Academic All-District® Team (2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21)

2019-20 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year

2x Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2018-19; 2019-20)

3x CACC All-Academic Team (2018-19; 2019-20, 2020-21)

2x D2 ADA Academic Achivement Award (2018-192019-20)

USBWA Division II National Player of the Week (1/3/19)

4x CACC Player of the Week (12/31/18; 1/6/20; 1/20/20; 2/17/20)

2x CACC Defensive Player of the Week (11/11/19; 2/3/20)

CACC Rookie of the Week (12/4/17)

8x Dean's List Honors

Four 4.0 GPA Semesters

 

Career-Highs

Points: 34 (at Georgian Court, 2/12/20)
Field Goals: 15 (vs. Post, 1/18/20)
3-pointers: 5 (at Chestnut Hill, 2/29/20)
Free Throws: 12 (2x)
Rebounds: 10 (vs. Jefferson, 3/7/20)
Assists: 6 (2x)
Blocks: 3 (at Wilmington, 1/21/20)
Steals: 6 (at Nyack, 2/1/20)
Minutes: 42 (vs. Jefferson, 3/10/19)

 

2019-20 (Game-by-Game): Ye was one of two Devils to start all 30 games as a junior, leading USciences and ranking in the top-five of the CACC in points per game (18.8), field goal percentage (51.7) and steals (57). She was also second on the team and top-six in the CACC in 3-point percentage (38.9) and free throw percentage (81.3), while her team-leading 95 assists was eighth in the league. Ye ranked second in the CACC in points per game despite her team-leading 30.2 minutes per game ranking 25th, with her 24.9 points per 40 minutes leading the conference. Her 565 points and 217 field goals made were both the second most in the program’s single season history, while here 18.8 points per game were sixth.  Ye was also third on the team with 4.8 rebounds per game and fourth with a 1.3 assist/turnover ratio. She enters her senior season eighth in program history with 1,341 career points and 486 career field goals

  • Led all players with 23 points and a career-high 10 rebounds to record her first career double-double in CACC Semifinal versus Jeffeson (3/7)
  • 10-point fourth quarter capped a game-high 28-point performance, which was double the amount of the second-leading scorer, in season-final win at Chestnut Hill. Made a career-best 5-of-10 3-pointers as well as 7-of-8 foul shots, while also leading all players with four steals (2/29)
  • Led the way with career-highs of 34 points and nine rebounds, as well as five assists and three steals, in just 21 minutes of a victory at Georgian Court. She made 11-of-12 field goals and 12-of-14 foul shots (2/12)
  • Led the defensive effort in victory at Nyack with a career-best six steals (2/1)
  • Fell one rebound shy of her first career double-double with game-highs of 25 points and career-bests of six assists and three blocks in win at Wilmington (1/21)
  • Poured in a career-best 33 points on 15-of-26 shooting, while also leading all players with five assists, in triumph over CACC North leader Post (1/18)
  • Scored a game-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting in just 26 minutes in win at Concordia, making 4-of-5 free throws and 2-of-3 3-pointers while adding a game and career-high four steals (1/4)
  • Two free throws with seven seconds remaining gave USciences four-point lead, capping a game-high 21-point performance at No. 21 St. Thomas Aquinas (1/3)
  • Led all players with a career-best six assists, while adding 11 points, in victory at Goldey-Beacom (12/18)
  • Was the game's second-leading scorer with 14 points, while stuffing the stat sheet with game-highs of seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks, the latter of which tied a career-best, in win over Georgian Court (12/7)
  • Led all players with a season-best 26 points and a career-high four steals at Holy Family (12/3)

2018-19 (Game-by-Game): Ye started in 32 of her 33 appearances her sophomore season. She finished this season atop the CACC with a 55.6 field goal percentage, which currently ranked 21st nationally and put her sixth in the program's single-season history. She was also second in the league in both points per game (17.0) and 3-point percentage (43.7), the latter of which ranked seventh in the program's single-season annals, and fourth with an 83.1 free throw percentage. Ye's 561 points were the second-most in a single-season in USciences history, breaking the program's NCAA Era record, while her 195 field goals and 133 free throws ranked fifth and seventh, respectively. 

  • Took over down the stretch, scoring 13 of her game-high 19 points after halftime in NCAA Tournament First Round victory over NYIT (3/15)
  • Led USciences with 25 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including a perfect 3-of-3 3-pointers to break the program's NCAA era single-season scoring record with 561 points, in NCAA Tournament Second Round loss to Le Moyne (3/16)
  • Produced a game-high 22 points in triumph over No. 2 Jefferson, scoring 15 in the second half and adding seven rebounds, tied for second on the team (2/5)
  • Stuffed tuffed the stat sheet with 20 points, five rebounds, four steals, three assists and two blocks in win over Goldey-Beacom. The 20 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter, and career-high four steals and two blocks led all players (1/22) 
  • Had career-highs of nine rebounds and five assists at No. 16 Jefferson (1/3)
  • Poured in 26 of her career-high 32 points - in 27 minutes - after the break to seal up Stonehill Holiday Tournament MVP as the Devils won at No. 25 Stonehill. The sophomore made 9-of-12 field goals, both of her 3-point attempts and all 12 of her free throw attempts, and also tied her career-best with three steals (12/30)
  • Set a career-best in scoring for the fourth game in a row in win at Shippensburg, pouring in 20 of her game-high 26 points in the second half, while making 9-of-14 field goals and 6-of-7 free throws. She also paced all players with career-highs of five assists and three steals (11/28)
  • Made a career-best seven free throws in win at Rollins, helping USciences win the Rollins Thanksgiving Tournament, en route to matching her career-high of 20 points for the third game in a row (11/24)
  • Scored her 20 points in win over Hillsdale on 7-of-12 shooting, tying her career-best for the second game in a row (11/23)
  • Scored game-high 20 on 8-of-9 shooting in win at Weset Chester. The sophomore added a career-high four assists as well as two steals (11/14)
  • Had had her second straight efficient output in win over Franklin Pierce, shooting 6-of-9 and scoring nine of her game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter. She led all players with eight rebounds, which tied her career-best (11/10)

2017-18 (Game-by-Game): Ye established herself as the top option off the USciences bench in her freshman season, finishing fifth on the team with an average of 6.5 points per game on 50.0 percent shooting, as well as 86.9 percent from the free throw line. She appeared in 33-of-34 contests, including making one start, and added an average of 2.7 rebounds in 16.5 minutes per game.  

  • Shot 4-of-6 from the field for 11 points and pulled down five rebounds in CACC Championship triumph over Jefferson en route to All-Tournament honors (3/4)
  • Led USciences with career-highs of 18 points and six rebounds at Chestnut Hill. She made all six of her free throw attempts and added two assists and two steals (2/24)
  • Grabbed a career-high six rebounds in just 10 minutes in victory over Wilmington (/130)
  • Set a new season-high in assists with three in win at Georgian Court (1/24)
  • Set a new career-high with five boards in victory at Felician (1/20)
  • Had 14 points, the third straight game she led USciences in scoring, in 11 minutes off the bench in win over Georgian Court (12/5)
  • Had 15 points in win over Queens, the third consecutive game in which the freshman set a new season-high, as she was a perfect 3-of-3 from the line and also made both of her 3-point attempt (12/3)
  • Had a near-perfect afternoon of shooting at Holy Family as she made 4-of-5 from the field, 3-of-3 from beyond the arc and 2-of-2 from the foul line as she set a new season-best in points for the second straight game with 13. She also set new season-highs with four rebounds and two assists in the CACC-opening win (12/2)

Prior to USciences:

  • 2017 PIAA All-League First Team
  • 2016 PIAA All-League Second Team
  • 2016 PIAA State Semifinalist
  • 2014 PIAA District 2 Class AAAA Champion

Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Freshman

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    2018-19Sophomore

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    2019-20Junior

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    2020-21Senior

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