Player Bio: Cissy Pierce

  Cissy Pierce
Cissy Pierce
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Littleton, Colo.
High School:
Heritage HS
Height:
5-10
Position:
G
Experience:
3V
Major:
Human Biology

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2007-08: Scored 12 points and made three steals and led the team with 28 minutes played at Yale (11/9) ... Scored career-high 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting in win over Washington State (12/28) ... Netted 10 points with a pair of threes against Oregon State (1/10) ... Scored eight points in win at Santa Clara (2/5) ... Dropped in a pair of three-pointers and scored eight points at Washington State (3/2).

2006-07: Game-by-Game Stats ...Played in every game, making 17 starts ... made 40.8-percent from the field ... sixth on the team in scoring at 4.9 points per game ... also grabbed 1.9 rebounds per game ... 13-40 from three-point territory ... racked up 21 steals ... scored in double-figures five times ... chipped in with 10 points in a loss to BYU on Nov. 13 ... added 10 points and five rebounds in a victory over Utah on Dec. 16 ... scored eight points in a win at Fresno State on Jan. 2 ... poured in 14 points on 5-8 shooting in a win over Oregon on Jan. 18 ... contributed a career-best 15 points with three triples in a win over Arizona on Jan. 25 ... at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 1, scored five points off the bench in 15 minutes of action ... scored six points and came up with three steals during a win over UCLA on Feb. 22 ... chipped in with four points and three rebounds against Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament quarterfinals on Mar. 3 ... in a career-high 31 minutes against Idaho State on Mar. 17, scored 14 points on 6-8 shooting from the field.

2005-06: Game-by-Game Stats ... Played in 29 games, making one start (at Washington on Dec. 22) ... averaged 3.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per game, as well as 1.3 assists per game ... scored in double-digits in three of the first seven games ... pulled down eight boards against Long Island in the season opener ... scored 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting against Minnesota in the second game of the tournament ... scored 12 points at Pacific ... enjoyed one of her best games against Rice, scoring 10 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out five assists ... averaged 15.5 minutes in the first two games of the Pac-10 Tournament, snagging 3.0 rebounds per game in the quarterfinals and semifinals ... played 26 minutes against Southeast Missouri State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2004-05: Game-by-Game Stats ... Appeared in 25 games ... scored a season-high 10 points against Eastern Washington at the Great Alaska Shootout ... missed three contests due to a laceration on her right hand suffered in shoot-around before the Arizona game on Feb. 3 ... appeared in 19 games prior to her injury and returned with seven minutes at USC on Feb. 18 ... scored five points and collected a season-high five boards in the contest ... saw 17 minutes on the floor against California in the Pac-10 Tournament quarterfinals ... scored seven points and picked up two steals against the Golden Bears ... Played 10 minutes in her first NCAA Tournament game against Santa Clara, scoring four points ... averaged 2.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in 10.8 minutes per game.

High School: Two-time Nike and Street & Smith's All-American ... Honored as a McDonald's All-American on the West Team along with fellow freshman Candice Wiggins ... A Parade Magazine Third-Team All-American and Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year in 2004 ... Captained her basketball squad as a senior and a junior ... Named First-Team All-State after helping her team to a 15-5 finish in her senior campaign ... Averaged just under 18.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game as a senior ... Led Heritage High to a runner-up finish at the Class 5A State Tournament as a junior and earned Second-Team All-State for the second-straight year ... Also an outstanding competitor in track & field ... Holds the school record in long jump (19-3 1/4) ... Inducted into the Heritage High School Hall of Fame .... Graduated with high honors.

Personal: Born in Littleton, Colo. ... daughter of Cal and Jayne Pierce ... father, Cal, was a weight lifter at Louisiana Tech .. brother, Jarrod, played on the M.I.T. basketball team ... will pursue a biology major and would like to become a veterinarian.

Pierce's Career Statistics

YearG-GSMin.Avg.FG-ATPCT.3P-ATPCTFT-ATPCTREBAVGPF-FOATOBSTPAVG
04-0525-027210.931-90.3443-14.2148-12.667341.416-02419323732.9
05-0629-139613.743-103.4172-8.25013-22.591411.433-039271141013.5
06-0734-1761818.271-174.40813-40.32510-15.667641.930-024325211654.9
07-0835-641411.839-103.37910-31.3237-12.583391.126-02027214952.7
Career123-24170013.8184-470.39228-93.30138-61.6231781.5105-010710511724343.5

Career Highs
Pts:16, vs. Washington State (12/28/07)
Rebs:8, vs. Long Island (11/19/05)
Assists: 5, vs. Rice (12/17/05)
FG:7, vs. Washington State (12/28/07)
3-Pts.:3, at Arizona (1/25/07)
FT:4, vs. SE Missouri State (3/18/06)
Steals:5, vs. Pacific (11/21/04)
Blocks:1, 10x, last vs. Oregon State (1/10/08)
Mins.:31, vs. Idaho State (3/17/07)