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Junior • G • 5-8 Matthews, North Carolina New Hope Christian Academy
2014-15: Played 14 games and appeared in the starting line-up p1 13 3 ti time times... mes. s... Misse Missed ed final fi al 16 fin 16 games game ga m s of the season with an injury... Averaged 10.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 steals, team-best un und nds, 1. 1 5 st stea e ls, and d a team m-b best 4.7 assists per game... Recorded seven double-digit scoring games, m s, including me inc n lu ludi ding di ng a season-high seasso son-high gh h 24 24 points against Brown on Nov. 18... Connected on 12-of-14 free throws thrro th ows ws vs. vs.. Brown, Bro rown wn, matching maatc t hiing ga personal best for free-throws made in a single game... Dished a season-high seas se aso as on-h on -hig igh ig h seven seve se ve en assists asssi as sists vs vvs. s. Richmond (Nov. 14), Rhode Island (Dec. 7) and Florida Gulf Coastt ((Dec. Dec. De c. 11)... c. 11) 1)..... On n Dec. Dec e . 6,, netted nettte ed a team-best 17 points and added five assists and a career-best fiv five UMass ve st ssteals teaals vvs. s. U Mass Ma sss LLowell... ow o we elll.l... Dished 5+ assists in eight of the 14 games she played. 2013-14: Played 29 games and appeared in the starting line-up 28 times... Averaged p2 8 tti ime mes. s .. A vera ve raage ed 11.8 11 11. 1.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game... Led the he e tteam eam in n aassists s isstss ((135) ss 13 1 35)) aand nd n d steals (42)... Surpassed the 100-assist milestone on Feb. 5 vs. Villanova with game-high lanova wi w ith t ag ameam mee-hi hiig h gh h six hand-outs... Became just the fourth Friar in the last decade to to dish d sh 100+ di 100+ 00 0 0+ assists assi as siist stss in i a single-season... Her 135 assists mark the third-highest total all-time t me by ti by a freshman frres e hm h an n in n program history... Handed out a career-best 13 assists vs. Butler 28... Her er on n JJan. an. 2 an 28 8...... He er 13 assists were one shy of the BIG EAST single-game record by a freshman fres fr eshm man a (14), (14 4),) and marked the most assists by a BIG EAST player in a single-game during me du duri ing g the the h 2013-14 season... Also scored 13 points in the game vs. Butler to secure her o se ecure h er first career double-double... Scored a career-high 27 points vs. Marquette arq que uett tte on n Jan. 21... Collected a career-best four steals in games vs. DePaul ul (2/1) and Bryant (11/12)... Hauled in a career-high nine rebounds vs. UMass Mass Lowell (11/9)... Reached double figures in the scoring column 21 times, s, including four games with 20+ points... Tallied double figures in 14 of 18 8 BIG EAST games... On Feb. 22, she scored all of her game-high 18 points against gainst Xavier in the second half, and propelled the Friars to a 61-59 victory.... Also add-ed six rebounds, three assists and one blocked shot vs. the Musketeers... usketeers... Dished 5+ assists in 13 games... Hit a career-high eight field goals ls in three games - all vs. BIG EAST opponents: Georgetown (3/1), Marquette ette (1/21) and DePaul (1/8)... Each of those three games also were played d on the road... Her 91 made free throws are the fourth highest total by a freshman reshman in program history, and her 945 minutes played mark the third highest total by a freshman at PC... Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on January 27 and March 5... Is the first Friar to earn Freshman of the e Week ek honors since Chelsea Marandola on December 26, 2005... Named med tto o BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 3... Was a unanimous BIG EAST ST All-Freshman Team selection. BEFORE PROVIDENCE: Attended New Hope Christian Academy emy my (2011-13)... Averaged 16 points, six assists, three steals and three hrree rebounds per game... NACA First-Team All-America selection... Twowotime NACA Most Valuable Player (2012, 2013)... Helped her team am m earn a No. 1 ranking in the State of North Carolina... Spent her freshman year at Hickory Grove Christian High School, and her er sophomore year at Oak Ridge Military Academy. PERSONAL: Daughter of Darla Beal and the late Cerea Beal, Jr.r. ...Born October 12, 1995... Has one brother, Dane Sparrow, and d one sister, Kim Beal... Sociology major.
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