| Theresa Lisch |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Belleville, Ill.
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 | High School: Althoff
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 | Height: 5-9
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 | Position: Guard
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 | Degree: B.S., communication sciences and disorders, 2009 summa cum laude
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Decided to forgo her final season of eligibility after completing work on her degree in May 2009 ... concluded her career holding school records for career free throws made (406), career free-throw percentage (.869), points scored in a season (574, 2008-09), free throws made in a season (169, 2008-09) and points scored in a game (37 at La Salle, 1/17/09) ... tied the school mark for best free-throw percentage in a game (12-of-12 at Wyoming, 12/20/08) ... also on the SLU career lists, finished second in scoring average (17.0), fourth in 3-point field goals made (137), fifth in points (1,363), fifth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.364) and seventh in assists (270).
2008-09 (junior)
Became the first SLU women's basketball student-athlete to be selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team ... Division I-AAA National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Scholar-Athlete selection for a second consecutive year ... A-10 female Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... A-10 women's basketball Student-Athlete of the Year ... named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (minimum 3.5 GPA) for both semesters ... All-Conference first team, becoming the first Billiken women's basketball player to earn that distinction in the A-10 ... three-time A-10 Player of the Week (Nov. 24, Jan. 12, Jan. 19) ... was named the Bills' Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year and Practice Player of the Year ... was a co-recipient of the team's Coaches' Award as the player who best exemplifies going above and beyond what is expected ... was the only Billiken to start all 30 games (career highs for games played and starts) ... was ninth in the nation in free-throw percentage (.889) and 25th in scoring (19.1 ppg) ... in all games, led the A-10 in scoring (19.1 ppg) and free-throw percentage (.889) and was fifth in assists (3.63 apg), fifth in 3-point field goals made (1.97 pg) and sixth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.404) ... in conference games, led the league in scoring (19.6 ppg) and was second in free-throw percentage (.899) and 3-point field-goal percentage (.470), fourth in assists (4.43 apg) and 3-point field goals made (2.21 pg), and ninth in field-goal percentage (.503) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.19) ... established SLU season records for points (574) and free throws made (169) ... also on the overall season charts, landed in second in free-throw percentage (.889), fourth in scoring average (19.1 ppg), sixth in 3-point field goals made (59), seventh in 3-point field-goal percentage (.404) and eighth in assists (109) ... on the season list for Billiken juniors, finished third in 3-point field goals made and assists ... led the team in points (career-high 574), scoring average (career-high 19.1 ppg), assists (career-high 109), assists per game (3.63), field goals made (career-high 173), 3-point field goals made (career-high 59), 3-point field-goal percentage (career-high .404), free throws made (career-high 169), free-throw attempts (career-high 190), free-throw percentage (career-high .889), minutes (career-high 1,035), minutes per game (34.5) and fewest fouls per 40 minutes (3.36) ... was second in steals (32) and steals per game (1.07) ... finished third in field-goal percentage (career-high .442) and total rebounds (career-high 145), and tied for third in total rebounding average (4.8 rpg) and blocks (six) ... had Billiken season highs of 37 points, 12 field goals made and six 3-point field goals made at La Salle, 12 free throws made and 12 free-throw attempts at Wyoming, and nine assists vs. Xavier ... established single-game career highs of 37 points, 12 field goals made and six 3-point field goals made at La Salle, 12 free throws made at Wyoming and nine assists vs. Xavier ... tied her career high with two blocks vs. Oklahoma ... other season highs were 12 free-throw attempts at Wyoming, 11 rebounds vs. Dayton (regular season) and Western Michigan, three steals vs. Charlotte, at Charlotte and vs. Missouri State, and 40 minutes at La Salle ... led the team or tied for the team lead in scoring a team-high 21 times ... led the team or tied for the team lead in rebounding six times ... scored in double figures in 27 games, including 16 games with 20 or more points ... posted double-doubles vs. Dayton (regular season, game-high 21 points, team-high 11 rebounds, also seven assists) and Western Michigan (team-high 20 points, game-high 11 rebounds, 4-of-7 3-pointers including a last-second game-winner) ... was 12-of-19 from the field, 6-of-7 from 3-point range and 7-of-7 from the foul line in her 37-point performance at La Salle ... that was the highest point total by an A-10 women's player all season ... scored a game-high 32 points and added eight rebounds and eight assists at Morehead State ... tallied a game-high 29 points, including 5-of-10 from beyond the arc, at Southern Illinois ... her game-high 28 points at Colorado included a 9-of-9 free-throw effort ... scored her 1,000th career point at Colorado ... netted a game-high 27 points and was 8-of-8 from the foul line vs. Ball State ... registered a game-high 25 points (7-of-9 FG) and added six assists vs. Saint Joseph's ... poured in a game-high 24 points vs. Charlotte and at Hampton (10-of-11 FT) ... was 12-of-12 from the stripe in a game-high 22-point effort and added seven rebounds and five assists at Wyoming ... buried 5-of-10 from 3-point distance and scored a game-high 21 points vs. George Washington ... was 8-of-8 from the line and tallied a game-high 21 points at Charlotte ... recorded a team-high 21 points vs. Kansas ... hit 10-of-10 free throws and scored a team-high 21 points at Massachusetts ... topped all players with 20 points vs. Missouri State ... scored a game-high 19 points vs. Oklahoma and Fordham ... was 6-of-9 overall and 4-of-5 from 3-point range in scoring 18 points at Richmond ... narrowly missed a triple-double vs. Xavier, chalking up 16 points, a team-high eight rebounds and a game-high nine assists ... scored a team-high 15 points at Temple to go with five assists and four offensive rebounds ... was 4-of-7 from beyond the arc and tallied 15 points vs. Princeton ... tied for team-high scoring honors with 14 points at Duquesne and at Canisius (also had seven assists in both games) ... led the team in both points and assists in 12 games.
2007-08 (sophomore)
Started the final 22 games after missing the first eight due to injury ... All-Conference third-team choice ... SLU's MVP ... Division I-AAA National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Scholar-Athlete selection ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 7 second-team choice ... A-10 co-Player of the Week Dec. 24 ... in A-10 games only, was fifth in the league in points per game (16.5), seventh in free-throw percentage (.838), 10th in minutes per game (33.8) and tied for 10th in 3-point field goals per game (1.64) ... on the SLU season charts, landed in second in free throws made (112) and free-throw percentage (.882) and 10th in scoring average (16.8 ppg) ... her 112 free throws made are a Billiken sophomore record, and her 39 treys are third on the sophomore list ... tied the school record with 35 points at Florida (10-of-13 FG, 5-of-6 treys, 10-of-10 FT), also a season high by an A-10 player, and added five assists ... led the team in 10 statistical categories and was second in four others ... led SLU in scoring 13 times (team high), in assists 11 times and in rebounds four times ... registered career highs of 12 rebounds at St. Bonaventure and 45 minutes at Fordham ... posted consecutive double-doubles at St. Bonaventure (14 points, 4-of-7 treys, game-high 12 rebounds) and vs. Temple (team-high 16 points, game-high 11 rebounds) ... scored a game-high 27 points (8-of-8 FT) at Chicago State ... netted a game-high 26 points (10-of-17 FG) vs. Rhode Island ... had a team-high 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists at Fordham ... scored a game-high 22 points (four treys, 8-of-8 FT) vs. Richmond ... tallied a game-high 21 points (11-of-13 FT) and five assists at Dayton ... had a game-high 19 points (9-of-15 FG), five rebounds and five assists vs. Duquesne ... scored 19 points (8-of-9 FT) and added four assists vs. Massachusetts ... followed that with a team-high 18 points (4-of-7 treys), five assists and three steals at nationally ranked George Washington ... scored a team-high 18 points (10-of-12 FT) vs. Canisius and added a game-high eight rebounds (four offensive), four assists and three steals ... in her season debut, had team highs of 17 points (7-of-7 FT) and nine rebounds at Missouri State ... tallied 17 points (9-of-10 FT), seven rebounds and four assists vs. Charlotte ... netted 15 points (8-of-8 FT) at Texas-Pan American ... recorded a team-high 15 points, five rebounds and four assists at Charlotte ... tied for team scoring honors with 13 points (7-of-8 FT) and added six rebounds at Saint Joseph's ... had 11 points and four assists at Arkansas ... made five steals vs. Lamar.
2006-07 (freshman)
A-10 All-Rookie team pick ... led SLU with 15.0 ppg and 86 assists and was second with 52 steals and 39 3-pointers ... ranked second in the A-10 in FT percentage (.833), ninth in scoring average and ninth in steals per game (1.86) ... scored in double figures in 24 games, including seven in which she tallied 20 or more points ... netted a game- and season-high 27 points (9-of-14 FG) at Southern Illinois ... poured in a game-high 25 points to go with six rebounds and five assists at La Salle ... led the team with 23 points vs. Illinois ... tallied 22 points (11-of-14 FT, career high in FT attempts) and a team-high eight rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure ... scored a game-high 21 points at Utah State ... had 20 points at Weber State ... tallied a team-high 20 points and tied for game-high rebounding honors with eight boards at Washington ... scored a game-high 19 points and added eight rebounds, four assists and three steals vs. nationally ranked Arkansas ... scored 18 points (11-of-12 FT) to go with six assists and a career-high six steals vs. Akron in her collegiate debut ... had 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds vs. Tennessee State ... notched a team-high 18 points at Richmond ... had 17 points and tied her career high with six assists at Duquesne ... scored a team-high 14 points vs. nationally ranked George Washington ... tied her career best with six steals vs. Iowa State.
At Althoff
Named Illinois Miss Basketball after her senior season ... first-team Associated Press Class A All-State pick in 2005 and 2006 ... two-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch Player of the Year ... twice selected Belleville News-Democrat Player of the Year ... South 7 Conference MVP ... averaged 21.0 points and 5.2 rebounds as a senior ... notched 130 steals and 105 assists and shot .866 from the free-throw line ... helped lead the Crusaders to a 33-2 record and second in the state in 2006 ... as a junior, helped Althoff to a 25-5 record and third in the state, combining for 59 points in the semifinal and consolation games.
Personal
Her father, Rusty Lisch, played quarterback at Notre Dame and for the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears ... her older brother, Kevin, played basketball at SLU ... Kevin was a 2009 third-team Academic All-American, marking the first time that a sister and brother have earned the distinction in the same year at the same school ... the tandem combined to score 3,050 points (Theresa 1,363; Kevin 1,687) and were only the fourth sister-brother combination in NCAA Division I history to score at least 1,000 points at the same school.
| Career Stats |
| YR |
GP/GS |
MIN/AVG |
FG/A |
PCT |
3FG/A |
PCT |
FT/A |
PCT |
OR/DR |
REB/AVG |
PF/FO |
A |
TO |
BS |
ST |
PTS/AVG |
| 06-07 |
28/28 |
868/31.0 |
128/334 |
.383 |
39/120 |
.325 |
125/150 |
.833 |
53/79 |
132/4.7 |
86/3 |
86 |
127 |
7 |
52 |
420/15.0 |
| 07-08 |
22/22 |
723/32.9 |
109/271 |
.402 |
39/110 |
.355 |
112/127 |
.882 |
27/82 |
109/5.0 |
56/1 |
75 |
71 |
6 |
34 |
369/16.8 |
| 08-09 |
30/30 |
1035/34.5 |
173/391 |
.442 |
59/146 |
.404 |
169/190 |
.889 |
39/106 |
145/4.8 |
87/1 |
109 |
130 |
6 |
32 |
574/19.1 |
| Totals |
80/80 |
2626/32.8 |
410/996 |
.412 |
137/376 |
.364 |
406/467 |
.869 |
119/267 |
386/4.8 |
229/5 |
270 |
328 |
19 |
118 |
1363/17.0 |
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| Career Highs |
| Points |
37 at La Salle, 1/17/09 |
| FG |
12 at La Salle, 1/17/09 |
| FGA |
25 at Fordham, 1/12/08 |
| 3FG |
6 at La Salle, 1/17/09 |
| 3FGA |
10, 3x, last vs. George Washington, 2/14/09 |
| FT |
12 at Wyoming, 12/20/08 |
| FTA |
14 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/8/07 |
| Rebounds |
12 at St. Bonaventure, 2/24/08 |
| Offensive Rebounds |
6 vs. Chicago State, 11/13/06 |
| Assists |
9 vs. Xavier, 2/21/09 |
| Blocks |
2, 2x, last vs. Oklahoma, 12/30/08 |
| Steals |
6, 2x, last vs. Iowa State, 12/16/06 |
| Minutes |
45 at Fordham, 1/12/08 |