Get To Know Laura McCoy

Laura McCoy, a women's basketball player, continues the week for the Mean Green in February's Get To Know Your Mean Green Student-Athlete. Click on the video to meet Laura.

The North Texas women's basketball team plays Florida Atlantic on Wednesday night at the Super Pit. The Mean Green has one remaining home game next week before the Sun Belt Conference Championships.

 

Bio

Career: Tied for ninth on North Texas' career 3-pointers made list with 72 … Ranks 8th in North Texas' career 3-pointers attempted list

2011-12: Made 46 3-pointers, the seventh-most in a single season at North Texas … Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in 3-pointers made … Ranked ninth in 3-point percentage in Sun Belt Games … Ranked 15th in the Sun Belt in assists per game … Would have led the NCAA in free throw percentage with a mark of .940, if she had qualified (needed 28 more free throws to qualify) … Hit six 3-pointers against Western Kentucky, tied for the second-most in a single game at North Texas (Jan. 11) … Drained four-or-more 3-pointers in four games … Scored in double figures eight times … Scored a season-high 18 points against Western Kentucky (Jan. 11) … Scored 14 points at No. 24 Texas (Dec. 17), going 4-of-9 from distance … Scored 14 points in a second consecutive game at Nicholls State (Dec. 20) … Scored 13 points against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 2) … Scored 14 points with eight rebounds against ULM (Feb. 15) … Scored 11 points with four assists against Louisiana-Lafayette (Feb. 18) … Averaged 11.0 points and 4.5 assists in the Sun Belt Tournament … Scored 10 points with five assists vs. Troy (Mar. 3) … Scored 12 points with four assists vs. Florida Atlantic (Mar. 4) … Scored 9 points with eight rebounds and four assists vs. SMU (Nov. 22) … Picked up six assists at FIU (Feb. 9) … Averaged 7.3 points and 2.8 rebounds for the season
 
2010-11
  Played in 29 games, while starting six … Reached double figures in scoring three times … Drained 4-of-6 three pointers on the way to a season-high 12 points with two assists at SMU (12/7) … Scored 11 points at Oral Roberts (11/14) … Scored 10 points in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament against Western Kentucky (3/5) … Grabbed six rebounds against Tulsa in the UTSA Thanksgiving Classic (11/27) … Shot 37.5 percent from three-point range from 1/13 to the end of the season (3/5).

High School
Hit 63 3-pointers as a senior and dished out 3.7 assists … Was the District 6-5A Offensive Player of the Year her junior season … Averaged 14.9 points a game and hit 55 3-pointers as a senior … Dished out 3.9 assists per contest and had 129 for the season … Became the school’s all-time leader in scoring and assists … Was the MVP of the Flower Mound … As a sophomore McCoy knocked down 41 3-pointers and scored 11 points a game and was a


 

 

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