Melissa Thompson Biography
2012-13 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: One of threeplayers to start every game... Averaged 4.2 points and acareer-high 3.9 rebounds while playing a career-best 30.1 minutesper contest... Also set new career highs with 43 assists, 13 blocksand 45 steals... Entered the season with 14 assists, six blocks and17 steals over her first two years combined... Primary job was todefend the opposition's best guard... Scored in double figures fivetimes... Scored 11 of her 13 points in the second half as YSUrallied to beat Pittsburgh in the season opener (11/9)... Also had13 points at Loyola (2/23)... Set a new career high with 11rebounds at Milwaukee (2/14)... Had a career-best six assistsagainst Valparaiso (3/4)... Had a career-high four steals twice andblocked a career-best three shots at Wright State (2/3)... Of her13 blocks, eight came in a four-game span that included that gameat WSU.
2011-12 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Thompsonplayed in all 30 games, four of which she started... Enjoyed abreakout season in which she scored seven times as many points asshe did as a redshirt freshman in 2010-11... Scored 128 points on46 field goals, 23 of which were 3-pointers, and 13 free throws...Added 61 rebounds, 13 assists, five blocks and 14 steals...Averaged 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds overall and 5.1 points and 1.9rebounds in Horizon League play... Shot 36.8 percent overall, 33.8percent from behind the arc and 68.4 percent from the free-throwline... Shot 38.5 percent from 3-point range in Horizon Leagueplay, which was the third-best rate in the conference... Led YSU inblocks four times and once in steals... Reached double figures inscoring four times... Reached the scoring column in 15 of the final16 games of the season... Scored a career-high 14 points in 20minutes against Detroit (1/26)... Was 5-for-9 from the field, madetwo triples and hit two free throws in the win over the Titans...Scored 12 points in a career-high 26 minutes at Akron (12/18)...Made a career-best four 3-pointers against Green Bay (2/18)... Setnew career highs with six rebounds and three free throws in theHorizon League Tournament against Cleveland State (3/5)... Recordeda career-best four steals against the Vikings two days earlier inthe regular-season finale.
2010-11 (R-Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 19games... Scored 18 points on five field goals, two of which were3-pointers, and six free throws... Shot 20 percent from the fieldand was 6-for-6 from the charity stripe... Added 18 rebounds, threesteals, an assist and a block... Scored a season-high five pointsin the season opener at Pittsburgh (11/12)... Had three stealsagainst Winthrop (12/21)... Equaled her season high with 15 minutesagainst Cleveland State (1/29)... Scored three points and had arebound and a block in seven minutes against Akron (12/16)... Hadtwo points and two rebounds vs. Loyola (3/5)... Had two reboundsand two points in six minutes at Bowling Green (11/17)... Scoredtwo points from the free-throw line at Stetson (12/20) and atLoyola (12/31).
2009-10 | Freshman: Missed the entireseason with an injury... Redshirted.
High School: Played at Solon High as asenior after playing three seasons at Bedford High... Solonfinished 18-5 and won the district title in Division I by defeatingOlmsted Falls... Scored 11 points in the district final... AtBedford as a junior, averaged 12.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, threesteals and 2.5 assists, which were all team-highs for theBearcats,.. Named First-Team All-Lake Erie League and honorablemention All-Northeast Lakes District... Averaged 9.4 points and 8.7rebounds as a sophomore when Bedford won the Lake Erie Leaguetitle... Also competed in track and field... Anchored Solon's4x100-meter relay squad that qualified for the Ohio State Track andField Championships.
Personal: Major is human resourcesmanagement... Daughter of Alex and Anita Thompson... Has threebrothers (Mathew, Alex and Johnathan) and two sisters (Martha andNicolle).
Single-Game Highs:
Points: 15, Oakland -- 3/12/14
Rebounds: 11, at Milwaukee -- 2/14/13
Assists: 6, at Wright State -- 2/5/14 ; Valparaiso -- 3/4/13
Steals: 4, at Valparaiso -- 1/12/13 ; at Cleveland State --3/3/12
Blocks: 3, at Wright State -- 2/3/13 ; at Oakland -- 2/8/14
FG made: 7, Oakland -- 3/12/14
FG attempts: 11, at Loyola -- 2/23/13 ; at Detroit -- 3/1/14
3FG made: 4, Green Bay -- 2/18/12
3FG attempts: 8, Wright State -- 1/28/12
FT made: 5, at Cleveland State -- 2/1/14 ; vs Wright State --3/14/14
FT attempts: 9, vs Wright State -- 3/14/14
