(12-26-2019, 02:08 PM)triangle2 Wrote: (12-26-2019, 11:41 AM)JoanBoothe Wrote: (12-25-2019, 12:11 AM)triangle2 Wrote: Three-pointer trivia question: who has the Stanford record for highest 3-point shooting percentage as a freshman?
Jamie Carey?
Ding! Carey's freshman season was pretty much unlike any other freshman three-point shooter that Stanford has ever had. Carey shot a mind-blowing 81-178 (45.51%) from the three her freshman season. Imagine what an injury-free career would have looked like.
Three-pointer trivia question #2: which of these long-distance bombers shot over 40% from the three for her freshman season? Karlie Samuelson, Candice Wiggins, Jeanette Pohlen, Kiana Williams, or Bonnie Samuelson.
I'm going to guess none of them. I seem to remember Karlie and Bonnie didn't get a lot of time in their freshman seasons, I remember Williams being over 40% in the early part of the year but falling off as the year went along. Wiggins and Pohlen were great all around but I never thought of them as being off-the-charts three point shooters--just excellent and complementing their drives and mid range. I'd almost guess JJ Hones as a possibility. I'd also guess Jennifer Azzi except I don't think they had three point shots during her freshman year. How about Nygaard?
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81 is correct - none of the above got to 40% freshman year: Pohlen (26.87%), Wiggins (33.65%), Karlie (34.78%), Bonnie (37.24%), Williams (38.4%). And no 3-pointers for Azzi's freshman year. Nygaard was 9-37 (24.3%) in her freshman season.
And, apologies to Kelley Suminski! I missed her awesome freshman season in 01-02. 38-82 (46.3%). So, she has the freshman record for highest 3-point % although Carey had way more three-pointers made her freshman year.