2014-15 Women's Basketball
Roster
Mackenzie Loesing
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Ursula Academy
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, OH
2014-15: Named MAC Sixth Player of the Year...an All-MAC Third-Team selection...named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week and UB Female Athlete of the Week after becoming the fifth junior in program history, and 21st overall, to score 1,000 points on a free throw while putting up 24 at Central Michigan on Jan. 7...ranks ninth all-time at UB with 1,243 points...highlighted by four 20-plus point games, she led UB in scoring 10 times this season posting double-digit performances 22 times...ranked second on the team with 13.3 points per game...had a Bull-best 43 threes over the course of 30 games...added 46 steals and 36 assists...pulled down 3.4 rebounds per outing...scored a career-high 32 points at Ohio on Feb. 25, chipped in 26 at St. Francis (PA), 25 against Miami (OH) and 24 at CMU...named Big 4 Player of the Week after her career showing against the Bobcats...swiped four steals five times this season...ended her career sitting on UB''s career list with 123 three-point field goals (7th), a scoring average of 13.7 (8th), 276 free throws (8th) and 422 field goals (12th)...sat two games due to injury...named to the Academic All-MAC Team and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete...selected to Preseason All-MAC East Team and Preseason All-Big 4 First Team...granted a medical disqualification per NCAA guidelines ending her intercollegiate career announced April 29, 2015.
2013-14: Emerged as one of the premier scoring threats in the MAC, averaging 16.3 points per game good for sixth most in the conference, while playing just 26.4 minutes per game...finished fourth in the MAC in steals, with 2.1 per game...named to the All-MAC Second Team...became the first sophomore in program history to reach 800 career points...led the team in scoring 13 times and reached double figures in points 25 times, reaching 20 points eight times...her 473 points are the ninth most in a single season in program history...pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds and scored 20 points against Cornell (11/16)...hit 11 free throws and scored 29 points in a win over St. Francis (PA) (12/4)...was named MAC East Player of the Week after scoring 26 points with four steals against Eastern Michigan, including the game-winning shot in overtime (1/18)...had a career day at Akron, hitting six threes and scoring 30 points with six rebounds (2/2)...named to the 10-member MAC All-Academic Team.
2012-13: Played in all 32 games and started 25, including the last 20 games...was named Honorable Mention All-MAC and to the league''s all-freshman team...led the team in scoring putting up 11.6 points per game...scored in double figures in eight of the final nine games of the season, including 17 points in back-to-back games against Kent State (3/3) and Akron (3/6)...finished with 21 points against Eastern Illinois (11/24) and had 20 points in games against Northern Illinois (1/10) and Bowling Green (2/7)...led the team defensively in steals with 66, amongst the leaders in the conference...had a career-high six steals in a win over Niagara (12/21)...willed the team to an upset win over Miami (OH) in the MAC Tournament, scoring a career-high 24 points in just 25 minutes on 9-of-17 shooting, while adding three steals (3/13)...her 11.6 points per game were the most by a freshman at UB since Brandie Karhoff averaged 12.7 points per game in 1988-89.
High School: Earned four letters at St. Ursula Academy, serving as captain for head coach Jim Leon... helped the Bulldogs to a 15-8 record as a senior, averaging 20 points, five steals, seven rebounds and four assists per game...named the Catholic League Conference Player of the Year, first-team All-Cincinnati and honorable mention all-state as a senior...played travel ball for the Cincinnati Angels and coach Chris Arington for eight years...also played volleyball at St. Ursula, earning three letters and making second team all-league.
Personal: Born July 18, 1994...daughter of Rick and Rita...has three brothers, Ricky, Brad and Adam, and one sister, Anna...majoring in biomedical sciences, with the hope of specializing in pediatrics, oncology and/or cardiology...favorite movies are Remember the Titans and Hoosiers...was also recruited by Loyola University (Chicago), Rice, Princeton and Bryant...lists her greatest athletic achievement being when her high school team beat their rivals by 20 on their senior night, taking away their chance to win the league title...her brother Brad played at Wofford College and is playing professionally overseas.
