2009-10 Women's Basketball
Roster
Ephesia Holmes
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Minneapolis South
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, MN
2010-11: Played in 25 games over season, picking up five starts...started the first four games of the season, scoring a season-high 10 points against Howard (11/12)...added eight points, including six free throws against Cleveland State (11/15) and nine points against Temple (11/19)...had a season-high four assists against Bucknell (11/21).
2009-10: Started four of 18 games played…saw playing time in six Mid-American Conference contests…averaged 8.7 minutes per contest, contributing an average of 1.7 points per game…presented a balanced effort against Youngstown State (12/13) with four points, two assists and a season-high three rebounds…scored a season-high seven points at Delaware (12/22), adding a pair of assists…among the starting five for four-consecutive games (12/28-1/6)…dished a season-best two assists on four occasions, including in two starting appearances at Stetson (12/29) and against Bucknell (1/3).
2008-09: Played in 16 games, while earning the start twice...was sidelined for much of conference season due to injury...scored a career-high 16 points against St. John’s (12/20) and had 15 points against Houston (12/21), earning all-tournament honors at the St. John’s Chartwels Holiday Classic...had a career-high three treys against the Red Storm...missed the first seven conference games due to a stress fracture in her foot...played in the next four games before tearing her ACL at Ohio (2/21)...scored six points on two threes against the Bobcats before the injury.
High School: Earned four letters and captained one season for the head coach Ahmil Jihad at Minneapolis South High School...helped lead her team to a 31-3 record during her senior season...was part of the team that won the state title in 2005...was a three-time All-State and All-Conference winner and a two-time member of the State All-Tournament team...finished her high school career by scoring over 1,000 points...was also a sprinter on the high school track team...played AAU basketball for Minnesota NC Heat and finished third at the AAU Nationals in 2006.
Personal: Born March 27, 1990...daughter of J.B. Holmes..has one brother, Jehoiakiam...favorite athlete is Tracy McGrady... nickname is Fee...was also recruited by Ohio, Rhode Island and Alabama, but chose UB because of the big campus, the team and it felt right at home...lists her greatest athletic experience as winning the Minnesota State Championships...three words to describe her are strong, funny and caring...would like to set the game and season assists records at UB...chose the number 11 because it was the first number she ever received in basketball...if she could be on one reality show it would be Survivor.
