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Feature: Making An All-American (Again)

20-For-20: Breaking Down the Best Season in GNAC WBB History

Feature: Breen Named 2017-18 GNAC Scholar Athlete of the Year

Alisha Breen Named 2018 Billings Gazette Sportsperson of the Year (Joe Kusek/Billings Gazette - 12/31/2018)

NCAA Stats Page

Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Points	37	11/14/15	vs. Academy of Art
Rebounds	18	1/11/18	vs. Northwest Nazarene
Assists	8	3/19/18	4 times
Steals	5	12/8/17	2 times
Blocks	4	1/20/18	at Concordia
FG Made	12	3/11/16	at Azusa Pacific
3-Pt FG Made	5	11/10/17	2 times
FT Made	19	11/14/15	vs. Academy of Art
Minutes	40	3/12/18	13 times

*Date of last occurrence if multiple
*Bold Italics indicates MSUB record
*Green Highlight Indicates GNAC record

Double-Doubles

Date	Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Minutes
3/19/18	vs. Ashland	25	14	39
3/9/18	vs. Hawaii Pacific	21	12	39
3/3/18	vs. Seattle Pacific	24	10	40
3/1/18	vs. Central Washington	26	10	40
2/17/18	vs. Western Oregon	31	11	38
2/10/18	at Northwest Nazarene	20	11	39
2/8/18	at Central Washington	21	16	38
2/3/18	at Alaska	23	11	36
1/25/18	vs. Saint Martin's	20	12	34
1/20/18	at Concordia	17	13	40
1/13/18	vs. Central Washington	20	13	37
1/11/18	vs. Northwest Nazarene	16	18	39
12/30/17	at Saint Martin's	19	17	38
12/28/17	at Seattle Pacific	25	10	40
12/16/17	vs. Drury	18	11	37
12/8/17	vs. Rocky Mountain College	23	10	38
11/21/17	vs. South Dakota Mines	12	12	33
11/18/17	vs. Chadron State	23	16	31
3/4/16	vs. Western Washington	23	10	36
1/2/16	at Alaska	20	17	37
2/26/15	at Alaska	12	16	36
2/12/15	at Northwest Nazarene	16	11	37
1/31/15	vs. Simon Fraser	12	10	38
11/28/14	vs. Chaminade	21	11	27
11/14/14	at CSU Pueblo	23	13	35

*25 Total; Blue: 2014-15 (Sophomore, 5); Yellow: 2015-16 (Junior, 2); Red: 2017-18 (Senior, 18)

Awards

NCAA D2 All-American	Season
WBCA First-Team	2017-18 (Senior)
D2CCA First-Team	2017-18 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-American (Third Team)	2017-18 (Senior)
NCAA D2 All-West Region	Season
D2CCA Player of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
D2CCA First-Team	2017-18 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-Region	2017-18 (Senior)
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Season
GNAC co-Scholar Athlete of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
GNAC Player of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
First-Team	2017-18 (Senior)
First-Team	2015-16 (Junior)
Honorable Mention	2014-15 (Sophomore)
Preseason Player of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
Preseason Player of the Year	2016-17 (Senior)
Academic All-GNAC	2017-18 (Senior)
Academic All-GNAC	2015-16 (Junior)
Academic All-GNAC	2014-15 (Sophomore)
USBWA National Player of the Week	Year
Nov. 27-Dec. 3	2017-18 (Senior)
GNAC Player of the Week	Year
Feb. 12-18	2018 (Senior)
Jan. 8-14	2018 (Senior)
Dec. 4-Dec. 10	2017 (Senior)
Nov. 27-Dec. 3	2017 (Senior)
Nov. 6-12	2017 (Senior)
Jan. 18-24	2016 (Junior)
Nov. 9-15	2015 (Junior)
All-Tournament	Season
NCAA D2 West Region Championships	2017-18 (Senior)
GNAC Championships - MVP	2017-18 (Senior)
Yellowjacket Classic - MVP	2017-18 (Senior)
West Region Tipoff Classic - MVP	2017-18 (Senior)
Athletic Department (Buzzies)	Year
MSUB Female Athlete of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
MSUB Comeback Player of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
Women's Basketball Player of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)
MSUB Female Athlete of the Year	2015-16 (Junior)
Women's Basketball Player of the Year	2015-16 (Junior)
Other	Year
Billings Gazette Sportsperson of the Year	2018 (Senior)

Career Summary (all rankings current as of March 20, 2018): Only player in MSUB history to be top-10 in points (1), rebounds (3), assists (9), steals (10), and blocked shots (5)…one of two players in GNAC history to be top-10 in points (1) and rebounds (7)…MSUB and GNAC all-time leader in points with 2,001…MSUB and GNAC all-time leader in made free throws with 569…MSUB and GNAC all-time leader in free-throw attempts with 692…MSUB all-time leader and No. 3 in GNAC history in games played with 130…GNAC all-time leader in minutes played with 4,174…fifth player in GNAC history to win two conference scoring titles (2015-16 & 2017-18)…No. 2 in GNAC history with 11-career 10-free throw games…No. 3 in MSUB history and No. 7 in GNAC history with 878 career rebounds…No. 3 in MSUB and GNAC history with 1,477 career field-goal attempts…No. 3 in MSUB history and No. 18 in GNAC history in free-throw percentage at 82.2…No. 3 in GNAC history with seven career 30-point games…No. 4 in MSUB history and No. 6 in GNAC history with 638 career field goals…No. 5 in MSUB history and No. 27 in GNAC history with 88 career blocks…No. 7 in MSUB history in 3-point field goals with 156…No. 8 in MSUB history with 446 3-point field-goal attempts…No. 9 in MSUB history with a 3-point field-goal percentage of 35.0…No. 9 in MSUB history with 290 assists…No. 10 in MSUB history with 138 steals…No. 12 in GNAC history with 25 double-doubles…No. 12 in GNAC history with 105 starts…No. 13 in GNAC history with 32.11 minutes per game…No. 13 in GNAC history with 299 offensive rebounds…No. 17 in GNAC history with 15.2 points per game…second-most GNAC Player of the Week awards in conference history (7)...became 11th All-American in MSUB history in 2018…only player in GNAC history to be named GNAC Player of the Year and GNAC Championships Most Valuable Player…first player in GNAC history to reach 1,800 points and 800 rebounds in a career.
 
2017-18: D2CCA and WBCA first-team All-American…D2CCA West Region Player of the Year…D2CCA first-team all-region…GNAC Player of the Year…unanimous first-team all-GNAC selection…CoSIDA Academic All-American…CoSIDA Acadmeic All-District…academic all-GNAC for third season in career…GNAC Championships Most Valuable Player…Yellowjacket Invitational Most Valuable Player…NCAA D2 West Region Showcase Most Valuable Player…started all 37 games after missing entire 2016-17 season with a knee injury…team captain…set 20 MSUB and GNAC single-season and career records…GNAC single-season record five-time Player of the Week…USBWA NCAA D2 National Player of the Week Nov. 27-Dec. 2…broke GNAC and MSUB records for points scored in a season with 791, ranking No. 2 in the NCAA…broke GNAC and MSUB single-season records for minutes played with 1,337, ranking No. 1 in the NCAA…broke GNAC and MSUB single-season records for made free throws with 226, ranking No. 1 in the NCAA…broke GNAC and MSUB single-season records for field-goal attempts with 587, ranking third in the NCAA…broke GNAC single-season record for free-throw attempts with 259, ranking No. 1 in the NCAA…led GNAC in scoring with 21.4 points per game, fifth-highest scoring average in conference single-season history…ranked No. 11 in the NCAA in scoring average…had a GNAC record 12 consecutive games with 20 or more points, spanning Feb. 3-March 10…scored in double figures in all 37 games and completed a streak of 43 consecutive double-figure games to end career…led GNAC with three 30-point games…scored a season-high 32 points on Feb. 24 at Western Washington…tied for GNAC lead and ranked fourth in the NCAA with 18 double-doubles, which is third-most in GNAC single-season history…led GNAC and ranked seventh in the NCAA with 349 rebounds, third-most in conference and school single-season history…had a career-high 18 rebounds on Jan. 11, 2018 against Northwest Nazarene…ranked second in the GNAC with 9.4 rebounds per game, the 17th-highest average in GNAC history…matched career high with 40 minutes played in nine different games…led GNAC and ranked No. 23rd in the NCAA with 36.1 minutes per game…ranked second on the team with 95 assists, for an average of 2.6 per game…matched career best with eight assists on three different occasions, including final game of career…held an assist-turnover ratio of 1.1…committed no more than five turnovers in any game…led team with 33 blocks for an average of 0.9 per game…had a career-high four blocks on Jan. 20 at Concordia…ranked second on the team with 48 steals for an average of 1.3 per game…had a career-high five steals on Dec. 8 against Rocky…led GNAC and ranked 10th in the NCAA with 247 made field goals, which is third-most in GNAC and MSUB single-season history…made a season-high 11 field goals on Nov. 30 against Western Washington…shot 42.1 percent from the field (247-for-587)…led team and GNAC with 71 made 3-pointers, which is sixth-most in MSUB single-season history…led team and GNAC with 198 3-point field goal attempts, which is third-most in MSUB single-season history…matched career high with five made 3-pointers on Nov. 10 against Academy of Art…shot 35.9 percent from 3-point range…had two of the top-eight longest made free throw streaks in GNAC history…made 37 consecutive free throws from March 2-12, ranking fifth in GNAC history…made 36 consecutive free throws from Nov. 10-Dec. 2, tying for sixth in GNAC history…had seven games with 10 or more made free throws, and reached a season-high 11 on three different occasions…ranked third in the GNAC with a free-throw percentage of 87.3 on the season…did not foul out…member of second NCAA Division II Elite Eight team in MSUB history…member of 2018 NCAA Division II West Region Champion team…member of 2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament champion team…member of MSUB team that tied a school record as fourth squad in school history to reach 25 wins in a season…played in an MSUB school-record 85 victories during four-year career.

























2016-17: Redshirted...Tabbed as GNAC preseason player of the year…preseason All-American…played in two exhibition games before sustaining a season-ending injury…scored 23 points in the first exhibition game of the season.

2015-16: First-team all-GNAC...continued stellar career as a Yellowjacket with another standout season...led the GNAC in points with 17.4 per game...started all 32 games averaging 36.4 minutes per game for 29th in NCAA Division II...totaled 1,194 minutes on the court...scored 557 points, No. 8 all-time MSUB in a season...reached 1,000 total points, finishing the season with 1,210 career which is No. 15 all-time at MSUB...collected 173 rebounds and has a total of 529, No. 20 all-time at MSUB...shot 44.5 percent from the field (193-for-434) and 38.8 percent from the 3-point arc (50-for-129)...scored a career-high five 3-pointers in the west region tournament game at Azusa Pacific...added 76 assists, 16 blocks, and 46 steals...ended the year ranked No. 42 in field goals made in NCAA Division II...added 121 free throws on 156 attempts for 77.6 percent...accumulated 343 career free throws, No. 3 all-time at MSUB...MSUB top-10 single-season records: No. 8 in points with 577, free-throws made at No. 10 with 121, and No. 8 in free-throws attempted with 169....in the GNAC has moved to No. 13 all-time in free-throws and is 116 points from moving into the top-20 in scoring...two-time GNAC Player of the Week...preseason all-GNAC...academic all-GNAC....MSUB Women's Basketball Player of the Year and MSUB Female Athlete of the Year at the Buzzies.

2014-15: Sophomore season stepped up her role on the court...GNAC Honorable Mention Team...finished the season second on the team in points and first in rebounds...started all 28 games for MSUB totaling 946 minutes for a team-leading, fifth in the GNAC, average of 33.8 min./game...scored 433 points during the season, averaging 15.5 per game, ranking her seventh in the GNAC...pulled in 213 rebounds, averaging 7.6 per game, fifth in the GNAC...shot 44.2 percent (134-303) from the field, second on the team and 21st in the GNAC...made 24 3-point shots on 33.3 percent shooting...was a team-leading 141-for-169 (83.4 percent) from the free-throw line...141 free throws ranks fourth all-time in a single season at MSUB, while the 169 attempts is eighth all-time, and at 83.4 percent is sixth all-time in a single season for free-throw percentage at MSUB...totaled 78 assists (second on the team), 31 blocks (first on the team), and 29 steals (third on the team) during the season...average of 2.8 assists per game was 13th in the GNAC and her average of 1.1 blocked shots per game was ninth in the conference...career high 30 points twice during the season...career high 16 rebounds against Alaska on 2/26/15...totaled 433 points her second year on the team...academic all-conference.

2013-14: As a true freshman started eight out of 33 games, including the last seven of the season...played in all 33 games logging 727 minutes…averaged 6.7 points and 4.3 rebounds…shot 41.8 percent from the field making 64 field goals...shot 75 percent from the free throw line…had 143 rebounds, 41 assists, 15 steals and eight blocks…had a total of 220 points her first year on the team…had a career-high 16 points twice and a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Academy of Art.

Choteau High School:  Lettered in three sports at Choteau High School: basketball, track and field and volleyball…earned all-state and all-conference honors in basketball for four years and all-state and all-conference honors in track and field and volleyball for three years…during her senior season in basketball averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, four steals, five assists and two blocks per game...received District 1B Most Valuable Player plaudits in basketball for 2013, and District 1B MVP honors in volleyball 2011…also earned KSEN Athlete of the Year in 2012 and was a basketball nominee for the 2012-13 Great Falls Tribune Super State award…earned academic all-state honors in basketball and track and field for four years and academic all-state honors in volleyball for three years.