Bender's Career Stats
2016-17: Became UIC's all-time assist leader 1/28 with her 455th assist, coming in a season-high 10 assist game against Valparaiso...finished her career with 504 assists, 1,107 points, and 269 steals...became the 21st member of UIC's 1,000 point club 1/20 against Wright State...finished in second place all-time at UIC in steals...had a season high and career high-tying 11 rebounds 2/16 against Detroit Mercy...also made the game-winning free throws with three seconds left against the Titans...set a season high with 17 points against Youngstown State 2/4, including the game-tying putback at the end of regulation...became the sixth player in program history to make 100 starts, and joined the exclusive group of players to record 1,000 points, 400 assists, 400 rebounds, and 250 steals...only three other players have achieved all four of those milestones...finished second in the Horizon League in assists, fourth in steals, and fifth in assist/turnover ratio...in addition to assists and steals, led the team in free throw percentage and free throws made...led the Flames in assists in 24 games...returned from season ending knee injury with six points, five rebounds, four assists, and three steals in 17 minutes against Lake Forest...played in 30 games, all starts...scored in double digits eight times...posted 13 points on two occasions, 1/12 and 2/25...nabbed a season high six steals 11/17 and had four thefts six additional times...made buzzer-beating shots to end the third quarter from near the opposite free throw line in consecutive games 1/17 and 1/20.
2016-17 Game by Game Stats
2015-16: PRESEASON SECOND TEAM ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE SELECTION ... Appeared in two games as a senior … suffered season-ending knee injury on 12/17 at Denver ... scored nine points, grabbed five boards and dished out five assists in season debut on 12/12 at Western Illinois.
2014-15: ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE DEFENSIVE TEAM
Played in 25 games and started 24 ... averaged 14.5 points per game ... ranked 26th nationally with 2.8 steals per game ... 4.4 rebounds per game ... averaged 4.3 assists per game ... 34 minutes per contest ... ranked eighth in the Horizon League in scoring, fifth in assists, second in steals and ninth in minutes played ... 22 double-digit scoring performances ... scored over 20 points on five occasions ... ranks sixth in career assists (355) and eighth in steals (207) in program history ... season high 25 points at Eastern Illinois (12/14/14) ... 11 rebounds at Youngstown State (2/7/15) ... seven steals versus Chicago State (12/16/14) and six against Eastern Illinois (12/14/14) ... season high 15 free throws made versus Southern Illinois Edwardsville (12/3/14).
2013-14: ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE DEFENSIVE TEAM
Played in 35 games and recorded 34 starts ... Averaged 9.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.7 steals over 32.8 minutes a contest ... Broke the single-season UIC assist record with 148 assists ... Tied the single-season UIC steals record with 93 steals ... 17 double-digit scoring performances ... Two 20-point efforts and one double-double ... Her first career double-double came at Detroit (Jan. 16) when she had 20 points and 11 rebounds ... Scored a career-high 22 points at Milwaukee on Jan. 29 ... Led the Horizon League and ranked 22nd nationally with 2.7 steals per game ... Ranked third in the conference with 4.2 assists per game.
2012-13: Played in 29 games and started 23 ... two-time Horizon League Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 31 & Jan. 14) ... stood as the only Horizon League freshmen to average more than 6.3 points, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game, ranking top four in each category among all freshmen ... tallied her first 20-point game at Loyola on Jan. 12, scoring all 20 points in the second half ... scored a career-high 22 points on Jan. 19 at home versus Valparaiso ... dished out a team-season high and career-high nine assists on Feb 7 at home against Milwaukee ... grabbed a career-high eight rebounds on Dec. 14 at home versus Roosevelt.
PREP/PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner at Pius XI high school in basketball ... helped the Lady Popes win a state championship in 2010, a state appearance in 2011 and three consecutive conference titles (2010, 2011, 2012) ... selected to the All-State team her sophomore through senior seasons and scored more than 1,000 points in her prep career ... averaged 14 points, five rebounds, three steals and three assists per game in 2012 ... competed for the Wisconsin Playground Elite AAU team ... daughter of Terry and Yolanda ... siblings named Lorell, Tamara, Tierra and Taryn ... brother Lorell played basketball at Tuskeegee University and sister Tierra currently plays basketball at Concordia-St. Paul ... enrolled as a Psychology major.
CAREER HIGHS
Points - 25 at EIU (12/14/14)
Rebounds - 11 at Youngstown State (2/7/15), vs. Detroit Mercy (2/16/17)
Assists - 11 at Detroit (1/16/14)
Steals - 7 vs. CSU (12/16/14)
Blocks - 1 several times
FGs Made - 9 vs. Detroit (2/11/15)
FGs Attempted - 26 at Detroit (1/15/15)
3PT FGs Made - 3 vs. Miami OH (11/23/13)
3PT FGs Attempted - 10 at Milwaukee (1/29/14)
FTs Made - 15 vs. SIUE (12/3/14)
FTs Attempted - 19 vs. SIUE (12/3/14)
Minutes Played - 45 at Youngstown State (2/7/15)
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