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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Ephesia Holmes   Ephesia Holmes

Guard
Sophomore
5-6

Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis South

11
Ephesia Holmes

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.

Career Highs

Career Statistics
Year
G-GS
FG-FGA
Pct
3FG-FGA
Pct
FT-FTA
Pct
Reb
Avg
A
TO
Blk
St
Pts
Avg
08-09
16-2 24-53 .453 6-12 .500 22-33 .667 30 1.9 20 22 0 6 76 4.8
Totals 16-2 24-53 .453 6-12 .500 22-33 .667 30 1.9 20 22 0 6 76 4.8


November 13
Women's Basketball at Niagara
7:00 pm

November 16
Women's Basketball at Hofstra
7:00 pm

November 21
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL vs. TEMPLE
2:00 pm
Alumni Arena

November 27
Women's Basketball vs. Penn State
Maine Tournament
TBA

November 28
Women's Basketball vs. Maine/Holy Cross
Maine Tournament
TBA

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