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2019-20 Women's Basketball

2 Emily Sheehan

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Dunmore, Pa.
  • High School Dunmore
  • Position G
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner who played in 110 games and made 100 starts for the Lady Royals
  • Scored 872 points to average 7.9 points per game for her career
  • Ranks fourth in program history in three-point field goal percentage (36.9%) and ninth in free throw percentage (77.4%). 
  • Two-time Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year recipient

Senior Season (2019-20)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started 27 of Scranton's 28 games and earned Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors for a second straight year
  • Averaged a career-best 10.8 points per game en route to earning All-Landmark Conference First Team honors and ranked fourth in conference in three-point field goal percentage (37.6%)
  • Led team with 40 steals and served as a catalyst for a defensive unit that allowed just 53.0 points per game, tops in the Landmark and 18th in the nation. 
  • Scored a season-high 19 points in a season-opening win over Ursinus on Nov. 15
  • Made at least two three-pointers in 20 of her 28 games and buried a season-high four three-pointers in wins over Wilkes (Nov. 24) and Marywood (Nov. 26)
  • Averaged 14.5 points per game in wins over Elmira and Misericordia and was named MVP of the Hilton Scranton Poinsettia Classic; tallied a career-high five steals in the win over Misericordia (Dec. 19)
  • Recorded 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in a win over Catholic on Feb. 8 
  • Scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the floor in a win at Drew (Feb. 19)

Junior Season (2018-19)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started and played in all 32 games the Lady Royals played in on the year, as she broke out to earn both All-Landmark Conference Second Team and Landmark Defensive Player of the Year accolades
  • Averaged 8.9 points per game, going into double-figures in the scoring column 14 different times throughout the course of the year
  • Posted a team-high 40 steals, leading a defensive unit that allowed just 48.8 points a game and opponents to shoot just 31.1 percent from the floor
  • Despite scoring just five points in the game, she made two key blocks in the final moments against Tufts on Mar. 9 in the NCAA Sectional Finals, helping Scranton take a 44-40 victory
  • Dished out a career-high seven assists in Scranton’s dominating 89-46 win over York in the Long Center on Dec. 10
  • Matched her career-high in rebounds twice, pulling down seven ‘boards vs. Capitol at home (12/16) and UMass-Boston (12/31)
  • Best game of the year on the offensive end came at Gwynedd Mercy on Dec. 18, where she scored 16 points in a 66-45 win for the Lady Royals on the road
  • Added 11 points in the Landmark Conference Championship Game against Elizabethtown in the Long Center on Feb. 24
  • Went into double-figures for the last time on the season in the National Semifinals against Thomas More on Mar. 15, scoring 10 points

Sophomore Season (2017-18)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 30 games on the season and averaged 28.5 minutes per game
  • Averaged 7.1 points per game after totaling 213 points on the year
  • Pulled down 77 rebounds to average 2.6 rebounds per contest
  • Led team with 27 steals (0.9 per game) while dishing out 51 assists and blocking two shots
  • Shot 39.0 percent from the field including a team-leading 41.8 percent from three-point range while going 82.0 percent from the free throw line
  • Scored a season-high 16 points in a win over Susquehanna on February 14 in the Long Center.
  • Tallied 14 points in a victory over Cabrini in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 3
  • Dished out a season-high five assists in a win over Moravian on January 31
  • Pulled down a career-best seven rebounds in a victory over York (Pa.) on December 13

Freshman Season (2016-17)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in 20 games in her first season in the program, making 11 starts at the beginning of the year at guard
  • Averaged 3.5 points per game, along with 18.7 minutes per contest
  • Pulled down 39 total rebounds, dished out 31 assists, and recorded 31 assists and 13 steals
  • Had a huge game in just her second game ever inside the John Long Center on Nov. 26 vs. King's, pouring in a team-high 22 points to lead the Lady Royals to an 89-52 win
  • Knocked down six three-pointers in the King's game 
  • Had eight-point outings in back-to-back games during the Hilton Scranton Poinsettia Classic against Washington & Lee (Dec. 17) and Stockton (Dec. 18) in a pair of Scranton victories
  • Sat out the entire month of January with an injury, then came back to play in the final nine games of the season

Career Highs

  • Points: 22, vs. KING'S, Nov. 26, 2016
  • Rebounds: 10, vs. CATHOLIC, Feb. 8, 2020
  • Assists: 7, vs. YORK, Dec. 10, 2018
  • Blocks: 2, vs. TUFTS, Mar. 9, 2019
  • Steals: 5, vs. MISERICORDIA, Dec. 19, 2019

Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • All-Landmark Conference First Team (2019-20)
  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (2018-19)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Dec. 23, 2019)
  • 2019 Hilton Scranton Poinsettia Classic MVP
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Nov. 29, 2016; Mar. 11, 2019)

Personal/High School

  • Prepped at Dunmore High School, earning four letters in Basketball and two each in Cross Country and Track & Field.
  • Was part of a Lady Buck basketball team that went 76-16 over four years, winning four Lackawanna League championships and three District 2 Class AA titles.
  • Dunmore also won the Lynett Memorial Tournament three years in a row, as well. 
  • Was a 2016 All-Lackawanna League First Team selection, a 2016 First Team All-Star and the MVP of the Lynett Tournament her senior season.
  • The daughter of Joe and Gina Sheehan.
  • Parents are both alums of Marywood University. 
  • Has an older sister, Amanda, and a younger sister, Hannah.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016-17Freshman

    G
    5'6"
    15
  • 2

    2017-18Sophomore

    G
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2018-19Junior

    G
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2019-20Senior

    G
    5'6"
    2
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