2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Jill Morrison
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Winchester
- Hometown:
- Winchester, Ind.
2016-17 (Senior): Became the 24th member of the Ball State women’s basketball 1,000-point club after tallying 15 points at home against Urbana (12/28/16) . . . Finished ranked 17th in points (1,170), second in 3-point field goals made (266) and attempts (777) . . . Scored in double figures 12 times . . . Chipped in a season best 18 point performance after going 6-of-9 from the field at Western Kentucky (12/21/16) . . . Pulled down a season high six rebounds at Northern Illinois (2/18/17) . . . Helped Ball State clinch its fourth bye to Cleveland in five year in the MAC Tournament and fifth-straight berth in the post season Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
2015-16 (Junior): Named Third Team All-MAC for the second straight season . . . Earned MAC West Division Player of the Week (11/30/15) . . . Had six steals against Austin Peay (11/23/15) . . . Chipped in a season best 20 points in a win over UMass (11/28/15) . . . Scored 14 points in all three of the Cardinals games this sea- son; Charlotte (11/13), Western Kentucky (11/19) and Austin Peay (11/23) . . . Ended non-conference action with a 20-point performance against Saint Louis (12/28/15) . . . Scored a sea- son best 21 points in a win over Eastern Michigan (1/20/16) . . . Made a career best seven three point baskets and dished out a career high seven assists against the Eagles (1/20/16) . . . Chipped in 18 points against Ohio (1/30/16) . . . Currently has 901 points for her career . . . Helped Ball State clinch its third bye to Cleveland in four years in the MAC Tournament and fourth-straight berth in the post season WNIT where Ball State advanced to the second round for the first time since 2012-13, pulling off a 77-72 upset at Big Ten foe Iowa.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Named All-Mid-American Conference Third Team . . . Started all 31 games this season . . . MAC Conference Player of the Week (1/28/15) and (3/9/15) . . . Scored 12 points off of 4-of-8 shooting in the Cardinals season opener Nov. 14 against Purdue and then tallied her first double-double after scoring 17 points and pulling down 11 rebounds against Evansville (11/18/14) . . . Led the team in scoring for the second-straight season against nationally ranked Louisville with a 20-point performance at the KFC Yum! Center(11/23/14) . . . Led the team in scoring with 15 points at Saint Louis (12/30/14), Miami with 18 points (1/28/15) and Toledo with 20 points (3/7/15) . . . Morrison hit the 500 point plateau at Eastern Michigan with a 10-point performance, she now has 618 points for her career . . . Ranked second on the team in scoring (11.4), first in three pointers made (79), first in steals (44), first in assists (91) and first in free throw percentage (.829).
2013-14 (Freshman): Played in 35 games for the Cardinals . . . Scored a career high 26 points in a win at home over Western Kentucky (12/6) and went 6-of-8 (.750) from behind the arc . . . Went 56 of 64 from the charity striped for the best free throw percentage on the team (.875) . . . Second on the team in three point field goals (62) . . . Managed double figures nine times this season . . . Led the freshman in scoring with 7.5 points per game.
High School: Earned four letters at Winchester Community High School under coach Ed Geesaman . . . Earned Star Press Player of the Year, Wetzel Player of the Week (four times), County Player of the Year and Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior . . . Earned All-Area Player of the Year as a senior, was runner-up junior year . . . All-State first team as a senior . . . Set all-time scoring record for Randolph County for boys and girls, with 1,882 career points . . . Holds all girls scoring records at WCHS . . . Second leading scorer in the state as a senior . . . Earned Indiana All-Star honors . . . Averaged 27.8 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game and 5.0 assists per game . . . Earned Indiana Junior All-Star honors. . .Member of Indiana Elite two years under coaches Sara Reideman and Jeff Curtis . . . Also earned four letters in golf for WCHS where she qualified for regionals as a senior and earned All-Conference honors . . . Broke the school record with an even par of 72 (18 hole) . . . Regional Champion and was a member of the Conference Champion team in 2011 . . . Also earned two letters in softball and two in track.
Personal: Born on June 21, 1994 in Winchester, Indiana . . . Daughter of Jerry and Brenda Morrison. . .has one brother Brock Morrison, who was a member of the Anderson University basketball team. . .undecided on major.
