Lisa Rusche

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
High School:
Oak Hills
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills)

Ranks second all-time in career blocked shots (99), 13th all-time in rebounds (510) and 10th in games played (111).

2007-08 (Senior)
Named Honorable Mention All-Mid-American Conference ... Played all 30 games as a senior while making 27 starts ... Third on the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game and third on the boards at 6.3 rebounds per game ... Shot 48.6 percent (143-of-294) from the field and led the team with 29 blocked shots ... Scored in double figures 21 times in 30 games ... Posted four double-doubles this season against Indiana State, Evansville, Butler and Akron ... Scored a season-high 20 points against Butler as she was nine-of-16 from the field ... Matched her season-high with 20 points against Akron as she was nine-of-14 from the field ... Scored in double figures 13 times in Mid-American Conference play ... Scored 15 points in the season finale against Northern Illinois with six of her points coming in overtime ... Scored 11 points at Eastern Michigan, seven of which came in the game-deciding 10-2 run late in the contest ... Tied her career-high with four blocked shots against Western Michigan ... Ranks eighth in the MAC in field goal percentage and fifth in blocked shots ... Averages 11.4 points per game in MAC contests this season and 6.5 rebounds ... Shooting 51.6 percent (80-of-155) from the field against MAC foes.

2006-07 (Junior)
Moved into the starting lineup as she started 30 of 31 games ... Third on the team in scoring as she averaged 11.2 points per game and was second on the team in rebounding at 6.9 boards per contest ... Led the team and was second in the MAC with 49 blocked shots ... Her 49 blocks are second most in a single season in BSU history ... She connected on 49.2 percent from the field and 72.4 percent from the charity stripe ... Scored in double figures in 17 games and grabbed double figure rebounds on six different occasions ... Recorded six double-doubles on the year against Howard, Butler, Kent State, Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Kentucky ... Led the team in scoring on eight occasions and in rebounding in nine games ... Posted a double-double in the second round of the WNIT against Kentucky as she scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. She was 11-of-21 from the field in the game ... Scored a career-high 36 points at Butler in the Hoosier Classic ... The 36 points are the fourth-most in a single game in Ball State history ... She was 15-of-23 from the field and six-of-eight from the charity stripe against the Bulldogs ... She earned BSU Credit Union Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament honors as she posted her first career double-double against Howard ... Named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week after the Cardinals clinched the West Division title with wins over Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan ... Averaged 20 points and seven rebounds in the two games as she shot 75 percent from the field for the week ... Averaged 14 points per game in the MAC Tournament.

2005-06 (Sophomore)
Saw action in 28 games including one start ... Averaged 11.0 minutes per game as she scored 86 points and grabbed 75 rebounds ... Made her first career collegiate start at Northern Illinois and played a then career-high 22 minutes ... Scored 11 points -- including a perfect five-for-five from the field -- at Central Michigan ... Added her second double-figure scoring effort as she tallied 10 points against Northern Illinois.

2004-05 (Freshman)
Saw action in 22 games as a true freshman ... Scored 22 points and grabbed 32 rebounds in 136 minutes of action ... Made her collegiate debut against Wagner ... Scored first points in her debut and also added a rebound and a block ... Came off of the bench to chip in four points against Indiana State ... Notched a then career-high three blocks against Saint Louis ... Posted six rebounds versus Duke ... Posted then career-highs in points and steals against Buffalo with five and three, respectively.

Personal
Born January 8, 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Daughter of Tom and Rita Rusche ... Has one brother, Brian ... Majoring in journalism graphics with a 3.141 GPA.