Coach Bierly: “We’re looking for Brianna to be one of our top scorers. I think she’s ready to take that next step and be more consistent in her scoring. She needs to keep expanding her game. She’s taken a leadership role and has had a very consistent pre-season.”
2012/13: Named to the Little East Conference All-Rookie Team and to the Eastern Tip-Off Tournament on the first weekend of her career... one of five players and two newcomers to see time in all 26 games... fourth on the team with 21 starts and one of three players to average better than 30 minutes per game (32.0), averaging 34.4 minutes in Little East regular-season games... third on the team and first among newcomers in scoring (9.7) and third in rebounding (5.8)... second in the LEC among freshmen in scoring... led the Warriors in scoring in three consecutive games late in the season and in both scoring and rebounding once -- with a season-high 28 points and ten rebounds Feb. 5 in a 70-55 conference victory over Western Connecticut... had double figures in points in six of the team's final seven games (scoring eight points in the other one).... was named LEC Rookie-of-the-Week Feb. 3 and both the conference's Player and Rookie-of-the-Week the following week with 40 points (28 coming against Western) and 16 rebounds in two conference wins.. season-highs (p-r-a-3s): 28-11-4-0
Career-highs (thru 12/13): 40 min., 28 pts., 11 rebs., 4 assists, 1 block, 5 steals, zero 3-pters. ...
High School: Played three sports, including basketball and soccer as a four-year starter in each... in basketball, three-time All-Western Mass selection, earning first-team honors as a junior and senior... Western Mass Division I MVP as a junior... All-State as a senior... helped team to state final as a junior... team reached the conference finals twice, winning the title in her junior year... two-sport captain as a senior... honor roll for four years...
Other: Played six years with the Mass Hoop Jaguars travel team...
PERSONAL: born Brianna N. Leonard October 20, 1994… Parents: Cindy and John… Major: Psychology… Career Plans: Pediatric PT... Residence: Amherst, MA...
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP | GS | Min. | Avg. | FG- | A | Pct. | FG | A | Pct. | FT- | A | Pct. | O | D | Reb. | Avg. | PF | DQ | A | TO | B | St. | Pts. | Avg. |
| 13/14 | 24 | 12 | 605 | 25.2 | 46 | 110 | .418 | 0 | 0 | -- | 65 | 108 | .602 | 48 | 99 | 147 | 6.1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 157 | 6.5 |
| 12/13 | 26 | 21 | 832 | 32.0 | 100 | 225 | .444 | 0 | 4 | -- | 52 | 84 | .619 | 56 | 94 | 150 | 5.8 | 26 | 0 | 35 | 48 | 2 | 26 | 252 | 9.7 |
| TOTAL | 50 | 33 | 1437 | 28 | 146 | 335 | .436 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 117 | 192 | .609 | 104 | 193 | 297 | 5.9 | 57 | 0 | 66 | 105 | 5 | 45 | 409 | 8.2 |
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BRIANNA... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Hanging out with friends
Best place for pizza: Antonio’s, Amherst, MA
Most difficult aspect of college: Money
Something that you may never live to see: Cure to all cancers
Most important thing in your life: Family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: 20 Questions
Greatest song ever: All Christmas songs
One thing you would like to do before you die: Skydiving
Favorite smell: Christmas trees
Biggest crisis facing the world: Cancer
Your greatest thrill in sports: Qualifying and playing in the state finals in high school
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Play basketball
Job you consider the hardest: Trauma doctors
Favorite amusement park food: Fried Dough
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: FYE: Gypsies
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Gymnastics
Greatest fear: Going hungry
World’s most recognizable person: Oprah
Superstitions: Eating and listening to the exact same thing before every game
Pet Peeve: Overdramatizing a pointless story
Red Sox or Yankees: Yankees
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: 24 hours
