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2019-20 Women's Basketball

24 Lucrezia Costa

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Liceo Classico Enrico Perito
  • Hometown Rome, Italy

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019-20): 

  • Appeared in all 28 games, making 24 starts.
  • Averaged 4.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
  • Shot 47.7 percent from the field and 68.3 percent from the free throw line.
  • Scored a season-high 11 points at UAlbany on Jan. 28, going 4-8 from the floor.
  • Pulled down a season-best 10 rebounds against UMass Lowell on Feb. 8.
  • One of two female recipients of the Matt Skalsky Outstanding Student-Athlete at the 2020 Grittys.

AS A JUNIOR (2018-19):

  • Played in 24 games making six starts for the Retrievers during her junior season
  • Averaged 3.7 ppg while grabbing 3.6 rpg in 16 minutes per game
  • Shot 36.5 percent from the floor scoring 98 points with 93 rebounds, 11 blocks and 14 steals
  • Scored a point in the first 11 games, including her lone double-digit scoring game against UTSA with 10 points on Nov. 10

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18):

  • Played in all 31 games for the Retrievers making 19 starts
  • Averaged 19.5 minutes per game scoring at a 4.3 ppg clip pulling down 3.2 boards per contest
  • Was second on the team with 54 assists from the post shooting 38.5 percent from the floor
  • Had five double-digit scoring games, including three-straight scoring 12 against Maine (Jan. 10) and Hartford (Jan. 15) with 11 points against UMass Lowell (Jan. 13)
  • Went 5-5 from the floor in the game against Hartford, going a perfect 6-6 against Vermont on Feb. 3
  • Pulled down a season-best eight rebounds against American on Nov. 29, recording a rebound in every game

AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17): 

  • Played 28 games starting in two
  • Averaged 3.2 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game with 11 assists and eight steals on the season
  • Racked up 14 points in the game against Liberty (Dec. 29) after going 8 out of 12 from the line and grabbing six rebounds in 19 minutes
  • Recorded four assists and five steals during conference games where she played 14 games and started against Maine (Feb. 4) and Hartford (Feb. 10)

BACKGROUND:

  • Was a member of the 2016 FIBA U20 Women’s European Championship –Division A team for Italy
  • Scored 33 points in the A2 Championship against Ancona Basket Girls
  • Won the Italian Title in March against Reyer Venezia, where the team battled back from down 16 in the beginning of the 4th quarter
  • Was a member of the San Raffaele Basket team from 2010-2014
  • Also a member of the 2012-13 College Italia team
  • Spent two years in Battipaglia and was the U20 Italian Champions

PERSONAL:

  • Daughter of Flavio Costa and Francesca Liburdi
  • Has one brother, Riccardo
  • Began playing basketball when she was 11
  • Majoring in political science.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2016-17Freshman

    F/C
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2017-18Sophomore

    F/C
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2018-19Junior

    F/C
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2019-20Senior

    F/C
    6'2"
    24
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