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23 Keelah Dixon

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Braintree / Colgate
  • Hometown Boston, Mass.

Biography

AT UMBC

(2022-23)

  • Had a team-best three 20+-point performances, scoring 21 three times, including both Playoff games
  • Started in 24 of 29 games
  • Averaged 25.6 minutes per game
  • Ended the season with a .369 3PT% (second on the team)
  • Averaged 9.2 points; 2.0 assists per game


(2021-22): 

  • Made UMBC debut against Gettysburg scoring 15 points in 28 minutes.
  • Scored double-digits in eleven games, including the last four of the season
  • Scored a season-best 20 points in final game of the season at Binghamton
  • Made a career-high four three pointers at Maine
  • Her five steals at Wake Forest were a career-best
  • Set new career marks for a season in points (220), rebounds (63), assists (43), steals (23), free throws made (39), field goals made (80) and three-pointers made (21)
  • Was UMBC's third leading scorer (9.1 ppg)

AT COLGATE:

Career 
Games/Starts: 63/17
Colgate Debut: Nov. 10, 2017, at Canisius
First Career Start: Nov. 16, 2017, at Cornell
Stats: 371 points (5.9 pg), 135 rebounds (2.1 pg), 39-of-144 from 3-point distance, 70 assists, 35 steals, 3 blocked shots, 35.4 FG%, 27.1 3FG%, 75.0 FT%.

Awards
2020-21 Team Captain
2020-21 Colgate University Pauli Murray Award for Excellence in African American Studies
2019-20 Colgate University George W. Cobb Fellows Awards (President)
2019-20 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll

2020-21 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 9/7
Stats: Second on team and 19th among Patriot League scoring leaders at 10.9 ... Also second on team in rebounding at 3.8 ... 12th among Patriot League 3-point percentage leaders at 33.3 (10-of-30) ... Second on team with 21 assists ... Added five steals and one blocked shot ... Finished 10-of-11 at free throw line ... Team highs with 98 points and 34 rebounds. Also 10th in 3-point field goal percentage at 34.5.
Best Games: Ninth Raider to score at least 30 points, sparking 87-76 season-opening win at Army ... Finished 13-of-23 from field that day and 2-of-5 from downtown ... Added seven rebounds and four assists in first game action since November 2019 ... Backed that up next day with 15 points against Black Knights ... Finished strong to average 11.0 over final three games, including 13-point game against Army ... In four games vs. Black Knights, averaged 17.3 points and 5.0 rebounds ... Team played limited schedule because of Covid-19 Pandemic.

2019-20 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 4/0
Stats: Averaged 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds ... 5 assists and 2 steals ... Finished 3-of-7 from 3-point distance.
Best Games: Played in season's first four games and then sidelined by injury ... Helped Raiders begin 4-0 en route to program’s best regular season nonleague record (8-3, .727) ... Tied three other Colgate teams for most nonconference wins ... Contributed one of season highlights with tying 3-pointer in dying seconds of regulation against Yale ... Then added OT basket to spark 70-67 victory against Bulldogs ... Came off bench to tie for scoring honors with 11 points in season-opening 79-52 victory at NJIT.

2018-19 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 21/8
Stats: Averaged 7.4 points and 2.0 rebounds ... 21 assists, 18 steals, 2 blocked shots ... Shot 33.5 percent from field and team-leading 82.5 percent from line.
Best Games: In first two starts, tallied 14 at Niagara and then led all scorers with 17 to spark big win at Holy Cross ... Added career-high 29 minutes played at Holy Cross ... Missed first eight games because of injury before returning to action briefly Dec. 14 vs. NJIT ... First two blocked shots of collegiate career in first meeting vs. Loyola ... Season-high four rebounds to go with 14 points against Navy ... Grabbed four boards at Lehigh ... Career-high three steals against both American and Lafayette.

2017-18 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 29/2
Stats: Averaged 3.4 points and 1.7 rebounds ... Shot 33.3 percent from field and 67.6 from line ... 23 assists and 10 steals.
Best Games: Sparked late comeback win over Lafayette with 13 points in 27 minutes -- both season highs ... Season-high two steals in consecutive late-season games against Holy Cross and Lafayette ... 11-point, three-assist game at Bucknell ... Assist total against Bison led Raiders and was season high ... Paced Raiders in rebounding with season-high five against Boston University ... Scored 12 points at Navy ... Starts in two of her first four collegiate games.

Before Colgate
Attended Braintree High School.
Stats: Averaged 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 assists during senior season ... Ended career at Braintree with 1,220 points, averaging 12.5 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals.
Honors: Four-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic (2014-17) ... 2017 Patriot Ledger Female Player of the Year ... 2017 Boston Globe All-Scholastic ... 2017 Boston Herald All-Scholastic ... Team Best Defensive Player 2016 ... Team MVP 2017.
Get to Know: National Honor Society member ... Member of French and Spanish National Honor Society ... Member of Cultural Awareness Club, BHS news, Environmental Club, Stone Soup, Gay Straight Alliance, and SADD.
 
Personal
Born: Keelah Amari Dixon in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Family: Parents are Harkeem and Lisa Dixon … Has two brothers and one sister.

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