2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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14 Brianna Herlihy

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Highschool Braintree
  • Hometown Braintree, Mass.

Biography

VILLANOVA: One of the team’s top rebounders…Shooting range extends to the three-point line…Expected to be in the Wildcat frontcourt rotation.

2020-21: Earned second team All-BIG EAST and first team All-Philadelphia Big 5 honors…Named the Big 5 Most Improved Player…Started all 24 games and averaged 13.8 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per contest…Shot .488 from the field (122-of-250), .268 from three-point range (15-of-56) and .727 from the foul line (72-of-99)…Tallied 81 assists, a team-high 30 blocks and 21 steals…Registered 18 double figure scoring games, including four games of 20 points or more…Had five double figure rebounding efforts…Posted three double-doubles…Scored a career-high 24 points to go with nine rebounds and a career-best six blocks versus La Salle…Recorded 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting (1-of-2 from three) and a 5-of-11 effort from the foul line at Temple…Registered 20 points, six rebounds and four assists versus Creighton…Credited with her first career double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Drexel…Posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 caroms at Seton Hall…Tallied 14 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high six assists  versus St. John’s…Totaled 19 points, six rebounds and five assists at Marquette…Had a career-high seven assists at Butler…Tallied a career-best three steals versus Rider and Delaware.

2019-20: Played in two games before suffering a season ending injury versus James Madison…Tallied 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting to go with seven rebounds, two assists and a block against George Washington…Registered three points, four rebounds, a career-high five assists, one block and a steal versus James Madison.

2018-19:  Member of the Big East Academic All-Star Team…Played in 30 games and averaged 10.7 minutes per game…Averaged 2.8 points per game and 2.9 rebounds per contest…Had 20 assists, 12 blocks and six steals…Shot .491 from the field (30-of-61), .400 from three-point range (10-of-25) and .541 from the foul line (13-of-24)…Tallied her first career double-double with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds versus Old Dominion in the first round of the WNIT. In the ODU win she was 5-of-6 from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point range and 7-of-11 from the foul line, including connecting on a three at the buzzer to send the game to overtime…Recorded nine points and 11 rebounds at West Virginia in the second round of the WNIT…Posted 10 points and four rebounds versus Marquette…Had five points and eight boards versus Hartford…Tallied three points, five rebounds and a career-high three blocks against Penn…Registered four points and six rebounds against Georgetown.    
 
2017-18:  Played in 19 games and averaged 1.1 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per contest in 5.3 minutes per game…Made 9-of-23 from the field (.391), 2-of-2 from the free throw line and went 0-of-6 from three-point range…Scored a career-high four points on three occasions versus Lehigh, La Salle and at Marquette…Tallied a career-high 10 rebounds at La Salle…Posted six rebounds versus Lehigh…Recorded five rebounds at Hartford.

2016-17:Redshirted

Braintree: Two-time ESPN Boston All-State selection… Bay State All-Conference honoree… Helped team to two straight state championships…McDonald’s All-American nominee…Team ranked No. 21 in the nation…1,000 point scorer…Earned four varsity letters in both basketball and volleyball and two in track & field… National Honor Society member

Personal:Younger of two daughters of Thomas and Carmen Herlihy…Sister, Bridget, played on the Villanova women's basketball team (2015-20) and now serves as the teams graduate assistant…Born 5/15/98 in Braintree, Mass.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2016-17Freshman

    Forward
    6'"
    14
  • 14

    2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    Forward
    6'"
    14
  • 14

    2018-19Sophomore

    Forward
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2019-20Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2020-21Senior

    Forward
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2021-22Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'0"
    14