2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

1 Bridget Herlihy

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-2
  • Highschool Braintree
  • Hometown Braintree, Mass.

Biography

VILLANOVA: Expected to be a starter at one of the forward positions…Has a good understanding of the Villanova system…Possesses good rebounding skills…Shooting range extends to the three-point line.

2019-20: Named to the Philadelphia Big 5 Honorable Mention Team…Started all 31 games and averaged 9.3 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per contest in 31.4 minutes per game…Shot .372 from the field (105-of-282), .297 from three-point range (43-of-145) and .625 from the foul line (35-of-56)…Tallied 83 assists, a team-high 53 blocks and 14 steals… Registered 14 double figure scoring games…Scored a career-high 22 points on 8-of-18 shooting, including a 2-of-6 effort from three and a 4-of-4 performance from the foul line in her final collegiate game versus Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals…Credited with 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block against Marquette…Registered 17 points, five rebounds, five assists and four blocks versus Georgetown…Had 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting, including a career-high four three-point field goals to go with eight rebounds, four assists and four blocks at Xavier…Posted 15 points and five rebounds at Georgetown…Pulled-down a career-high 11 rebounds versus Saint Joseph’s…Tallied 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a block at DePaul…Recorded 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including a 2-of-6 effort from downtown at Providence…Netted 12 points versus George Washington…Scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting (3-of-5 from three) against Penn…Registered 11 points in back-to-back games at Seton Hall and St. John’s…Had 10 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a block at La Salle…Posted 10 points and seven rebounds against James Madison…Had 10 rebounds games versus Manhattan and at Drexel…Set a career-high in assists with six versus Manhattan and Xavier.   
 
2018-19: Started 23 of the 32 games she played in and averaged 18.5 minutes per game…Averaged 4.2 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per contest…Shot .316  from the field (50-of-158), .200 from three-point range (17-of-85) and .761 from the free throw line (16-of-21)…Tallied 65 assists, 40 blocks and 14 steals…Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds versus Hartford…Scored a season-best 11 points at Creighton…Had nine points on three different occasions versus  DePaul, Georgetown, and Seton Hall…Posted eight points against Georgetown in the Big East Tournament…Totaled eight rebounds versus La Salle and seven against Central Florida…Credited with four blocks against Butler and Old Dominion…Had two five assist games versus Marquette and Old Dominion.
 
2017-18: Played in 31 games and averaged 4.3 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game in 12.4 minutes per contest…Tallied 36 assists, 25 blocks (second on team) and 14 steals…Made 49-of-121 from the field (.405), 25-of-65 from three-point range (.385) and 11-of-18 from the foul line (.611)…Scored a career-high 19 points at Fairfield on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and a 4-of-6 effort from three-point range…Registered 12 points at La Salle on 5-of-10 shooting and a 1-of-3 performance from behind the arc…Scored eight points against Princeton and Xavier at home...Pulled-down a career-high seven rebounds versus Marquette…Grabbed six defensive rebounds against Xavier…Had three blocks versus Seton Hall…Went 2-of-2 from three-point range for six points at Butler. 
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2016-17:Played in 29 games, starting once and averaged 8.7 minutes per game… Averaged 1.9 points per game and 1.5 rebounds per contest…Shot .243 from the field (19-of-78), .066 from three-point range (2-of-30) and .600 from the foul line (15-of-25)…Registered 19 assists, 18 blocks and five steals…Scored a career-high eight points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and a 2-of-5 effort from the foul line in a career-high 20 minutes versus Virginia Commonwealth…Tallied seven points and a career-high five rebounds versus Troy…Credited with three blocked shots versus Lehigh and Butler…Had five points at Providence and at DePaul. 

2015-16:Redshirted…Named to the Big East Academic All-Star Team.

Braintree:Averaged 10.1 ppg., 8.2 rpg., and 3.1 bpg., as a junior; Helped lead team to the 2014 MIAADivision 1 state championship; Boston Globe All-Scholastic honoree; Boston Herald Dream Team; Boston Herald Dream Team; ESPNboston.com All-State Team; USA Basketball U16 National Team trials participant; First Team Bay State All-Star; Honor Roll student.

Personal: Engineer major…Older of two children of Tom and Carmen Herlihy; Sister, Brianna, will be a freshman on the Wildcat women’s basketball team for the 2016-17 season; Born 1/31/97

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

    Forward
    6'2"
    1
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    2016-17Redshirt Freshman

    Forward
    6'2"
    1
  • 1

    2017-18Sophomore

    Forward
    6'2"
    1
  • 1

    2018-19Junior

    Forward
    6'2"
    1
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    2019-20Senior

    Forward
    6'2"
    1