All-around player Burton helps team succeed
We knew Lyndsay Burton was poised for a stellar season. Two years ago, as a freshman, the junior forward from New Jersey finished second on the team, by scoring 9.5 points a game, and third in rebounding, hauling in 5.4 boards each contest. She also led the team in scoring eight different times in her debut season.
Last year, Burton dramatically improved her game. As a sophomore, Burton was a First Team All-Centennial Conference selection, starting 21 of 27 games.
She lead the team in scoring (15.4 points per game) and field goal percentage (.549 percent from the field), and was second in rebounding with 8.1 rebounds a game.
She has scored at least 20 points seven times, and has stepped up when it really mattered, averaging 16.8 points per game over the season's final 18 games, compared to 11.7 points per game through the first nine.
Her five game streak of scoring at least twenty points was the longest in Hopkins women's basketball since the 2001-2002 season, when Kathy Darling did it six straight times.
Included in Burton's streak was a 26-point, nine-rebound performance at 23rd-ranked Muhlenberg, which provided a glimpse of her vast potential and a bright future ahead of her.
Given her stellar past, it should come as no surprise that Burton's success has continued this season, as she is again the Jays' leading scorer with 13.1 points per game.
Burton is also the team's leading rebounder, grabbing 8.3 a game, and she is second on the team in steals, behind sophomore guard Chantel Mattiola, with 38.
Burton is again shooting above 50 percent from the field, hitting on .517 percent of her shots, and leads the team in minutes per game by a margin of seven, playing for about 31 minutes during every contest.
In the 22 games that the Jays have played this year, Burton was the leading scorer in 13 of those games and the leading rebounder in nine, and has lead the team in both scoring and rebounding seven times.
Last year, Burton dramatically improved her game. As a sophomore, Burton was a First Team All-Centennial Conference selection, starting 21 of 27 games.
She lead the team in scoring (15.4 points per game) and field goal percentage (.549 percent from the field), and was second in rebounding with 8.1 rebounds a game.
She has scored at least 20 points seven times, and has stepped up when it really mattered, averaging 16.8 points per game over the season's final 18 games, compared to 11.7 points per game through the first nine.
Her five game streak of scoring at least twenty points was the longest in Hopkins women's basketball since the 2001-2002 season, when Kathy Darling did it six straight times.
Included in Burton's streak was a 26-point, nine-rebound performance at 23rd-ranked Muhlenberg, which provided a glimpse of her vast potential and a bright future ahead of her.
Given her stellar past, it should come as no surprise that Burton's success has continued this season, as she is again the Jays' leading scorer with 13.1 points per game.
Burton is also the team's leading rebounder, grabbing 8.3 a game, and she is second on the team in steals, behind sophomore guard Chantel Mattiola, with 38.
Burton is again shooting above 50 percent from the field, hitting on .517 percent of her shots, and leads the team in minutes per game by a margin of seven, playing for about 31 minutes during every contest.
In the 22 games that the Jays have played this year, Burton was the leading scorer in 13 of those games and the leading rebounder in nine, and has lead the team in both scoring and rebounding seven times.
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