Megan Jerome

Coastal Carolina

Feb 7 (Sat)

2 p.m.

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Pleasant
Hometown:
Marion, Ohio

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2002-03:
Played in all 28 games, starting three times ... averaged 4.3 points, 2.8 boards and 1.6 assists per game ... tied for second on the team in assists ... had an assist/TO ratio of 1.88, best on the team ... with 45 assists on the season, easily topped her total for all of her junior year (21) ... had two of her finest games in the season's last two contests ... started both games, averaging 34.5 minutes per game ... in the MAC Tournament, scored eight points and had six assists in 31 minutes at EMU ... played a big part in the Falcons' "Senior Night" win over EMU ... had six points, including a pair of key second-half baskets, and tied for team honors with four assists ... also had four rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes ... played more than 30 minutes in each of the last two games of the year ... prior to that time, her career high had been 28 minutes ... had a season-high 11 points in the Ball State game ... tied her career high by making three three-pointers vs. BSU, and had four assists, just one off her career best ... made her first start of the season in the UT game, and had five points and two assists in that win ... played point guard periodically this season after spending nearly all of her first three years at other guard spots ... had four points and seven rebounds at CMU ... five points, three boards and two assists vs. NIU ... had 10 points and added five rebounds vs. Florida Atlantic ... had eight points vs. Youngstown State, Savannah State and at Ball State ... scored six points vs. Iona, and had career-high totals of nine rebounds and five assists.

2001-02:
Played in 26 games, starting two ... averaged 3.0 points and 1.7 rebounds ... was sixth on the team with a total of 21 assists ... earned the team's Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award ... had six points in 10 minutes in the MAC Tournament game at Ohio ... had two points and three assists (just one off her career best) in only 13 minutes vs. EMU ... played 13 minutes at OU ... went 7-of-9 from three-point land over a six-game span ... had a season-high 16 points at Marshall, going 5-for-7 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three-point land ... four points and two rebounds in 16 minutes at Miami ... in that game, played point guard for the first time in her collegiate career ... had six points and two assists in 16 minutes vs. Ohio ... had six points at Toledo, going 2-of-2 from three-point land, in just nine minutes ... after going her first two-plus years without a blocked shot, had one in back-to-back games, vs. Ball State and Akron ... had two points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals (tying her career best in the latter category) vs. UA ... had a season-high 10 points, all in the second half, at Butler ... hit a pair of three-pointers in back-to-back trips down the floor, just 31 seconds apart ... scored eight of her 10 points in a span of just 1:42 ... made her first career start vs. IPFW ... had six points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal against the Mastodons ... had a solid game vs. EKU ... played 22 minutes, just two off her career high, and had four points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals ... tied her career best in the latter category.

2000-01:
Played in 15 games off the bench, but missed the final month of the season with a back injury ... injury was diagnosed on Feb. 2 ... averaged 3.6 points in 11.3 minutes per game ... shot .526 (10-of-19) from three-point land on the year ... doubled her three-point total from the previous season ... scored six points in nine minutes at NIU ... two points and three assists in 10 minutes at KSU ... played in each of the season's first 13 contests ... had nine points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in a career-high 24 minutes vs. Fresno State ... had seven points against Detroit, adding three rebounds ... exploded for 18 points, including 16 after halftime, at Auburn ... tied for team scoring honors in that game after having a perfect shooting day ... the 18-point total doubled her previous career high ... went 4-of-4 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three-point range ... also hit all seven of her free-throw attempts ... had five rebounds vs. the Lady Tigers, just one off her career high ... her three treys made and seven successful FTs set career standards ... played nine minutes vs. YSU, with one point and a pair of rebounds.

1999-2000:
Played in all 28 games, averaging 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds off the bench ... had a free-throw percentage of .826, making 19 of her 23 attempts on the year ... made her only shot attempt from the field in the MAC Tournament win over Ohio, adding two rebounds and a steal ... had three assists in 12 minutes at UA ... tied her career best with nine points vs. Miami ... went 3-of-4 from the field, making her only three-pointer, in just 10 minutes of action ... made her only shot and added two rebounds and a steal in six minutes vs. Ohio ... had two points, three rebounds and a a pair of assists vs. NIU ... had a career-best four assists vs. Akron ... scored two points and grabbed three rebounds at Miami ... had eight points and a career-high six rebounds vs. WMU ... had a solid all-around effort at OU ... scored five points and added a then-career-best five boards ... also had two assists in 19 minutes ... had five points and a pair of assists in a career-high 19 minutes vs. Buffalo ... had five points vs. Kent, draining her only three-point attempt ... had four points, four rebounds and two assists in 18 minutes vs. Washington State ... went 2-for-2 from the floor for four points at Detroit ... had four points and a steal at Xavier ... scored five points and added three assists against Mississippi ... had six points, three boards and two assists vs. Morehead State ... scored nine points off the bench in her collegiate debut, at Youngstown State ... made four of her six shots from the field, and sank her only free-throw try ... wore uniform #34 on the road after Christmas, as her orange #5 jersey was misplaced after the UNC Charlotte game.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Signed a letter of intent with BGSU in November of 1998 ... earned four letters for coach Mike Ward at Pleasant High School ... an All-Ohio Second-Team selection in Division IV as a senior ... averaged 17.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game that year ... shot 52% from the floor and 70% from the free-throw line ... also named to the All-Mid Ohio Athletic Conference and all-district first teams ... earned first-team academic all-state recognition ... as a junior, averaged 15.5 points as the Spartans went 25-2 and advanced to the state semifinals ... shot 78% from the free-throw stripe that year ... team captain ... also earned all-league and all-district honors in softball ... earned four softball letters as a shortstop.

PERSONAL:
Megan Elizabeth Jerome was born May 20, 1981, in Marion, Ohio ... daughter of Noel and Sharon Jerome ... majoring in both marketing and finance at BGSU ... has a 3.96 GPA, highest on the team ... has two sisters, Becky and Lisa, and a brother, Noel ... member of both the BGSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Financial Management Society ... lists last year's win over EMU as her most memorable moment to date at BGSU.