< PreviousTHE BEST OF GEDAKA 24 • POINTS at Providence (12/30/17) 11 • REBOUNDS at Hartford (11/10/17) 4 • ASSISTS DePaul (01/19/18); at Butler (01/20/17) 3 • STEALS St. John’s (02/09/18); vs. James Madison (11/24/17) 4 [t-6th] • BLOCKS at Hartford (11/10/17) 11 [t-7th] • FG MADE at Providence (12/30/17) 16 • FG ATTEMPTS Creighton (02/25/18) 1 • 3FG MADE 8 time 2 • 3FG ATTEMPTS 4 times 11 (t-8th) • FT ATTEMPTS at Butler (01/20/17) 9 (t-8th) • FT MADE at Butler (01/20/17) [ MEET THE WILDCATS ] 2018/19 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 18 WWW.VILLANOVA.COM JUNIOR / FORWARD / 6-1 MULLICA HILL, N.J. / GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC H.S. MARY GEDAKA GEDAKA’S CAREER STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 35-0 494/14.1 72-141 .511 1-8 .125 40-52 .769 46 82 128 3.7 53 0 22 26 7 10 185 5.3 2017-18 32-1 725/22.7 155-255 .608 7-20 .350 53-87 .609 57 100 157 4.9 55 0 38 39 29 22 370 11.6 TOTAL 67-1 1219/18.1 227-396 .573 8-28 .285 93-139 .669 103 182 285 4.3 108 0 60 65 36 32 555 8.3 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 18-0 255/14.2 40-85 .470 1-5 .200 34-41 .820 32 41 73 4.1 28 0 13 13 7 10 185 5.3 2017-18 18-0 408/22.7 95-163 .583 7-18 .389 26-47 .553 32 60 92 5.1 30 0 26 22 13 10 223 12.4 TOTAL 36-0 663/18.4 135-248 .544 8-23 .347 60-88 .681 64 101 165 4.6 58 0 39 35 20 20 408 11.3 VILLANOVA: Possesses a high basketball IQ…Moves extremely well without the ball…Provides the Wildcats with quickness at the forward position…Has good hands and excellent passing ability…Expected to be one of the team’s top performers. 2017-18: Named the Big East Sixth Woman of the Year…Earned a spot on the Big East Honorable Mention Team…Garnered second team All-Philadelphia Big 5 honors…Played in all 32 games and averaged 11.6 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per contest in 22.7 minutes per game…Tallied 38 assists, a team-high 29 blocks and a team-best 22 steals…Shot a team-best .608 from the field (155-of-255), .350 from three-point range (7-of-20) and .609 from the free throw line (53-of-87)…Registered 20 double figure scoring games, including three games of 20 points or more…Scored a career-high 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting from the field (1-of-1 from three-point range) at Providence…Registered 21 points versus St. John’s on 8-of-10 shooting from the field to go with five rebounds, three assists and three steals… Had 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting versus Creighton…Posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to go with four blocks at Hartford…Registered her third career double- double with 19 points and 10 rebounds versus Penn… Credited with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting against Saint Joseph’s…Recorded 16 points and eight rebounds at Seton Hall…Totaled 15 points and eight rebounds at St. John’s… Had 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting versus South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 2016-17: Played in all 35 games and averaged 14.1 minutes per game…Averaged 5.3 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per contest…Shot .510 percent from the field (72-of-141), .125 from three-point range (1-of-8) and .769 from the foul line (40-of-52)…Registered 22 assists, 10 steals and seven blocks… Named National Freshman of the Week and Big East Rookie of the Week on Jan. 23… Scored 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field and a 4-of-6 effort from the foul line in her collegiate debut versus Mississippi State…Registered 16 points and eight rebounds against St. John’s…Recorded her first career double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to go with 30 THE BEST OF GEDAKA 24 • POINTS at Providence (12/30/17) 11 • REBOUNDS at Hartford (11/10/17) 4 • ASSISTS DePaul (01/19/18); at Butler (01/20/17) 3 • STEALS St. John’s (02/09/18); vs. James Madison (11/24/17) 4 [t-6th] • BLOCKS at Hartford (11/10/17) 11 [t-7th] • FG MADE at Providence (12/30/17) 16 • FG ATTEMPTS Creighton (02/25/18) 1 • 3FG MADE 8 time 2 • 3FG ATTEMPTS 4 times 11 (t-8th) • FT ATTEMPTS at Butler (01/20/17) 9 (t-8th) • FT MADE at Butler (01/20/17)four assists at Butler…Posted 18 points and eight rebounds at Xavier…Scored 12 points against both DePaul and St. John’s…Had 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting and a 3-of-3 effort from the foul line at Seton Hall… Netted 10 versus Providence. GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year Three-time South Jersey Player of the Year… Three-time All-State honoree…Led team to three straight appearances in the South Jersey non-public A finals…Scored over 1,900 career points and had over 1,000 rebounds…Averaged 19.1 points per game and 12.3 rebounds per contest as a senior…Honor Roll student. PERSONAL: Oldest of four children of Ken and Lisa Gedaka…Mother played for head coach Harry Perretta and the Wildcats from 1983-87 and was the 1988 Big East Player of the Year…Born 6/9/98.nor Society; Student Council President.[ MEET THE WILDCATS ] 2018/19 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 20 WWW.VILLANOVA.COM VILLANOVA: Provides the Wildcats with good quickness at the forward position…Has excellent rebounding skills…Good three-point shooter…Will be in the mix for a spot in the starting line-up. 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…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. 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. MVP; Two-time first team All-Gloucester County; First 2015-16: Redshirted…Named to the Big East Academic All-Star Team. BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 10.1 PPG., 8.2 RPG., and 3.1 BPG., As A Junior; Helped Lead Team To The 2014 Miaa Division 1 State Championship; Boston Globe All-Scholastic Honoree; 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: Older of two girls of Tom and Carmen Herlihy…Sister, Brianna, is a freshman on the Wildcat team...Engineering major…Born 1/31/97. HERLIHY’S CAREER STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 29-1 251/8.7 19-78 .244 2-30 .067 15-25 .600 16 28 44 1.5 30 0 19 26 18 5 55 1.9 2017-18 31-0 383/12.4 49-121 .405 25-65 .385 11-18 .611 13 52 65 2.1 46 1 36 28 25 14 134 4.3 TOTAL 60-1 634/10.6 68-199 .341 27-95 .284 26-43 .604 29 80 109 1.8 76 1 54 54 43 19 189 3.2 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 16-1 138/8.6 10-44 .227 2-18 .111 5-6 .833 9 16 25 1.6 13 0 11 11 8 2 27 1.7 2017-18 18-0 219/12.2 22-60 .367 14-38 .368 4-8 .500 10 33 43 2.4 23 0 23 20 12 8 62 3.4 TOTAL 34-1 357/10.5 32-104 .307 16-56 .286 9-14 .643 19 49 68 2.0 36 0 34 31 20 10 89 2.6 BRIDGET HERLIHY JUNIOR / FORWARD / 6-2 BRAINTREE, MASS. / BRAINTREE H.S. 1 THE BEST OF HERLIHY 19 • POINTS at Fairfield (12/06/17) 7 • REBOUNDS Marquette (01/21/18) 4 • ASSISTS at Xavier (01/05/18) 2 • STEALS at Xavier (01/05/18); DePaul (01/19/18) 3 • BLOCKS Seton Hall (02/11/18); at Butler (01/20/17); Lehigh (12/05/16) 7 • FG MADE at Fairfield (12/06/17) 10 • FG ATTEMPTS at Fairfield (12/06/17) 4 • 3FG MADE at Fairfield (12/06/17) 6 • 3FG ATTEMPTS at Fairfield (12/06/17) 6 • FT ATTEMPTS vs Troy (11/24/16) 5 • FT MADE vs Troy (11/24/16)[ MEET THE WILDCATS ] 2018/19 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 22 WWW.VILLANOVA.COM VILLANOVA: Versatile performer with a diverse offensive skill set…Can score off the dribble or from behind the arc… Provides the Wildcats with size at the guard position… Expected to be one of the team’s top performers this season. 2017-18: Named the Philadelphia Big 5 Most Improved Player…Earned second team All-Big 5 honors…Started all 32 games she played in and averaged 11.3 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per contest in 32.7 minutes per game…Tallied 68 assists, 16 steals and 12 blocks…Made 133-of-322 from the field (.413), 49-of-134 from three-point range (.366) and 48-of-59 from the foul line (.814)…Registered 17 double figure scoring games, including five games of 20 points or more…Named Big East Player of the Week on Nov. 20 for her performance versus Duke when she scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including a 7-of-9 effort from three-point range…Scored a career-high 27 points versus Saint Joseph’s on 11-of-17 shooting to go with six assists, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal…Registered 21 points, six assists and five rebounds against Xavier…Had 21 points at Seton Hall…Recorded 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting at La Salle…Tallied 17 points on 7-of-18 shooting, including a 3-of-5 performance from three-point range at DePaul…Totaled 15 points against Providence…Posted 10 points and eight rebounds versus Penn…Recorded 10 points and seven rebounds at Hartford. 2016-17: Named the Philadelphia Big Five Rookie of the Year…Started four of the 35 games she played in and averaged 22.1 minutes per game…Averaged 6.1 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per contest…Shot .333 from the field (71-of-213), .294 from three-point range (30-of-102) and .724 from the foul line (42-of-58)…Registered 50 assists, 12 steals and 10 blocks…Credited with 12 points against Mississippi State in her first career game…Scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting, including a 4-of-9 KELLY JEKOT JUNIOR /// GUARD /// 6-0 ENOLA, PA. / CUMBERLAND VALLEY H.S. THE BEST OF JEKOT 27 • POINTS Saint Joseph’s (12/03/17) 9 • REBOUNDS DePaul (12/30/16) 6 • ASSISTS Xavier (01/05/18); Saint Joseph’s (12/03/17) 2 • STEALS 5 times 2 • BLOCKS vs. American (11/25/17); Saint Joseph’s (12/03/18); at Saint Joseph’s (12/3/16) 11 [t-7th] • FG MADE Saint Joseph’s (12/03/17) 18 • FG ATTEMPTS at DePaul (02/18/18) 7 [t-4th] • 3FG MADE Duke (11/19/17) 9 • 3FG ATTEMPTS Duke (11/19/17) 9 • FT ATTEMPTS at Seton Hall (01/12/18); vs Miss. St. (11/11/16) 8 • FT MADE at Seton Hall (01/12/18); vs Miss. St. (11/11/16); at Drexel (03/19/17) JEKOT’S CAREER STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 35-4 773/22.1 71-213 .333 30-102 .294 42-58 .724 37 86 123 3.5 37 0 50 28 10 12 214 6.1 2017-18 32-32 1047/32.7 133-322 .413 49-134 .366 48-59 .814 30 97 127 4.0 39 0 68 47 12 16 363 11.3 TOTAL 67-36 1820/27.1 204-535 .381 79-236 .334 90-117 .769 67 183 250 3.7 76 0 118 75 22 28 577 8.6 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 18-3 422/23.4 41-124 .331 19-61 .311 12-23 .521 19 47 66 3.7 19 0 25 16 6 8 113 6.3 2017-18 18-18 586/32.6 69-183 .377 27-80 .338 30-35 .857 13 50 63 3.5 21 0 36 28 4 6 195 10.8 TOTAL 36-21 1008/28.0 110-307 .358 46-141 .326 42-58 .724 32 97 129 3.5 40 0 61 44 10 14 308 8.6 25effort from three-point range in first career start versus Seton Hall…Had 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including a 3-of-7 effort from behind the arc and a 2-of-2 performance from the foul line to go with four assists at Xavier…Posted 12 points and four rebounds versus Troy… Totaled eight points and a career-high nine rebounds versus DePaul…Tallied 10 points and five rebounds against Georgetown…Recorded 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field, a 2-of-3 effort from three-point range and a 2-of-2 effort from the foul line at Seton Hall… Registered 12 points and eight rebounds at Princeton in first round of the WNIT…Scored 13 points, including a perfect 8-of-8 effort from the free throw versus Drexel in the WNIT second round. CUMBERLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year… Pennsylvania AAAA Player of the Year… USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year… Three-time first team All-State honoree… First Team All-Conference… District 3 MVP…Led team to three consecutive state championships…Scored 2,141 career points…Senior Academic Excellence honoree. PERSONAL: Oldest of four girls of John and Jennifer Jekot…Father played basketball at Lock Haven University…Mother played field hockey at Lock Haven University. outh Jersey Senior All-Star member; Courier Post South Jersey Senior Scholar-Athlete; 2013 Pitman High School Female Athlete of the Year; Scored 1,282 career points; Made a school record 250 three-point field goals; Led the state in 2012-13 with 110 three-point field goals; 1st team Tri-County in soccer as a senior; Earned four varsity letters in basketball, soccer and softball; President of the National Honor Society; Student Council President.[ MEET THE WILDCATS ] 2018/19 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 24 WWW.VILLANOVA.COM VILLANOVA: Plays the game with great intensity… Has outstanding rebounding skills… Possesses a good feel for the game…Will fight for playing time at the forward positions. 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 HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time ESPN Boston All-State selection… Bay State All-Conference honoree…Helped team to two straight state championships…McDonald’s All-American nominee(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, is a junior on the Wildcat team…Born 5/15/98 in Braintree, Mass. BRIANNA HERLIHY SOPHOMORE / FORWARD / 6-0 BRAINTREE, MASS. / BRAINTREE H.S. THE BEST OF HERLIHY 4 • POINTS vs Lehigh (11/17/17); at LaSalle (12/20/17); at Marquette (02/16/18) 10 • REBOUNDS at LaSalle (12/20/17) 1 • ASSISTS at Seton Hall (01/12/18); vs. Lehigh (11/17/17) 2 • STEALS at LaSalle (12/20/17) 2 • BLOCKS at Hartford (11/10/17) 2 • FG MADE vs. Lehigh (11/17/17); at Marquette (02/16/18) 5 • FG ATTEMPTS vs. Lehigh (11/17/17); at LaSalle (12/20/17) 1 • 3FG ATTEMPTS 6 times 2 • FT ATTEMPTS at LaSalle (12/20/17) 2 • FT MADE at LaSalle (12/20/17) HERLIHY’S CAREER STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 19-0 101/5.3 9-23 .391 0-6 .000 2-2 1.000 12 21 33 1.7 20 0 2 8 4 3 20 1.1 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 9-0 35/3.9 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 6 8 0.9 8 0 1 5 0 0 6 0.7 14 [ MEET THE WILDCATS ] 2018/19 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 26 WWW.VILLANOVA.COM RAVEN JAMES SOPHOMORE / GUARD / 5-6 UPPER MARLBORO, MD. / PAUL VI H.S. JAMES’ CAREER STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 22-0 83/3.8 5-12 .417 0-0 .000 9-13 .692 2 10 12 0.5 14 0 7 6 0 4 19 0.9 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 12-0 45/3.8 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2 4 6 0.5 5 0 6 4 0 2 7 0.6 VILLANOVA: Has the skill set to be a top notch defensive player…Possesses good dribbling and passing skills…Will be in the mix for playing time at point guard. 2017-18: Played in 22 games and registered 19 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and four steals in 3.8 minutes per contest… Made 5-of-12 from the field (.417) and 9-of-13 from the foul line (.692)…Scored three points versus Lehigh and at Notre Dame…Credited with two steals against Providence…Had two rebounds on four occasions… Logged a career-high 11 minutes against Providence.. 2016-17: Redshirted ST PAUL VI HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as a Top 150 player in the class of 2016 by Prospect Nation and Blue Star Media… 2014 & 2015 Honorable Mention by the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC)… Helped St. Paul to back-to-back WCAC championships…. Led team to back-to-back VA Independent Schools Athletic Association state titles… Helped team to a 63-5 record during her first three seasons. PERSONAL: Oldest of three girls of Ron and Gina James…Born 6/12/97 in Upper Marlboro, Md. 10 THE BEST OF JAMES 3 • POINTS vs. Lehigh (11/17/17); at Notre Dame (03/18/18) 2 • REBOUNDS 4 times 2 • ASSISTS at Xavier (01/26/18) 2 • STEALS Providence (02/23/18) 1 • FG MADE 5 times 3 • FG ATTEMPTS at LaSalle -- (12/20/17 6 • FT ATTEMPTS at Notre Dame (03/18/18) 3 • FT MADE at Notre Dame (03/18/18)Next >