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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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10 Kaitlin Hunnicutt

10 Kaitlin Hunnicutt

  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Hometown:
    Danville, Ark.
  • Prev School:
    Two Rivers HS
  • High School:
    Two Rivers HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
All-MIAA Honorable Mention (2023-24)
2x CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24)
MIAA Scholar Athlete (2023-24)
3x MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
MIAA transfer and first-year Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)

2022-23 - Hunnicutt started in all 36 games for the Lions as a guard while averaging 6.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.3 blocks per game in 24.5 minutes ... For the season scored 244 points going 86-for-228 from the field, 41-for-126 from three, 31-for-37 from free throws while grabbing 108 rebounds, dishing out 50 assists, blocking 10 shots and collecting 18 steals ... Shot 37.7 percent from the field, 32.5 percent from three and 83.8 percent from free throws.

2021-22 - Hunnicutt appeared in 31 games for the Lions getting the start in 30 as a guard... Averaged 6.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game while shooting 35.6 percent from three going 37-for-104... Scored 18 points against Oklahoma Panhandle State (Nov. 27th) going 6-for-10 from the field, 4-for-7 from three and 2-for-2 from free throws while adding five rebounds... Against Harding went 4-for-9 from three while adding three rebounds and assists and scored 16 points against the Bison... Collected seven rebounds against Northeastern State (Jan. 29th) and scored 13 points going 5-for-10 from the field and made three free throws... Provided five assists against Central Oklahoma (Dac. 2nd) along with four rebounds and 10 points... Registered the first five steal game for the Lions since the 2017-18 season and added six rebounds and scored nine points... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, 8th in fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2), 24th in three's attempted (701), 30th in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), 32nd in three point field goal defense (27.2) and turnover margin (+4.23), 33rd in three's made (221), 34th in fewest turnovers committed (377), 40th in rebounds (1,207), 41st in free throws made (416), 43rd in scoring margin (+10.3), 46th in free throws attempted (574) and 49th in blocks (111)... In the MIAA the Lions were first in blocks per game (3.6), field goal percentage defense (37.2) and turnover margin (+4.23). Second in defensive rebounds per game (27.9), rebounds per game (38.94), three's made and attempted (221-701) and three's made per game (7.1). Third in Blocks (111), offensive rebounds per game (11.0), rebounds (1,207), scoring margin (+10.3), three point field goal defense (27.2) and fewest turnovers committed per game (12.2). Fourth in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), fewest turnovers committed (377), free throws made and attempted (416-574), scoring defense (59.7) and turnovers forced per game (16.39). Fifth in steals (253), Sixth in assists (406), steals per game (13.1) and three point percentage (31.5)... Helped set the team record for made and attempted three's in a single-season going 221-for-701 while tying the single-game records for makes and attempts as well.

2020-21 - Hunnicutt appeared in 22 games getting a start against Northwest Missouri (Feb. 13th) on the road ... On the season averaged 19.5 minutes played a game, was second in bench scoring averaging 6.7 points a game, shot 30.6 percent from three and was 80 percent from the free-throw line, and grabbed two rebounds a game while having an assist to turnover ratio of 2.1 ... Connected on a season-high four three in the season opener against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 19th) and finished with 14 points ... Led the Lions in scoring against Central Missouri (Nov. 28th) at home with 14 points, after connecting on two threes and going 6-of-6 from the free throw line while pulling down a season-high five boards ... Dished out a season-high three assists against Northeastern State (Dec. 3rd) at home in the Lions 70-64 win, while going 3-of-4 from the field, 1-of-2 from three and 3-of-4 from the free throw line ... Scored a season-high 15 points against Pittsburg State (Jan. 9th) on the road going 5-of-10 from the field, 3-of-8 from three and 2-of-3 from the free throw line ... Tied for the team lead in most made threes and led the team in attempts (26-85) ... Was named onto the MIAA transfers and first-year Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll, one of three Lions to be named this season ... In the MIAA ranked 19th in three-point field goals attempted (86) and 22nd in three-point field goals made (26) ... As a team the Lions ranked in Division II, ninth in blocked shots (98) and free throws made (331), 12th in free throws attempted (446), 24th in rebounds (860) and 30th in blocked shots per game. In the MIAA ranked second in blocked shots per game (4.3), defensive rebounds per game (27.5), third in blocked shots, fourth in field goal defensive percentage (38.4), free throws made and sixth in free throws attempted

Prior to Southern - Hunnicutt was a three-year letter winner for the Two Rivers High School Gators while competing three other sports as well ... a Danville, Arkansas native averaged 23.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 3.0 steals per game throughout her junior season following a sophomore season of averaging 20 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals, and 2.0 assists per contest. She went on to land on two All-State and All-Conference teams toward being named the 2019 Centennial Bank Brightest States Girls Basketball Player of the Year ... she helped lead the Gators to a Yell County tournament and Regional championship (sophomore), two District championships (sophomore and junior), and a conference championship (junior) while being runners up when they did not take home a championship. In the offseason ... Hunnicutt was a four-year letter winner in both track and field and golf, and a three-year letter winner as part of the cheer squad ... As a sprinter and jumper, she earned All-Conference accolades from her freshman to her junior season on top of an All-State honor as a junior to go along with All-Conference honors in golf two years in a row (freshman and sophomore) and an All-State performer in cheer as a junior.
 
Personal - She is the daughter of Pamela Brown and plans on majoring in mass communications at Southern.
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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2020-21Freshman

    Guard
    5'8"
    1
  • 1

    2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    Guard
    5'8"
    1
  • 10

    2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    10