Catriana Messina

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Catriana Messina
2 Catriana Messina
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Hometown:
    Tampa, Fla
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Academy of Holy Names
  • Major:
    Finance
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    5.7
  • fg %
    44.5
  • 3pt %
    31.6
  • ft %
    63.9
  • reb/g
    5.4
  • a/g
    4.6
Bio

As a Senior: Appeared in all 29 contests averaging just over 30 minutes per game…Scored in 26 games on the season…Had double figures in scoring in six games…Scored a season- high 15 points against Regis (11/27)…Registered a season-high 10 assists against Saint Leo (1/12)…Recorded a double-double twice on the season in points and rebounds against Florida Southern (1/19) and Eckerd (2/9)…Had a season best five steals against Valdosta State (12/1)…Recorded a season- high 12 rebounds against Florida Southern (1/19)…Notched at least one assist in all games played…Finished the season top five in the SSC and top 40 in the nation for assists.

As a Junior: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Appeared in all 31 contests averaging double figure minutes in 30 games… Helped the Spartans on the scoreboard 28 games out of the season…Scored a season-high 15 points against Saint Leo (1/6)…Recorded a season-high seven rebounds against Barry (1/23) while going 4-5 from behind the arc…Played a season-high 36 minutes against Lynn (2/6) …Collected a season best seven assists against Nova Southeastern (2/3)…Had a season-high five steals versus Florida Memorial (12/1)…Rounded out the season with an over-all 73.9 percent from the free throw line.

As a Sophomore: Appeared in all 32 contests, starting one…Credited with a point in 25 games…Scored a season-high 12 points against Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (11/25)…Recorded eight rebounds in consecutive games, doing it against Oklahoma Panhandle A&M (11/29) and Warner (12/3)…Played a season-high 32 minutes against Barry (1/17) and collected a season-best five steals…Scored eight points in Sunshine State Conference tournament final against Rollins (3/8)…Registered a career high in assists with seven against Ouachita Baptist in NCAA South Regional semifinal (3/14).

As a Freshman:  Appeared in her first game against Cal State Stanislaus (11/17)...Had nine points against Ohio Valley (11/20)...Logged six rebounds during Puerto Rico-Mayaguez game (11/26)...Scored a season-high 18 points versus Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (11/21), going 6-8 from behind the arc in the contest...Registered double figure minutes in seven games...Had four blocks against Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (11/26) and three blocks against West Florida (12/16) and Eckerd (1/16)... Credited with a  point in 14 games...Went 4-5 from the free throw line during the Sunshine State Conference tournament quarterfinals versus Saint Leo (3/4)...Saw action in NCAA South Regional against Valdosta  State (3/14).

High School: Averaged 16 points, eight assists, five steals and five rebounds while playing for Casey Higgins at Academy of the Holy Names...Teamed with her twin sister, Gianna, who plays for the University of South Florida...Member of the 1,000 point club...County leader in assists as a junior and senior...First-team all-county and second-team all-state selection...Played in the Hillsborough county all-star game...Led team to state final four on two occasions...Top moment was a last-second half-court shot that sent the game to overtime...Also starred as a softball player.

Personal: Recipient of Presidential Scholarship...Also received Bright Futures medallion...Member of the National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Matu Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and National Beta Club...Volunteered for Metropolitan Ministries...Daughter of Paul and Cathy Messina...Finance major...Birth date: 9/12/89.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 16
Games started 26 16
Minutes 895 519
Minutes per game 30.9 32.4
FG 57-128 35-79
FG Pct 44.5 44.3
3PT 6-19 6-12
3PT Pct 31.6 50.0
FT 46-72 23-35
FT Pct 63.9 65.7
Off rebounds 27 14
Def rebounds 129 80
Total rebounds 156 94
Rebounds per game 5.4 5.9
Personal fouls 53 29
Disqualifications - -
Assists 134 86
Turnovers 77 42
Assist to turnover ratio 1.7 2.0
Steals 26 16
Blocks 0 0
Points 166 99
Points per game 5.7 6.2
Points per 40 min 7.4 7.6
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 19 Nova Southeastern W, 71-49
Feb 23 at Florida Southern L, 73-70
Feb 26 Florida Tech W, 73-62
Mar 2 Lynn W, 75-65
Mar 5 Florida Tech L, 75-62
Mar 11 vs. Florida Tech L, 56-54
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 15 Warner Southern W, 81-50 - 19 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 20 at Valdosta State L, 44-43 - 29 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 8
Nov 26 vs. Colorado Mines L, 64-63 - 18 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 4
Nov 27 at Regis (Colo.) W, 84-61 1 35 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 5-9 55.6 15
Dec 1 Valdosta State W, 67-63 1 36 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 3
Dec 4 at Barry W, 71-57 1 31 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 5
Dec 8 Ave Maria W, 79-58 1 27 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 6
Dec 18 vs. St. Augustine's W, 69-60 1 40 5-7 71.4 0-1 0.0 0-2 0.0 10
Dec 19 vs. Indianapolis W, 70-53 1 33 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 30 Fontbonne W, 78-58 1 26 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 2 Rollins W, 75-69 1 22 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 3
Jan 5 at Eckerd W, 63-54 1 35 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 5
Jan 8 at Lynn W, 66-59 1 34 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 7
Jan 12 Saint Leo W, 72-59 1 30 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 15 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 59-35 1 23 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 19 Florida Southern L, 77-72 1 40 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 11
Jan 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 79-64 1 19 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 0
Jan 26 at Florida Tech L, 91-82 1 34 4-5 80.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Jan 29 Barry W, 72-69 1 18 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 3
Feb 2 at Rollins L, 74-66 1 34 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 5 Lynn W, 79-68 1 33 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 2-4 50.0 8
Feb 9 Eckerd W, 63-51 1 39 4-8 50.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Feb 16 at Saint Leo W, 60-48 1 36 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 19 Nova Southeastern W, 71-49 1 34 4-11 36.4 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Feb 23 at Florida Southern L, 73-70 1 40 2-7 28.6 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 26 Florida Tech W, 73-62 1 40 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 11
Mar 2 Lynn W, 75-65 1 32 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Mar 5 Florida Tech L, 75-62 1 32 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Mar 11 vs. Florida Tech L, 56-54 1 26 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 15 Warner Southern W, 81-50 - 19 1 0 1 5 2 0 0
Nov 20 at Valdosta State L, 44-43 - 29 3 2 5 1 2 0 0
Nov 26 vs. Colorado Mines L, 64-63 - 18 1 2 3 3 1 1 0
Nov 27 at Regis (Colo.) W, 84-61 1 35 2 2 4 1 4 2 0
Dec 1 Valdosta State W, 67-63 1 36 0 4 4 3 4 5 0
Dec 4 at Barry W, 71-57 1 31 0 3 3 6 3 0 0
Dec 8 Ave Maria W, 79-58 1 27 0 4 4 6 4 1 0
Dec 18 vs. St. Augustine's W, 69-60 1 40 1 7 8 5 3 0 0
Dec 19 vs. Indianapolis W, 70-53 1 33 2 6 8 6 3 0 0
Dec 30 Fontbonne W, 78-58 1 26 1 7 8 9 1 0 0
Jan 2 Rollins W, 75-69 1 22 0 4 4 3 2 0 0
Jan 5 at Eckerd W, 63-54 1 35 0 8 8 6 2 0 0
Jan 8 at Lynn W, 66-59 1 34 0 3 3 5 2 1 0
Jan 12 Saint Leo W, 72-59 1 30 1 5 6 10 4 2 0
Jan 15 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 59-35 1 23 1 3 4 3 3 1 0
Jan 19 Florida Southern L, 77-72 1 40 2 10 12 9 4 1 0
Jan 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 79-64 1 19 1 2 3 5 1 1 0
Jan 26 at Florida Tech L, 91-82 1 34 0 4 4 2 5 1 0
Jan 29 Barry W, 72-69 1 18 1 3 4 5 3 0 0
Feb 2 at Rollins L, 74-66 1 34 1 8 9 6 2 1 0
Feb 5 Lynn W, 79-68 1 33 2 1 3 5 4 1 0
Feb 9 Eckerd W, 63-51 1 39 2 9 11 3 3 3 0
Feb 16 at Saint Leo W, 60-48 1 36 1 3 4 4 3 1 0
Feb 19 Nova Southeastern W, 71-49 1 34 1 3 4 6 0 1 0
Feb 23 at Florida Southern L, 73-70 1 40 2 7 9 5 2 0 0
Feb 26 Florida Tech W, 73-62 1 40 0 7 7 6 2 3 0
Mar 2 Lynn W, 75-65 1 32 0 7 7 4 2 0 0
Mar 5 Florida Tech L, 75-62 1 32 1 2 3 2 5 0 0
Mar 11 vs. Florida Tech L, 56-54 1 26 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 15 Warner Southern W, 81-50 - 2 - 2.5
Nov 20 at Valdosta State L, 44-43 - 2 - 0.5
Nov 26 vs. Colorado Mines L, 64-63 - 1 - 3.0
Nov 27 at Regis (Colo.) W, 84-61 1 1 - 0.3
Dec 1 Valdosta State W, 67-63 1 2 - 0.8
Dec 4 at Barry W, 71-57 1 1 - 2.0
Dec 8 Ave Maria W, 79-58 1 1 - 1.5
Dec 18 vs. St. Augustine's W, 69-60 1 2 - 1.7
Dec 19 vs. Indianapolis W, 70-53 1 2 - 2.0
Dec 30 Fontbonne W, 78-58 1 1 - 9.0
Jan 2 Rollins W, 75-69 1 3 - 1.5
Jan 5 at Eckerd W, 63-54 1 2 - 3.0
Jan 8 at Lynn W, 66-59 1 0 - 2.5
Jan 12 Saint Leo W, 72-59 1 3 - 2.5
Jan 15 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 59-35 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 19 Florida Southern L, 77-72 1 2 - 2.3
Jan 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 79-64 1 0 - 5.0
Jan 26 at Florida Tech L, 91-82 1 3 - 0.4
Jan 29 Barry W, 72-69 1 0 - 1.7
Feb 2 at Rollins L, 74-66 1 4 - 3.0
Feb 5 Lynn W, 79-68 1 2 - 1.3
Feb 9 Eckerd W, 63-51 1 3 - 1.0
Feb 16 at Saint Leo W, 60-48 1 3 - 1.3
Feb 19 Nova Southeastern W, 71-49 1 1 - -
Feb 23 at Florida Southern L, 73-70 1 1 - 2.5
Feb 26 Florida Tech W, 73-62 1 1 - 3.0
Mar 2 Lynn W, 75-65 1 2 - 2.0
Mar 5 Florida Tech L, 75-62 1 3 - 0.4
Mar 11 vs. Florida Tech L, 56-54 1 3 - 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2007-08 20 8.1 1.1-2.4 0.7-1.6 0.3-0.5 3.2
2008-09 32 14.8 1.2-3.5 0.6-2.0 0.5-0.8 3.6
2009-10 29 20.4 1.6-4.6 0.7-2.4 1.6-2.1 5.3
2010-11 29 30.9 2.0-4.4 0.2-0.7 1.6-2.5 5.7
Total 110 19.3 1.5-3.8 0.5-1.7 1.1-1.5 4.5
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2007-08 20 - 162 22-47 46.8 13-33 39.4 7-10 70.0 64
2008-09 32 1 475 39-112 34.8 20-65 30.8 17-26 65.4 115
2009-10 29 - 591 45-134 33.6 19-70 27.1 46-61 75.4 155
2010-11 29 26 895 57-128 44.5 6-19 31.6 46-72 63.9 166
Total 110 27 2123 163-421 38.7 58-187 31.0 116-169 68.6 500
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2007-08 20 162 8.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 39.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
2008-09 32 475 14.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
2009-10 29 591 20.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
2010-11 29 895 30.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 110 2123 19.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2007-08 20 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.0
2008-09 32 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.0
2009-10 29 0.3 1.9 2.2 2.3 1.6 0.8 0.1
2010-11 29 0.9 4.4 5.4 4.6 2.7 0.9 0.0
Total 110 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 1.7 0.7 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2007-08 20 - 8 18 26 15 20 6 0
2008-09 32 1 12 59 71 62 48 23 1
2009-10 29 - 9 56 65 68 47 23 4
2010-11 29 26 27 129 156 134 77 26 0
Total 110 27 56 262 318 279 192 78 5
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2007-08 20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008-09 32 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009-10 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010-11 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 29 30.9 2.0-4.4 0.2-0.7 1.6-2.5 5.7
Conference 16 32.4 2.2-4.9 0.4-0.8 1.4-2.2 6.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 30.6 2.1-5.0 0.2-0.7 1.6-2.6 5.9
Away 11 31.8 2.0-4.1 0.3-0.5 1.5-2.3 5.7
Neutral 4 29.3 1.5-3.2 0.0-0.8 2.0-2.5 5.0
Result
Wins 21 30.6 2.0-4.4 0.1-0.5 1.4-2.5 5.6
Losses 8 31.6 1.9-4.4 0.4-1.0 2.0-2.5 6.1
Month
November 4 25.3 1.8-4.0 0.0-0.2 3.2-4.5 6.8
December 6 32.2 2.0-3.5 0.0-0.3 0.8-2.0 4.8
January 9 28.3 1.9-4.2 0.3-0.4 1.6-2.4 5.7
February 7 36.6 2.6-5.7 0.4-1.0 1.1-1.7 6.7
March 3 30.0 1.0-4.3 0.0-1.7 2.0-2.7 4.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 29 26 895 57-128 44.5 6-19 31.6 46-72 63.9 166
Conference 16 16 519 35-79 44.3 6-12 50.0 23-35 65.7 99
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 14 13 428 29-70 41.4 3-10 30.0 22-37 59.5 83
Away 11 10 350 22-45 48.9 3-6 50.0 16-25 64.0 63
Neutral 4 3 117 6-13 46.2 0-3 0.0 8-10 80.0 20
Result
Wins 21 20 642 42-93 45.2 3-11 27.3 30-52 57.7 117
Losses 8 6 253 15-35 42.9 3-8 37.5 16-20 80.0 49
Month
November 4 1 101 7-16 43.8 0-1 0.0 13-18 72.2 27
December 6 6 193 12-21 57.1 0-2 0.0 5-12 41.7 29
January 9 9 255 17-38 44.7 3-4 75.0 14-22 63.6 51
February 7 7 256 18-40 45.0 3-7 42.9 8-12 66.7 47
March 3 3 90 3-13 23.1 0-5 0.0 6-8 75.0 12
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 29 895 30.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 16 519 32.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 50.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 428 30.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 11 350 31.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 50.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 4 117 29.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 21 642 30.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 8 253 31.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 37.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 4 101 25.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 6 193 32.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 9 255 28.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 75.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 7 256 36.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 42.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 3 90 30.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 29 0.9 4.4 5.4 4.6 2.7 0.9 0.0
Conference 16 0.9 5.0 5.9 5.4 2.6 1.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.9 4.7 5.6 5.4 2.9 1.2 0.0
Away 11 1.0 4.1 5.1 4.0 2.6 0.7 0.0
Neutral 4 1.0 4.5 5.5 3.5 2.0 0.3 0.0
Result
Wins 21 0.8 4.3 5.1 5.0 2.6 1.0 0.0
Losses 8 1.3 4.8 6.0 3.5 2.8 0.5 0.0
Month
November 4 1.8 1.5 3.3 2.5 2.3 0.8 0.0
December 6 0.7 5.2 5.8 5.8 3.0 1.0 0.0
January 9 0.7 4.7 5.3 5.3 2.9 0.8 0.0
February 7 1.3 5.4 6.7 5.0 2.3 1.4 0.0
March 3 0.3 4.0 4.3 2.0 2.7 0.0 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 29 26 27 129 156 134 77 26 0
Conference 16 16 14 80 94 86 42 16 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 13 12 66 78 76 40 17 0
Away 11 10 11 45 56 44 29 8 0
Neutral 4 3 4 18 22 14 8 1 0
Result
Wins 21 20 17 91 108 106 55 22 0
Losses 8 6 10 38 48 28 22 4 0
Month
November 4 1 7 6 13 10 9 3 0
December 6 6 4 31 35 35 18 6 0
January 9 9 6 42 48 48 26 7 0
February 7 7 9 38 47 35 16 10 0
March 3 3 1 12 13 6 8 0 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0