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#33 Aisha Mohammed
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Position:
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Center
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Height:
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6'3"
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Year:
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Senior
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Hometown:
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Lagos, Nigeria
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High School:
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AA International
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Other College:
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Central Arizona
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Aisha Mohammed Biography
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Courtesy: VirginiaSports.com
Release: 10/14/2008
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pronounced I-EE-sha Mo-homm-ed
Cavalier Career
2007-08
• Burst onto the national scene in her first healthy season with the Cavaliers
• An honorable mention All-ACC selection
• One of three players to start all 34 games for Virginia in 2007-08
• Tallied 14 double-doubles on the year
• Averaged 13.1 points and 9.2 rebound per game
• Sunk a free throw with two seconds left on the clock in regulation to send the game to overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Old Dominion (March 25)
• Scored 17 points and had 15 rebounds against the Lady Monarchs
• Had 15 points and seven rebounds in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. UCSB (March 23)
• Netted a season-high 26 points against Clemson (Feb. 21)
• Set a new career-high with five steals at No. 4/4 Maryland (Feb. 8)
• Set a school record with 21 rebounds at Florida State (Jan. 26)
2006-07
• Transferred to Virginia and retains two years of eligibility
• Redshirted the season after suffering a knee injury while playing for Nigeria in the World Championship in September of 2006
Junior College
• One of the top junior college players in the nation
• First-team Kodak/WBCA All-American in 2006
• Averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds while shooting 70 percent from the field as a sophomore at Central Arizona College in 2006
• Selected the ACCAC Women’s Basketball Division I Player of the Week on Dec. 18, 2005
• Helped the Lady Vaqueras remain unbeaten by scoring 22 points and pulling in 17 rebounds in a 91-46 win over Mesa
• Then dropped 33 points and 11 rebounds on Glendale in a 126-46 victory
• Named the national tournament MVP
• Helped defending national champion Central Arizona to a perfect 28-0 record in the regular season and No. 1 NJCAA national ranking
• The squad advanced to the 2006 national semifinals
• Central Arizona was 61-1 in Mohammed’s two years there
International
• Played for Nigeria in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece
• For 12th place, had 13 boards and eight points in the win over Korea
• Nigeria became the first team from Africa to win an Olympic game
• Also played for Nigeria at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Brazil
High School
• Played basketball, volleyball, hand ball, track & field, and soccer
• Team MVP in 2002
• Named rookie of the year in 2001
• Won the Best Jumper and Javelin Thrower Awards in track
• Also honored in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2000
Personal
• Born Oct. 21, 1985, in Lagos, Nigeria
• Parents are Maryam and Abdulahi Mohammed
• Has three older brothers, Aminu (26), Ibrahim (24), and Tusuf (21), and a younger sister, Halima (16)
• Interested in sports marketingMohammed by the Numbers MOHAMMED'S CAREER STATS Year
| GP-GS
| FG-A
| PCT | 3FG-A | PCT | FT-A | PCT
| O-D-T | AVG | A | TO | B | ST | PF-D
| MIN
| AVG | PTS | AVG | | 2007-08 | 34-34
| 181-327
| .554
| 0-0
| .000
| 82-137
| .599
| 132-182-314
| 9.2
| 17
| 112
| 13
| 35
| 92-4
| 893
| 26.3
| 444
| 13.1
| | Totals | 34-34
| 181-327
| .554
| 0-0
| .000
| 82-137
| .599
| 132-182-314
| 9.2
| 17
| 112
| 13
| 35
| 92-4
| 893
| 26.3
| 444
| 13.1
| MOHAMMED'S ACC STATS Year
| GP-GS | FG-A
| PCT | 3FG-A | PCT | FT-A | PCT | O-D-T
| AVG | A
| TO | B
| ST | PF-D
| MIN
| AVG
| PTS | AVG | 2007-08
| 14-14
| 83-148
| .561
| 0-0
| .000
| 29-45
| .644
| 54-76-130
| 9.3
| 4
| 51
| 5
| 20
| 42-3
| 387
| 27.6
| 195
| 13.9
| | Totals | 14-14
| 83-148
| .561
| 0-0
| .000
| 29-45
| .644
| 54-76-130
| 9.3
| 4
| 51
| 5
| 20
| 42-3
| 387
| 27.6
| 195
| 13.9
| CAREER HIGHS
Points
| 26 vs. Clemson, 2-21-08
| 3-Pointers
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| | Rebounds | 21 at Florida State, 1-26-08 | | Assists | 3 at Rider, 1-2-08 | | Steals | 5 at #4/4 Maryland, 2-8-08 | | Blocks | 2 (2X), last vs. Georgia Tech, 3-7-08 | | Double-Doubles | 14
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