2005-06 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Liz Shimek
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Maple City-Glen Lake
- Hometown:
- Empire, Mich.
Shimek's Career Stats in PDF Format
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GENERAL INFORMATION/CAREER: School's all-time leading scorer (1,780 points) and rebounder (1,130) ... selected 18th overall in second round of 2006 WNBA Draft by Phoenix; then traded to Houston ... Honorable Mention All-American (Associated Press; Kodak/WBCA) in 2004-05 and 2005-06 ... started every game of her career (131 games) ... first Spartan and one of five players in Big Ten history with 1,700 career points and 1,100 career rebounds. AS A SENIOR:: Established MSU single-season records in points (597) and field goals (249) ... Averaged 17.6 points a game and 8.2 rebounds a game ... All-Senior All-America Team (second team) ... consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection her senior year ... named Big Ten Player of the Week four times in 2005-06 ... first-team preseason All-Big Ten ... one of 24 players named to Wade Trophy Player of the Year watch list ... Naismith Award midseason candidate ... named WBCA National Co-Player of the Month for December ... named a Wooden Award Midseason All-American ... named to WBCA All-Region 6 Team ... selected to participate in the WBCA All-Star Challenge game at the Final Four in Boston ... averaged 18.7 points in home games ... scored double-figures in 29 of MSU's 34 games ... MSU was 12-1 when Shimek scored 20-plus points ... scored 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting and went 6-for-6 at the line in opener vs. UCSB (11/18) ... 28 points and 13 field goals vs. Western Carolina (11/20) ...shot 13-of-16 from the field in that game .... named Big Ten Player of the Week Nov. 21 for her performance against UCSB and Western Carolina ... named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week Dec. 5 for matching then-career best 28 points vs. Pepperdine (12/4), going 13-for-15 from the field ... also racked up 12 rebounds ... scored 29 points vs. Detroit (12/7) on 12-of-17 shooting with 12 rebounds for her 26th-career double-double ... career-high 10 free throws and scored 28 points on 9-for-11 shooting at South Florida (12/10) ... named Big Ten Player of the Week for the third time of the season (Dec. 12) after her performances vs. Detroit and South Florida ... 24 points on 11-of-14 shooting vs. Houston, while collecting eight boards and five assists ... dominant performance at No. 16 Oklahoma (12/21), scoring 25 points and collecting 14 rebounds on 11-of-16 shooting ... 14 points on 6-for-7 shooting vs. Central Michigan ... 16 points, eight rebounds vs. Michigan (1/1) ... 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting vs. Penn State (1/5) ... 19 points and career-high six assists vs. No. 8 Rutgers (1/7) ... named Big Ten Player of the Week for fourth time of the season on Jan. 9 ... season-high 15 rebounds and scored 16 points at Iowa (1/9) ... double-double (12 pts./11 rebs.) vs. Illinois (1/19) ... 18 points vs. No. 7 Ohio State (1/22) ... double-double at No. 8 Purdue (1/26) with 15 points and 10 rebounds ... team high 17 points vs. Indiana (1/29) ... scored her 1,600th-career point in win over Northwestern, scoring 20 points on 9-for-12 shooting (2/2) ... team-high 15 points and nine boards in win at Illinois (2/5) ... game-high 10 rebounds and eight points vs. Wisconsin (2/12) ... 12 points and six rebounds in final career home game vs. Iowa (2/16) ... 22 points on 11-for-18 shooting at Michigan (2/23) ... career game vs. Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, scoring a career-high 31 points on 14-of-16 shooting ... her 87.5 shooting percentage was the second-best field-goal percentage in a Big Ten Tournament game ... passed teammate Lindsay Bowen in the game to become the school's all-time leading scorer ... game-high 23 points on 10-for-17 shooting vs. No. 5 Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals ... named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after averaging 27.0 points and shooting 73 percent (24-for-33) from the floor in MSU's two games .. scored 27 points in first-round NCAA win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the second highest point total for a Spartan in a NCAA Tournament game ... shot 10-for-16 from the field, the second most field goals for a Spartan in a NCAA game ... went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line ... 12 points, including go-ahead layup, with eight rebounds in NCAA second-round win over Kentucky (3/20) ... five points and seven rebounds in final collegiate game vs. top-seeded Duke in Bridgeport Regional semifinal (3/26). JUNIOR (2004-05): Associated Press and Kodak/WBCA honorable mention All-American ... All-Kansas City Regional team ... second-team All-Big Ten ... Spartan Classic All-Tournament team ... Big Ten Co-Player of the Week Feb. 7 ... broke MSU single-season rebounds record (335) and tied single-season scoring mark (546) ... Ranked third in the Big Ten in rebounding (9.1), 12th in scoring (14.8) and ninth in FG pct. (.501) and blocks (1.16) ... had team highs of 16 points and eight boards in the opener vs. Central Connecticut State Nov. 20 ... matched then-career high with 19 points and had double-double with 11 rebounds in win over No. 18/17 Boston College Nov. 21 ... totaled 15 points and seven boards vs. Utah Nov. 26 ... equaled then-career high with 19 points and added eight rebounds vs. Santa Clara Nov. 27 ... had 13 rebounds in victory at No. 3/3 Notre Dame Dec. 2 ... posted second double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds at Cincinnati Dec. 4 ... 14 points in only 21 minutes vs. Eastern Illinois Dec. 9 ... collected 18 points and nine boards at Detroit Dec. 11 ... had career game with 25 points and season-best 15 rebounds while adding three blocks vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Dec. 19 ... totaled 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocks vs. Vermont Dec. 21 ... 12 points and nine boards in victory at No. 10/10 UConn Dec. 29 ... fourth double-double with 13 points and 14 boards at Michigan Jan. 2 ... fifth double-double and second straight with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Ohio State Jan. 6 ... sixth double-double and third straight vs. Iowa Jan. 9 with 16 points and 10 boards ... team-high 22 points plus nine boards and four assists vs. Wisconsin Jan. 13 ... 11 points and seven boards at Penn State Jan. 23 ... seventh double-double with 11 points and 10 boards and tied career high with four blocks vs. Purdue Jan. 26 ... 13 points and nine boards vs. Indiana Jan. 30 ... named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week after posting back-to-back 21-point scoring games vs. Northwestern and Illinois ... 21 points plus six rebounds, three assists and three steals vs. Northwestern Feb. 3 ... 21 points, nine boards, career-high five assists, two steals and a block vs. Illinois Feb. 6 ... eighth double-double with 15 points and 10 boards plus three assists and two steals in win at Minnesota Feb. 10 ... 13 points and nine boards vs. Wisconsin Feb. 13 ... ninth double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds in victory at Iowa Feb. 17 ... had 20 points and eight boards vs. Michigan Feb. 23 ... had 18 points and four assists in Big Ten Tournament victory over Penn State March 6 ... had 15 points, eight boards and three assists in Big Ten Tournament championship game vs. Minnesota March 7 ... 10th double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds plus three blocks and three assists in NCAA Tournament victory over Alcorn State March 19 ... 14 points and seven boards in second round vs. USC March 21 ... nine points and team-best 11 rebounds in regional semifinal victory over Vanderbilt March 27 ... team highs of 24 points and 10 rebounds for 11th double-double in Elite Eight victory over Stanford March 29 ... had 12th double-double with 14 points and 11 boards in Final Four victory over Tennessee April 3.
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CAREER TOTALS
-Three-Point-Year GP/GS Min./Avg FG-FGA FG% FG-FGA FG% FT-FTA FT% REB AVG PF/D A TO BL ST PTS AVG2002-03 29/29 959/33.1 120-260 .462 0-2 .000 62-82 .756 263 9.1 64/0 28 38 13 34 302 10.42003-04 31/31 966/31.2 133-286 .465 19-47 .404 50-72 .694 252 8.1 56/0 31 43 30 37 335 10.82004-05 37/37 1251/33.8 217-433 .501 15-48 .313 97-132 .735 335 9.1 49/1 74 66 43 50 546 14.82005-06 34/34 1135/33.4 249-460 .541 11-38 .289 88-106 .830 280 8.2 44/0 67 52 22 48 597 17.6Career 131/131 4311/33.4 719-1439 .500 45-135 .333 297-392 .758 1130 8.6 213/1 200 199 108 169 1780 13.6
Shimek's Career HighsPoints - 31 vs. Iowa, 3/3/06Field Goals - 14 vs. Iowa, 3/3/06FG Attempts - 19 vs. Texas A&M-CC, 12/19/04Free Throws - 10 at South Florida, 12/10/05FT Attempts - 11 at South Florida, 12/10/053-Point Field Goals - 3 vs. Purdue, 1/8/04Rebounds - 19 at Pepperdine, 12/17/03Assists - 6 vs. Rutgers, 1/7/06Blocks - 4 vs. Boston College, 11/21/04 & vs. Purdue, 1/26/05Steals - 5 at Kent State, 12/6/03 & vs. Iowa, 1/9/05Minutes - 43 at Northwestern, 1/22/04 & at Notre Dame, 12/2/04
Miscellaneous Career InformationDouble-Figure Scoring Games: 91Double-Figure Rebounding Games: 41Double-Doubles: 31
