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Sarah Higgins
  • Birth Date:
    May 4th
  • Height:
    5'8
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Groveland, Mass.
  • High School:
    Pentucket Regional
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    14.5
  • fg %
    43.3
  • 3pt %
    30.0
  • ft %
    76.5
  • reb/g
    6.6
  • a/g
    2.8

Bio

CAREER BESTS

PointsReboundsAssistsStealsBlocks
31 (3/7/15 vs. Brandeis)13 (2/23/16 vs. Albertus Magnus)10 (1/19/15 vs. Rivier)7 (Twice)4 (1/28/16 vs. Johnson & Wales)


AS A JUNIOR...

  • Started in all 30 games on the Saints schedule, leading the team with 808 minutes played
  • Led the Saints by averaging 14 points and 2.5 steals per game
  • Scored in double-figures 23 times on the year, including a career-high 31-point effort against Brandeis in the ECAC Semifinals
  • Was named to the All-GNAC First Team
  • Was a GNAC Player of the Week and two-time Weekly Honor Roll member, as well as making the GNAC All-Tournament Team
  • Won the team MVP award at the end of year Athletics Awards Banquet

AS A SOPHOMORE...

  • Played in just the second semester of the season for the Saints, after studying abroad during the first semester
  • Made an immediate impact, upon her return to the team, averaging 10.1 points per game as the squad's 2nd leading scorer
  • Played in 18 contests with starts in 8 of them
  • Shot a team-best 81.5% (22-27) from the free throw line
  • Averaged 4.6 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game and 1.3 steals per game
  • Scored in double-figures in nine of her 18 games played
  • Netted her career-high of 21 points twice, in a win over University of Saint Joseph on February 8, 2014 and in a loss to Norwich University in the GNAC Tournament on February 25, 2014
  • Selected to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on 2/17
  • Voted a 3rd Team GNAC All-Conference selection
  • Played the spring season on Emmanuel's Women's Lacrosse Team
  • Was the team's third leading scorer with 44 goals and 10 assists
  • Helped lead the Saints to the program's first-ever GNAC Championship and to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament

AS A FRESHMAN...

  • Appeared in 24 games during her rookie campaign, averaging 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds
  • Scored in double-figures twice, notching 12 points against University of Saint Joseph (CT) in the GNAC Quarterfinals as well as 12 points against University of Rochester in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds in a win on December 6 vs. Salem State University
  • Wrapped up the year with 84 points, 57 rebounds, 21 steals, 16 assists and three blocks
  • Also helped to lead the Saints Women's Lacrosse Team to a 9-5 overall record in the spring of 2013, scoring 34 points with 25 goals and 9 assists in her rookie season.

BEFORE EMMANUEL...

  • Was a four-year member of the Pentucket High School (West Newbury, Mass.) varsity basketball and lacrosse teams, while also playing on the girls soccer team
  • Named a Cape Ann League All-Star as a junior in both soccer and basketball
  • Recognized on the Cape Ann All-League team as a senior in soccer and basketball
  • Captained her soccer and basketball teams during her senior year

PLAYER PROFILE

  • Major: Psych. Counseling & Health
  • Career Aspirations: Socio-economical early childhood intervention & prevention specialist
  • Favorite Movie: Love & Basketball
  • Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Favorite Pre-game Meal: french fries
  • Favorite Late Night Snack: Oreos
  • Favorite Spot on the EC Campus: The Gym
  • Best Class at Emmanuel: History with Corcoran
  • Most Exciting Athletic Experience: Playing in the TD Boston Garden during senior year en route to winning the DIII Massachusetts state championship
  • Most Respected Professional Athlete: Lebron James

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 9 St. Joseph's College (ME) W, 71-66
Feb 13 Simmons University W, 92-54
Feb 20 at Albertus Magnus College W, 70-60
Feb 23 Albertus Magnus College W, 73-63
Feb 25 at Johnson & Wales University W, 71-61
Feb 27 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 66-62
  Total Conference
Games 28 11
Games started 27 11
Minutes 735 256
Minutes per game 26.3 23.3
FG 151-349 65-136
FG Pct 43.3 47.8
3PT 30-100 16-46
3PT Pct 30.0 34.8
FT 75-98 30-36
FT Pct 76.5 83.3
Off rebounds 48 18
Def rebounds 137 49
Total rebounds 185 67
Rebounds per game 6.6 6.1
Personal fouls 65 21
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 79 23
Turnovers 74 17
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.4
Steals 96 42
Blocks 21 9
Points 407 176
Points per game 14.5 16.0
Points per 40 min 22.1 27.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 14 Salve Regina University W, 74-45 1 14 4-10 40.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Nov 15 Babson College L, 80-75 1 34 8-17 47.1 2-6 33.3 5-6 83.3 23
Nov 17 at Eastern Connecticut State University L, 67-62 1 32 8-20 40.0 2-5 40.0 10-13 76.9 28
Nov 19 Rhode Island College W, 57-51 1 25 4-11 36.4 0-2 0.0 4-7 57.1 12
Nov 21 Skidmore W, 56-48 1 33 4-13 30.8 0-3 0.0 3-3 100.0 11
Nov 24 Brandeis University W, 63-42 1 33 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 7
Dec 1 at #4 Amherst College L, 59-48 1 33 4-14 28.6 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 3 at Salem State University W, 86-38 1 23 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 9
Dec 5 #5 New York University L, 59-54 1 37 7-16 43.8 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 16
Dec 8 Pine Manor College W, 96-70 1 26 7-16 43.8 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 17
Dec 31 vs. City College of New York W, 84-71 1 16 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 2-4 50.0 6
Jan 2 vs. Cairn W, 89-30 - 12 3-7 42.9 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 5 Norwich University W, 77-41 1 18 5-10 50.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 12
Jan 9 at Lasell University W, 81-54 1 24 5-13 38.5 1-5 20.0 7-9 77.8 18
Jan 12 at Bowdoin College W, 64-57 1 36 6-13 46.2 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 15
Jan 16 at Suffolk University W, 67-51 1 27 9-18 50.0 2-9 22.2 5-5 100.0 25
Jan 18 at Mount Ida College W, 89-48 1 16 6-8 75.0 2-2 100.0 3-3 100.0 17
Jan 23 Rivier University W, 85-61 1 14 6-13 46.2 2-6 33.3 3-3 100.0 17
Jan 26 at #9 Tufts University L, 57-41 1 31 4-14 28.6 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 28 Johnson & Wales University L, 54-44 1 37 2-10 20.0 0-2 0.0 3-5 60.0 7
Jan 30 at Anna Maria College W, 75-54 1 22 3-9 33.3 0-1 0.0 4-5 80.0 10
Feb 6 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) W, 89-44 1 17 6-10 60.0 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 14
Feb 9 St. Joseph's College (ME) W, 71-66 1 26 8-15 53.3 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 19
Feb 13 Simmons University W, 92-54 1 19 8-15 53.3 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 18
Feb 20 at Albertus Magnus College W, 70-60 1 36 7-15 46.7 2-5 40.0 3-3 100.0 19
Feb 23 Albertus Magnus College W, 73-63 1 32 9-19 47.4 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 20
Feb 25 at Johnson & Wales University W, 71-61 1 33 5-8 62.5 1-1 100.0 4-5 80.0 15
Feb 27 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 66-62 1 29 5-14 35.7 1-5 20.0 3-4 75.0 14

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 14 Salve Regina University W, 74-45 1 14 1 3 4 4 1 3 0
Nov 15 Babson College L, 80-75 1 34 2 6 8 4 6 3 3
Nov 17 at Eastern Connecticut State University L, 67-62 1 32 1 6 7 2 2 4 0
Nov 19 Rhode Island College W, 57-51 1 25 1 5 6 3 5 3 2
Nov 21 Skidmore W, 56-48 1 33 4 8 12 5 4 3 0
Nov 24 Brandeis University W, 63-42 1 33 2 2 4 8 3 1 1
Dec 1 at #4 Amherst College L, 59-48 1 33 4 5 9 3 6 4 1
Dec 3 at Salem State University W, 86-38 1 23 0 4 4 3 2 4 0
Dec 5 #5 New York University L, 59-54 1 37 2 8 10 8 10 7 1
Dec 8 Pine Manor College W, 96-70 1 26 5 5 10 5 5 4 0
Dec 31 vs. City College of New York W, 84-71 1 16 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Jan 2 vs. Cairn W, 89-30 - 12 1 5 6 2 0 3 0
Jan 5 Norwich University W, 77-41 1 18 1 5 6 2 1 5 0
Jan 9 at Lasell University W, 81-54 1 24 3 5 8 0 1 1 1
Jan 12 at Bowdoin College W, 64-57 1 36 1 8 9 1 2 4 0
Jan 16 at Suffolk University W, 67-51 1 27 4 7 11 2 1 2 0
Jan 18 at Mount Ida College W, 89-48 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Jan 23 Rivier University W, 85-61 1 14 3 0 3 2 2 3 0
Jan 26 at #9 Tufts University L, 57-41 1 31 1 6 7 2 4 2 0
Jan 28 Johnson & Wales University L, 54-44 1 37 1 8 9 4 0 1 4
Jan 30 at Anna Maria College W, 75-54 1 22 1 2 3 2 2 3 0
Feb 6 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) W, 89-44 1 17 1 1 2 2 0 4 0
Feb 9 St. Joseph's College (ME) W, 71-66 1 26 1 8 9 2 1 6 2
Feb 13 Simmons University W, 92-54 1 19 0 3 3 1 1 5 0
Feb 20 at Albertus Magnus College W, 70-60 1 36 3 10 13 5 8 7 2
Feb 23 Albertus Magnus College W, 73-63 1 32 1 6 7 4 5 4 3
Feb 25 at Johnson & Wales University W, 71-61 1 33 3 7 10 1 2 2 1
Feb 27 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 66-62 1 29 1 2 3 1 0 2 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 14 Salve Regina University W, 74-45 1 0 0 4.0
Nov 15 Babson College L, 80-75 1 5 1 0.7
Nov 17 at Eastern Connecticut State University L, 67-62 1 4 - 1.0
Nov 19 Rhode Island College W, 57-51 1 4 0 0.6
Nov 21 Skidmore W, 56-48 1 2 0 1.3
Nov 24 Brandeis University W, 63-42 1 1 0 2.7
Dec 1 at #4 Amherst College L, 59-48 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 3 at Salem State University W, 86-38 1 1 0 1.5
Dec 5 #5 New York University L, 59-54 1 4 0 0.8
Dec 8 Pine Manor College W, 96-70 1 1 0 1.0
Dec 31 vs. City College of New York W, 84-71 1 4 - -
Jan 2 vs. Cairn W, 89-30 - 2 - -
Jan 5 Norwich University W, 77-41 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 9 at Lasell University W, 81-54 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 12 at Bowdoin College W, 64-57 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 16 at Suffolk University W, 67-51 1 1 0 2.0
Jan 18 at Mount Ida College W, 89-48 1 3 0 -
Jan 23 Rivier University W, 85-61 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 26 at #9 Tufts University L, 57-41 1 4 - 0.5
Jan 28 Johnson & Wales University L, 54-44 1 3 - -
Jan 30 at Anna Maria College W, 75-54 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 6 at University of Saint Joseph (CT) W, 89-44 1 1 0 -
Feb 9 St. Joseph's College (ME) W, 71-66 1 4 - 2.0
Feb 13 Simmons University W, 92-54 1 0 0 1.0
Feb 20 at Albertus Magnus College W, 70-60 1 1 - 0.6
Feb 23 Albertus Magnus College W, 73-63 1 2 0 0.8
Feb 25 at Johnson & Wales University W, 71-61 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 27 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 66-62 1 4 - -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2012-13 24 11.1 1.1-3.2 0.0-0.1 1.2-1.5 3.5
2013-14 18 19.1 4.0-9.3 0.8-2.8 1.2-1.5 10.1
2014-15 30 26.9 5.1-12.6 1.1-3.0 2.6-3.4 14.0
2015-16 28 26.3 5.4-12.5 1.1-3.6 2.7-3.5 14.5
Total 100 21.5 4.0-9.7 0.8-2.4 2.0-2.6 10.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2012-13 24 - 266 27-77 35.1 0-2 0.0 30-37 81.1 84
2013-14 18 8 343 72-167 43.1 15-51 29.4 22-27 81.5 181
2014-15 30 30 808 154-377 40.8 34-91 37.4 78-101 77.2 420
2015-16 28 27 735 151-349 43.3 30-100 30.0 75-98 76.5 407
Total 100 65 2152 404-970 41.6 79-244 32.4 205-263 77.9 1092

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2012-13 24 266 11.1 4.1-11.6 0.0-0.3 0.0 4.5-5.6 12.6
2013-14 18 343 19.1 8.4-19.5 1.7-5.9 29.4 2.6-3.1 21.1
2014-15 30 808 26.9 7.6-18.7 1.7-4.5 37.4 3.9-5.0 20.8
2015-16 28 735 26.3 8.2-19.0 1.6-5.4 30.0 4.1-5.3 22.1
Total 100 2152 21.5 7.5-18.0 1.5-4.5 32.4 3.8-4.9 20.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2012-13 24 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.1
2013-14 18 1.7 2.8 4.6 1.3 1.9 1.3 0.2
2014-15 30 1.6 4.3 5.9 4.1 3.1 2.5 0.3
2015-16 28 1.7 4.9 6.6 2.8 2.6 3.4 0.8
Total 100 1.5 3.5 5.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 0.4

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2012-13 24 - 21 36 57 16 26 21 3
2013-14 18 8 31 51 82 23 35 24 3
2014-15 30 30 47 129 176 123 94 75 10
2015-16 28 27 48 137 185 79 74 96 21
Total 100 65 147 353 500 241 229 216 37

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2012-13 24 3.2 5.4 8.6 2.4 3.9 3.2 0.5
2013-14 18 3.6 5.9 9.6 2.7 4.1 2.8 0.3
2014-15 30 2.3 6.4 8.7 6.1 4.7 3.7 0.5
2015-16 28 2.6 7.5 10.1 4.3 4.0 5.2 1.1
Total 100 2.7 6.6 9.3 4.5 4.3 4.0 0.7

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 28 26.3 5.4-12.5 1.1-3.6 2.7-3.5 14.5
Conference 11 23.3 5.9-12.4 1.5-4.2 2.7-3.3 16.0
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 26.8 5.7-13.2 1.2-4.0 2.0-2.8 14.5
Away 13 27.6 5.5-12.7 1.2-3.2 3.6-4.5 15.8
Neutral 2 14.0 2.5-6.5 0.0-3.0 1.0-2.0 6.0
Result            
Wins 21 23.9 5.4-11.6 1.0-3.6 2.3-3.0 14.1
Losses 7 33.3 5.4-15.0 1.1-3.4 3.7-4.9 15.7
Month            
November 6 28.5 5.0-12.8 0.8-3.5 4.3-5.8 15.2
December 5 27.0 4.8-12.2 0.2-1.6 1.8-2.8 11.6
January 10 23.7 4.9-11.5 1.3-4.2 2.8-3.4 13.9
February 7 27.4 6.9-13.7 1.6-4.1 1.7-2.1 17.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 28 27 735 151-349 43.3 30-100 30.0 75-98 76.5 407
Conference 11 11 256 65-136 47.8 16-46 34.8 30-36 83.3 176
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 13 348 74-171 43.3 15-52 28.8 26-36 72.2 189
Away 13 13 359 72-165 43.6 15-42 35.7 47-58 81.0 206
Neutral 2 1 28 5-13 38.5 0-6 0.0 2-4 50.0 12
Result                    
Wins 21 20 502 113-244 46.3 22-76 28.9 49-64 76.6 297
Losses 7 7 233 38-105 36.2 8-24 33.3 26-34 76.5 110
Month                    
November 6 6 171 30-77 39.0 5-21 23.8 26-35 74.3 91
December 5 5 135 24-61 39.3 1-8 12.5 9-14 64.3 58
January 10 9 237 49-115 42.6 13-42 31.0 28-34 82.4 139
February 7 7 192 48-96 50.0 11-29 37.9 12-15 80.0 119

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 28 735 26.3 8.2-19.0 1.6-5.4 30.0 4.1-5.3 22.1
Conference 11 256 23.3 10.2-21.2 2.5-7.2 34.8 4.7-5.6 27.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 348 26.8 8.5-19.7 1.7-6.0 28.8 3.0-4.1 21.7
Away 13 359 27.6 8.0-18.4 1.7-4.7 35.7 5.2-6.5 23.0
Neutral 2 28 14.0 7.1-18.6 0.0-8.6 0.0 2.9-5.7 17.1
Result                
Wins 21 502 23.9 9.0-19.4 1.8-6.1 28.9 3.9-5.1 23.7
Losses 7 233 33.3 6.5-18.0 1.4-4.1 33.3 4.5-5.8 18.9
Month                
November 6 171 28.5 7.0-18.0 1.2-4.9 23.8 6.1-8.2 21.3
December 5 135 27.0 7.1-18.1 0.3-2.4 12.5 2.7-4.1 17.2
January 10 237 23.7 8.3-19.4 2.2-7.1 31.0 4.7-5.7 23.5
February 7 192 27.4 10.0-20.0 2.3-6.0 37.9 2.5-3.1 24.8

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 28 1.7 4.9 6.6 2.8 2.6 3.4 0.8
Conference 11 1.6 4.5 6.1 2.1 1.5 3.8 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 1.8 5.2 7.0 4.0 3.4 3.7 1.2
Away 13 1.8 4.8 6.6 1.9 2.3 3.4 0.4
Neutral 2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 21 1.7 4.6 6.3 2.6 2.2 3.5 0.6
Losses 7 1.7 5.9 7.6 3.4 4.0 3.3 1.3
Month                
November 6 1.8 5.0 6.8 4.3 3.5 2.8 1.0
December 5 2.2 4.8 7.0 3.8 4.6 4.0 0.4
January 10 1.6 4.6 6.2 1.8 1.3 2.9 0.5
February 7 1.4 5.3 6.7 2.3 2.4 4.3 1.1

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 28 27 48 137 185 79 74 96 21
Conference 11 11 18 49 67 23 17 42 9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 13 24 67 91 52 44 48 16
Away 13 13 23 63 86 25 30 44 5
Neutral 2 1 1 7 8 2 0 4 0
Result                  
Wins 21 20 36 96 132 55 46 73 12
Losses 7 7 12 41 53 24 28 23 9
Month                  
November 6 6 11 30 41 26 21 17 6
December 5 5 11 24 35 19 23 20 2
January 10 9 16 46 62 18 13 29 5
February 7 7 10 37 47 16 17 30 8

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 28 2.6 7.5 10.1 4.3 4.0 5.2 1.1
Conference 11 2.8 7.7 10.5 3.6 2.7 6.6 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 2.8 7.7 10.5 6.0 5.1 5.5 1.8
Away 13 2.6 7.0 9.6 2.8 3.3 4.9 0.6
Neutral 2 1.4 10.0 11.4 2.9 0.0 5.7 0.0
Result                
Wins 21 2.9 7.6 10.5 4.4 3.7 5.8 1.0
Losses 7 2.1 7.0 9.1 4.1 4.8 3.9 1.5
Month                
November 6 2.6 7.0 9.6 6.1 4.9 4.0 1.4
December 5 3.3 7.1 10.4 5.6 6.8 5.9 0.6
January 10 2.7 7.8 10.5 3.0 2.2 4.9 0.8
February 7 2.1 7.7 9.8 3.3 3.5 6.3 1.7