Hailey Van Lith stats: TCU star breaks team record for single-season points
Hailey Van Lith stats: TCU star breaks team record for single-season points
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TCU women's basketball guard Hailey Van Lith continued her historic season with the Horned Frogs on Saturday, further etching her name in the program's record book.
Van Lith's 3-pointer to take a 62-55 lead over No. 3 seed Notre Dame on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of women's NCAA Tournament gave her TCU's single-season record for points scored in a season. She had already broken the single-season assists record in her lone season with the program.
The fifth-year senior was sensational on Saturday, dropping a game-high 26 points on 10 of 21 shooting in TCU's 71-62 win over Notre Dame. She also grabbed nine rebounds and dished four assists to send the No. 2 seeded Horned Frogs to their first ever Elite Eight appearance after they secured their first ever Sweet 16 berth.
Van Lith, who spent the first three seasons of her career at Louisville, transferred to LSU for the 2023-24 season before making the move to Fort Worth, Texas, for her final season. The move paid off, as she was named the Big 12 Player of the Year after averaging 17.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists this season.
Van Lith has 663 points this season after her performance on Saturday.
Here's a look at Van Lith's stats as she broke the TCU program record for points against the Fighting Irish:
SWEET 16 HIGHLIGHTS: Van Lith's record-setting game powers TCU past Notre Dame
Hailey Van Lith scoring record
Van Lith broke TCU's single-season scoring record on Saturday after dropping a game-high 26 points in its 71-62 win over Notre Dame in the Sweet 16.
The previous record was held by Sandora Irvin, who scored 657 points in 2004-05.
Van Lith also set the program's new single-season assists record in TCU's first-round win over Fairleigh Dickinson, breaking the previous record of 180 assists set by Natasha Lacy also in 2004-05. Van Lith has 202 assists on the year now after her game on Saturday.
Hailey Van Lith Elite Eight record
Van Lith has now reached the Elite Eight with each school the has played for: Louisville, LSU and now TCU.
Van Lith is the only player to accomplish such a feat in the men's or women's NCAA Tournament history, according to ESPN.
Hailey Van Lith stats
Here are Van Lith's season-by-season stat averages in college:
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