Rochelle Coleman

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Paint Branch
Hometown:
Burtonsville, Md.

As a Senior
Played in all 29 games, starting the final 16 … Averaged 8.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game … Led the Orange with 97 assists … Finished her career third all-time at Syracuse with 152 career three-pointers … Ranked seventh on the Orange’s career three-point percentage list (32.5) … Ranked third in the BIG EAST during league games with 4.69 assists per game … Was 10th in the BIG EAST overall at 3.34 assists per game … Scored seven points and had two steals versus Niagara … Her fall-away three-pointer with the shot clock going off gave the Orange the lead for good at 55-53 with 4:29 left in the contest … Made a career-high six steals against Yale … Scored nine points against the Bulldogs, including 4-for-4 from the free throw … Was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor, including two three pointers against Manhattan … Was held scoreless for the first time this season at Quinnipiac, but contributed a season-high four assists and two steals in the victory … Scored eight points, all in the first half, and contributed two rebounds, three assists and two steals versus Binghamton … Scored a season-high 11 points at Massachusetts … First player to score in double figures off the bench … Hit for 10 points, including three three-pointers and grabbed a season-high five rebounds at Sacred Heart … Led the team with 14 points, including four three-pointers, in the victory against Cornell … Paced the Orange with a season-best 15 points, including four three-pointers, against Pittsburgh … Also had four assists versus the Panthers … Had seven points and tied a career high with seven assists at Notre Dame … Recorded a career-best nine assists in her first start of the season versus Providence … Also had eight points and four rebounds versus the Friars … Netted 15 points and tied her career-high with nine assists in the victory at Pittsburgh … Scored a season-high 16 points and added four assists in the home loss to Notre Dame … Tied a season high with six rebounds at West Virginia … … Tied her career high with nine assists and did not commit a turnover in 40 minutes against Villanova … Had six assists versus Georgetown … Scored 12 points and dished out four assists in SU’s home loss to Boston College … Had seven points, three assists and four steals in the home loss to Rutgers … Scored a season-high 19 points, including five three-pointers at Connecticut … Registered six points, five assists and a career-best 10 rebounds against Seton Hall … Had 18 points, 16 of which came in the second half, at Georgetown … Had 10 points, two rebounds and an assist versus Connecticut in her final collegiate game.

As a Junior
Played in 26 games, starting 17 times … Ranked fourth on the team at 7.6 points per game … Finished third on the squad with 28 three-pointers … Ranks fifth all-time at SU with 105 three-pointers … Only SU player to score in double figures off the bench twice during the season … Tied a career-high with four defensive rebounds and scored three points in the opener at Binghamton … Made three three-pointers against Massachusetts … Dished out a season-high four assists against Montana … Tied her career high with four made free throws on a career-high six attempts against Navy … Missed the George Washington game with an illness … Blocked a career-high two shots at Cornell … Scored a season-high 22 points on 8-of-19 shooting, including four three-pointers, at 13th-ranked Colorado … Hit for eight points, two assists and three rebounds in a season-high 40 minutes at #24/23 Vanderbilt … Tallied 13 points and a season-best six rebounds versus Yale … Made a career-high five free throws on a career-best seven attempts against the Bulldogs … Tied her season high with three assists against Pittsburgh … Set a season best with two steals against the Panthers … Recorded two steals for the second consecutive game and added seven points, four rebounds and two assists against St. John’s … Played all 45 minutes of SU’s overtime win against Rutgers … Tied her career high with six rebounds, including five on the defensive glass, and finished with nine points versus the Scarlet Knights … Tied her season best with three steals along with three assists and three rebounds at Providence … Recorded six points, five rebounds, two assists and one steal versus Notre Dame … Scored nine points and added five rebounds and three assists while playing all 40 minutes against Villanova … Scored SU’s first 13 points and finished with 18 against #23/22 Virginia Tech … Attempted a career-high 20 field goals, including 11 from long range, and added five rebounds and three assists against the Hokies … Recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 boards at Rutgers … Scored 11 points and added a team-high six rebounds, including a season-high four offensive boards, at Seton Hall … Came off the bench against the Pirates, snapping a string of 14 consecutive starts … Recorded 10 points, one rebound, one steal and one block in 18 minutes at Georgetown.

As a Sophomore
One of only two players to start all 28 games … Averaged 37.6 minutes per game, second-best on the team … Third on the team in scoring at 13.5 points per game … Led or tied for the team lead in scoring six times … Scored in double figures in 20 of 28 games … Improved her scoring total from last season 312 points, the second-largest jump from the first year to the second year in SU history …Her 378 points was the fifth-most by a sophomore in Orangewomen history … Scored in double figures a career-best seven straight games from Dec. 18-Jan. 8 … Scored double figures in 10 different halves … Finished with 70 three-pointers, third on the SU single-season ledger … Hit 36.1 of her three-point attempts, the fifth-best single-season percentage ever at Syracuse … Along with Julie McBride, combined for the most three-pointers by any Orangewomen duo in school history (141) and the third-most in either SU men’s or women’s basketball history … Ranks fifth on the Orangewomen’s career three-pointers list with 77 … Ranks first on the Syracuse career three-point percentage list at 36.0 percent … Recorded a career-high 27 points against St. John’s … Tied for second at SU for single-game three-pointers with seven versus the Red Storm … Hit for 25 points, including the game-winning three-pointer versus Vermont … Averaged 21.8 points in Syracuse’s four overtime games … Played all 45 minutes in the Orangewomen’s overtime tilts with Colorado … and Georgetown … Grabbed a career-best eight rebounds at Miami … Dished out a career-high seven assists versus Pittsburgh … Had a career-high five steals versus Cornell and Boston College … Scored 15 points in her first career start at Siena.

As a Freshman
Named SU’s Freshman of the Year … Played in 25 games, averaging 10.0 minutes per game … Made her collegiate debut at Cal State Northridge … Scored two points, grabbed three rebounds and made two steals in 11 minutes versus the Matadors … Made her first collegiate field goal versus Pepperdine … Played 10 minutes, scored two points and had one rebound … Made her first career three-point basket at Auburn … Scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting versus St. Bonaventure … Also grabbed three rebounds, had one assist and made three steals versus the Bonnies … Had the best game of her brief career in Syracuse’s win versus Rutgers on Feb. 6, scoring a season-best 10 points, including two three pointers, in a season-high 27 minutes of action … Had seven points, two rebounds, an assist and no turnovers in the second half … Grabbed a career-high four rebounds in SU’s BIG EAST Tournament first-round win versus West Virginia.

High School
Averaged 17.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game as a senior … Led Paint Branch to the county, region and state 3A championships … School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,595 points … Washington Post first-team All-Metro selection … First-team all-county selection by the Montgomery Journal … Gazette Player of the Year … Member of the Montgomery County All-Star Team and the Maryland All-Star Team … Selected to the inaugural Capital Classic girl’s team … Picked by the Montgomery County Girls Baskettball Coaches as the best all-around player … Named Most Valuable Player at the Buckets at the Beach Tournament in Wildwood, N.J. in 1999 … 1999 Reebok Summer League All-Star Team … Named one of the top 15 players in Maryland by USA Today … Led her AAU team, the Lady Classics, to the 1998 national championship.

Personal
Born May 13, 1983 … Daughter of Vaughn and Marion Simmons … Majoring in history.