2010-11 Women's Basketball Roster

32 Maria Ben Erlingsdottir

32 Maria Ben Erlingsdottir

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Sudurnes Comprehensive College
  • Hometown:
    Keflavik, Iceland

Summary

Biography

Season

GP-GS
FG%
3FG%
FT%
PPG

RPG

A
S
B
2009-10   30-28  .326   .254 . 846  8.1   2.7 16 11 3

2008-09

21-12

.321

.265

.455

3.2

1.8

12

6

0

2007-08    17-7  .313   .000  .800   4.1   1.6 10 0 2
Total
68-47
.323
.237

.768

5.6 

2.4 

22
6
2

2009-10 (Junior)

 

Erlingsdottir saw action in all 30 games for the Lady Broncs earning a spot in the starting lineup 28 times…averaged 8.1 points in 27.6 minutes per game under her first season with Coach Downing…led team with an 84.6 free throw shooting percentage…ranked fourth on the team with 2.7 rebounds and shot 25% from beyond the arc…made 1.2 three point field goals per game and attempted 4.6 three point field goals, both second on the team.

 

2008-09 (Sophomore)

 

Erlingsdottir saw action in 21 games this season earning a spot on the starting lineup on 12 occasions (started the first 11 games of the season)...scored a career-high 17 points versus Air Force (Nov. 26) on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, 4-of-8 from three-point range and 3-of-5 from the charity stripe...notched five rebounds on two occasions (Texas Lutheran, Nov. 20 and Baylor, Dec. 16) this past season tying her career-high...recorded a career-high four assists versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 13)...recorded a career-high of two steals on two occasions this past season; once against Air Force (Nov. 26) and North Carolina Central (Dec. 6)...ranked fourth amongst the team in three-point field-goal attempts (34); fifth in three-point field-goals made (9); seventh in three-point field-goal percentage (.265); eighth in points scored (68) and points per game (3.2); and 10th in field-goal percentage (.321)...tied for second in the record books in the single-game records with 12 free throws made versus Texas Lutheran (Nov. 20)...earned Great West Spring All-Academic honors along with making the Bronc Pride 3.0 Club...concluded her second season donning the Bronc green and orange with 3.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.
 

2007-08 (Freshman)

 

In her first season with the Lady Broncs, Erlingsdottir appeared in 17 games where she earned a spot in the starting lineup on seven occasions, including the first game of her career against Big XII opponent-Baylor (Nov. 15)... scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting at the UTPA Fieldhouse versus New Jersey Institute of Technology (Jan. 8)... collected 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the charity stripe to go with four rebounds against Cal State-Bakersfield (Jan. 12)... notched 12 points on 2-of-5 shooting, including a career-high 8-of-8 from the free throw line and a career-high five rebounds versus New Jersey Institute of Technology (Jan. 28)... recorded her first career block against Saint Louis (Dec. 29) at the Battle at the Border Tournament... scored six points against Utah Valley State (Mar. 6) at the National Independent Tournament...concluded her freshman season by averaging 4.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game.

 

High School

 

Erlingsdottir averaged 14.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during the 2005 FIBA Under-18 European Championships and averaged 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for the Icelandic National Team in the 2004 FIBA Under-16 European Championships... was a member of the Icelandic National Team in the Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Cadettes... was a three-year member of the Icelandic National Team where she competed in the FIBA Under-18 European Championships in 2004 through 2006... was one of the Icelandic National Team's top players during the 2006 championships as she averaged 14.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game... saw action in 64 career games with the Icelandic National Team where she concluded her career averaging 11.0 points per game as a member of the Senior Team, Under-18 Team and Under-16 Team... competed with Keflavik - her hometown - where she helped the squad capture Icelandic Senior Championships during the 2004-05 campaigns and guided the team to the Icelandic Cup Championship in the 2004 season... led Keflavik to a pair of Icelandic Company Cup Championships during the 2003 and 2004 seasons... was a first team All-Icelandic League selection during the 2006 season... averaged 17.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while connecting on 57.4 percent of her attempts from the field and 82.4 percent of her shots from the free throw line... was a five-year member of the Youth Team for Keflavik where she led the squad to Icelandic Championships on four occasions 2000, 2002-04 and three Icelandic Cup Championships 2002-04... was selected as the Best Young Player in Iceland during the 2004 and 2006 seasons.

 

Off the Hardwood

 

Erlingsdottir is the daughter of Erlingur Bjarnason and Asta Ben Sigurdardottir…has one brother, Eyjolfur and one sister, Stefania...majoring in business finance.

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