New Jersey City University Athletics

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• 2008-2009 Game-by-Game Statistics

2008-09 Highlights: (11/15 vs. Drew University): Pulled down seven rebounds...(11/22 vs. UMASS-Boston in Gothic Knight Tip-Off Tournament): Poured in 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting, while delivering seven assists in 38 minutes...(11/23 vs. Stevens in Gothic Knight Tip-Off Tournament Championship): Had eight points, four assists, and three blocked shots...Was named to the All-Tournament Team, finishing with 25 points and 11 assists...(11/25 at FDU-Florham): Had 12 points (6-12 FG) and five rebounds before fouling out...(12/3 at Montclair State University): Scored a game, career, and team-season high of 26 points (10-20 FG, 2-4 3PT, 4-4 FT), and added six steals, four rebounds, and three assists in 35 minutes...
(12/6 vs. Rutgers-Camden): Had 16 points (7-of-12 FG) with five rebounds, five steals, and four assists...(12/16 at Farmingdale State College): Had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in 39 minutes...(1/7 vs. William Paterson University): Matched her career-high with 26 of NJCU's 51 points, shooting 11-of-34 in a full 40 minutes of action...She added three assists and two steals...(1/10 at TCNJ): Had 12 points (5-23 FG) and five steals while playing a full 40 minutes for the second straight game...(1/12 vs. New York City College of Technology): Collected 18 points on 7-of-19 shooting, and chipped in three assists and three steals...(1/13): Named NJAC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season...(1/14 at Manhattanville College): Contributed a game-best 17 points (7-26 FG), three assists, and three steals...(1/17 vs. Kean University): Scored a game-high 21 points (9-25 FG) with three steals in 40 minutes...(1/21 at Ramapo College): Was limited to eight points on 4-of-20 shooting (0-7 3FG), but she had three steals...(1/24 vs. Richard Stockton College): Had 21 points (8-23 FG), six assists and four steals in 36 minutes...(2/2 vs. St. Joseph's College- Brooklyn):
Had 13 points (6-10 FG), four rebounds, four steals and three assists in nearly 40 minutes of action...(2/4 vs. Montclair State University): Scored a game-high 13 points, adding five assists and three steals in a full 40 minutes of action...(2/11 vs. Ramapo College): Netted 21 points (8-22 FG), including 3-of-8 from three-point distance, adding six rebounds and six assists in 38 minutes... It was her sixth 20-point performance of the year—all coming during NJAC games...(2/18 vs. Rutgers-Newark): Netted a game-high 19 points (6-17 FG; 4-9 3FG), 16 of them coming in the first half...Scored eight of NJCU's first 13 points...She also grabbed eight rebounds in 38 minutes of action...Finished the season with 327 points and a 14.9 scoring average; it is the highest scoring average by an NJCU rookie since 1984-85, when Monica Hemingway averaged 16.7...

High School: A June 25, 2008 graduate of Snyder High School in Jersey City, NJ…A four-year varsity basketball player for the Tigers for Coach Jack Leahy…Became the third player in Snyder history to record 1,000 career points…Played in the Hudson County vs. Essex County All-Star Game…Played AAU basketball for the Boys and Girls Club team…A Second-Team All-Hudson County selection in 2008…Recorded her 1,000^th point on February 1, 2008 when she notched 30 in a 49-47 overtime loss to St. Dominic.

Personal: Lashawn Ophelia Overton…Born August 17, 1990 in Jersey City, NJ…Nickname is “Shawnee”…Parents are Deborah Overton and John Willie Butler…An only child…Right-handed…Major at NJCU is Art (Graphic Arts)…Lists Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets as her hero…Enjoys drawing.