2007-08 Women's Basketball Roster

21 Vanessa Vargas Espinoza

  • Class Senior
  • Position F
  • Height: 5-7 /
  • Hometown Union City, NJ
  • High School Emerson-Union City

Biography

2007-2008 Highlights: (01/07 at #4 New York University): A former star for Ramapo College, had a game-high 13 points in the first half—her first half since the 2004-05 season—finishing with a team-high 19 (7-18 FG), seven boards and three steals in 39 minutes. She made all five of NJCU’s three-pointers... (01/09 at Ramapo College): Starred at Ramapo from 2002-05, played in her second game since transferring to NJCU, while meeting her old school for the first time. She again scored in double figures, finishing with 12 points (4-10 FG), four steals and three assists in 35 minutes...(01/12 at Kean University): Provided four assists......(01/14 at Lehman College): Collected 12 points (4-9 FG), including 4-of-7 three-point shooting, with seven rebounds and five assists...(01/16 vs Rutgers-Newark): Had a game-high15 points (6-11 FG), seven steals, five rebounds and three assists in 39 minutes... (01/19 at William Paterson Univeristy): Had 11 points (4-12 FG; 3-10 3FG) and five rebounds... (01/23 vs. Montclair State University): Performed a game-high 13 points (5-14), adding seven rebounds (five defensive) and three assists... (01/26 at Richard Stockton College): Scored 25 on 10-of-18 shooting, including 3-of-6 from three-point range, and added four steals and three assists in 37 minutes... (01/28 at New York City College of Technology): Posts third triple-double in NJCU history, she finished shooting 7-of-14 overall and 5-of-9 from three-point range, with 20 points, 10 rebounds (eight defensive), 11 assists, five blocks, five steals and only one turnover in 36 minutes. She had 18 points alone in the first half, shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 5-of-6 from three-point range, as NJCU built a 38-22 halftime margin... (01/30 at City College of New York): Has made 11 triples in her last two games (11-17) and 28 in 10 games since transferring to NJCU from Ramapo College. She now has 902 points and 129 threes between the two schools. She finished with the third triple-double in NJCU history on Monday, challenged for another in Wednesday’s win, finishing with 18 points (6-8 FG, all threes), nine rebounds (eight defensive), six assists and four steals with just one turnover in 30 minutes. Now, she is tied with current assistant coach LATRESE McNAIR for the single-game individual school record for three-pointers made; McNair shot 6-of-7 from three-point range against Lehman College on December 13, 2006...(02/02 vs. The College of New Jersey): Scored 11 points and connected on three three-pointers, she also added six steals and five rebounds and now has 932 points in her collegiate career... (02/05): Named to the PrestoSports/MBWA Women's Honor Roll for her efforts as she averaged 16.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 1.7 blocks per game last week . She shot .472 from the field (17-36) and .467 from three-point range (14-30)... (02/06 vs. Ramapo College): Flirted with a triple-double against her old school, scoring all 15 of her points in the first half. She shot 6-of-11 from the field and 3-of-7 from three-point range, adding eight assists and seven rebounds in 28 minutes, but only attempted one shot in the second half. Espinoza, who played at RCNJ from 2002-05, has 947 career points with four games remaining... (02/09 at Rutgers University-Camden): Scored 12 of her 15 points in the opening period. She shot 6-of-11 overall (2-4 3FG) with eight rebounds and three assists. She has 962 career points with three games remaining. Hit the backend of two free throws with 7.6 seconds left, giving NJCU a 58-55 edge...(2/14 at Rutgers-Newark): Added 16 points (6-10 FG; 3-5 3FG), seven rebounds and three assists. She has 978 career points between NJCU and Ramapo College (2002-05) with two games remaining... (2/16 vs. William Paterson): Put herself on the cusp of 1,000 career collegiate points. She added four three-pointers (4-9) and shot 5-of-12, finishing with 14 points. She now has 992 career points for Ramapo College (2002-05) and NJCU (2008) with one game left... (02/20 at Montclair State): Scored the 1000th point of her collegiate career, she entered the game with 992 points in her career, scored nine points and added a team-best 10 rebounds to finish her collegiate career with 1,001 points. She scored 773 points in three years at Ramapo College (2002-05), and 228 in one semester since transferring to NJCU. Her 1000th point came on an offensive rebound and short jumper in the lane with 4:47 remaining in her final career game...

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