North Vancouver's Elisa Homer ended her Simon Fraser University basketball season on top of her game, on and off the basketball court.
The Handsworth grad set a new Great Northwest Athletic Conference record by hitting 12 three-pointers for the SFU women in an 87-65 win over Northwest Nazarene University in one of the team's final regular season games. The second-year forward ended up with 40 points in the contest, going 12-20 on three pointers to break the GNAC record of nine that Homer shared with one other player.
"She was on fire right away, and in the natural flow of the offence, she was getting open and taking her shots with confidence," said Clan head coach Bruce Langford in an SFU release. "She was hitting everything. When she got open she took the shot."
Homer hit her first four three-pointers and went 7-of-9 in the first half. She had 25 points at the break as SFU built a 54-40 lead.
"She was shooting the ball really well in the morning warmup and actually stayed longer to take more shots, and you could see she had a lot of confidence," said Langford.
It was the fourth highest single game point total in Simon Fraser history, falling just short of the school record of 45 points set by Canadian Olympian Teresa Gabriele (nee Kleindienst) against Trinity Western University during the 2001-02 season. SFU played in the CIS at that time.
Homer was later recognized for her strong performances in the classroom, earning a spot on the 2015-16 GNAC Women's Basketball All-Academic Team.
To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic teams, a student-athlete must be at least in their sophomore year of eligibility with a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. Homer carries a 3.61 grade point average in business. She was one of 50 selections to the 2015-16 GNAC Women's Basketball All-Academic Team.
Homer's superlative season was topped off by her selection to the GNAC second all-conference team. She finished third in the conference with a scoring average of 16.7 points per game and was third in the NCAA with her average of 3.76 three-pointers per game.
