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2008-2009 Profiles
 

#13
Alira Carpenter


Senior
5-8 - Guard
Lewistown, Montana

Career Highs:
Points: 33 vs. Seattle Pacific (2/16/08), vs. CSU-Pueblo (11/15/08)
Rebounds: 11 vs. CSU-Pueblo (11/15/08)
3-Point FGs: 7 vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/30/06)
Assists: 6 vs. Incarnate Word (2/10/07)
Steals: 3, seven times

2007-08:  Started all 27 games averaging 20.1 points per game while shooting 42.4% from the floor, 41.8% from behind the arc and 83.2% from the line ... She led the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) in scoring and three-point percentage, was third in three-points made per game and sixth in free throw percentage ... Scored a career-high 33 points vs. Seattle Pacific (2/16/08) ... Scored in double figures in 24 games ... Set the school record for three-pointer made in a season with 88 ... Was named to the GNAC All-Conference first team and Daktronics West Region second team ... Was selected to the GNAC all-academic squad as well as making ESPN All-District VII Academic first team ... Was named the MSUB Outstanding Female Athlete for 2007-08.

2006-07: Played and started all 32 games ... Averaged 16.9 points and 2.4 assists per game while shooting 43.7% from the floor, 42.5% from behind the arc and 88.6% from the line ... Set the school single-game record with seven three-pointers made vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/30/06) ... Broke the school records for three-pointers made (88) and attempted (207) in a season ... Made the All-Heartland Conference first team ... Led the league in three-pointers made per game and was second in scoring ... Ranked among the top 20 in NCAA Division II in three-point percentage (16th) and three-pointers made per game (19th) ... Named to the Heartland Conference President's Honor Roll ... Helped her team qualify for the NCAA tournament.

2005-06:  Played in all 27 games, starting 23 as a true freshman ... Averaged 25.3 minutes per game ... Named Freshman of the Year in the Heartland Conference ... Ranked first in the conference for 3-point shooting percentage (36.6) ... Averaged 11.7 points, 1.3 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game ... Made 45 three-pointers and shot 82.2% from the charity stripe ... Made four 3-pointers in two separate games.

Fergus County High School: Earned three letters for Coach Troy Hudson ... Averaged 21.9 points and 7.1 rebounds a game as a senior for the Eagles ... Helped lead team to back-to-back divisional and Class A state titles in her junior and senior seasons ... Also lettered three times each volleyball and tennis ... Earned all-conference and all-state honors in basketball, tennis and volleyball.

Personal: Daughter of Marlys and Bret Carpenter ... She enters her senior season already the all-time MSUB leader in three-point field goals made (213) and attempted (524) ... Carpenter is the fifth leading scorer with 1,399 points, needing only 222 points to break the career mark of 1620 held by Tera Silvius (1992-95) ... She is also ranked among the top 10 career in field goals made (504 - 7th) and attempted (1181 - 4th) ... Carpenter is majoring in Molecular Biology with a minor in Chemistry.

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