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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

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1 Brandi Beasley

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Memphis, Tennessee
  • High School Ridgeway

Biography

Career Honors

  • 2017 New Mexico Thanksgiving Tournament All-Tournament Team
  • 2017 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
  • 2017 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)

Junior - 2018-19

  • Played and started in all 30 games for the Orange and Blue
  • Was among team leaders for her 11.6 points per game
  • averaged 3.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game
  • Closed the season ranked at No. 4 in the Big Ten for her assists per game and finished with 146 on the year
  • Dished a season-high 10 dimes against Sacramento State (Nov. 24) and Rutgers (Jan. 9)
  • Led Illinois with her 39 steals on the year
  • Racked up three 20+-point games on the year, including posting a season-high 23 points against Ohio State (Jan. 31)
  • Scored her 1,000th career point at Michigan State (Jan. 24), becoming the 30th Illini to reach the millennium mark
  • She is the 15th fastest Illini to reach the 1,000 point mark at 81 games, coming in just behind Alex Wittinger (79 games)

Sophomore - 2017-18

  • Played in all 31 of Illinois' contests, earning 29 starts
  • Averaged 32.5 minutes on the court per game
  • Was among Illinois' scoring leaders for her 12.3 points per game
  • Led Illinois with 111 assists on the year, averaging 3.6 per game. Those numbers ranked among the top 15 players in the Big Ten
  • Dished a career-best 11 assists against Nebraska, earning her third career double-double

Freshman - 2016-17

  • Was among Illinois scoring leaders for her 13.6 points per game on the year and led Illinois in league play with her 15.3 points per game
  • Ranked second among Big Ten freshmen for her scoring numbers 
  • Her 423 points on the season rank second all-time among Illinois freshmen, and her 53 steals rank sixth
  • Dished 120 assists on the year, becoming one of just four freshmen in Illinois history to record 100 dimes in their rookie season. She ranks second all-time among Illinois freshmen 
  • Set an Illinois freshman record, netting six three-pointers (6-of-8) at South Dakota (Dec. 7)
  • Posted a career-best 28 points at Penn State (Jan. 26) on 47-percent shooting and a perfect 7-for-7 performance from the charity stripe
  • Recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Nebraska (Jan. 15)
  • Was among league and national leaders for her 36.2 minutes played per game. She played a full 40 minutes in six contests

High School

  • Recruited as the No. 2-ranked recruit from the state of Tennessee and the No. 27-ranked point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz
  • AAA Miss Basketball Finalist
  • Four-time All-Tournament point guard
  • Was named Most Valuable Player at her high school All-Star game
  • Chose Illinois over Florida, MTSU, UT Martin, Vanderbilt and Memphis

Personal

  • Daughter of Robert Beasley and Lavonzella Redmond
  • Born June 17, 1997
  • Has one brother, Brandon
  • Lists Derrick Rose as her favorite athlete because is is a humble player 
  • Aspires to become a coach or a physical therapist in the future

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

    Guard
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2018-19Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2019-20Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    1