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2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster

Chris Donahue

51 Cara Lutes

  • Position FORWARD/CENTER
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maplewood, Minn.
  • Highschool New Life Academy

Biography

Senior Year (2014-15): Appeared in 26 of 31 games … grabbed a key offensive rebound late in the Indiana State win (Jan. 23) … recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in win at Illinois State (Feb. 8) … tied her career-high for blocks with three against Eastern Michigan in the first round of the WNIT (March 20). 

Junior Year (2013-14): Played in 19 games ... scored season-high 11 points against Milwaukee ... sat out the first three games with injuries .... made season debut at South Dakota

Sophomore Year (2012-13): Played in 30 games ... averaged 2.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game ... scored a career-high 19 points at No. 24 Iowa State on Nov. 27 ... added five rebounds against the Cyclones ... received the MVC Leadership & Service Award (formerly the Good Neighbor Award) for the 2012-13 winter season by the MVC office.

Freshman Year (2011-12): Played in 31 games, started one ... averaged 0.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in her initial season ... scored her career-high of four points twice, the last time against UNI on Jan. 29 ... logged her career-high in minutes, 19 against Missouri State on Jan. 7.

Prep: Four-year starting forward for New Life Academy ... earned unanimous first team All-Minnesota Christian Athletic Association All-Conference honors four-straight seasons and three-straight St. Paul Pioneer Press all-state honorable mention honors ... became NLA's all-time scoring and rebounding leader and only player in school history to score 2,000 or more points in a career ... averaged 15.8 points per game as a senior, good for the fourth-best single-season average in school history ... registered the top three single-season shooting percentage marks in program annals, including a school-record 60.4 percent during her sophomore year... also played tennis and was named to the Minnesota State High School Tennis Coaches Association Academic All-State team in 2010.

Personal: Born Dec., 1992 in Maplewood, Minn. ... daughter of Ron and Kathy Lutes  ... earned the 2013-14 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award ... named to the 2013-14, 2012-13 and 2011-12 MVC Academic Honor Rolls ... President of Drake's Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter.

 

 Lutes, Cara  
  Minutes  Total  3-Point  F-Throws  Rebounds   
Year  gp-gs  min  avg  fg  fga  pct  fg  fga  pct  ft  fta  pct  off  def  tot  avg  pf  fo  ast  t/o  blk  stl  pts  avg 
2011-12   31-1  302  9.7  10  39  .256  .000  15  .333  15  31  46  1.5  43  23  25  0.8 
2012-13   30-0  242  8.1  32  70  .457  10  .400  18  35  .514  23  44  67  2.2  25  23  86  2.9 
2013-14   19-0  165  8.7  11  34  .324  20  .150  16  .500  13  25  38  2.0  30  10  33  1.7 
2014-15   26-0  209  8.0  20  37  .541  13  .231  .333  20  36  56  2.2  36  12  12  46  1.8 
TOTAL  106-1  918  8.7  73  180  .406  10  43  .233  34  75  .453  71  136  207  2.0  134  20  68  28  21  190  1.8 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 51

    2011-12Freshman

    FORWARD
    6'2"
    51
  • 51

    2012-13Sophomore

    FORWARD/CENTER
    6'2"
    51
  • 51

    2013-14Junior

    FORWARD/CENTER
    6'2"
    51
  • 51

    2014-15Senior

    FORWARD/CENTER
    6'2"
    51