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Kylie Kornegay-Lucas

Guard
Position
5'10''
Height
Sophomore
Class
Camden, Del.
Hometown
New Hope Academy (Md.)
High School
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas - Women's Basketball - Virginia Cavaliers

2019-20 Hoos Life Feature

2019-20

  • Second on the team in rebounding, averaging 5.5 per game
  • Appeared in all but one game this season (29), making four starts, averaging 5.1 points per game. Also had 60 assists and 41 steals
  • Made her collegiate debut against Bucknell, scoring 7 points with 4 assists in 27 minutes (11/5)
  • Grabbed 8 rebounds in 15 minutes of play at USC (11/9)
  • Had a break-out game, scoring 31 points with 12 rebounds in the overtime victory over Old Dominion. Went 10-of-18 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free throw line to post the Cavaliers’ second 30-point game of the year
  • Made her first collegiate start against Notre Dame, logging a double-double with 10 assists and 11 rebounds (1/26)
  • Matched her season high of 12 rebounds in her start against Syracuse (2/2)

High School/Club

  • Played at New Hope Academy her senior season where she was a member of the team that won the 2019 Geico High School National Championship
  • Played her freshman year at Archbishop Mitty in San Jose, Calif., before competing for two seasons at Caesar Rodney in Camden, Del.
  • Named to the All-USA Delaware Girls Basketball Second Team in both her sophomore and junior seasons
  • Twice named as one of the top 10 south players by the Delaware Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (DIBCA)
  • Two-time First Team All-Henlopen Conference
  • Two-time First Team All-North Basketball
  • Played AAU ball for the Philadelphia Belles in 2017, with former Cavalier guard Lexie Gerson as her head coach

Personal

  • Daughter of Cassieopia Lucas-Baptiste
  • Has two younger sisters, Kristiona Kornegay and Ariyah Lucas-Baptiste, and a younger brother, Arion Lucas-Baptiste