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2012-2013 Women's Basketball Roster

10 Melanie Griffin

  • Position G
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Willingboro
  • Hometown Willingboro, NJ

Biography

2012-13: NJIT's fifth-year senior. ... one of three players to start every game (31). ... averaged 5.1ppg and 2.9rpg. ... ranked tied for third on the team with 49 assists. ... posted four double-figure scoring games. ... career-high eight rebounds at Saint Peter's (Dec. 11).
 
Team Note: 2012-13 Great West Conference Tournament Champions. ...The 16 wins are the most in the Division I era and tied for the third-most in program history (16 wins in 1995-96 in Division III; 16 wins in 2002-03 in Division II).  The team won their last five straight and eight of their last nine to finish at 16 wins and 15 losses.
 
2011-12: Returns after a ACL injury in 2010-11. ...averaged 5.1ppg and 2.8rpg. ... had four double-digit scoring games (season-high 14 points on two occassions).
 
2010-11: Missed most of the 2010-11 season due to a torn ACL injury. ...Griffin played in eight games prior to her injury averaging 11.5 points per game ... posted double-figures in six out of eight games with a career-high of 19 points vs. Navy (11/14/10).
 
2009-10: Started every game but one (28). ... ranked second on the team in assists (75) and fourth in points per game (6.8). ... scored in double-figures six times with a season-high 13 points (vs. UMass 12/20; at Utah Valley 3/4). ... career-high five rebounds vs. UTPA (2/20).
 
2008-09: One of six players to appear in every game (29). ... scored 8 pts vs. Longwood (2/14) and matched her career total at Utah Valley (3/5). ...pulled down 4 rebs twice (at UMass 1/7; vs. Longwood 2/14).
 
Prior to NJIT: First-team all-Liberty Division honoree in 2008, as Willingboro won 16 games in its bid to win back-to-back state titles. Griffin scored a team-leading 17 points, including a final shot that forced overtime against Freehold Boro in the Central Jersey Group 3 tournament … team captain for Willingboro when it won the 2007 New Jersey Group 3 state championship … Melanie played with the AAU SJ "Boro" Blitz, one of Jersey's elite basketball Organizations, where she was coached by her father, Donnell Griffin. Three-yeart NJIT teammate Jessica Gerald also played for the “Boro” Blitz.
 
Personal: Melanie Griffin … daughter of Donnell Griffin and Sheila Walker … accounting major … born in 8/10/90 in Hopkinsville KY.

Griffin's Game-by-Game Stats


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Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2008-09Freshman

    G
    5'7"
    3
  • 10

    2009-10Sophomore

    G
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2010-2011Junior

    G
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2011-12Junior

    G
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2012-13Senior

    G
    5'6"
    10