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Mackenzie Curless

Class: Senior Hometown: Martinsville, Ind. High School: Martinsville H.S.

Height: 6-1 Position: Forward Eligibility: Senior

1998-99 (Junior) - Appeared in 27 games, including one start vs. No. 1 Tennessee in season opener ... averaged 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in 8.4 minutes per game ... shot 47.6 percent from the field (30-for-63) and 72.0 percent from the free throw line (18-for-25) ... contributed eight quality minutes in NCAA win against No. 14 North Carolina, picking up two points and a key charge ... scored season-high 12 points vs. Valparaiso ... scored eight points (4-for-4 field goals) in season-high 21 minutes vs. Wisconsin ... cleared season-high four rebounds at Providence.

1997-98 (Sophomore) - Started all 33 games and averaged 23.9 minutes ... averaged 7.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... shot 75.0 percent (54-for-72) from the free throw line ... double-figure scorer in 12 games ... equalled career high of 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds at Illinois ... had 13 points, six rebounds and two steals at Iowa ... scored 14 points vs. Minnesota ... matched career high of 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Colorado State (NCAA) ... made 19 of her last 24 free throws (.792) over last 16 games.

1996-97 (Freshman) - Received team's Rookie of the Year Award ... started all 28 games and averaged 27.2 minutes ... averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game ... shot 68.3 percent from the free throw line ... had nine points and seven rebounds in first collegiate game at Loyola Marymount ... tallied 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds vs. Providence ... cleared career-high 10 rebounds vs. Indiana at home ... erupted for career high of 18 points (8-for-9 FG's) vs. Maryland (NCAA) ... averaged 13.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in two NCAA Tournament games.

High School - Indiana All-Star and team Most Valuable Player after averaging 23.7 points and 11.2 rebounds per game while shooting 56 percent from the field as a senior at Martinsville High School ... Martinsville's first girls' basketball Indiana All-Star ... scored school-record 46 points against Indianapolis Arlington on Dec. 2, 1995, and pulled down 24 rebounds vs. Center Grove on Nov. 25, 1995 ... four-time all-conference selection ... averaged 18.8 points and 11.8 rebounds her junior season and 16.7 points and 10.8 rebounds as a sophomore ... graduated the holder of school career records for points (1,179, 19.7 per game); rebounds (678, 11.3 per game); and field goal percentage (56.7) ... also played volleyball and was Indiana All-Star as a senior ... basketball team won sectional championship and volleyball squad was state runner-up her senior year ... member of Force Ten AAU national championship 18-and-under team in 1995 ... former Purdue teammates Ukari Figgs and Stephanie White-McCarty also played on that squad ... high school basketball coach was Jan Conner.

Personal - Given name Mackenzie Nicole Curless ... born Sept. 29, 1976 ... aquatics and wildlife science major who wants to be a marine biologist ... parents' names are Becky and Robert ... has two sisters, Emily and Linzie, and one brother, Jason ... enjoys boating and horseback riding ... first Purdue women's basketball player to don uniform No. 25 since Sandy Alston in 1987 ... nickname is "Mac."

CURLESS' BESTS

PTS: 18 three times, last vs. Colorado State, 3/16/98
FG: 8 twice, last vs. Colorado State, 3/16/98
FGA: 14 vs. Colorado State, 3/16/98
FG%: .889 (8-9) vs. Maryland, 3/14/97
3P: -
3PA: 1 vs. Penn State, 3/2/98
3P%: -
FT: 8 vs. Providence, 11/27/96
FTA: 11 vs. Providence, 11/27/96
FT%: .750 (6-8) vs. Notre Dame, 12/5/96
REB: 10 twice, last at Old Dominion, 3/16/97
AST: 2 four times, last vs. Iowa, 2/6/98
BLK: 1 five times, last vs. Ohio State, 2/14/99
STL: 3 vs. Penn State, 1/19/97
MIN: 40 twice, last vs. Indiana, 1/26/97

CURLESS' PURDUE STATISTICS

Season   GP-ST  MTS   FG-FGA-%      3P-3PA-%  FTM-FTA-%    PTS-AVG  REB-AVG  PF-D   AST  TO   BL  ST
1996-97  28-28  762   55-121-.455   0-0- -    43-63-.683   153-5.5  115-4.1  78-1   9    38   2   15
1997-98  33-33  790   101-218-.463  0-1-.000  54-72-.750   256-7.8  133-4.0  85-1   9    61   2   21
1998-99  29-1   245   30-63-.476    0-0- -    18-25-.720   78-2.7   34-1.2   31-0   4    15   1   5
Career   90-62  1797  186-402-.463  0-1-.000  115-160-.719 487-5.4  282-3.1  194-2  22   114  5   41

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