2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Wilder-Cochran, Breigha
Jersey Number 1
Breigha Wilder-Cochran
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
- Prev School:
- Hoover HS
Bio
Career
Finished her career with 102 games played and 71 starts … averaged 5.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists … had 154 steals and 24 blocked shots … shot 71.1 percent from the free throw line … had 17 double-figure scoring outings … was the team leader in assists in 46 games.
Academic Honors
- Fall 2013 Tiger 3.0 Club
- Spring 2014 Tiger 3.0 Club
- 2014 American All-Academic Team
- Spring 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club
Athletic Honors
- 2013 (Dec. 9) – CollegeSportsMadness.com’s American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
- 2014 The American All-Freshman Team
2017-18 (Redshirt-Senior)
- Played in 16 contests with starts in 14 of them
- Collected 43 points, 62 rebounds, and 49 assists in her final season
- Added 20 steals and three blocks on defense
- Scored a season-high nine points against UAB, shooting 4-for-6 from the field and adding a free throw
- Despite playing only half of the season, finished fourth on the team in assists with 49
- Shot 76 percent from the charity stripe, including hitting her first 10 consecutive free throws of the season
- Recorded a season high seven assists with only one turnover against Jackson State
2016-17 (Redshirt-Junior)
- Returned to the court after a season-ending injury in 2016 and played in 26 games with 19 starts
- Finished third on the team with 68 assists and 46 steals
- Record her first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds on the road at Temple
- Scored in double-digits four times including a season-high 11 points in the wins at Illinois and vs. Vanderbilt
- Played in a season-high 35 minutes, twice, at Samford and vs. Little Rock
- Shot 32.3 percent from beyond the arc, tying a previous career-high of 10 made three’s
- Matched her previous career-high of eight blocks
- Shot a career-high 38.5 percent from the floor
2015-16 (Junior)
- Saw action in only nine games and made one start on the road against Minnesota
- Missed the season’s first six games due to continued rehab from previous year’s injuries
- Suffered a season-ending ACL injury in a road win at Cincinnati in early January
- Averaged 2.3 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.3
- Shot 30 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from the foul
- Netted a season-high seven points vs. George Washington
- Grabbed a season-high four rebounds vs. the Golden Gophers
- Played five minutes at Cincinnati before suffering her ACL injury in the first half
2014-15 (Sophomore)
- Played in 21 games and made 18 starts
- Averaged 5.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists
- Had 36 steals and eight blocked shots
- Shot 35.3 percent from the floor, 41.7 percent from the three-point arc and 73.7 percent from the charity stripe
- Led team in three-point field goal percentage and was third in free throw percentage
- Posted three double-figure scoring games
- Netted a season-high 15 points and added six rebounds and three assists in a home win over Samford
- Pulled down a season-best eight rebounds in a home win over Austin Peay
- Handed out a season-high six assists in a home victory over Missouri State
- Scored 12 points vs. Georgetown (5-of-9 FG, 2-of-2 treys); the five made field goals was a season-high
2013-14 (Freshman)
- Appeared in 30 games with 20 starts
- Became the just the third freshman in Memphis history to dish out 100 or more assists in a single season, finishing with 125 assists
- Ranked third in the conference with 4.2 assists per game
- Averaged 7.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game
- Scored a career-best 16 points in a win at UCF, going 9-for-12 from the free-throw line; the nine free throws made were a career best
- Scored double digit points 10 times, including 12 in an overtime win over No. 23 Rutgers, the program’s first win over a ranked opponent since 2003
- Named CollegeSportsMadness.com’s American Athletic Conference player of the week on Dec. 9th after knocking down two free-throws with four seconds left to help Memphis hang on for a 73-72 win over UAB
- Finished with 14 points and seven assists against just three turnovers in the win over UAB
High School
- Helped her Hoover High School team to a 130-12 record over four seasons, including three state championships (2010, 2012, 2013) and a state runner-up finish in 2011
- A three-star recruit by ESPN's Hoopgurlz.com
- The No. 28 ranked guard in her class
- Averaged 10.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists at Hoover for coach Tiffany Frederick
- Helped her high school team to a 33-4 record, an Alabama Class 6A State Championship, a No. 14 national ranking by maxpreps.com in her senior season
- Played in the Alabama North-South All-Star game as a junior and the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star game as a senior
- Named MVP for the area tournament as a senior
- Played AAU ball with both Essence and the Alabama Twisters, where she was coached by Kim Davis and Chris Anderson
- Led the team with 78 steals and shot 60 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free-throw line
Personal
Daughter of Reginald and Renee Cochran ... Birthday is December 27 ... A criminal justice major.
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