Siamone Bennett
Siamone Bennett
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Newburgh, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Newburgh Academy
  • Position:
    F
  • Number:
    5

Bio

2009-10: Appeared in all 29 games, including 28 starts her junior year…  Averaged 10.6 points per game, good enough for second on the team… Led the team in rebounds with 6.4 per game… Scored a season-high 22 points at Long Island and recorded 17 double-digit scoring games… Also recorded a career-high seven blocks in that contest… Led the team in offensive rebounds with 109 and blocks with 40… Recorded a season-high 13 rebounds in a double-double performance against Holy Cross… Recorded four double-doubles on the season, including… Led the team in field goal percentage at 44.9 percent… Played 623 total minutes.

2008-09: Appeared in all 29 games on the season starting 19 as a sophomore... Led the team in offensive rebounds with 75... Second on the team in total rebounds with 160... Led the team with 39 blocks... Third on the team with 197 points... Recorded a season-high 12 rebounds at Fairleigh Dickinson... Led the team in rebounds in eight games... Scored a season-high 16 points against Fordham... named to the Fordham Holiday Tournament all-tournament team... Recorded 15 points and eight rebounds at Mount St. Mary's... Recorded a season-high four blocked shots against NJIT... Recorded three blocked shots four times on the year... Averaged 6.8 point per game and 5.5 rebounds per game... Was second on the team in shooting percentage (.467)... Played 532 total minutes.

2007-08: Appeared in 30 games while starting in 16 as a freshman... Tied for the team lead in blocks with 28... Averaged 5.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game... Scored a career-high 23 points versus American International... Pulled down double-digit rebounds two times (15 versus American International, 12 versus Southern Connecticut)... Blocked four shots twice... Played in a season-high 35 minutes versus American International... Led the team in shooting percentage (.491) and was third in rebounds with 145... Led the team in blocks 11 different times... Had a total of 152 points in 428 minutes for the season.

Before Bryant
: Graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 2007... Played four years of varsity basketball for the Goldbacks... Named to All-Section team as a sophomore, junior and senior... Member of National Honor Society and New York State Science Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Alphonso Grant and Carol Bennett... Born March 13, 1989... Has five brothers, Tyrone Bennett, Terrence Bennett, Hassan Bennett and Alphonso Grant, and one sister, Jacqueline Bennett... Native of Harlem, NY... Studies Actuarial Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences.