Freshman women’s basketball player Evangelina Francisco (Monroe, NJ/Monroe Township) had a historic performance in Mercer’s 101-27 win vs Westchester CC, setting Mercer’s single game scoring record with 53 points. In the 80s, both Terry Dorner and Mary Smith scored 46 points in a game for Mercer. In this game Francisco is also believed to have set Mercer’s single game record for three-point field goals, hitting 11 threes in the game. Francisco shot an incredible 69% from the field and from three-point range.
Francisco is currently fifth in the country in points per game, averaging 22.7 points per game and is 12th in points for the season with 341. Francisco is also third in the nation in three-point field goals made with 60. MCCC is currently 12-3 on the season and ranked 17th in the country.
For more on Francisco and MCCC women’s basketball visit: https://www.mccc.edu/athletics_women_basketball.shtml
Evangelina Francisco scored 53 points vs Westchester CC setting the MCCC women's basketball single game scoring record