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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski
Pat Knapinski

2 Maclayne Taylor

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Joseph-Ogden
  • Hometown Ogden, IL
  • Prev School Lincoln Land CC

Biography

2023-24 Brother James Gaffney Scholar
2023-24 Academic All-GLVC
2023-24 GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship 
2022-23 Academic All-GLVC


AS A SENIOR (2023-24):
Started all 29 games for the season...averaged 6.4 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, and 2.5 assists per game...shot 43.8 percent from the field and led McKendree in offensive rebounds with 1.6 per game...scored a career-high 22 points at Upper Iowa (2/3) in McKendree's overtime win...finishes career with over 1,000 points...earned the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship award for McKendree women's basketball. 

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23): Started all 28 games for the Bearcats...shot .448 percent from the field and averaged 8.2 points per game...led the team in offensive rebounds (No.11 in GLVC) and was second for total rebounds with 135...was second in steals for McKendree at 1.3 per game (No.14 in GLVC)...recorded seven double-digit scoring games including a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double at Maryville (2/23), also scoring her 1,000th career point. 

BEFORE McK: Attended St. Joseph-Ogden High School in St. Joseph, Ill...participated in basketball for four years, volleyball for two years, and cross country for one year...three-time All-Area Honorable Mention honoree and two-time Conference Honorable Mention honoree...selected to the Illini Prairie Conference First Team and awarded IPC Conference Scholar Athlete Award during her senior year...attended Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill. for three years due to COVID...averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, earning MWAC Second Team All Conference honors during her first year...averaged 9.6 points, 5.3 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game, earning MWAC Second Team All-Conference honors and NJCAA Region 24 All-Region honors during her second year...averaged 10.8 points, 4.0 assists, and 5.4 rebounds, earning per game her third year, earning NJCAA Region 24 All-Region honors and MWAC First Team All-Conference honors.

CAREER HIGHS (at McK)
Points - 22 at Upper Iowa, 2/3/24
Rebounds - 10 at Maryville, 2/23/23
Assists - 7 vs. Missouri S&T, 1/27/24
Steals - 4 (2x) last vs. Truman St., 2/4/23

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    25
  • 2

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    2