Kelli Thompson

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Class: Junior Hometown: Compton, Calif. High School: Long Beach Poly HS

Height: 6-0 Position: Guard Experience: 2L

ABOUT KELLI...

Excels at getting to the basket and finishing or drawing contact ... One of the top long-range threats in the Mountain West ... Possesses a very high basketball IQ, knows the game very well ... Has improved greatly on defense as well over the past two seasons.

(2010-11 - Sophomore): Earned Mountain West Honorable Mention honors after finishing eighth in the conference in scoring with a team-high 14.1 ppg ... Also ranked in the top 15 in the MW in steals (10th, 1.52 spg), free throw percentage (12th, 74.7%), three-point percentage, (15th, 28.3%) and three-pointers made per game (fourth, 2.06 pg) ... Set a career-high with 27 points in a win over Colorado State (2/19) ... Hit four three-pointers and added six rebounds, five assists and three steals in the win ... Notched 22 points and set a career-high with six three-pointers in the win over Columbia (12/29), which tied for the fourth-most three-pointers in a game in UNLV history.

(2009-10 - Freshman): Turned in an outstanding freshman season, as she was the second-highest first-year player in the MWC at 12.3 points per game, 13th-best in the league ... Also ranked among the league-leaders in free throw percentage (fifth, 78.2%), three-point percentage (31.9%) and three-pointers per game (fourth, 1.9 per game) ... Made two or more treys in 16 games ... Posted 22 points, hit 4-of-4 on three-pointers, and added seven rebounds and four steals at Wyoming (3/6) ... Broke a five-game scoring slump by posting 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting against Air Force (2/27), and added eight rebounds ... Tied her season high with nine rebounds at New Mexico (2/10) ... Scored 24 points, including seven in the final two minutes in UNLV's win at Air Force (1/26) ... Named Duel In The Desert All-Tournament after averaging 13.7 ppg over the three games ... Scored a game-high 22 points and hit the game-winning shot with two seconds left in UNLV's 68-66 win over VCU (12/19) ... That performance earned her MWC Player of the Week honors on Dec. 21 ... Converted a key three-point play and followed with a three-pointer in the final minutes on the way to 19 points to help UNLV win at Nevada, Reno (12/6) ... Hit four treys and scored 15 points against No. 4 North Carolina (11/22) ... Torched Sacramento State (11/19) for 26 points and hit 5-of-10 from three-point range ... In her first career game, scored 12 points in a three-minute stretch in a decisive second-half run at Southern Utah (11/13) ... All 12 points came off three three-pointers and a three-point play.

High School: Started all four years for Long Beach Poly High and helped them to a California record four-straight state championships ... Missed eight weeks during her senior year due to a broken left wrist but returned to lead the Jackrabbits to their run in the state tournament ... Earned first team All-Moore League honors in her junior season ... Was the 95th-ranked recruit in the nation by All-Star Girls Report and as the 19th-ranked wing player by ESPN/Hoopgurlz ... Is the only player (boys or girls) in the state of California to have been a member of four straight state championship teams.

Personal: Kelli JoDawn Thompson ... Born on May 6, 1991, in Compton, Calif. ... Daughter of Thomas and Liza Thompson ... Has one brother, Tyre (22), and one sister, Tionne (11) ... Chose UNLV over Louisville, UCLA and Washington State ... Majoring in criminal justice.

Thompson's Career Statistics
YEAR	G-GS	FGM-FGA	FG%	3FG-ATT	3PT%	FT-FTA	FT%	OR-DR	REB	AVG	AST	TO	BLK	STL	MIN	PTS	AVG
2009-10	31-31	119-358	.332	58-182	.319	86-110	.782	37-116	153	4.9	51	71	13	40	884	382	12.3
2010-11	31-31	128-415	.308	64-226	.283	118-158	.747	27-81	108	3.5	48	82	7	47	902	438	14.1
TOTAL	62-62	247-773	.320	122-408	.299	204-268	.761	64-197	261	4.2	99	153	20	87	1786	820	13.2