Brianne O'Rourke Class: Senior Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. High School: Oakland Catholic Height: 5-6 Position: G Experience: JR

2007-08
Earned third team All-Big Ten honors from the media and an honorable mention All-Big Ten nod from the coaches...Led the Big Ten and finished 51st in the NCAA in assists (4.7)...Is the sixth player in Big Ten history to lead the league in assists multiple times...Finished in the Top 10 in the conference in minutes (35.7) for the third-straight season...Had 15 games with five or more assists and 21 games with four or more helpers...Averaged a career-high 11.2 points, which was third on the team and 19th in the Big Ten...Was fifth in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5)...Tied for seventh in the Big Ten and was 39th in Division I with an 83.8% free throw percentage...Stands ninth on the Lady Lion career assists list with 429...Ranks 13th on Penn State's career three-pointers list (80)...Registered 20 double-digit scoring performances...Tabbed as the team's Co-Most Improved Player...Served as a team tri-captain...Reached the 700-point mark for her career with eight tallies against Wisconsin (2/3)...Dished out at least four assists per outing in a nine-game stretch (12/13 - 1/20) to close out the non-conference slate and open Big Ten play...Reached the 150-steal plateau and narrowly missed out on her first career double-double with 10 points and nine assists against Purdue (1/17)...Turned in her fourth career double-digit assist performance with 10 helpers in the win over Northwestern (1/10)... Was selected as the Chevy Player of the Game after tying her career high with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting in road win at Michigan State (1/5) in front of a national television audience on CBS. ...Found Janessa Wolff under the basket for the game-winning lay-up with 0.5 seconds remaining in the 86-84 upset win over #11/10 Duke (12/2)...Set a career high with 23 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field and a 15-for-15 mark from the free throw line in the win over Duke (12/2). Also had eight assists and two steals...Tied the Penn State single-game record for free throws made and free throw percentage with a 15-for-15 performance from the charity stripe in the win over Duke (12/2)...Selected as Tournament MVP of the WBCA Classic after averaging 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists in three games.

2006-07
Continued to come into her own in her sophomore season, leading the team in assists, steals and assist-to-turnover ratio...Was second in the Big Ten in assists per game with a 4.3 average...Finished seventh in the Big Ten in steals (2.2) and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.45)...Registered 12 games with five or more assists...Had a steal in 27 of 31 games...Averaged 4.9 assists per game in her final 10 games...Surpassed the 400-point plateau in the regular-season finale against Indiana (2/25)...Dished out a career-high 11 assists against Old Dominion (12/3), the highest single-game helper total since Jess Strom had 12 dimes on Feb. 15, 2004...Drained the game-tying three-pointer with 30 seconds left against No. 1 seed Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament (3/4)...Finished that Big Ten tourney game with 12 points, four assists and four steals...Tallied a season-best 13 points versus Wisconsin on Think Pink Day (2/4)...Was instrumental in Penn State's come-from-behind win over Iowa (1/28), knocking down a trio of three-pointers en route to 15 points, four assists and four steals...Had a career-best two blocked shots against Ohio State (1/11)...Reached the 300-point mark for her career against Illinois (12/28)...Pulled down a career-best nine rebounds versus Syracuse (11/12)...Collected 15 points, five assists, five steals and a blocked shot in the season-opening win over Drexel (11/10)...Played 40 or more minutes on seven occasions, including a 45-minute stint against top-seeded Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament.

2005-06
Took over the point guard duties as a freshman as the next in a long line of four-year starting point guards at Penn State...Named to the 2006 Big Ten All-Freshman Team...Snagged All-Conference honorable mention honors from the media...Led the Conference in assists all season, averaging 5.1 per game...Ranked 34th nationally in assists per game and sixth among the nation's freshmen...The only freshman to start every game for the Lady Lions...Ranks fourth all-time on the Penn State freshman assists chart with 149...Also cracked Penn State's freshman steals list, finishing the regular season with 56, good enough for seventh place...Scored first points versus No. 1 Duke (11/18)...Finished with 11 points in that game...Passed the 100-point mark at Michigan State (1/5) and surpassed the 200-point mark versus Ohio State (2/26)...Reached double-digit scoring figures nine times...Tallied 10 assists on two occasions, versus George Mason (12/6) and Illinois (2/12), only player in the Big Ten to do so...Scored a career-high 17 points in Penn State's heartbreaking 61-59 loss to No. 6/7 Ohio State (2/26)...Finished season shooting .341 percent from the field and .763 percent from the free throw line...Showed skill from the 3-point line, draining 16 on the year, including a career high four versus No. 6/7 Ohio State (2/26).

High School
Averaged 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game senior season at Oakland Catholic...Led Eagles to 31-2 record senior year, including section, district and state championships...Four-year starter...Captain for two years...Associated Press Pennsylvania All-State First Team in 2005...Three-time all-section...Honored as Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-America in 2003 and 2004...Named YMCA Comeback Player of the Year after returning from tearing her ACL...Recognized as Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 5...Named to Pittsburgh Tribune Terrific 10...Honored as Western Pennsylvania Girls Basketball Hall of Fame Freshman Player of the Year...Coca-Cola Freshman Player of the Year...PNC Bank District 7 Freshman Player of the Year...Nominated for McDonald's and WBCA All-America...Named MVP of Seventh Annual All-Ohio Nike Classic in 2003...Also ran track.

Personal
Full name is Brianne Marie O'Rourke...Born on July 29, 1987, in Pittsburgh, Pa...Parents are Norma and Joseph O'Rourke...Has two brothers, Joey (28) and Justin (23)...Two aunts and an uncle graduated from Penn State...Grandfather James O'Rourke played football at North Carolina State and was drafted by the Washington Redskins...Brother Joey played football and basketball at St. Vincent's College...Majoring in human development and family services.