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1997-98 Women's Basketball Roster

21 Pilar Surch

  • Height 5-6
  • Position Guard
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Garden Grove, CA
  • High School Pacifica High

Biography

1998: An outstanding boost on defense, senior Pilar Surch will provide depth and maturity at the guard spot off the bench . . . Steady player that does what is needed in game situations . . . Tenacious rebounder for her size . . . Good range with her shot, needs to look to score more. 

JORGENSON’S JOT: "Pilar provides needed depth and experience on and off the floor. She is the best perimeter defender we have. It amazes me how someone with her size can rebound the way she does. It is her sheer determination that makes her so valuable. We need her to score more. She has the physical ability, it is just a question of her confidence level." 

1997: Named an NAIA All-Scholar Athlete with a 3.51 grade point average as a 1997 junior . . . Averaged 4.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game . . . Played in all 31 games, averaging over 21 minutes a contest . . . Season-high 5 offensive rebounds vs. The Master’s . . . Averaged 3.1 rebounds a game . . . Was 6-for-8 shooting, with a season-high 2 3-pointers to tie a career-high with 15 points against SCC. 

1996: As a 1996 sophomore, started 23 of 26 games . . . Shot .355 (22-for-62) from 3-point land, .389 (61-for-157) overall . . . Scored a career-high 15 points against CS Stanislaus . . . Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Point Loma Nazarene . . . Averaged 30.5 minutes . . . Shot at a .813 (26-for-32) clip at the line . . . Averaged a respectable 4.3 rebounds . . . Tied a career high with 6 assists vs. San Francisco State. 

1995: Appeared in 28 games, starting 27, and averaged 5.3 points and 4.2 rebounds . . . Scored a season-high 13 points to go along with 7 rebounds vs. Fresno Pacific . . . Posted a surprising double/double with 10 points and a 10 rebounds vs. Point Loma Nazarene in the GSAC Preview Tournament . . . Had a career-high 6 assists in a victory at Southern Cal College . . . Committed 44 turnovers in the first 10 games, but just 21 in the final 10 games . . . Frequently played the point during the second half of the season . . . Missed a pair of games in mid-season with a severely sprained ankle. 

PACIFICA HIGH: Prepped at Pacifica High in Garden Grove, Calif., from which she graduated in 1994 . . . Lettered 4 years in basketball . . . Also competed in volleyball, cross country and track . . . Was a 2-time All-Garden Grove League first team selection and 2-time team MVP . . . In her 1994 senior season, averaged 16 points a game with a game high of 36 points. 

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 4, 1976, in Anaheim, Calif. . . . 1 of 3 children . . . Enjoys quilting . . . Majoring in management information systems with a minor in business.

Surch at Azusa Pacific
		          --Total--	--3-Point--
YEAR	G-GS   MIN-AVG	 FG-FGA	 PCT  FG-FGA  PCT  FT-FTA  PCT  REB  AVG   AST  AVG  TO  STL BLK  PTS	AVG
1995	28-27  869-31.0	 60-163	.368   7-45  .156  21-33  .636  117  4.2    52  1.9  80	 29   3	  148	5.3
1996	26-23  792-30.5	 61-157	.389  22-62  .355  26-32  .813  111  4.3    58  2.2  65	 31   7	  170	6.5
1997	31-3   658-21.2	 49-128	.383  12-34  .353  14-22  .636   96  3.1    34  1.1  37	 27   0	  124	4.0
 Totals	85-53 2319-27.3	170-448	.379  41-141 .291  61-87  .701  324  3.8   144  1.7 182	 87  10	  442	5.2

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    1994-95Freshman

    Guard
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    1995-96Sophomore

    G
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    1996-97Junior

    G
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    1997-98Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    21