41   Kiara Bomben
Kiara Bomben

Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Canberra, Australia

High School:
Ankeny

Last College:
Florida Gulf Coast

Height:
5-10

Position:
F


Will sit out the 2011-12 season per NCAA rules after transferring from Florida Gulf Coast University.

As A Redshirt Freshman In 2010-11 (At Florida Gulf Coast): Appeared in 19 games off the bench and totaled 46 points, 34 rebounds, 10 assists, five blocks and three steals in 139 minutes on the floor ... Chipped in six points and two rebounds vs. Belmont (1/3) ... Finished with five points and three rebounds at Troy (12/12/10) ... Recorded seven points and three rebounds at JU (12/4) ... Finished with eight points and five boards in a 73-65 win over ACC foe Virginia Tech in the Caribbean Challenge (11/25) ... Recorded six points and pulled down four rebounds vs. Troy (11/21) ... Scored six points in 16 minutes vs. Seton Hall (11/12).

As A Freshman in 2009-10 (At Florida Gulf Coast): Utilized medical redshirt after appearing in one game for four minutes and grabbing one rebound and one steal ... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors and was a Dean's List student.

Before College: Was a foreign exchange student at Ankeny High School in Ankeny, Iowa, and played for coach Scott Dejong ... Averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals as a senior ... Earned first team CIML All-Central Conference, second team All-State CIML, and third team Iowa Class 4A All-State honors ... Was selected to the Australian U19 team, where she shot .563 from the field and averaged 4.9 assists per-game ... Played AAU basketball with the Iowa Attack.

Personal: Born Kiara T. Bomben on Mar. 28, 1991, in Carins, Queensland, Australia ... Daughter of Max and Liz Bomben ... Sister of Taylor ... Intends to major in Journalism with a minor in Italian.

CAREER HIGHS (at Florida Gulf Coast)
Points: 8; vs. Virginia Tech (11/25/10)
Rebounds:
5; vs. Virginia Tech (11/25/10)
Assists: 2; (2x)
Steals: 1; (3x)
Blocks: 1; (5x)
Minutes: 16; (2x)

KIARA BOMBEN'S CAREER STATISTICS

Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk St Pt Avg
2009-10^ 1-0 4 4.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
2010-11^ 19-0 139 7.3 14-30 .467 2-11 .182 16-21 .762 3 31 34 1.8 10 18 5 3 46 2.4
Totals^ 20-0 143 7.2 14-31 .452 2-11 .182 16-23 .696 3 32 35 1.8 10 19 5 4 46 2.3

^ - At Florida Gulf Coast

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