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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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14 Ainhoa Cea

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hondarribia, Spain
  • High School DME Academy
  • Major Elementary Education

Biography

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CAREER ACCOLADES

  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® (2024-25)

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

  • Started in all 32 games and bumped her minutes average to a tick under 29 per game
  • Claimed Lipscomb’s first triple-double in the Division I era with a 15-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist game against Morehead State (11/17)
  • Team and conference leader in assists (146) and assists per game (4.6)
  • Ranked 66th and 67th respectively in assists and per game in Division I
  • Second in ASUN in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55)
  • Averaged 7.9 points per game and posted 10 double-digit scoring performances
  • Recorded first 20-point game with 25 against Eastern Kentucky (1/4) on 9-of-18 shooting and 5-of-6 from downtown
  • Totaled 105 field goals in her third year with the Bisons after connecting for 81 in her first two
  • Shot 46.7% from the field with 149 assists and 52 steals
  • Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District®

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Started and played in 28 of the 30 games in 2023-24
  • Led the Bisons in assists for the second straight season with 91, averaging 3.3 per game
  • Fourth in the ASUN in assist-to-turnover ratio (91/79, +1.16) and fifth in assists per game (3.3)
  • Nearly doubled her scoring average from her freshman season, scoring 4.4 points per game
  • Scored in double figures twice, including a career-high 12 points against Queens (N.C.) (2/1)
  • Averaged 4.1 rebounds per game and shot almost 40 percent from the floor (50-of-127)

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)

  • Started all 32 games for the Bisons during her freshman campaign
  • Finished the season with a team-best 123 assists, the most in program history for a freshman, surpassing Emily Eubanks's 121 in 2014-15
  • Led the Bisons in assist-to-turnover ratio (123/77, +1.6)
  • Scored a season-high 10 points vs. Northern Kentucky (11/10) and dished out 10 assists vs. Vanderbilt (12/18)
  • Scored nine points, including her first career three-pointer in a win over Eastern Kentucky (2/2)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended Pio Baroja Bhi High School in Irun, Spain
  • Came to America and played for Mike Panaggio at DME Academy as Post Graduate
  • Club Basketball Team: Hondarribia Ikasbasket
  • Hometown: Hondarribia, Spain
  • Team Captain

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Oscar and Pili Cea
  • Has one brother, Ander
  • Planned major is Education
  • Chose Lipscomb because she liked the coaching staff and her teammates and, more specifically, the culture they were building
  • Fun Fact is that she speaks three languages (English, Spanish, and Basque)
     

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2022-23Freshman

    G
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2023-24Sophomore

    G
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    14
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