Shailyn Pinkney

Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
East Hartford, Conn.
High School:
East Hartford

INSTAGRAM: ShayGotGame

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2024-25: Played in nine games, making seven starts before an injury ended her season... Averaged 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 24.0 minutes per game... Had seven points and four rebounds vs. Sacred Heart on Dec. 9... Tallied 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three steals against Howard on Dec. 6... Erupted for a career-high 14 points with four rebounds against San Francisco on Dec. 2... Had six points vs. Princeton on Nov. 21... Totaled seven points and six rebounds vs. Fordham on Nov. 12.... Opened the season with five points and three rebounds vs. Wagner on Nov. 7... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2023-24: Played in 23 games, making six starts... Averaged 1.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game... Had four points and two rebounds vs. Georgetown on Jan. 31... Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds vs. FDU on Dec. 11... Erupted for nine points and six rebounds vs. Central Connecticut State on Dec. 8... Had five points vs. UMES on Dec. 2... Opened the season with five points and two rebounds vs. Iona on Nov. 7.

2022-23: Played in 31 games, making 19 starts... Averaged 2.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 14.1 minutes per game... Pulled down six rebounds and had two steals vs. Villanova on Feb. 27... Had five points and four rebounds at Villanova on Feb. 11... Tallied four points, four rebounds and two steals vs. Providence on Feb. 4... Pulled down five rebounds at Creighton on Jan. 11... Nearly had a double-double with nine points, seven rebounds and two steals against Georgetown on Dec. 28... Had 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists at Rutgers on Nov. 11... Opened her collegiate career with nine points and two rebounds against Saint Peter's on Nov. 7.

High School / Personal: Named 2020-21 Connecticut Girls Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year… Two-time GameTimeCT Girls Basketball Player of the Year… Led East Hartford to its first state title as a senior… Scored 26 points on 8-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-6 from three-point range, in the state championship game… Averaged 23 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals per game as a senior… Three-time First Team GameTimeCT member… Four-time CHSCA All-State and All-CCC First Team member.