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Meghan Brue

#21 Meghan Brue

Guard
Height: 5-11

Class: Senior
Hometown: Underwood, Iowa
Major: Public relations with psychology minor

ABOUT MEGHAN

Born: April 14, 1986
Parents: Kurt and Linda Brue
Siblings: Erinn

Nickname: Meg/Megs
Goal for the Season:
Conference champs
Game You Look Forward To: Emporia State
Best Thing About Maryville: Mozingo
Favorite Place on Campus: Football field
Favorite Restaurant: Grasanti's
Favorite Pro Athlete: David Beckham
Favorite TV Shows: "John and Kate Plus 8" and "Intervention"
Favorite Music Artists: Lynrd Skynrd and Mariah Carey
Current Cell Phone Ring: Default
Sport You’re Least Successful At: Racquetball
Dream Job: Stay-at-home mom
First Job: Country store clerk
If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Venice
Something You Have to Do Before Turning 40: Get married and have kids
If You Could Have Any Talent: Singing
My Parents Were Right When They Told Me: "You don't know it all"
Biggest Pet Peeve: People who don't mind their own business
Most Influential Person: My sister
If You Won The Lottery, You Would: Not work and shop with Micaela
Most Memorable Game: West Texas A&M
Best Thing About Coach Stein's Practice: Show-me shootout
Best Thing About Home Games: My family always comes
Best Thing About Road Games: Food

Coach Steinmeyer on Meghan

“After two great seasons, Meghan has taken another step in her play. She has become a leader on and off the floor. Her positive attitude is contagious. She plays without fear and is our most clutch player.”

2008

Made a 40-foot buzzer shot in overtime to lead Northwest to a 72-71 victory against top-seeded West Texas A&M in the NCAA South Central Region quarterfinals (3/14) ... led the team in free throws (95) and finished the season second with 11.0 points per game ... posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds at Missouri Southern (2/23) ... named to the all-classic team at the Montana State-Billings’ Chinook Wireless/Clock Tower Inn Yellowjacket Classic after averaging 14 points and 5.5 rebounds in two games ... led the Bearcat scoring effort in five games and the rebounding effort four times .. made a career-high four steals against Southwest Baptist in the MIAA tournament championship game (3/9)

2007

Led Northwest in scoring with 12.7 points per game ... broke the program season record for free throws made with 130 ... set program single-game mark by going 13-for-13 from the charity strip against rival-Missouri Western (1/3) ... was the Bearcats’ top scorer nine times ... posted two double-doubles ... started the final 21 games ... finished the season sixth among MIAA players with 78.2-percent at the free-throw line ... named to the all-tournament team in the Winstead-Reeves Classic ... named the team’s most valuable player

2006

Redshirt season


2005

Made her lone conference start against Truman (2/9), one of 12 starts of the season ... posted a season-high 13 points against Southwest Minnesota State (11/20) ... shot 41-percent (16-of-39) from the three-point line


Underwood High School

Named to Des Moines Register All-State First Team ... earned first-team all-conference and all-western Iowa honors ... named to state all-tournament team in 2003 ... led team with 18 points and three assists in 50-47 win in 2004 state championship game in 2004 ... teammate in that game included Bearcat volleyball player Amy Bohnker ... won state championship in 2003 with game-high seven assists in 58-36 championship win against Maquoketa Valley ... advanced to state semifinals in 2002 and scored 12 points  and 12 rebounds in overtime loss to Mid-Prairie 53-48


Career Stats

Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Reb Tot Avg PF-FO AST TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2005 30-12 473/15.8 51-128 .398 16-39 .410 24-44 .545 41-45 86 2.9 38-0 18 30 3 23 142/4.7
2006 Redshirted
2007 30-21 798/26.6 155-251 .458 20-62 .323 130-164 .793 69-117 186 6.2 77-1 49 98 5 33 380/12.7
2008 32-29 788/24.6 155-303 .380 28-88 .318 95-130 .731 56-96 152 4.8 68-2 56 98 1 28 353/11.0
Total 92-62 2,059/22.4 281-682 .412 64-189 .339 249-338 .737 166-258 424 4.6 183-3 123 226 9 84 875/9.5

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