As a senior (2018-19): Appeared in all 30 games this season, earning 10 starts … Saw the floor for an average of 24.7 minutes per game … Also posted 6 points per game, 4.1 assists per game and 1.4 steals per game this season … Recorded double-digit scoring in six games and double-digit assists in two … Notched her 500th assist against Sacred Heart on Feb. 16 … Scored a career-high 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting at UNH on Nov. 25 … Shot 5-of-6 and scored 17 points in a win at Mount St. Mary’s on Jan. 12.
As a junior (2017-18): Appeared and started in 25 games for the Bulldogs, but missed five due to injury … After coming back from injury, the Bulldogs went on a 5-0 win streak … Averaged 29.2 minutes, 7.0 points, 5.3 rebounds per game … Scored a season-high 17 points vs. Rhode Island … Dished out a season-high 10 assists vs Saint Francis U., which was the sixth double-digit assists of her career.
As a sophomore (2016-17): Appeared in 31 games, making 23 starts ... Averaged 27.1 minutes, 7.7 points and 4.8 assists per game ... Led the NEC with 4.8 assists per game, dishing out a career-high 14 vs. Saint Francis U., which ties the Division I program record that she set as a freshman ... Scored a season-high 18 points at LIU Brooklyn and went a career-best 10-for-11 from the line at Saint Francis U. ... Pulled down a personal-best eight boards at UMass.
As a freshman (2015-16): Appeared in all 31 games, earning starts in 21 ... Averaged 5.2 points and a team-high 4.1 assists per outing ... Posted double-figure scoring efforts on four occasions, including her season-best 16 against No. 7 LIU Brooklyn in the NEC Quarterfinals on March 6 ... Set a Bryant Division I record 14 assists against Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 20 ... Recorded seven or more assists in seven contests ... Received NEC Rookie of the Week in the final week of regular season play ... Named to the NEC All-Rookie team.
Before Bryant: Four-year starting point guard at Aberdeen High School … Helped lead her team to a combined 53-3 overall record and back-to-back Maryland State Championships as a freshman and sophomore (2011-12, 2012-13) … All-Harford County First Team selection as a sophomore and All-Harford County Honorable Mention as a freshman … 2011 Adidas Hardwood Classic All-Tournament Team … 2013 Baltimore Sun Athlete of the Week … Honor Roll Student.
Personal: Daughter of Lita Hash and Michael Palmer, Kierra Loren Palmer was born on Jan. 20, 1997 … She has three brothers, David, Michael and Isaiah.
Career Highs
Points: 20, at New Hampshire (11/25/18)
Field Goals Made: 6, 2x, last vs. Providence (12/2/18)
Field Goals Attempted: 15, 3x, last vs. Brown (12/1/18)
3-Point FG Made: 5, at Mount St. Mary’s (1/12/19)
3-Point FG Attempted: 9, twice, last at Mount (2/17/18)
Free Throws Made: 10, vs. Saint Francis U. (1/25/16)
Free Throws Attempted: 11, vs. Saint Francis U. (1/25/16)
Rebounds: 8, at Massachusetts (12/10/16)
Assists: 14, 2x, last vs. Saint Francis U. (2/18/17)
Steals: 4, 6x, last vs. Central Connecticut (1/6/18)
Blocks: 1,10x, last at Hartford (12/9/18)
Minutes: 38, twice, last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/3/18)
