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Jersey Number 11
Bre Gunnels
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Southeast HS
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Missouri
Bio
SENIOR (2021-22)
Started all 34 games and averaged 29.3 minutes per game … MVC All-Tournament Team … Totaled 272 points and 45 assists … Ranked fifth in the MVC with 234 total rebounds … Led UNI with 66 blocks, second most in the MVC … Recorded 33 steals … Shot 42.7% from the floor (92-215) and 28.9% from beyond the arc (12-41) … Led the Panthers with 263 made free throws, shooting 79.2% from the charity stripe, the fifth best percentage in the MVC … Scored a career-high 20 points against Evansville (2/8) … Recorded a career-high 4 steals at St. Thomas (12/1) … Notched 6 blocked shots against Drake (2/19) … Tied career-high with 4 assists vs. Kansas City (3/17) in the first round of the WNIT.
SENIOR (2020-21)
Started in all 30 games and averaged 7.0 points and 24.5 minutes per game...MVC Player of the Week (1/4)...Ended the season with 209 points, 196 rebounds, and 22 assists...Shot 41.0% (55-of-134) from the field, 23.8% (10-of-42) from the three-point line, and 78.8% (89-of-113) from the charity stripe...Three double-doubles including 10 points and 11 rebounds along with career-high five blocks versus Saint Louis (3/22) in Rockford Region championship game to clinch trip to WNIT Semifinals...Also tallied double-doubles at Wichita State (12/6) and against Illinois State (1/2)...Matched her career high with 18 points against Illinois State (1/1)...Recorded new personal best with 16 rebounds at Bradley (2/12)...Team leader in free throws made and attempted, rebounds, and blocked shots (30)...Ranked eighth in career blocks (93) and 10th in blocks per game (0.8) and defensive rebounds (440) at end of season.
JUNIOR (2019-20)
Started in all 29 games...Scored 203 points and averaged 7.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game...Shot 47.6% (59-of-124) from the field, 32.6% (15-of-46) from three-point range, and 80.5% (70-of-87) from the free throw line…Recorded double-double by posting 10 points and 10 rebounds at Bradley (1/24)...Perfect from the free throw line 14 times for the season…Scored a season-high 15 points at Illinois State (1/26)...Hauled in a season-high 13 rebounds against Loyola (3/1)...Season was cut short due to COVID-19.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Appeared in all 33 games with 26 starts...Averaged 3.6 points per game on 15.3 minutes per contest...Shot 36.4% (39-of-107) from the field, 29.4% (15-of-51) behind the arc, and 71.1% (27-of-38) from the charity stripe...Scored in double figures in four games including season-high 12 points on career-high four three-pointers made at #19 Marquette (11/11)...Grabbed double-digit rebounds in three games featuring season-high 15 rebounds at Kansas State (12/29)...First collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso (2/10).
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Appeared in 20 games as a newcomer...Scored 18 points while averaging 3.8 minutes per game in her first season...Made her collegiate and McLeod Center debuts in the season opener against IUPUI (11/10)...Scored her first field goals against Wisconsin-Parkside (12/10)...Career-high eight points on three buckets including first three-pointer made at Loyola (3/3)...Registered a block in five different contests including against Illinois State (2/23)...Grabbed four rebounds on three occasions including at Loyola (3/3)...Tallied two points in WNIT matchup against Milwaukee (3/15).
HIGH SCHOOL
First Team All-Conference during all four years in high school…Earned All-District honors four times as well…Three-time conference MVP…Named Player of the Year in her conference twice at Southeast High School…Eclipsed the 1,000-point mark and became the school’s all-time scoring leader…Averaged 23.0 points per game for her high school career…Selected as team captain in her senior and junior seasons…Won district title in her senior year with Southeast HS and advanced to the regionals…Scored 19.0 points per game and earned 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior…Double-double average in her junior season with 26.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game…In her first game as a freshman, she earned a triple-double with 27 points, 18 rebounds, and 14 blocks… Earned the Scholar-Athlete Award as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Born on June 20, 1999 as Breon Gunnels...Daughter of Latrina and the late Marlon Gunnels…Has two sisters named Brittany and Bailey Gunnels…Majoring in movement and exercise science with a minor in sports administration…Inducted into the National Honors Society and was a member of the Kauffman Scholars program…Earned a spot on the honor roll in high school...Mother, Latrina, played basketball at Labette Community College (Kan.)…Recorded over 40 hours of community service each year in high school…Has a pregame ritual of putting her left shoe on before her right…She was born two months premature and doctors told her parents she wouldn’t be very tall (she is now 6-1)… Chose UNI because of her great developed relationship with head coach Tanya Warren and the great basketball program.
CAREER HIGHS THROUGH 2020-21
Points: 18 [2x], last vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
Rebounds: 16 at Bradley (2/12/21)
Assists: 4 [3x], last at Loyola (3/1/20)
Steals: 3 [2x], last at Valparaiso (1/8/21)
Blocks: 5 vs. Saint Louis (3/22/21)
FG Made: 7 vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
FG Attempts: 10 vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
3FG Made: 4 at Marquette (11/11/18)
3FG Attempts: 5 at Marquette (11/11/18)
FT Made: 10 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
FT Attempts: 12 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
Minutes: 39 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
Started all 34 games and averaged 29.3 minutes per game … MVC All-Tournament Team … Totaled 272 points and 45 assists … Ranked fifth in the MVC with 234 total rebounds … Led UNI with 66 blocks, second most in the MVC … Recorded 33 steals … Shot 42.7% from the floor (92-215) and 28.9% from beyond the arc (12-41) … Led the Panthers with 263 made free throws, shooting 79.2% from the charity stripe, the fifth best percentage in the MVC … Scored a career-high 20 points against Evansville (2/8) … Recorded a career-high 4 steals at St. Thomas (12/1) … Notched 6 blocked shots against Drake (2/19) … Tied career-high with 4 assists vs. Kansas City (3/17) in the first round of the WNIT.
SENIOR (2020-21)
Started in all 30 games and averaged 7.0 points and 24.5 minutes per game...MVC Player of the Week (1/4)...Ended the season with 209 points, 196 rebounds, and 22 assists...Shot 41.0% (55-of-134) from the field, 23.8% (10-of-42) from the three-point line, and 78.8% (89-of-113) from the charity stripe...Three double-doubles including 10 points and 11 rebounds along with career-high five blocks versus Saint Louis (3/22) in Rockford Region championship game to clinch trip to WNIT Semifinals...Also tallied double-doubles at Wichita State (12/6) and against Illinois State (1/2)...Matched her career high with 18 points against Illinois State (1/1)...Recorded new personal best with 16 rebounds at Bradley (2/12)...Team leader in free throws made and attempted, rebounds, and blocked shots (30)...Ranked eighth in career blocks (93) and 10th in blocks per game (0.8) and defensive rebounds (440) at end of season.
JUNIOR (2019-20)
Started in all 29 games...Scored 203 points and averaged 7.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game...Shot 47.6% (59-of-124) from the field, 32.6% (15-of-46) from three-point range, and 80.5% (70-of-87) from the free throw line…Recorded double-double by posting 10 points and 10 rebounds at Bradley (1/24)...Perfect from the free throw line 14 times for the season…Scored a season-high 15 points at Illinois State (1/26)...Hauled in a season-high 13 rebounds against Loyola (3/1)...Season was cut short due to COVID-19.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Appeared in all 33 games with 26 starts...Averaged 3.6 points per game on 15.3 minutes per contest...Shot 36.4% (39-of-107) from the field, 29.4% (15-of-51) behind the arc, and 71.1% (27-of-38) from the charity stripe...Scored in double figures in four games including season-high 12 points on career-high four three-pointers made at #19 Marquette (11/11)...Grabbed double-digit rebounds in three games featuring season-high 15 rebounds at Kansas State (12/29)...First collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso (2/10).
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Appeared in 20 games as a newcomer...Scored 18 points while averaging 3.8 minutes per game in her first season...Made her collegiate and McLeod Center debuts in the season opener against IUPUI (11/10)...Scored her first field goals against Wisconsin-Parkside (12/10)...Career-high eight points on three buckets including first three-pointer made at Loyola (3/3)...Registered a block in five different contests including against Illinois State (2/23)...Grabbed four rebounds on three occasions including at Loyola (3/3)...Tallied two points in WNIT matchup against Milwaukee (3/15).
HIGH SCHOOL
First Team All-Conference during all four years in high school…Earned All-District honors four times as well…Three-time conference MVP…Named Player of the Year in her conference twice at Southeast High School…Eclipsed the 1,000-point mark and became the school’s all-time scoring leader…Averaged 23.0 points per game for her high school career…Selected as team captain in her senior and junior seasons…Won district title in her senior year with Southeast HS and advanced to the regionals…Scored 19.0 points per game and earned 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior…Double-double average in her junior season with 26.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game…In her first game as a freshman, she earned a triple-double with 27 points, 18 rebounds, and 14 blocks… Earned the Scholar-Athlete Award as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Born on June 20, 1999 as Breon Gunnels...Daughter of Latrina and the late Marlon Gunnels…Has two sisters named Brittany and Bailey Gunnels…Majoring in movement and exercise science with a minor in sports administration…Inducted into the National Honors Society and was a member of the Kauffman Scholars program…Earned a spot on the honor roll in high school...Mother, Latrina, played basketball at Labette Community College (Kan.)…Recorded over 40 hours of community service each year in high school…Has a pregame ritual of putting her left shoe on before her right…She was born two months premature and doctors told her parents she wouldn’t be very tall (she is now 6-1)… Chose UNI because of her great developed relationship with head coach Tanya Warren and the great basketball program.
CAREER HIGHS THROUGH 2020-21
Points: 18 [2x], last vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
Rebounds: 16 at Bradley (2/12/21)
Assists: 4 [3x], last at Loyola (3/1/20)
Steals: 3 [2x], last at Valparaiso (1/8/21)
Blocks: 5 vs. Saint Louis (3/22/21)
FG Made: 7 vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
FG Attempts: 10 vs. Illinois State (1/1/21)
3FG Made: 4 at Marquette (11/11/18)
3FG Attempts: 5 at Marquette (11/11/18)
FT Made: 10 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
FT Attempts: 12 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
Minutes: 39 at Wichita State (12/6/20)
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