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Mays named finalist for WBCA All-America Award

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SMU Mustangs guard Keena Mays (23) shoots over Connecticut Huskies center Kiah Stokes (41) at Moody Coliseum. (Courtesy of SMU Athletics)

For the second straight season SMU’s Keena Mays was named as one of 52 All-Region finalists for the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-America Team.

This season, Mays was a unanimous All-American Athletic Conference First Team selection as she recorded an SMU-record 691 points, and averaged a league-high 21.6 points per game (22nd in the NCAA).

Mays also hit 88 three-pointers this season (another school record) and shot a league-high 39.6 percent from behind the three-point line (42nd in the nation).

The senior became the first Mustang to score at least 30 points in a game six times in a season- she scored a career-high 34 points three times.

Mays played 55 games for SMU scoring 1,115 points (18th all-time in program history).

Her three-point shooting range at SMU ranks third all-time at 39.8. She also registered 199 assists and 131 steals while a Mustang.

The last Mustang to recieve WBCA All-America status was Janielle Dodds in 2007-08, when she received honorable mention recognition.

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