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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

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10 Margret Halfdanardottir

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
  • High School Haukar

Biography

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 23 vs. Monmouth (2/16/18)
Field Goals:  9 vs. Monmouth (2/16/18)
Free Throws: 8 at Niagara (2/20/18)
3-Point FG: 5 at Monmouth (2/17/16)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Marist (2/27/16)
Assists: 5 (6x) last at Niagara (2/20/18)
Steals: 3 (5x) last vs. Saint Peter's (2/5/18)
Minutes: 40 vs. Niagara (2/1/18)

MAAC ALL_ACADEMIC TEAM 2018
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC 
TEAM 2017
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 2016

2017-18 SENIOR
• Started 27 of 30 games played as a senior
• Set career highs in points (23), field goals (9), rebounds (8), and minutes (40)
• Finished the season with a 41.3 field goal percentage
• Second on the team with 9.2 points per game
• Recorded double-digit points 11 times during the season

2016-17 • JUNIOR
• Played in 31 games and made 30 starts in her junior season. 
• Finished the year averaging 9.2 points per game, with a 46.6 field goal percentage . 
• Averaged 2.0 assists per game, registering a career-best 64 total assists during the season. 
• Finished the year having shot 39.2 from beyond the arc, hitting 38-of-97 long range attempts.
• Registered double-figure points in 15 contests. 
• Totaled a career-high nine assists against Morehead State on Dec. 19. 
• Finished the 2016-17 season with a career-best 46.6 shooting percentage.

2015-16 • SOPHOMORE
Played in 30 games and started 29 for Canisius.
• Finished the year with 9.6 points per game, 2.4 rebounds per contest and 2.0 assists per game. 
• Was one of the most accurate Griffs from beyond the arc, hitting .436 percent from long range.
• Averaged 1.2 treys per game
• Notched a new-career high with 19 points twice during the season, first against Saint Francis (Pa.), and then again against Niagara.
• Recorded season-high five assists against Quinnipiac.
• Tallied a season-high six rebounds in a win over Lamar with six.

2014-15 • FRESHMAN 
• Appeared in 29 games for the Blue and Gold in her freshman campaign.
• Averaged 14.6 minutes, 3.7 points, 1.0 rebounds per game and tallied 16 steals, 26 assists. 
• Recorded her career and season-high in points, reaching double-digits against Quinnipiac on Jan. 9, as she scored 11 againts the Bobcats.
• She set a career-best in rebounds with six against Niagara on Jan. 21. 
• Recorded a career-best two steals, three times during the season. 

BEFORE CANISIUS
• First player in program history from Iceland
• Played for Iceland in the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
• Averaged 11.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists last season while earning team MVP honors for Haukar
• Named Best Young Player in the Icelandair League in 2011-12
• Team won championship in 2010 and 2014

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Halfdan and Soley
• Has six siblings – Hanna, Bara, Arny, Sylvia, Robert and Dagbjort
• Intends to major in animal behavior

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2014-15Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2016-17Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2017-18Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    10