2023-24: Recovered from injury to make an appearance in 11 games, starting once … Returned to the lineup against Saint Rose (Jan. 20), coming off the bench to finished with two points and a steal against the Golden Knights … Closed out the season with nine points, splitting them across five of the nine games … Also added four rebounds, an assist, a block and three steals … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Fall 2023 semester.
2022-23: Played in 13 games, starting in 12 of them, before suffering a season-ending injury … Finished the year averaging 5.2 points per game and 2.6 rebounds per outing … Twice scored in double figures, including a season-high 13 points on the road at American International (Nov. 30), where she finished the game 5-of-11 from the field and pulled down six boards against the Yellow Jackets … Followed that up with a season-best seven rebounds against Franklin Pierce (Dec. 3) … Closed out the year with 17 assists and 28 steals … Set a season-high with five steals in the third game of the season against Bloomfield (Nov. 19), while picking off four or more in three games … Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters.
2021-22: Appeared in 18 games, making four starts … Finished the season with 45 points for an average of 2.5 points per game, while adding 25 rebounds, six assists and 14 steals … Racked up double digits in one game, setting her career-high with 15 points against Saint Michael’s (Jan. 27) … Finished that game shooting 6-of-10 from the field with a trio of three pointers … Hauled in a season-high six rebounds at Pace (Feb. 2) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters.
Prior to New Haven: Transferred to New Haven after playing two years for Concordia College … Selected to All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference First-Team and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference All-Tournament Team.
Personal: Daughter of Hajrie and Xhemal Bacaliu ... Has two sisters, Lirijona and Aleena, and a brother, Ndriqim … Earned a Bachelor of Science in business management with a concentration in sport management in May 2023 … Currently pursuing a Master of Science in sport management with a concentration in collegiate athletic administration.
