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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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55 Brenda Fontana

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Freshman
  • Exp. 1L
  • Hometown Moreno, Argentina
  • Prev School U19Argentina/Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield

Biography

C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
C-USA Commissioner's 
Academic Medalist (2021, 2022)

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)
  • Often served as one of the first players off the bench in her second season at UTEP, playing 28 games and starting four. 
  • Tallied 5.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
  • Had the highest field goal percentage of UTEP players who took more than 100 shots, connecting on 60-of-131 (46 percent) attempts from the floor. 
  • Hit eight 3-pointers.
  • Made 15-of-17 shots over a four-game stretch from Feb.17-March 3. 
  • Her 75 defensive rebounds was third on the team. 
  • Scored a career-high 13 points against Southern Miss (2/19/22). 
  • Hauled down a career-high 10 rebounds in a win over Seattle U (11/26/21). 
  • Racked up 12 points with seven boards in an impressive win against Old Dominion (1/15/22). 
  • Scored 10 points with seven rebounds vs. Rice (2/5/22). 
  • Did not miss from the floor on the way to 10 points, four assists and three rebounds vs. LA Tech (2/17/22). 
2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
  • Played in 20 games off the bench in her freshman year.
  • Chipped in 1.3 points per game and 1.1 rebounds per game.
  • Connected on .478 percent (11-23) of her shots on the season to rank fourth on the squad.
  • Opened her collegiate career with five points, six rebounds and a block off the bench in 16 minutes of play against New Mexico State. All of Fontana's points came in the second half (11/25).
  • Followed that up by pitching in four points and three rebounds against Incarnate Word (11/28/20).
  • Scored seven points on 3-4 shooting in only 12 minutes of action against UTSA (1/28/21).
  • Grabbed multiple rebounds in five different games.
  • Had eight offensive boards and 14 defensive.
  • Blocked a shot in two different games.
  • Connected on her lone shot attempt against Middle Tennessee (3/12/21) in the C-USA semifinals.
  • Had multiple rebounds in five of her appearances.
PRIOR TO UTEP 
  • Extensive international experience with Argentina at basketball tournaments, playing for the U17, U18 and U19 teams.
  • Put up 7.3 points per game while grabbing 5.1 rebounds per contest across the board at the different events.
  • Erupted for 17 points to go along with six rebounds and five steals against Colombia while playing at the U19 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2019. 
  • Hit double figures in scoring in three different contests, including firing off 25 vs. Latvia at the U17 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in summer of 2018.
  • Averaged 10 points and six boards in seven contests at the tournament. 
  • Also competed with Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield.

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Historical Player Information

  • 55

    2020-21Freshman

    Forward
    6'1"
    55
  • 55

    2021-22Freshman

    Forward
    6'1"
    55