Profile: Guard with range from three-point territory...Excellent ability to put the ball on the ground and run the floor.
2008-09: Played in 24 games, with 10 starts... Was second on the team in scoring at 13.1 points per game... Ranked 17th in the Northeast-10 in scoring... Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll four times... Scored 20 or more points in six games... Knocked down 28 three-pointers and shot 74.6 percent from the free throw line (91-for-122)... Had 44 assists and 14 blocks, both ranking her second on the team... Scored a career-high 28 points at Pace on 2-10-09... Averaged 24.6 points in a three-game stretch in late January... Knocked down four three-pointers in two games... Finished her career with 732 points, ranking her 29th on the Saint Anselm all-time scoring list.
2007-08: Played in 25 games for the second year in a row, starting in 2...Averaged 5.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, and shot almost 40% from three...Scored a season-high 20 points vs. Le Moyne on 12/01/07...Had a season high nine rebounds vs. Post University on 11/28/07.
2006-07: Played in 25 games, starting 10...Averaged 5.0 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.7 steals per game...Tied a career-high with 21 points and went a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range against Assumption on 11-26-06...Scored 10 or more points on four different occasions...Perfect from the free throw line five times.
2005-06: Started 14 of the 16 games she played in as a freshman...Average of 8.8 points per game is the highest among returning players...Also averaged 21.4 minutes, 1.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.5 blocks per game...Had the best free throw percentage on the team at 78.4 percent...Scored at least 12 points on six different occasions...Had at least 14 points in each of her first three college games...Set career highs against the University of Bridgeport on 12-18-05 with 21 points, seven free throws, four three-pointers and five rebounds.
Previous: Second all-time leading scorer at Reading Memorial High School with 1,177 points...One of only three players to eclipse the 1,000-point mark at Reading...Averaged 21.8 points per game in her senior campaign...Was a Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection in her senior year...Team captain and MVP both junior and senior years...McDonald's All-America Nominee...One of the top-10 scorers in Eastern Massachusetts with 480 points in 22 games during her senior year...Also averaged 9.6 rebounds per game.
Personal: Daughter of Joanne and Dick Lyons...Has one sister, Jaclyn...Also played lacrosse and soccer...Won National History Day competition her sophomore year of high school...A sociology major.
Coach Leazier on Lyons: "Justine has a
legitimate three point game, having shot 39.5% from behind the line
last year. Athletically, Justine can really help us in the area of
offensive rebouding."
