Indiana University Athletics
Brenna Wise Joins Indiana Women’s Basketball
5/19/2017 1:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Women's Basketball head coach Teri Moren has announced the addition of 6-foot sophomore forward Brenna Wise to the program on Friday.
"We are extremely excited to add Brenna to our roster and that she will continue her career both academically and athletically at Indiana," Moren said. "She will be a tremendous presence with her ability to play inside and out. Her versatility makes her a really tough matchup."
A transfer from the University of Pittsburgh, Wise led the Panthers in with 14.3 points and 6.4 rebounds and was an All-ACC Academic Team selection in 2016-17. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native started in all 61 games of her first two seasons at Pitt, where she was also an ACC All-Freshman team selection in 2015-16. She shot 44.6 percent from the floor and 32.9 percent from 3-point range (26-for-79) and a team-high 89.5 percent (102-for-114) from the charity stripe.
In 2016-17, Wise recorded five double-doubles and posted 24 games in double figures including five games with 20 points or more. She set a school record going a perfect 13-for-13 from the free throw line against Virginia Tech where she also recorded a career-high 31 points. She grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds against nationally-ranked Duke and finished 15th in the ACC in scoring and 13th in rebounding last season.
As a freshman in 2015-16, Wise also led her team in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and rebounds (7.6 rpg,) to go along with seven double-doubles, the fifth-most in the ACC, and 19 double-figure scoring games. Her 25-point game helped orchestrate a comeback win for Pitt in the ACC Tournament over North Carolina for the program's first-ever win in the conference tournament.
Wise was rated as the 13th best small forward in the class of 2015 by ESPN out of Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh. She was a two-time Single A State Championship and a two-time PIAA State Player of the Year. She averaged 20.8 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior and scored 2,331 points and grabbed over 1,000 rebounds in her high school career. Wise helped guide Vincentian Academy to four WPIAL championship titles in four years and was a 2015 Miss PA Basketball finalist. In addition, she was named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Fabulous 5" and Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Terrific Ten."
She joins Ali Patberg as two offseason additions to the roster, who will both sit out next season due to NCAA transfer rules and will each have two seasons of eligibility beginning 2018-19.
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"We are extremely excited to add Brenna to our roster and that she will continue her career both academically and athletically at Indiana," Moren said. "She will be a tremendous presence with her ability to play inside and out. Her versatility makes her a really tough matchup."
A transfer from the University of Pittsburgh, Wise led the Panthers in with 14.3 points and 6.4 rebounds and was an All-ACC Academic Team selection in 2016-17. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native started in all 61 games of her first two seasons at Pitt, where she was also an ACC All-Freshman team selection in 2015-16. She shot 44.6 percent from the floor and 32.9 percent from 3-point range (26-for-79) and a team-high 89.5 percent (102-for-114) from the charity stripe.
In 2016-17, Wise recorded five double-doubles and posted 24 games in double figures including five games with 20 points or more. She set a school record going a perfect 13-for-13 from the free throw line against Virginia Tech where she also recorded a career-high 31 points. She grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds against nationally-ranked Duke and finished 15th in the ACC in scoring and 13th in rebounding last season.
As a freshman in 2015-16, Wise also led her team in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and rebounds (7.6 rpg,) to go along with seven double-doubles, the fifth-most in the ACC, and 19 double-figure scoring games. Her 25-point game helped orchestrate a comeback win for Pitt in the ACC Tournament over North Carolina for the program's first-ever win in the conference tournament.
Wise was rated as the 13th best small forward in the class of 2015 by ESPN out of Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh. She was a two-time Single A State Championship and a two-time PIAA State Player of the Year. She averaged 20.8 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior and scored 2,331 points and grabbed over 1,000 rebounds in her high school career. Wise helped guide Vincentian Academy to four WPIAL championship titles in four years and was a 2015 Miss PA Basketball finalist. In addition, she was named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Fabulous 5" and Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Terrific Ten."
She joins Ali Patberg as two offseason additions to the roster, who will both sit out next season due to NCAA transfer rules and will each have two seasons of eligibility beginning 2018-19.
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