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Kim Mac Millan becomes LIU’s all-time leading scorer with 1,345 career points

Jan. 5, 2002

Junior Kim Mac Millan (Toms River, NJ), one of the nation’s premier sharpshooters and one of LIU’s toughest athletes, became the school’s all-time leading scorer Saturday in the Blackbirds’ 71-63 Northeast Conference victory over Sacred Heart.

Mac Millan broke the record on a free throw with 17.4 seconds remaining. The 5-7 guard finished with 18 points and has 1,345 career, bettering the mark of 1,343 set by Dawn Coleman (1994-98).

The feat occurred one game after becoming the NCAA Division I leader for most consecutive games with a 3-pointer, December 29 against Buffalo. Mac Millan finished Saturday’s contest 6-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, extending her streak to 55 straight games.

A preseason All-Northeast Conference selection, Mac Millan is second for LIU (5-6, 2-0 NEC) with 15.9 points per game and has scored in double figures nine times. She is averaging 18.5 points against the NEC in the young season.

Mac Millan already is the school’s all-time leader in 3-pointers with 250. She holds the top two single-season marks for 3-pointers at LIU and in the NEC with 108 last season and 103 in 1999-2000. Both totals were good for second in the nation.

Mac Millan’s most memorable performance this season occurred November 24 against Morehead State at the Time Warner Classic in Binghamton, NY. She drilled a career-high eight 3-pointers - all in the second half - and scored 26 of her season-high 30 points in the closing half to make the all-tournament team.

Success is nothing new to Mac Millan, who is the one of the NEC’s most determined and fearless athletes. She averaged a league-best 18.6 points per game a season ago and shot 37 percent from 3-point range as LIU captured its first NEC championship and its first berth in the NCAA Tournament. Mac Millan was named to the All-NEC, All-Met and all-tournament teams as the Blackbirds (16-15) posted their greatest win total since 1976-77.

LIU can match the school record for its best NEC start with a win Monday against St. Francis (NY). Tipoff is 7:00 at the Pope Center in Brooklyn Heights.