MakenzieCann

2017-18 (Senior)
Played in all 32 games with 31 starts … Averaged 6.3 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game … Hit 35.1 percent from the field and 33.6 percent from long range … Finished second on the team with 45 made 3s during the year … Ended the year with 22 steals, which ranked third on the team, and 56 assists, which ranked tied for third on the team … Hit at least one 3-pointer in 26 games, including three or more in five games … Top scoring performance came in the season opener vs. Sacramento State where she scored 17 points on 4-of-6 shooting from long range with six rebounds … Had back-to-back double-doubles against Washington State and Morehead State scoring 15 points with 10 rebounds in each game with three 3-pointers made … Had a career-high six assists against Evansville … Ten rebounds vs. WSU and MSU tied a career high … Recorded five or more rebounds in 10 games … Scored in double figures three times during league play with 14 points with four assists and four 3s at Texas A&M before 10 points with five rebounds against Georgia … Had 12 points at Arkansas while she hit three 3s for nine points at Ole Miss … Led Kentucky during the season in scoring once, rebounding four times, assists five times and steals four times.

2016-17 (Junior)
Played in 32 of the team’s 33 games, with four starts … Averaged 28.0 minutes per game on the season, scoring 5.8 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game … Finished with the second most 3-pointers on the team with 45 … Scored 10 or more points six times, with 15 or more points twice and a season-best 20 points against New Hampshire, where she hit six 3s with five rebounds and four assists … Made three or more 3s in five games … Hit at least one 3-pointer in 23 of her 32 games played … Scored 12 points against Samford before posting 10 points with two 3s and four rebounds in Kentucky’s win over highly ranked Oklahoma … Hits three 3s for 11 points against Georgia with five rebounds … Earned her first career start against Louisville, playing 45 minutes … Posted an SEC-game high 15 points at highly ranked South Carolina, hitting three 3s with two rebounds and two steals. 

2015-16 (Sophomore)
Practiced with the team, but did not see game action due to NCAA transfer rules. 

at Cincinnati
Played in 31 games with one start averaging 7.0 points per game … Shot 34.6 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from 3-point with 1.2 assists per game … Scored in double figures nine times, including 23 points against UCF, going 6-for-9 from 3 and 5-for-6 from free-throw line … Hit at least one 3-pointer in 25 of 31 games. 

High School
Was a five-year varsity starter for Anderson County, leading the Bearcats to a combined 129-31 record during her prep career … Was an all-state selection and a finalist for Kentucky Miss Basketball … Selected to play in the Ohio-Kentucky and Indiana-Kentucky all-star games … Named eighth-region player of the year as a junior and senior … Finished first in school history in assists (645), second in points (2,207) and steals (468) and fourth in rebounds (748) … Was a five-time selection to the all-region tournament team and four time selection to the all-district tournament team … Named first-team all-state by the Louisville Courier Journal and first-team all-state by the Lexington Herald Leader … All-region selection as freshman and sophomore … Member of the Kentucky-Indiana junior all-star team … Was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) and served as a peer mentor.

Personal
Place of Birth: Lexington, Ky. … Parent(s): Sheri and Larry Cann … Siblings: One brother (Nick) and one sister (Meredyth) … Major: Integrated Strategic Communications,. minor in Animal Science … Shooting Hand: Right

The Cats’ Cause
Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program … Volunteers at Commonwealth City Church, taking her dog to play with children in the after school program … Spent time spreading joy at the UK Children’s Hospital on Halloween and during Christmas.