42· Cormisha Cotton Class: Junior Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL High School: Fort Lauderdale Position: Center Major: Special Education

ook over the starting center position, after the second game of the season…finished in second place on the team for points per game (11.6), rebounds per game (8.0), and blocked shots with 31…recorded seven double-doubles in points and rebounds…scored a career-high 21 points in a win over New Orleans (2/10)…grabbed a career-high 16 boards, while scoring a team-high 17 points against Denver (2/17)…blocked five shots in two different games versus Arkansas-Little Rock (1/25) and Louisiana-Lafayette (1/13).

1999-2000: Played in the last 26 games of the season…recorded a double-double with 12 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in a win over Bucknell (1/5)…scored a season-high 18 points against New Orleans (1/27)…had her best overall shooting night in a win at Washington (1/2), going five of seven (.714) from the floor and five of five from the free throw line for 15 points…played in her first collegiate game against New Mexico (12/12), in 18 minutes, finished with 13 points (six of eight shooting), six rebounds and two block shots.

Prior to FIU: Transferred from the University of Georgia, where she redshirted her first year...averaged 14.7 points, 15.0 rebounds and six blocks her senior year at Fort Lauderdale High...three-time team MVP...1994 Rookie of the Year...named honorable mention All-America by USA Today as a junior and senior...earned first-team All-Broward by the Sun-Sentinel her senior and junior seasons...two-time first-team All-State...prep school record holder in points and rebounds...member of AAU Team Florida in 1996.

Personal: Special Education major...born July 28, 1978...daughter of Gloria and Michael Bussey...has one daughter, Richantia Dunbar.

Year	G-GS	Min	FG-FGA/%	FT-FTA/%	3P-3PA/%	Reb/Avg	Ast	Blk	Stl	Pts/Avg
99-00	26-4	478	76-160/.475	34-55/.618	0-0/.000	118/4.5	16	16	9	186/7.2
00-01	30-28	848	146-268/.545	70-104/.673	0-2/.000	236/7.9	34	34	28	362/12.1
Totals	56-32	1,326	222-428/.519	104-159/.654	0-2/.000	354/6.3	50	50	37	548/9.8

Cotton's Career Highs
Points: 21 vs. New Orleans, 2/10/01
Field Goals: 10, twice, last vs. New Orleans, 2/10/01
Field Goal Attempts: 16 vs. New Orleans, 2/10/01
Three-Point Goals: None
Three-Point Attempts: 1, two times, last vs. Middle Tennessee, 2/3/01
Rebounds: 16 vs. Denver, 2/17/01
Assists: 4, twice, last vs. New Orleans, 3/4/01
Steals: 4 vs. Miami, 12/9/00
Blocks: 5, two times, last vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/25/01
Minutes: 39 vs. Fordham, 1/2/01