3 Marissa Murphy
Marissa Murphy
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Ill.
  • High School:
    Canton
  • Position:
    G

Bio

Senior (2021-22): Appeared in 22 games and made 11 starts as a point guard for the Red Devils … Averaged 5.7 points while shooting 33.3 percent from the floor … Shot a career-best 71.9 percent from the three-throw line … Averaged three rebounds and two assists per game … Reached double-figures four times … Scored a season-high 16 points against Knox on Nov. 16 … Made three 3-points in a game twice … Tallied a career-high eight steals in a 92-61 win at Kalamazoo … Led the team with 40 steals on the season.

Junior (2021): Averaged 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists while shooting a career-best 43.2 percent from the field and a career-best 32.5 percent from 3 point range in 15 games played and 12 starts … Received All-SLIAC Defensive Team honors after leading the team with 36 steals in 14 games … Snagged at least three steals six times and made five swipes in three big Red Devil wins … Reached double figures in scoring seven times … Scored a season-high 16 points at Spalding on March 13.

Sophomore (2019-20): Appeared in all 25 games and made three starts as a crucial guard for the Red Devils ... Averaged 6.5 points per game while shooting 38.4 percent from the floor … Was second in the SLIAC in steals per game with 2.7 per night ... Logged a season and career-high in points in a win against Blackburn with 22 … Posted double figures in scoring eight times ... Shot 64.9 percent from the free-throw line and 30.4 percent from 3-point range ... Averaged 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game ... Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds against Blackburn on Jan. 25 and against Greenville on Feb. 22 ... Had five or more steals five times and recorded six at Blackburn on Dec. 4 and at home against Blackburn on Jan. 25.

Freshman (2018-19): Appeared in 24 games off the bench as a reserve guard for the Red Devils ... Logged 9.2 minutes per game ... Made her first career field goal in a 93-54 victory over Robert Morris-Springfield on Nov. 15 ... Tallied a season-high eight points in a 72-66 win over Anderson on Dec. 19 .. Pulled down a career-high six rebounds against Greenville on Feb. 11.

Before Eureka: A key contributor at Canton High School, helping the Little Giants to a second-place finish in the rugged Mid-Illini Conference and an appearance in an IHSA 3A regional title game as a senior ... Part of a senior class for head coaches Layne Langhoff and Jessica Jones that won 79 varsity games for the Little Giants.

News Mentions

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Red Devils Rout Kalamazoo, 80-34

EUREKA – The Eureka women’s basketball team used an unforgiving press to force turnover after turnover and notch a 46-point victory...

November 27, 2022

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Red Devils Pull Away from Beloit, 90-72

BELOIT, Wis. – The Eureka women’s basketball pulled away from Beloit in the second half and picked up its first win of the...

November 18, 2022

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Senior-led Red Devils Primed to Reach Their Potential

EUREKA – The Eureka women’s basketball team is ready to officially open the 2022-23 season with a senior-led squad that has learned a...

November 11, 2022

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EC Women’s Basketball Picked Sixth in SLIAC Preseason Poll

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Eureka women’s basketball team has been selected sixth in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference poll.

October 25, 2022