2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Yeaney, Bendu

Jersey Number 1
Bendu Yeaney
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- St. Mary's Academy
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
Bio
Before Oregon State:
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Arizona:
SENIOR (2021-22):Â
JUNIOR(2020-21)
Indiana:
Sophomore (2018-19):
Freshman (2017-18):
High School:
Personal:
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Arizona:
SENIOR (2021-22):Â
- Started all 29 games on the season while averaging 25.4 minutes per game
- Eclipsed her assist (60) and steal (44) totals from her previous season as a Wildcat
- Scored in double figures in eight games, including season-high 15 points in win at Oregon State
- Made three shots from beyond in the arc in two games
- Season-high four steals in win over North Dakota State.
JUNIOR(2020-21)
- Played in all 27 games and started 24 of them
- Scored in double-figures four times
- Had a season-high 14 points vs. Utah and Arizona State
- Averaged 1.1 steals per game
- Had at least one block in 17 games
- Had a season-high five steals in the National Championship vs. Stanford
- Sealed the game with a steal and a basket late vs. UConn in the Final Four.
Indiana:
Sophomore (2018-19):
- Played in 34 games, making 33 starts
- Averaged 9.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game while talking all of Indiana’s jump balls in her 33 starts
- Shot 39.5 percent from the floor and scored in double figures 20 times
- IU’s leader in steals with 51 (1.5 per game) and averaged 2.4 assists per game while averaging 32.1 minutes per outing
- Added multiple blocks in four games and had 22 total swats on the season
- Usually tasked with guarding the opponent’s leading scorer and one of IU’s key pieces on defense.
Freshman (2017-18):
- Played and started in 36 games
- Shot 37.1 percent from the floor and 39.4 percent from the 3-point line while going 71.3 percent from the free throw line
- Averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest
- Her 8.4 points per game ranked 10th among all freshman and her 5.0 rebounds was fourth
- Posted 17 double-figure scoring games
- Distributed multiple assists in 25 games while averaging 2.2 assists per game, which ranked sixth among Big Ten freshmen Â
- Had two double-doubles
- Averaged 35.1 minutes per game.
High School:
- A four-year varsity player at St. Mary’s Academy where she averaged 28.3 points, 13.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 4.6 steals
- As a senior lead the Blues to a state tournament appearance, helping her team to the 6A state championships as the second team ever to do it in back-to-back road games
- Scored 40 of her team’s 59 points in a come-from-behind win over West Linn in the Class 6A playoffs to earn a state tournament berth
- A 2017 McDonalds All-American Nominee, two-time First Team Three Rivers League selection and 2017 Three Rivers League Player of the Year
Personal:
- Daughter of Joseph and Maima Yeaney
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