2015-16: Second Team All-NEC for the second straight season … Twice named NEC Player of the Week (11/16, 11/29) … Led the Knights and was third in the NEC in scoring at 18.5 points … Set a new program record for points in a season with 591 by a point … Finished career with 1,662 points -- 6th all-time, fourth in three-pointers made (152) … Played in all 32 games and made 15 starts … Set single season career-highs in three-pointers made (51), three-pointers attempted (155), free throws made (98), free throws attempted (115), rebounds (91), assists (37) … Scored 41 points in the season-opener against Manhattan (11/14), one point from program record … Scored in double figures in the final 25 games … Shot 85.2-percent from the free throw line, which led the NEC, and the three straight season of shooting at least 80-percent from the line … Scored 30 points at Robert Morris (1/16), including 4-for-4 from three … Closed the season by scoring 20 points or more in five of last eight games …
2014-15: Second Team All-NEC honoree … Played in 29 games with 26 starts for the Knights … Led the team in free throw shooting at 80.4%—fourth in the NEC … Second on the team in scoring with an 18.1 per game average, 3-point shooting with a 36.1% clip (48-of-133) and field goal percentage with a 43.2% clip—fifth in the NEC … The 48 makes are the 10th most in program history in a single season … Ranks ninth in career 3-pointers made with 101 … Scored in the double-figures in all but two games … Poured in a season-high 27 against Siena (12/30) … Connected on a season-high 11 field goals on two occasions—UMass Lowell (11/30) and Saint Peter’s (12/10)—scored 24 in each of those games … Registered 24 points in back-to-back games against Saint Francis U (2/9) and Wagner (2/14) … Made a season-high seven free throws versus Mount St. Mary’s (1/19) … Went a perfect 11-11 over four games during conference play from the line … Ended the season by grabbing at least one rebound in eight straight games.
2013-14: Saw action in 28 contests, including 21 starts... Averaged 15.1 points, which led the team and ranked ninth in the Northeast Conference, and also averaged 3.0 rebounds per game... Led the NCAA in free throw percentage with a 95.1 clip (68-of-72), which is the fourth-highest percentage in NCAA history... Tallied 30 or more points on three different occasions and 20 or more points seven times... Scored in double figures in 19 games... Constructed her best game of the season in the season finale with a career-high 35 points, a career-best 12 field goals (on 18 attempts), including 2-of-3 from long distance, 9-of-10 free throws, five rebounds while tying a career high in assists with three over a career-best 38 minutes in a win over Sacred Heart (3/3)... Scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds and made all eight free throw attempts in the season-opening loss to Manhattan (11/10)... Netted 13 points to start a streak of six straight games in double figures in a loss to Stony Brook (11/21)... Tallied 12 points and dished out a career-high three assists in the Knights' first win of the season coming against Columbia (11/24)... Scored 14 points in a loss to McNeese State (11/27)... Produced 18 points and at the time grabbed a career-best seven rebounds in a loss to Saint Peter's (12/11)... Poured in 24 points on 9-of-20 shooting from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range, and tied a career high in assists with three in a loss at NJIT (12/19)... Netted 17 points in a loss at Florida International (12/28)... Scored 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field in the NEC-opening loss at Bryant (1/3)... Tallied 15 points and a career-high eight rebounds in a loss at Saint Francis U (1/11)... Poured in at the time a career-best 31 points on 11-of-26 shooting from the floor, including a career-high five three-pointers (on eight attempts) and grabbed four rebounds in a loss at Central Connecticut (1/18)... Scored 13 points in a loss to LIU Brooklyn (1/20) and 11 more points in a loss to Robert Morris (1/27)... Netted 18 points and recorded two steals in a loss at St. Francis Brooklyn (2/4) and followed that up with 16 points and four rebounds in a victory ove Wagner (2/8)... Tied her then-career high with 31 points after canning a career-best 15 free throws on a career-high 15 attempts for the second-most free throws in single-game history while grabbing four rebounds and grabbing two steals... Tallied 15 points and registered two steals in a loss at Wagner (2/17)... Netted 16 points and recorded a career-high five steals in a loss at LIU Brooklyn (2/24)... Poured in 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field in a loss to Central Connecticut (3/1)... In regards to free throws, started off the year by making first 13 attempts, followed by a 20-for-23 stretch, and on Jan. 27, started a streak of 43 consecutive makes, which ended in the final game of the season against Sacred Heart (3/3) on her third-to-last free throw attempt of the year...
2012-13: Played in 24 games, making five starts, including the final three contests of the season... Averaged 5.1 points per game and scored in double-figures on four different occasions… In her third career game, came off the bench to score 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including a perfect 2-of-2 from behind the arc at sixth-ranked Penn State (12/2)... Came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting in an overtime win victory at Robert Morris (2/23)… Averaged 11.8 points per game over the last four games of the season, including two double-digit scoring games…
Lloyd C. Byrd: Earned four varsity letters, Averaged 16 points per game and was named Second Team All-District after junior and senior seasons... Named All-Metro and All-Academic as a junior... Member of the 1,000-point club...
Personal: Daughter of Tracey and Ivan Cruz... Born July 7, 1994... Has a younger sister, Gabriela, and a younger brother, Javier... Played for Boo Williams in summer basketball... Business Administration major.
Cruz's Fairleigh Dickinson Career Highs
Points: 41, vs. Manhattan (11/14/15)
Rebounds: 8, at Saint Francis U (1/11/14)
Assists: 5, vs. Sacred Heart (2/20/16)
Blocks: 1, vs. Saint Francis U (2/9/15)
Steals: 5, 2x, last at Bryant (1/10/15)
FTM: 15, vs. Mount St. Mary's (2/10/14)
FTA: 15, vs. Mount St. Mary's (2/10/14)
FGM: 12, vs. Sacred Heart (3/3/14)
FGA: 28, at Bryant (2/29/16)
3FGM: 5, at Central Connecticut (1/18/14)
3FGA: 10, at Monmouth (11/25/14)
Minutes: 40, at Brown (12/21/14)
