Ebony Vincent was a four-year basketball letterwinner (2000-04), who still holds the Wayne State record for career assists (513), while ranking second in assists per game (5.0).
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A strong two-way player, Vincent is 16th in career scoring with 994 points in 103 contests, and currently ranks sixth in career three-pointers made with 133. She is third in free throws made (291), eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.345) and 10th in steals with 183.
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Vincent started all 29 games for the 2002-03 squad, which was the first in school history to qualify for the NCAA tournament. That year she led the GLIAC in assists with 222 which was second in the NCAA, while also leading the conference in assist/turnover ratio. Vincent earned her first of back-to-back GLIAC South Division All-Defensive team selections.
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As a senior, she was voted to both the All-GLIAC South Division First Team as well as the South Division All-Defensive Team. She again led the GLIAC in assists (188), which ranked sixth in the nation. In addition to scoring in double figures in 22 of 27 games, Vincent set the Wayne State record by dishing out 19 assists in a win over Mercyhurst.
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A durable performer, she averaged 26.7 minutes per game and ranks 11th in school history with 2,755 minutes played. Vincent is one of only three players in school history with 900 points, 250 rebounds and 400 assists.
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The Oak Park native was named to the WSU Academic honor roll five times and graduated in 2004 with a degree in criminal justice.
