AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): Played in all 32 games logging six starts … Averaged 22.2 minutes per game … Shot 34.0 percent from the field and 32.7 percent from the perimeter … Averaged 5.0 points per game … Dished out 50 assists and logged 25 steals … Also had five blocks … Scored a season-best 23 points at Southern Wesleyan on Jan. 1 … Logged double-figure scoring three times … Nearly registered a double-double at Barton on Jan. 18 with nine points and eight assists.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Conference Carolinas 3
rd Team All-Conference … Saw action in all 29 games, recording 28 starts … Averaged 32.2 minutes, 10.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game … Tallied double-digit scoring 14 different occasions, including three performances of 20 or more points … Canned 36.3 percent (66-for-182) of her shots from the perimeter … Recorded 37.9 percent (103-for-272) shooting from the field … Matched a team-high with 10 blocks on the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Started in all 15 games and tallied 482 total minutes of action … Averaged 9.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocks per game … Scored in double-figures six different times … Registered a season-best 15 points against USC Aiken … Totaled a team-best 40 assists … Connected on 17-for-23 free throw attempts.
AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20): Played in all 28 games (18 starts) and logged 768 minutes of action ... Averaged 7.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.0 steals per game ... Scored in double figures on 11 different occasions ... Dished out 73 assists and recorded 27 steals ... Also pulled down 65 rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Heritage High School for coach Pat Kenndey ... A two-time all-conference performer ... Turned in 7.1 points, 2.6 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game last season and helped pace the Huskies to a 26-3 record and a state quarterfinal appearance ... Scored 10 or more points in eight outings, registering five or more assists in eight contests and three or more steals in 10 outings ... Put up a season-best 15 points in a win over Middle Creek High School in December, and totaled a season-best six assists in a 23-point win over Knightdale just more than a month later.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Charlotte and Milton Purnell ... Has an older brother, Milton, and a younger brother, Justus ... A three-time player of the game as a soccer player for the Huskies as well, Alcenia maintained a 3.3 cumulative grade point average at Heritage High School and plans to major in business and graphic design at UNCP.
| CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/17/2024) |
| Points |
27 at USC Aiken (1/22/20) |
| FG |
10, twice - last vs. Emmanuel (2/28/22) |
| FGA |
18 at Francis Marion (1/26/22) |
| 3FG |
6 at Southern Wesleyan (2/18/22) |
| 3FGA |
12 at Southern Wesleyan (2/18/22) |
| FT |
7, three times - last at Southern Wesleyan (1/7/23) |
| FTA |
8, three times - last at Southern Wesleyan (1/7/23) |
| Rebounds |
6, four times - last at Chowan (11/30/21) |
| Assists |
8, twice - last at Barton (1/18/23) |
| Steals |
4, twice - last vs. North Greenville (1/14/23) |
| Blocks |
3 at Southern Wesleyan (2/18/22) |
| Turnovers |
7 at North Georgia (2/8/20) |
| Minutes |
43 at Converse (2/24/24) |
| Double-Figure Points |
35 times |
| Double-Figure Rebounds |
None |
| Double-Doubles |
None |
| 20+ Points |
5 times |
| 7+ Rebounds |
None |
| 5+ Assists |
8 times |
| 5+ Steals |
None |
