MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / January 12, 2000

LAPLACE – When Liz Dufresne hit a 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter of St. Charles Catholic’s game at St. Thomas Aquinas Dec. 17, the senior atfirst didn’t realize the significance of the shot.

It wasn’t until practice later that week that she learned from head coach Jeff Montz that that 3-pointer, her 21st point of the game, gave her 1,000 points for her career.

“I was like ‘are you serious?’,” Dufresne said. “I was surprised. I didn’tthink I would get it.”Dufresne, who currently has 1,119 points after scoring 12 points in the Lady Comets’ 36-22 victory over Episcopal Monday night, became just the second Lady Comet to achieve the feat. Dufresne joined Courtney Simon,the team’s all-time leading scorer, who graduated in 1985.

Dufresne took up the sport in third grade, playing for St. Joan of Arc andthe biddy basketball league at St. Charles. “I started playing with my brother and his friends and I liked it,” Dufresne said.

Dufresne started at St. Charles Catholic in 1996, working away up to thevarsity during her freshman season. She finished that season with 140points. A year later, she became one of the team’s leading scorers with247 points.

During her junior year, Dufresne suffered a back injury and missed the early part of the season. She bounced back to lead the Lady Comets to thestate playoffs for the first time since 1996, averaging a team-high 15 points as well as four assists and three steals a game.

“I planned on coming back no matter what,” Dufresne said of the injury.

Dufresne is once again the Lady Comets’ go-to player in her senior season.

She is on pace to top her career best of 391 points scored last season, having scored 341 points in the Comets’ first 23 games.

“She’s been a blessing,” Montz said. “She started as a freshman and hasworked hard. She’s our main ball-handler and our go-to girl in a lot ofsituations. She’s a great person. She’s always done anything andeverything I’ve asked her to do. I’m going to miss her as a basketballplayer and as a young lady.”As for the future, Dufresne will graduate in May. After that, she is hopingto continue her basketball career on the next level.

“Hopefully, I’m going to get to play,” Dufresne said. “It’s something I wantto do.”

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