But Sherree Gillespie is not most players.

The 5-foot-11 Salisbury High center had those numbers Tuesday afternoon in the Hornets’ 69-44 loss to East Rowan. But even with a heavily taped and very swollen ankle, she was anything but satisfied.

“I’m upset because I can’t do what I need to to get the job done,” she said, fighting back tears after the game. “It hurts the team. If Idon’t do my job, they can’t do theirs.”

Of course, Gillespie, is being much too hard on herself. Most of the fans thought it was a quite a feat just by going out on such a gimpy ankle.

But when you’re used to 30-point, 15-rebound games like she is, it doesn’t matter.

Gillespie appeared to be on her way to one of the most prolific point totals in Rowan County history after scoring 33 on West Rowan in the season opener. But in the next game against Concord, she tripped over a foot.

“I could hear it crack,” she says, shuddering at the memory. “I could hardly walk.”

So she sat. She watched her teammates lose six games without her to fall to 0-8.

Despite Gillespie’s therapy ending a couple of weeks ago, her coach, Jennifer Shoaf, wouldn’t let her back on the court immediately. There was too much riding on the potential college recruit’s future to bring her back too quickly. Tuesday’s game was her first competition in three and a half weeks.

“She’s in bad shape, endurance-wise,” Shoaf said. “After Christmas and all the food she ate and the lack of running, she wasn’t in shape today.”

Gillespie didn’t touch the ball for the first three minutes, thanks to a swarming defense by Randy Bingham’s Mustangs and despite the urging of Shoaf.

“It was like we forgot how to play with her,” said an exasperated Shoaf.

Gillespie had eight points and five rebounds by halftime and was obviously laboring. She was obviously winded. And she was obviously in pain.

“Gosh, it hurt so bad,” she said. “I was nervous that my ankle would mess up on me.”

Shoaf said Gillespie was also very frustrated.

“She let the fans get to her today,” said the Hornet coach. “The East people were riding her pretty hard. They had a few choice slogans for her.”

Gillespie said her ankle stiffened up when she stopped running and begged Shoaf to leave her in, although Shoaf said there were ominous signs.

“I saw her grimace one time in the first half and I pulled her. I told her it wasn’t worth it.”

Virginia Tech and North Carolina Greensboro are schools that have shown interest in Gillespie. Shoaf hopes those coaches skipped Tuesday’s game.

“This tournament draws people because our county has good girls teams,” Shoaf said. “And with Megan (Honeycutt of North Rowan)not signing yet and Brooke (Misenheimer of East) still interested, schools may show up. I hope nobody was here today. This was not the time to show what she can do.”

For the third straight season, Gillespie was set to play in the noon loser’s bracket game today.

But Shoaf wasn’t sure Tuesday night whether Gillespie would play or go back to sitting.

Most players would just face the facts and realize that more rest is needed.

But remember, Gillespie is not most players.