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2021 New York Liberty Season
The 2021 New York Liberty season was the 25th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty opened the regular season on May 14, 2021 versus the Indiana Fever. The Liberty started the season strong by winning their first three games and only losing two of their seven games in May. However, June turned into a much worse month for the team as wins were book-ended by two losses. The team finished 3–7 in June. Things looked to be turning around in July as the Liberty won their first two games, but they lost their last two games of the month to take a 10–11 overall record into the Olympic break. The post-Olympic break stretch of the season proved difficult for the Liberty. They won their second game out of the break after losing their first, but then went on an eight game losing streak that stretched into September. Going into the last game of the season, the Liberty were part of a three way tie for the eighth, and final playoff seed. The Liberty defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBA Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams. From the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners receiving Conference Championships and advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three. Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, which are seeded based strictly on regular-season record (with tiebreakers as needed). The bottom four playoff teams play single-elimination games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7) in the first round, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DiDi Richards
Deauzya "DiDi" Richards (born February 8, 1999) is an American basketball player for the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college for the Baylor Lady Bears. Following the 2019–20 season, Richards was named WBCA Defensive Player of the Year and Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award as well as Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, and had 52 steals and 25 blocked shots. College career Had a breakout season as a sophomore, starting in all 38 games and helping the Lady Bears to a national championship ... Known for her solid on-ball defense, she was selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and was named Defensive Player of the Year. Her reputation as one of the nation’s top on-ball defenders headed into her junior season was solidified when she swept National Defensive Player of the Year Awards from both Naismith and the WBCA. Named as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Walker
Megan Kayla Walker (born November 23, 1998) is an American professional basketball player. She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. Walker was selected to the first team All-American by the Associated Press (AP) and by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) in 2020. WNBA career Following the conclusion of the 2019-2020 NCAA season with the UConn Huskies, Walker declared for the 2020 WNBA Draft. New York Liberty Walker was drafted 9th overall in the 2020 Draft by the New York Liberty. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Walker's rookie season would be played in Bradenton, Florida in the WNBA Bubble. On July 10, 2020, the Liberty announced that Walker had tested positive for the virus and would miss the start of training camp. Walker made her WNBA debut on July 29, 2020, against the Dallas Wings scoring 2 points in 2 minutes of action. Her highest scoring output for her rookie year came later in the season against the Los Angeles Sparks with 8 points. On February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kia Nurse
Kia Nurse (born February 22, 1996) is a Canadian basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She is also a basketball analyst featured on TSN. Nurse has played for the Canada Women's National Basketball team. She was selected to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early years Kia Nurse began playing basketball at the age of four, and by the time she was seven years old, she was playing in a competitive league. Nurse attended St.Vincent de Paul Elementary School. Nurse played basketball while attending St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. During her playing career, she helped the team win three consecutive OFSAA high school championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013. She played for the Hamilton Transway Club team which won seven consecutive provincial championships. College Nurse played college basketball at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut for the Huskies. In her time at UConn, Nurse played under head coach Geno Auriemma, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Xu (basketball)
Han Xu (; born 31 October 1999) is a Chinese basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Han was drafted in the second round (14th overall) by the Liberty in the 2019 WNBA Draft. She has represented China at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. WNBA Han was drafted by the New York Liberty 14th overall in the 2019 WNBA draft. She was the youngest player in her draft class. In her rookie season, she was the tallest player in the league and the second-tallest player in league history. She drew comparisons to fellow Chinese basketball player Yao Ming. In May 2020, it was announced that Han would sit out the 2020 WNBA season to remain in China due to the coronavirus pandemic. National Team Career Han Xu was selected as Google All-Star Five in 2022 FIBA Women's Basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Durr
Asia (AD) Durr (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. College career After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season. Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds. Louisville statistics Source Professional career New York Liberty Rookie season (2019) Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019 against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game. COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021) They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus. Preceding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyner Holmes
Joyner Michelle Holmes (born February 22, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has played for the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces. She played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. High school career Holmes played high school basketball for Cedar Hill High School. In her senior year, she averaged 24.8 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 2.6 steals per game and 0.8 blocks per game. She was named Co-MVP of the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic game. She participated in the 2016 McDonald’s All-American game and she was ranked No. 3 by ESPN HoopGurlz in the 2016 recruiting class. College career Holmes attended the University of Texas, where she played for the Longhorns women's basketball team, In her freshman season, she averaged 12.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. In her Sophomore season, she averaged 6.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Kea
Paris Kea (born April 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty. She was selected 25th in the 2019 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She played college basketball at North Carolina. College career Vanderbilt (2014–2015) Kea began her college career at Vanderbilt. As a Freshman she appeared in 31 games with 8 starts. After the season ended Kea announced that she would transfer to North Carolina. North Carolina (2015–2019) Sat out due to NCAA transfer regulations. In her first season with North Carolina, Kea led the team in points and assists. Kea averaged 19.4 points per game which was good for third in the ACC. Kea also earned First Team All-ACC Honors. First Team All ACC and WBCA All-America Honorable Mention. As the lone senior on the team Kea lead North Carolina to its first NCAA tournament appearance in her college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe
Folade Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (born August 29, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Career College In college, Raincock-Ekunwe attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. In her final three years with SFU, she participated in NCAA Division II, where she consistently averaged 18 points a game. Europe After college, Raincock-Ekunwe headed to Europe and signed with Pully Basket in the Swiss LNA. She had a successful season taking home several awards. The following year, she travelled north in Europe and signed with Donau-Ries in the German Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga for the 2014–15 season. After one season with the side, she moved to Wasserburg. There she helped lead the team to the German title. After she concluded her Australian season with Bendigo, Raincock-Ekunwe was signed by Flammes Carolos Basket Ardennes in Charleville-Mézières for the remainder of the 2017 season, playing in just five games. Raincock-Ekunwe will ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiah Stokes
Kiah Irene Stokes (born March 30, 1993) is an American-Turkish basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League (KBSL). She was chosen by the New York Liberty with the No.11 pick in the first round of the 2015 WNBA Draft at Mohegan Sun Arena. She played four years at the University of Connecticut where she was part of four consecutive Final Four teams and won three straight national championships, from 2013 to 2015. Prior to enrolling at UConn she played for Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa. She played on the USA Basketball U16 National Team, where she helped the team win the FIBA Americas U16 Championship Gold Medal. She is the daughter of former NBA player Greg Stokes. Early life Stokes is the daughter of Greg Stokes and Julie Saddler and has one brother, Darius. Her father was an all-American basketball player at the University of Iowa, played for the Philadelphia 76ers and won gold w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue Féminine De Basketball
The Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB; ''Women's Basketball League'') is the top women's French professional basketball league. Champions * precedes the score of the team playing at home. Clubs Current season (2021–22) * Union Féminine Angers Basket 49 (Angers) * Tango Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Flammes Carolo Basket Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières) * Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud (Charnay-lès-Mâcon) * Landerneau Bretagne Basket (Landerneau) * Basket Landes (Mont-de-Marsan) * Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération ( Lattes) * ASVEL Féminin (Lyon) * Roche Vendée Basket Club (La Roche-sur-Yon) * Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux) * Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (Tarbes) * ESB de Villeneuve d'Ascq – Lille Métropole (Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Season 2012-2013 * Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (Aix-en-Provence) * ASPTT Arras (Arras) * CJM Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Challes-les-Eaux Basket (Challes-les-Eaux) * Flammes Carolo basket (Charleville-Mézières) * Basket Landes (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASVEL Féminin
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (formerly ''Lyon Basket féminin'' and ''FC Lyon Basket féminin'') is a French women's basketball club from Lyon. Honours * Ligue Féminine ** Winners (1): 2019 * French Cup ** Winners (1): 1960 * Match des Champions ** Winners (1): 2019 * Challenge round ** Winners (1): 2014 * National 1 (French 3rd division) ** Winners (1): 2009 Current roster Famous players * Rebecca Allen * Julie Vanloo * Sandrine Gruda * Audrey Sauret * Geraldine Robert * Milica Dabovic * Haley Peters * Alysha Clark Alysha Angelica Clark (born July 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the S ... References Women's basketball teams in France Women's basketball {{France-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
