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, which is the highest of any Northwestern basketball player in school history. Coffey went to

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Career statistics

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 27 , , 1 , , 7.8 , , .271 , , .000 , , .727 , , 1.9 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.6 , , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, style="text-align:left;", Las Vegas , 28 , , 10 , , 13.8 , , .380 , , .400 , , .618 , , 2.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 1.4 , , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, style="text-align:left;", Atlanta , 28 , , 6 , , 13.9 , , .338 , , .379 , , .548 , , 2.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.8 , , 5.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 15 , , 1 , , 15.3 , , .421 , , .333 , , .167 , , 2.5 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 2.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, style="text-align:left;", Los Angeles , style="background:#D3D3D3", 32° , , 17 , , 25.2 , , .421 , , .417 , , .778 , , 3.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.8 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

, style="text-align:left;", Atlanta , 16 , , 16 , , 21.0 , , .347 , , .290 , , .742 , , 5.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 2.2 , , 6.4 , - , align="left" , Career , 6 years, 4 teams , 146 , , 51 , , 16.1 , , .373 , , .377 , , .649 , , 3.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 1.1 , , 5.1

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