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During her college career Moore won 150 games and only lost four, [30] amassing a total 3036 points (first Husky ever and fourth all-time in NCAA division I women's basketball), 1276 rebounds (second Husky ever), 310 steals (third Husky ever), 544 assists (sixth Husky ever) and 204 blocks (fourth Husky ever); she is the only women's basketball ...
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", [1] is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, [2] [3] she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. [4]
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Ora Belle Washington (c. 1899 – December 21, 1971) was an American athlete from the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Washington excelled in both tennis and basketball, and she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Brittney Yvette Griner (/ ˈ ɡ r aɪ n ər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1] She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [2] [3] and a six-time WNBA All-Star. [4]
A basic statistic from the National Basketball Association shows that Black players make up around 70% of the NBA today. They are also the league’s most vocal advocates for social justice.
In 2011, Catchings was voted in by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, and would be named to two more all-time WNBA teams, the WNBA Top 20@20 in 2016 and The W25 in 2021. Catchings served as President of the WNBA Players Association from 2012 to 2016. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
LSU finished second in the SEC regular season with a 13–3 record and advanced to the finals of the 2024 SEC women's basketball tournament, where Morrow was the top scorer of the team with 19 points in a 72–79 loss to South Carolina. [25] With a 28–5 record, LSU earned the third seed in what was Morrow's first NCAA Tournament.