Italee Lucas
| No. 6 – Interclube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 12, 1989 Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Angolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Centennial (Las Vegas, Nevada) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | North Carolina (2007–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 21st overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Tulsa Shock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Miskolc (Hungary) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hondar-Irun (Spain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Satu-Mare (Romania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bnot Hertzellya (Israel) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G.D. Interclube (Angola) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italee Lucas (born January 12, 1989) is an American professional basketball player.[1]
In 2015, she was granted Angolan nationality and became eligible to play for the Angolan Women's Basketball Team
High School
Lucas won a state championship with Centennial High School in 2006 and 2007.
USA Basketball
Lucas was a member of the USA team which competed in the U18 championship in Colorado Springs, Colorado in June 2006. The team won all four games, earning the gold-medal and a qualification for the 2007 U19 world championship.[2] She continued with the team the following year when the team competed in the U19 championship in Bratislava, Slovakia in August 2007. She averaged 4.9 points per game and recorded 23 assists second highest on the team is the USA team won all nine games and the gold-medal.[3]
College
Lucas finished her final season at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill averaging 16.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game in the 2010-11 season.
North Carolina statistics
Source[4]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | North Carolina | 36 | 178 | 36.6 | 27.3 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | - | 4.9 |
| 2008-09 | North Carolina | 35 | 486 | 46.1 | 39.3 | 79.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 13.9 |
| 2009-10 | North Carolina | 30 | 441 | 40.0 | 34.4 | 78.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 14.7 |
| 2010-11 | North Carolina | 37 | 598 | 43.5 | 33.6 | 75.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 16.2 |
| Career | North Carolina | 138 | 1703 | 42.4 | 34.6 | 76.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.3 |
Awards
- USA U18 National Team -06
- Gold Medal Tournament of the Americas U18 -06
- USA U19 National Team -07
- Gold Medal U19 World Championship - 07
- ACC Regular Season Champion -08
- ACC Tournament Winner -08
- ACC Tournament Semifinals -09
- ACC All-Tournament 2nd Team -09
- All-ACC 2nd Team -10, 11
- ACC All-Tournament 1st Team -11
- ACC Tournament Finalist -11
- NCAA Sweet 16 -11
- Afrobasket.com All-African Champions Cup MVP -13
- Afrobasket.com All-African Champions Cup Best Guard -13
- Afrobasket.com All-African Champions Cup 1st Team -13
- African Champions Cup Winner -13
- African SuperCup Champion - 13
- African Championship Champion - 13
- Selected as a 2007 McDonald's and WBCA All-American.
- Tabbed as a 2007 Gatorade State Player of the Year.
- Honored as a 2007 Parade Magazine and EA Sports All-America first team member and a USA Today All-USA second team member.
- Named a Parade Magazine All-America second team member in 2006.
- Tabbed as a Street & Smith's All-America sixth team member in 2006.
- Highlighted as the Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007.
- Honored as the state MVP in 2004-2007 and as the district MVP in 2005 and 2006.
- An all-region selection in 2004, 2005 and 2006
- All-conference selection in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.[5]
References
- ↑ SHOCK: Italee Lucas Carrying Carolina Tradition With Shock
- ↑ "SIXTH WOMEN'S FIBA AMERICAS U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2006". www.usab.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ↑ "SEVENTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2007". www.usab.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ↑ Italee Lucas signs with RegeneracomSports - Regenarcompsports.com (sports player representation