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2018 Minnesota Lynx Season
The 2018 WNBA season of the Minnesota Lynx was their 20th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Lynx finished the 2017 season with a record of 27–7, finishing first in the Western Conference (and the league as a whole) and qualifying for the playoffs, before ultimately beating Los Angeles in the WNBA Finals to win their league-tying best fourth championship. The Lynx returned to the home arena, Target Center, for the 2018 season, following a year playing at the Xcel Energy Center and Williams Arena due to renovations. The season started out shakily for the Lynx, going 2–3 in May. The Lynx lost their season opener in a re-match of last years finals to Los Angeles. They also lost on the road to the eventual #2 and #3 playoff seeds, Atlanta and Washington. However, the Lynx turned it around in June, posting a 7–3 record. This included a 6-game winning streak, which included wins over 4 eventual playoff teams. Momentum slowed in July, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve (born September 20, 1966) is an American basketball head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Reeve has coached the Lynx to four league championships. In WNBA history, she has the highest winning percentage, she has won the most games of any female coach, and she has won the most postseason games of any coach. Reeve was named the WNBA Coach of the Year in 2011, 2016, and 2020 and WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year in 2019. Early life and education Reeve grew up in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey and graduated from Washington Township High School in 1984, where she was part of the school's first team to make the state finals. In 1988, Reeve was a Rhodes Scholar nominee and received a MAAC Scholar-Athlete Post Graduate Award and an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science that year and then an MBA, both from La Salle University. Coaching career Reeve started o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheongju KB Stars
Cheongju KB Stars ( ko, 청주 KB 스타즈) is a professional basketball club in the Women's Korean Basketball League in South Korea. Honours Women's Korean Basketball League *WKBL Championship :: Winners (2): 2018–19, 2021–22 :: Runners-up (6): 2002 (winter), 2006 (summer), 2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21 *WKBL Regular Season :: Winners (4): 2002 (winter), 2006 (summer), 2018–19, 2021–22 :: Runners-up (5): 2004 (winter), 2005 (summer), 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21 External links Official website Basketball teams established in 1963 Basketball teams in South Korea Women's basketball teams in South Korea Women's Korean Basketball League teams Sport in North Chungcheong Province 1963 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanna Richardson
''Brianna'', ''Breanna'', ''Breanne'', ''Briana'', ''Brina'', and ''Bryanna'' are feminine given names. ''Brianna'' is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name ''Brian'' as "Briana" is the original spelling. The name is a relatively modern one and was occasionally used in England from about the 16th century and on; Briana is the name of a character in Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene''. In recent years, the name has become increasingly popular (especially in the United States). Variant spellings of ''Brianna'' include: ''Bryanna'', ''Breanna'', and ''Brianne''. ''Breanne'' is variant form of ''Breanna''. Other variant spellings of the name include ''Briana'' or ''Breeann''. ''Bri'' and ''Bria'' are common nicknames and/or derivative names. People with the given name ;Breanna * Breanna Clark (born 1994), American Paralympic relay runner *Breanna Conrad (born 1989), American television personality *Breanna Hargrave (born 1982), Australian track cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endéné Miyem
Nwal-Endéné “Endy“ Miyem (born 15 May 1988) is a French professional basketball player. She played from 2016 to 2018 at club level as a power forward for PF Schio. In 2018, she was signed to the Minnesota Lynx after being waived before the regular season. She has played 70 matches for the France women's national basketball team since 2008. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. where the French won the silver medal. She is tall. Miyem also supports hip-hop group Eklectik in their "Face Cancer" initiative, a project aimed at raising awareness of cancer through music. WNBA career statistics Regular season , - , align="left" , |
Lynetta Kizer
Lynetta Kizer (born April 4, 1990) is an American-Bosnian professional basketball player. She also works as a basketball trainer for a company called Beltway Trainer. Early life and high school career Lynetta Janae Kizer was born on April 4, 1990, in Woodbridge, Virginia. She is a middle child, having one older brother named Dominique and a younger sister named Quiana. Lynetta Kizer attended Potomac Senior High School, where she played all four years as a starting center. She was also a three-time team captain. By her senior year, Kizer was rated the fifth overall prospect and the top center in the nation in the 2008 class, according to HoopGurlz.com. Her high school exploits earned her a scholarship from the Anne & Bob Strahota Director's Circle. She went on to play college basketball for the University of Maryland. College career While attending the University of Maryland, Kizer played center on the Terrapin's women's basketball team. By her senior year in 2012, Kizer earned A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Zandalasini
Cecilia Zandalasini (; born 16 March 1996) is an Italian basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian LBF and the Italian national team. She was the MVP of 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. Early life Zandalasini was born on 16 March 1996 in Broni, Italy. She is the daughter of Roberto Zandalasini and Paola Lombardi. While playing with Geas Basket, she won six Italian youth club championships. Professional career Geas Basket (2013–14) At the age of 17, Zandalasini played as a guard under Geas Basket for the 2013–14 season. She led the team in points with a total of 314 across 20 games (15.7 PPG). PF Schio (2014–2018) Zandalasini has played with PF Schio since 2014. In Zandalasini's third season with the team in 2016–17, the team won the Coppa Italia and reached the Serie A1 playoff finals. The team continued to the EuroLeague postseason, where Zandalasini had a team high 13.5 PPG. EuroBasket At EuroBasket Women 2017 she averaged 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry ahead of the 2000 season. The team is currently owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of three Seattle businesswomen: Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder. The Storm have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in sixteen of its twenty-one years in Seattle. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former UConn stars Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Breanna Stewart; 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox; and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. The Storm are four-time WNBA Champions, with victories in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020. They are one of two teams who have never lost a WNBA Finals, the defunct Houston Comets being the other. The team cultivates a fan-fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Howard (basketball)
Natasha Howard (born September 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League. Howard was the 2019 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. She was drafted in 2014 by the Indiana Fever. Born in Toledo, Ohio, she played college basketball for Florida State University, where she finished sixth in the NCAA for field goal percentage. Florida State statistics Source WNBA career Howard was selected 5th overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2014 WNBA Draft. Howard started off the 2014 season hot scoring 16 points and 21 points in her first two games as a professional. The 21 point performance was a career high in points. After her rookie season in Indiana, Howard averaged 7.0 points and 3.1 rebounds. During her second season with Indiana, Howard regressed in both points and rebounding, averaging 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds. The only times that Howard score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Brunson is a former forward for the Lynx and is the only player to win 5 WNBA championships. She held the WNBA record for rebounding, which she ceded to Lynx's center Sylvia Fowles in 2020. Brunson was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. Brunson graduated from Georgetown University in 2004 as its women's basketball program's all-time leading rebounder. She also played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Pan American Games. College statistics Source WNBA career The Sacramento Monarchs chose Brunson in the 1st round of the 2004 WNBA Draft as the tenth overall pick. She played in Sacramento for six seasons and contributed to the Monarchs' 2005 WNBA Championship victory. She led the league in offensive rebounds per game (3.9) and total offensive rebounds (130) for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Aces are an American professional basketball team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Aces compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team plays their home games at Michelob Ultra Arena in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The Aces won the 2022 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup and WNBA Championship. The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the league's inaugural 1997 season. It then moved to San Antonio, Texas before the 2003 season and became the San Antonio Silver Stars, later shortened to the San Antonio Stars in 2014. The team relocated to Las Vegas before the 2018 season. The Aces, who are owned by Mark Davis, the current owner of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, are one of three WNBA franchises who compete in a market that lacks a current NBA team; the other two teams are the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm. As the Stars, the team qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Basketball
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rocheste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlie Wagner
Carlie Wagner (born May 16, 1995) is an American basketball guard that was drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2018 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Nati ... (WNBA). Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Carlie 1995 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball players from Minnesota Guards (basketball) Minnesota Lynx draft picks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
