Eliza "Izzy" Wright (née Chilcott; born 9 November 1990) is an

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professional basketball player.

College

Wright began her college career at

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, playing for the Pirates in the

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's Region 8. After two seasons with Pensacola, Wright then went on and transferred to the

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, playing with the Toreros in the

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Statistics

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, 23 , – , – , .557 , .333 , .903 , 1.6 , 1.6 , 1.6 , 0.1 , 1.1 , 5.9 , - , 2009–10 , align="left" ,

, 28 , – , – , .483 , .311 , .760 , 2.9 , 1.7 , 1.4 , 0.0 , 1.3 , 10.2 , - , 2010–11 , align="left",

, 31 , 5 , – , .370 , .333 , .777 , 2.6 , 0.8 , 0.6 , 0.3 , 1.3 , 2.4 , - , 2011–12 , align="left",

, 35 , 33 , – , .437 , .250 , .714 , 6.4 , 2.0 , 1.8 , 0.2 , 2.0 , 6.6 , - , Career , , 117 , 38 , – , .463 , .298 , .776 , 3.6 , 1.5 , 1.3 , 0.1 , 1.5 , 6.2

Career

WNBL

In 2012, Wright began her professional career, joining her hometown side,

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for the 2012–13 season. In 2015, after strong showings with the

Hobart Chargers Hobart Chargers is a NBL1 South club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The Chargers play their home games at the Hobart Netball and Sports Centre and Pembroke Park's South East Stadium. Cl ...

in the

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, Wright was picked up by the newly rebranded

Perth Lynx The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at both WA Basketball Centre, Bendat Basketball Centre ...

for 2015–16. This season saw Wright make her WNBL Finals debut, with a trip to the

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, where the Lynx went down 0–2 to

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. Wright played in 26 games on the 2015–16 season, averaging 2.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. In 2020, Wright returned to the WNBL after several years away from the league, signing with the

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for the 2020 season. In April 2022, Wright was part of the Melbourne Boomers championship team and was voted the Boomers Player's Player of the Year

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Izzy 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Tweed Heads, New South Wales Guards (basketball) Australian women's basketball players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States University of San Diego alumni San Diego Toreros women's basketball players Logan Thunder players Perth Lynx players Melbourne Boomers players Basketball players from New South Wales Sportswomen from New South Wales Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland