Betnijah Laney

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Betnijah Laney
File:Betnijah Laney cropped.jpg
No. 44 – Chicago Sky
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-10-29) October 29, 1993 (age 31)
Clayton, Delaware
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Smyrna (Smyrna, Delaware)
College Rutgers (2011–2015)
WNBA draft 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Chicago Sky
2015–2016 Perth Lynx
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's 3x3 Basketball
Representing the  United States
U16 FIBA Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mexico City
Women's Basketball
Representing the  United States
U17 FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rodez/Toulouse

Betnijah Laney (born October 29, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Rutgers University.[1]

Early life

Laney started playing basketball at 10 years old, largely thanks to her mother having played basketball competitively.[2]

High school and college career

Laney attended Smyrna High School in Smyrna, Delaware where she averaged 23.7 points, 10 rebounds, 4.4 steals, 4.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game as a senior and was named a McDonald's All-American.[3]

In her four-year career at Rutgers, Laney played 129 games with 107 starts, and averaged 10.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.[3]

Rutgers 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
2011-12 Rutgers 32 193 37.8 27.8 65.6 3.9 0.9 0.6 0.1 6.0
2012-13 Rutgers 30 290 36.4 19.0 66.7 5.0 1.9 1.3 0.2 9.7
2013-14 Rutgers 35 413 43.5 30.0 74.7 8.5 2.9 1.3 0.3 11.8
2014-15 Rutgers 32 505 48.6 39.5 70.4 10.7 2.9 1.8 0.2 15.8
Career Rutgers 129 1401 42.6 28.9 69.9 7.1 2.2 1.2 0.2 10.9

Professional career

On April 16, 2015, Laney was selected by the Chicago Sky with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 WNBA draft.[5] In her rookie season playing for the Sky, Laney averaged 2.8 points and 2.1 rebounds in 33 games (32 regular season and one playoff).[6]

On July 16, 2015, Laney signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2015–16 WNBL season.[7] On November 11, 2015, she was named in the WNBL's Team of the Week for Round 5 after recording 12 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists against the Adelaide Lightning on November 8.[8] On January 13, 2016, she earned Team of the Week honors for a second time.[9] On February 16, she was named WNBL Player of the Month for January.[10] She led the Lynx to a second place regular season finish with a 16–8 win/loss record, and went on to score a game-high 23 points in the team's semi-final win over the first-seeded Townsville Fire.[11] With the win, the Lynx advanced to the WNBL grand final for the first time since 1999.[12] There they were outclassed by the defending champion Townsville (who made it to the grand final via the preliminary final), losing the best-of-three series 2–0. Laney appeared in all 27 games for the Lynx in 2015–16, averaging 15.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Betnijah_Laney&oldid=721324551"