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Lynetta Kizer

Lynetta Kizer (born April 4, 1990) is an American-Bosnian professional basketball player for Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the University of Maryland.

Lynetta Kizer
Kizer with the Minnesota Lynx in 2018
No. 15 – Geelong United
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1990-04-04) April 4, 1990 (age 34)
NationalityAmerican / Bosnian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolPotomac (Dumfries, Virginia)
CollegeMaryland (2008–2012)
WNBA draft2012: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012Tulsa Shock
2012–2013Phoenix Mercury
2012–2013KB Stars
2014Good Angels Košice
2014–2016Indiana Fever
2014–2015Hatay Bsb
2015–2016Galatasaray
2016–2017Olympiacos
2017Connecticut Sun
2017–2018Shandong Six Stars
2018Fenerbahçe
2018Minnesota Lynx
2018Shandong Six Stars
2018–2019CCC Polkowice
2020Della Fiore Broni
2021Çankaya University Sports Club
2021–2022Panathinaikos
2023Rojas
2024CB Islas Canarias
2024–presentGeelong United
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2008 Buenos Aires Team Competition
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team Competition

Early life

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Kizer's hometown is Woodbridge, Virginia. She grew up with an older brother and a younger sister.[1]

Kizer attended Potomac Senior High School in Dumfries, Virginia, 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.[1] Her high school exploits earned her a scholarship from the Anne & Bob Strahota Director's Circle.[1]

College career

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Kizer played four years of college basketball at the University of Maryland for the Terrapin's women's basketball team between 2008 and 2012. She earned ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC All-Freshman Team in 2008–09. She went on to earn third-team All-ACC in 2010, second-team All-ACC in 2011, and ACC Sixth Player of the Year in 2012. She was also All-ACC Honorable Mention as a senior.[2] While at Maryland, Kizer was a family science major.[1]

Maryland statistics

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Source[3]

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  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
2008–09 Maryland 36 401 49.8 – 68.2 7.3 0.8 1.1 0.9 11.1
2009–10 Maryland 34 437 52.8 55.0 75.0 7.8 0.8 0.9 0.4 12.9
2010–11 Maryland 32 423 45.5 37.5 68.3 7.8 0.9 1.1 0.8 13.2
2011–12 Maryland 33 360 43.7 31.3 69.2 5.5 1.0 0.8 0.2 10.9
Career Maryland 135 1621 47.9 38.1 70.0 7.1 0.9 1.0 0.6 12.0

Professional career

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WNBA

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Kizer was the 29th overall pick, in the third round of the 2012 WNBA draft, selected by the Tulsa Shock. She played seven games for the Shock to start the 2012 WNBA season before joining the Phoenix Mercury, where she played 15 games to finish the season.[2] She re-joined the Mercury for the 2013 WNBA season, playing 32 games.[2]

Kizer joined the Indiana Fever for the 2014 WNBA season. She continued with the Fever in 2015 and 2016.[2] She helped the Fever reach the WNBA Finals in 2015 and tallied a career-best 9.6 points (55.6%) with 3.2 rebounds in 33 games in 2016.[4]

On February 21, 2017, Kizer was acquired by the Connecticut Sun in a three-team trade.[5][6] She played in 20 games for Connecticut during the 2017 WNBA season, averaging 6.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game while shooting 48.0% from the field.[4]

On February 8, 2018, Kizer signed with the Minnesota Lynx.[4] On June 30, 2018, she was waived by the Lynx. She averaged 1.8 points (25.0%) and 1.6 rebounds in 12 games during the 2018 WNBA season.[7]

Kizer spent training camp and preseason with the Atlanta Dream prior to the 2019 WNBA season.[8]

Overseas

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Kizer played 17 games for KB Stars in Korea in the 2012–13 season.[9]

In February 2014, Kizer joined Good Angels Košice in Slovakia for the rest of the 2013-14 season. She played in 11 Extraliga games and helped the team win the championship.[2]

For the 2014–15 season, Kizer joined Hatay Bsb in Turkey.[2] She continued in Turkey for the 2015–16 season with Galatasaray.[10]

Kizer played 24 games for Olympiacos Pireus during the 2016-17 season.[11]

For the 2017–18 season, Kizer joined Shandong Six Stars of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She played 17 games for the team[12] before returning to Turkey in February 2018, where she played three games for Fenerbahçe.[2][13]

Kizer started the 2018–19 season with Shandong Six Stars, playing one game before joining CCC Polkowice in Poland in November 2018. He played 23 games for Polkowice.[14]

For the 2020–21 season, Kizer joined Della Fiore Broni of the Italian Women's Basketball League. She played four games in October 2020 and then left the team.[2][15]

Kizer played four games for the Çankaya University Sports Club to begin the 2021–22 season before joining Panathinaikos women's basketball team of the Greek women's basketball league in November 2021.[2] She was waived by the team on 4 May 2022.[16]

In 2023, Kizer played for Mexican team Rojas of the LNBPF. In 20 games, she averaged 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[2]

In January 2024, Kizer joined Spanish team CB Islas Canarias. In seven games, she averaged 6.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.[2]

In Septemer 2024, Kizer signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season.[17]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012 Tulsa 7 0 9.4 .176 .000 .929 2.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 2.7
2012 Phoenix 15 0 15.6 .444 .750 .941 3.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.1 7.1
2013 Phoenix 27 0 9.9 .449 .000 .643 2.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.6
2014 Indiana 31 1 9.0 .431 .000 .619 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 3.8
2015 Indiana 33 14 17.9 .491 .000 .879 3.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.4 8.3
2016 Indiana 33 12 17.2 .556 .000 .8000 3.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 1.1 9.6
2017 Connecticut 20 1 11.9 .480 .000 .767 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 6.0
2018 Minnesota 14 0 5.6 .242 .000 .600 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.6
Career 7 years, 5 teams 180 28 12.9 .477 .214 .799 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.9 5.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2013 Phoenix 5 0 9.4 .727 .000 .000 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 3.2
2014 Indiana 5 0 6.0 .429 .000 .750 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 3.0
2015 Indiana 9 0 8.9 .414 .000 .750 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.8 3.0
2016 Indiana 1 0 13.0 .667 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Career 4 years, 2 teams 20 0 8.5 .491 .000 .667 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 3.1

National team career

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Kizer was a member of the USA under-18 team which won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[18] She helped the team win all five games, averaging 8.6 points per game.[19]

Kizer played for Team USA at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. The team, coached by Bill Fennelly, won all six games to earn the gold medal. Kizer averaged 7.0 points per game.[20]

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Kizer would be a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team.[21] She payed for Bosnia during 2015 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers and 2017 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lynetta Kizer's University of Maryland Terrapin Basketball Team Profile". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Lynetta Kizer, Basketball Player, News, Stats - australiabasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Lynx Re-Sign Cecilia Zandalasini, Add Lynetta Kizer And Endy Miyem - WNBA". www.wnba.com. February 8, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "Sun Acquire Kizer, 8th Pick In 2017 WNBA Draft – Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. February 21, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "Connecticut, Indiana, Phoenix Complete Three-Team Trade - WNBA". www.wnba.com. February 21, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Lynx Waive Forward Lynetta Kizer". lynx.wnba.com. June 30, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Lynetta Kizer". dream.wnba.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's South Korean Basketball Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's EuroLeague Turkish Basketball Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  11. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's Greek Basketball and EuroLeague Statistics".
  12. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's WCBA Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  13. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's Turkish Basketball Team Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  14. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's Polish Basketball League Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  15. ^ "Lynetta Kizer's Italian Women's Basketball League Statistics". Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  16. ^ "Λύση της συνεργασίας με την Κάιζερ" (in Greek). Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  17. ^ "LYNETTA KIZER IS UNITED | Geelong United". Geelong United. September 12, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  18. ^ "USA Women's U18 National Team Rolls Through FIBA Americas Championship Undefeated With 81–37 Victory Over Host Argentina". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  19. ^ "United States". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  20. ^ "Twenty-Sixth World University Games – 2011". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  21. ^ "Lynetta Kizer u reprezentaciji BiH" [Lynetta Kizer caps for National Team of Bosnia]. Bhbasket.ba. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  22. ^ "Lynetta Kizer player in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)". www.fiba.basketball. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
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