Taylor Lilley

Taylor Paige Lilley (born February 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.

Taylor Lilley
Personal information
Born (1988-02-29) February 29, 1988
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight130 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High schoolHart (Santa Clarita, California)
CollegeOregon (2006–2010)
WNBA draft2010: undrafted
PositionGuard
Career history
2010Phoenix Mercury

After attending Hart High School (in Santa Clarita, California), she became a 4-year letterman for the University of Oregon Ducks. She garnered Pac-10 All-Freshman accolades for the 2006–07 season, and went on to Pac-10 All-Conference honors the following 3 years. Under new coach Paul Westhead, she had a break-out senior season (2009–2010) in which she led the team in scoring (a career best 17.5 points/game), finishing her career with 1,338 points (10th all-time in Oregon Duck history). She holds the Oregon single season record for three point shoot percentage (50.6%), and her 254 career three-pointers is the best in Oregon history and 4th best in Pac-10 history.

A free agent signing of the Phoenix Mercury, she made the team roster for 2010 season over the two draft picks of the year. She appeared in 21 games as a rookie. Per the Santa Clarita Signal, Lilley was recruited and signed by Mercury General Manager, Ann Meyers Drysdale. However, she would be cut during the pre-season of the 2011 season. In 2012, she played in Australia for the Northside Wizards. She continued on in Australia in 2013 with the Stirling Senators, where she won two SBL Player of the Week awards.[1]

Currently, she is the women's basketball head coach at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, CA.

Oregon statistics

Source[2]

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
2006–07 Oregon 24 198 47.9 50.6 73.1 2.2 1.2 0.8 0.3 8.3
2007–08 Oregon 31 395 41.4 34.6 83.8 2.9 2.3 1.5 0.2 12.7
2008–09 Oregon 22 221 42.0 31.4 69.0 2.8 3.2 1.1 0.4 10.0
2009–10 Oregon 34 601 42.8 40.5 68.3 3.2 3.1 2.0 0.5 17.7
Career Oregon 111 1415 42.9 38.5 72.9 2.8 2.5 1.4 0.3 12.7

References
  1. "Player of the Week". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.
  2. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.


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