Lynetta Kizer

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Lynetta Kizer
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Kizer with the Minnesota Lynx in 2018
Free agent
Position Center
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 school Potomac (Dumfries, Virginia)
College Maryland (2008–2012)
WNBA draft 2012: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012 Tulsa Shock
2012–2013 Phoenix Mercury
2012–2013 KB Stars
2014 Good Angels Košice
2014–2016 Indiana Fever
2014–2015 Hatay Bsb
2015–2016 Galatasaray
2016–2017 Olympiacos
2017 Connecticut Sun
2017–2018 Shandong Six Stars
2018 Fenerbahçe
2018 Minnesota Lynx
2018Shandong Six Stars
2018–2019 CCC Polkowice
2020Della Fiore Broni
2021 Çankaya University Sports Club
2021–2022 Panathinaikos
2023Rojas
2024 CB Islas Canarias
2024 Geelong United
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Buenos Aires Team Competition
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen Team Competition

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

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Early life

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

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

Source [3]

Legend
  GPGames 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 36401 49.8 – 68.2 7.3 0.8 1.10.911.1
2009–10 Maryland 34 43752.855.075.07.80.8 0.9 0.4 12.9
2010–11 Maryland 32 423 45.5 37.5 68.3 7.80.9 1.10.8 13.2
2011–12 Maryland 33 360 43.7 31.3 69.2 5.5 1.00.8 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

WNBA

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

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 September 2024, Kizer signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season. [17] She was released by Geelong on November 17, 2024. [18]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2012 Tulsa 709.4.176.000.9292.10.00.60.00.42.7
2012 Phoenix 15015.6.444.750.9413.40.50.40.11.17.1
2013 Phoenix 2709.9.449.000.6432.10.20.40.20.82.6
2014 Indiana 3119.0.431.000.6192.40.10.30.30.83.8
2015 Indiana 331417.9.491.000.8793.50.40.60.21.48.3
2016 Indiana 331217.2.556.000.80003.20.60.80.31.19.6
2017 Connecticut 20111.9.480.000.7672.90.30.60.40.56.0
2018 Minnesota 1405.6.242.000.6001.50.60.10.00.41.6
Career7 years, 5 teams1802812.9.477.214.7992.80.30.50.20.95.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2013 Phoenix 509.4.727.000.0001.20.00.40.20.43.2
2014 Indiana 506.0.429.000.7501.20.60.20.40.03.0
2015 Indiana 908.9.414.000.7502.40.20.30.10.83.0
2016 Indiana 1013.0.667.000.0002.00.00.00.00.04.0
Career4 years, 2 teams2008.5.491.000.6671.80.30.30.20.53.1

National team career

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. [19] She helped the team win all five games, averaging 8.6 points per game. [20]

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. [21]

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Kizer would be a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team. [22] She played for Bosnia during 2015 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers and 2017 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers. [23]

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