Marlelynn Lange-Harris

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MerleLynn Lange-Harris
Personal information
Born (1969-04-28) 28 April 1969 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Emery Collegiate Institute
(Toronto, Ontario)
College UNLV (1988–1992)
Position Center
Career history
1992–1993Calais
1999 Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-BWC team (1991, 1992)
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MerleLynn Lange-Harris (first name also spelled Marlelynn; born 28 April 1969) is a Canadian former basketball player. [1] A 6-foot-6 center, [2] she played college basketball for UNLV from 1988 to 1992 and later professionally in Germany, with Calais in France [3] and in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury. [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Lange-Harris attended Emery Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario where she graduated in 1987. [7]

National team career

Lange-Harris competed for Canada in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics [8] and in the 1986, 1990 and 1994 World Championships. [9]

UNLV statistics

Source [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
1988-89UNLV3346.8%16.7%58.6%4.300.611.210.184.88
1989-90UNLV3159.4%-58.1%5.521.130.870.298.13
1990-91UNLV2159.3%-69.2%7.811.141.140.3313.24
1991-92UNLV2662.9%-64.9%8.121.271.650.5016.85
Career11158.1%16.7%63.6%6.201.011.210.3210.17
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
1988-89UNLV337215416172914220406161
1989-90UNLV3110117000508617135279252
1990-91UNLV2111218900547816424247278
1991-92UNLV261712720096148211334313438
Career11145678516217341688112134351129

References

  1. ↑ Kellie Hudson (20 January 1988). "Basketball star takes dead aim at Seoul Games". Toronto Star . p. B4. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  2. ↑ Sam Laskaris (31 May 1988). "6-foot-6 player has high hopes for Canada's Olympic team". Toronto Star . p. N14. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  3. ↑ Bruce Pascoe (1 October 1992). "Lange hopes to say au revoir to Division I-B". Las Vegas Review-Journal . p. 5D. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ Chris Jones (11 June 1999). "Lange-Harris gets a rise out of Phoenix as she tries the WNBA for size". National Post . p. B17. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ Jeff Metcalfe (10 June 1999). "It's mother's time to play Lange-Harris on roster; Husband gets extra duty". The Arizona Republic . p. C2. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ David Leeder (11 June 1999). "Lange-Harris becomes only Canadian in WNBA". The Globe and Mail . p. S5. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ "15 Merelynn Lange". U.N.L.V Today. UNLV. 1988. p. 28. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marlelynn Lange-Harris Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Canadian makes WNBA's Phoenix Mercury". The Winnipeg Sun . 11 June 1999. p. 62. Retrieved 10 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Final 1989 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Final 1990 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Final 1991 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Final 1992 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.


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