Personal information | |
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Born | Newark, New Jersey | September 6, 1991
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | University (Newark, New Jersey) |
College | St. John's (2009–2013) |
WNBA draft | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall |
Selected by the Washington Mystics | |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
2013 | Washington Mystics |
2014 | Minnesota Lynx |
Stats at WNBA.com | |
Nadirah A. McKenith (born September 6, 1991) [1] is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted in 2013, by the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. [2]
Born in Newark, New Jersey, McKenith played college basketball at St. John's, where she was an all-Big East point guard. Drafted with the 5th pick of the second round of the 2013 WNBA Draft, McKenith made the Washington Mystics out of training camp, and played in 32 games for the Mystics during her rookie season. [3]
She was signed by the Minnesota Lynx on June 24, 2014 [4]
Legend | |||||||
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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 high | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2013 | Washington | 32 | 0 | 8.8 | .372 | .318 | .735 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
2014 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 4.0 | .250 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 38 | 0 | 8.1 | .366 | .318 | .750 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2013 | Washington | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
2014 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Source [5]
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 |
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2009–10 | St. John's | 32 | 245 | 47.8 | – | 64.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 7.7 |
2010–11 | St. John's | 33 | 276 | 42.6 | 22.2 | 80.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
2011–12 | St. John's | 31 | 375 | 42.1 | 27.9 | 78.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 12.1 |
2012–13 | St. John's | 30 | 397 | 41.1 | 27.7 | 77.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 13.2 |
Career | St. John's | 126 | 1293 | 42.9 | 25.6 | 75.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 10.3 |
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