Nikki Greene

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Nikki Greene
No. 54–Whai
Position Power forward / center
League Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa
Personal information
Born (1990-09-06) September 6, 1990 (age 34)
North Charleston, South Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school Diboll (Diboll, Texas)
College Penn State (2009–2013)
WNBA draft 2013: 3rd round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 Samsung Life Blueminx
2014 Los Angeles Sparks
2014–2015A.S. Ramat Hasharon Electra
2015–2016 CCC Polkowice
2015 Connecticut Sun
2016–2017 Sleza Wroclaw
2017–2019Bnot Hertzeliya
2019Pszczolka AZS-UMCS Lublin
2019 Hobart Huskies
2019–2021Angers - Union Feminine Basket 49
2022–presentWhai
Career highlights and awards
  • French LF2 champion (2021)
  • PLK champion (2017)
  • TBA Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
  • Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2011)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Sheniqua S. "Nikki" Greene (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player.

Contents

College career

Greene played college basketball for the Penn State Lady Lions between 2009 and 2013. [1]

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

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2014 Los Angeles 1103.520.00.0100.01.00.00.10.10.50.5
2015 Connecticut 1208.440.00.085.72.00.20.30.40.51.2
Career2 years, 2 teams2306.030.00.087.51.50.10.20.30.50.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2014 Los Angeles 103.00.00.00.01.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career1 year, 1 team103.00.00.00.01.00.00.00.00.00.0

College

Source [2]

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
2009–10 Penn State 31 218 43.9 – 53.5 6.2 0.4 0.6 1.8 7.0
2010–11 Penn State 35298 43.2 – 48.5 7.8 0.2 1.12.18.5
2011–12 Penn State 33 32347.2 – 64.3 7.8 0.41.1 1.4 9.8
2012–13 Penn State 32 293 48.5– 65.18.50.3 0.8 1.2 9.2
Career Penn State 131 1132 45.7 – 58.5 7.6 0.3 0.9 1.6 8.6

Professional career

Greene was selected 26th overall in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury. [3]

For the 2013–14 season, Greene played in South Korea for Samsung Life Blueminx. [4] She returned to the U.S. in 2014 and made her WNBA debut for the Los Angeles Sparks. [4]

Greene split the 2014–15 season in Israel for A.S. Ramat Hasharon Electra and in Poland for CCC Polkowice. [4] In 2015, she played her second season in the WNBA for the Connecticut Sun. [4]

Greene returned to Polkowice for the 2015–16 season and played in Poland again in 2016–17 for Sleza Wroclaw. [4] For the 2017–18 season, she played for Bnot Hertzeliya in Israel. She returned to Hertzeliya for the 2018–19 season, but left in January 2019 to play out the season in Poland with Pszczolka AZS-UMCS Lublin. [4]

In 2019, Greene played in Australia for the Hobart Huskies of the NBL1. [4]

For the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, Greene played in France for Angers - Union Feminine Basket 49. [4]

In 2022, Greene moved to New Zealand to play in the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa for Whai, where she won the league's Defensive Player of the Year. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nikki Greene". gopsusports.com. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Nikki Greene". wnba.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ McKenna, Katie (April 16, 2013). "Women's basketball: Alex Bentley, Nikki Greene drafted to WNBA". collegian.psu.edu. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nikki Greene" . eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "INAUGURAL TAUIHI AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". tauihi.basketball. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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