No. 54–Whai | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa |
Personal information | |
Born | North Charleston, South Carolina | September 6, 1990
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 192 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 career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Samsung Life Blueminx |
2014 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2014–2015 | A.S. Ramat Hasharon Electra |
2015–2016 | CCC Polkowice |
2015 | Connecticut Sun |
2016–2017 | Sleza Wroclaw |
2017–2019 | Bnot Hertzeliya |
2019 | Pszczolka AZS-UMCS Lublin |
2019 | Hobart Huskies |
2019–2021 | Angers - Union Feminine Basket 49 |
2022–present | Whai |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Sheniqua S. "Nikki" Greene (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player.
Greene played college basketball for the Penn State Lady Lions between 2009 and 2013. [1]
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 best | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Los Angeles | 11 | 0 | 3.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
2015 | Connecticut | 12 | 0 | 8.4 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 85.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 23 | 0 | 6.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014 | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Source [2]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009–10 | Penn State | 31 | 218 | 43.9 | – | 53.5 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
2010–11 | Penn State | 35 | 298 | 43.2 | – | 48.5 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 8.5 |
2011–12 | Penn State | 33 | 323 | 47.2 | – | 64.3 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 9.8 |
2012–13 | Penn State | 32 | 293 | 48.5 | – | 65.1 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 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 |
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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