Shaina Pellington

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Shaina Pellington
No. 1Arizona Wildcats
Position Point guard
League Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1999-06-01) June 1, 1999 (age 25)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school Dunbarton HS
(Pickering, Ontario)
College Oklahoma (2017–2019)
Arizona (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards

Shaina Pellington (born June 1, 1999) is a Canadian basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference.

Contents

She played for the Canada Women's National Basketball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [3]

She participated at the 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. [4] [5]

College

She began her US college basketball career at the University of Oklahoma in 2017, playing there two seasons until transferring to the University of Arizona. After sitting out the 2019–20 season due to NCAA transfer rules, she became a key substitute for a Wildcats team that went on to narrowly lose in the national championship game to conference rival Stanford. [6]

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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2017–18 Oklahoma 312027.349.20.059.12.72.20.80.12.913.1
2018–19 Oklahoma 231223.341.113.760.63.62.81.00.23.113.0
2020–21 Arizona 27315.639.55.345.01.91.00.60.11.05.8
2021–22 Arizona 272724.043.726.264.02.52.41.50.01.611.3
2022–23 Arizona 302927.953.720.063.53.03.61.80.31.713.4
Career1389123.846.317.160.02.72.41.20.12.011.4
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [7]

Personal life

She is openly lesbian. [8]

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