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Lyndsey Whilby Season 2019-20

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PositionGUARD
Height5-11
YearJunior
HometownPowder Springs, Ga.
Previous SchoolTexas Tech

Career stats after 2019-20 season

CAREER
• Through two seasons at Purdue, played in 57 games with three starts, averaging 11.8 minutes per game
• Averaged 3.5 points and 1.7 rebounds with a 37.4% field goal clip
• Totaled seven games with more than 10 points
• Knocked down at least one 3-pointer 20 times, with nine games with multiple triples
• Including time at Texas Tech, played in 87 games with 12 starts, averaging 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game with a 36.4% field goal percentage
• In career, has 16 games in double figures, including a pair over 20 points, 38 games with at least one 3-pointer and 17 with multiple triples

2020-21 / AS A SENIOR
• Elected to opt out of the 2020-21 season

2019-20 / AS A JUNIOR
• Featured in 28 games with 9.9 minutes per outing
• Tallied 3.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game
 Shot a career-best 44.9% from the field and 43.8% from distance
• Topped 10 points in two games
• Drained a 3-pointer in 10 games and made multiple on two occasions
• Led the team in steals in three games
• Set a career-high with three steals at No. 7 Maryland on Feb. 25
• Dished out a trio of assists at Chattanooga on Nov. 14, matching her career high
• Dropped a season-high 13 points against Bowling Green on Dec. 21, with 11 coming in the second quarter
• Twice knocked down a trio of 3-pointers against Bowling Green on Dec. 21 and Michigan on Feb. 6
• Missed two Virginia Tech and Kent State games due to a death in the family
• Battled through illness for the first half of conference play

2018-19 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in 29 games in her first season with the Boilermakers, including three starts, and averaged 13.7 minutes per game
• Scored in double figures four times on the season, including two of the three games at the Big Ten Tournament
• Averaged 3.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, including 6.2 points per game over the final 11 contests of the season
• Hit on 40 percent from 3-point range on the season, including six games with multiple triples
• Posted a season-high 14 points in a first-round victory over Illinois at the Big Ten Tournament
• Connected on 3-of-3 from 3-point range en route to 11 points against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament Second Round
• Pulled down a career-high six rebounds vs. Albany

BEFORE PURDUE

• Played one season at Texas Tech University, appearing in all 30 games with nine starts
• Averaged 7.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game, leading the Red Raiders in scoring five times
• Posted a career-high 21 points on two occasions, hitting the mark vs. Incarnate Word and at Oklahoma
• Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week after the win over Incarnate Word
• Scored in double figures 10 times, including the last three games of the season
• Hit a career-best five 3-pointers in each of her 20-point outings, including 5-of-6 against the Sooners

HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-year varsity letterwinner at McEachern High School
• Helped her team to three straight Georgia AAAAAA State Championships (2014-16)
• Scored over 1,000 career points at McEachern
• Averaged 13.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game as a senior
• Coached by Phyllis Arthur

NOTEWORTHY
• Tabbed a three-star recruit and the No. 30 guard in the 2017 recruiting class by ESPN Hoopgurlz
• Earned a four-star recruiting ranking from Prospects Nation
• 2017 Atlanta Journal Constitution First Team AAAAAA All-Region and Second Team All-State
• Earned All-Metro Atlanta second-team honors by the Atlanta Tipoff Club
• Selected for the 2017 Georgia North/South Senior All-Star team
• Played AAU for the WP Celtics under head coach Renardo Hudson

PERSONAL
• Full name: Lyndsey Simone Whilby
• Major: Organizational Leadership Studies
• Birthday: July 18, 1999
• City Born: Stamford, Conn.
• Parents: Leonard Whilby Sr. and Regina McClain
• Siblings: Sister, Ashley, Brother, Leonard Jr.

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Sophomore
2018-19

Guard
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