Taylor Lilley’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story
By Andrew Mckinney
| Intro | American basketball player |
| Is | Athlete Sports coach Basketball player Basketball coach |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 29 February 1988, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California |
| Age: | 32 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Taylor Paige Lilley (born February 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.
After attending Hart High School (in Newhall, CA), she became a 4-year letterman for the University of Oregon Ducks. She garnered Pac-10 All-Freshman accolades for the 2006-07 season, and went on to Pac-10 All-Conference honors the following 3 years. Under new coach Paul Westhead, she had a break-out senior season (2009–2010) in which she led the team in scoring (a career best 17.5 points/game), finishing her career with 1,338 points (10th all-time in Oregon Duck history). She holds the Oregon single season record for three point shoot percentage (50.6%), and her 254 career three-pointers is the best in Oregon history and 4th best in Pac-10 history.
A free agent signing of the Phoenix Mercury, she made the team roster for 2010 season over the two draft picks of the year. She appeared in 21 games as a rookie. Per the Santa Clarita Signal, Lilley was recruited and signed by Mercury General Manager, Ann Meyers Drysdale. However, she would be cut during the pre-season of the 2011 season.
Currently, she is the assistant women’s basketball coach at The Master’s College in Newhall, California, a small NAIA powerhouse.
Oregon statistics
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| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07 | Oregon | 24 | 198 | 47.9 | 50.6 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 2007-08 | Oregon | 31 | 395 | 41.4 | 34.6 | 83.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 12.7 |
| 2008-09 | Oregon | 22 | 221 | 42.0 | 31.4 | 69.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| 2009-10 | Oregon | 34 | 601 | 42.8 | 40.5 | 68.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 17.7 |
| Career | Oregon | 111 | 1415 | 42.9 | 38.5 | 72.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.7 |
