About Morgan
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 207 BIRTHDATE: April 20, 1994 BIRTHPLACE: Grand Rapids, MI HOMETOWN: Bolingbrook, IL COLLEGE: UConn HIGH SCHOOL: Bolingbrook WNBA EXPERIENCE: 4 seasons HOW ACQUIRED: Traded for a first-round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft TWITTER: @M_Tuck3 INSTAGRAM: m_tuck3
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 115 games with nine starts over four seasons
- Reached WNBA Finals with Sun in 2019
- Limited during her first two seasons by knee injuries that forced her to miss 20 games
- Won four consecutive NCAA Championships at UConn alongside Breanna Stewart
2019 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
- Scored season-high 17 points against Dallas (9/4)
- Played in seven postseason games in Connecticut’s trip to the Finals
- Hit the 600 point mark in season-best performance against Dallas (9/4)
2018 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
- Was healthy for the entire season, playing all 34 games
- Scored in double-digits eight times, reaching a season-high 20 points twice (6/16, 7/7)
2017 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
- Appeared in 22 games with five starts
- Missed 12 straight games with a knee contusion (5/31-7/8)
- Started the season with a career-high 21 points against Atlanta (5/13)
- Was averaging 11.8 points through five games before injury
- Had first career double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) at Minnesota (5/23)
- Scored nine points at Los Angeles (9/3), the most in 17 games after returning from her injury
2016 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
- Appeared in 26 games with three starts
- Missed last eight games of season after hurting left knee at Atlanta (8/28)
- Surgery to repair cartilage damage was September 13th at the UConn Health Center
- Had six double-figure scoring games
- Scored career-high 20 points on career-best eight made field goals against Seattle (6/10)
- Career-high seven rebounds at Chicago (5/14)
- Had three made field goals twice
- Played career-high 41 minutes against Washington (6/14)
OVERSEAS:
- 2018-19: Beijing Great Wall, China
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Won four NCAA Championships while at Connecticut
- Earned WBCA All-American and Associated Press Second Team All-America honors as a senior
- Named the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award recipient
- Earned NCAA All-Tournament Team honors in 2015 and 2016
- An All-Conference First Team selection following the 2015-16 and 2014-15 seasons
- Wrapped up her senior season with an assist to turnover ratio of 2.1 to 1, the second-best mark in the American Athletic Conference
- Averaged 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds during her senior campaign
- As a junior in 2014-15, led the American Athletic Conference with a 59.6 percent field goal shooting percentage, fifth in the nation
- Scored in double-figures 59 times in her final two seasons, including the last 10 games of each year
- Struggled through a knee injury as a freshman, averaging 6.4 points and 3.4 rebound in 35 games
- Missed all but eight games of her sophomore season due to knee injuries which led to surgery
- Averaged 7.5 points and 2.4 rebounds in those eight games
USA BASKETBALL:
- Helped Team USA win gold at the 2011 and 2013 U19 World Championships
- Won a gold medal with the U18 National Team in 2012
- Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record in the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship
- Started five games and averaged 7.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in fewer than 18 minutes a game en route to helping the US win gold
PERSONAL:
- Born April 30, 1994 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Daughter of Lydia and David Tuck
- Father played basketball at Ferris State University
- Has one sister, Taylor, who played basketball at the University of Illinois
- A business major at Connecticut
- 2011-12 McDonald’s, Parade Magazine, USA Today and WBCA All-American
- Honored as the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year and as a MaxPreps All-American in 2012 USA Today All-USA second team (2010) and third team (2011)
- Attended Bolingbrook High School (Ill.), where in four varsity seasons, she compiled 2,342 points, 948 rebounds and 167 assists and a 110-9 overall record
- Won three consecutive AAAA state titles (2009, 2010 & 2011), narrowly missing out on four in a row when Bolingbrook fell in the playoffs to the eventual state champion in quadruple overtime during her senior season