Briann January #20 Guard

Background

Indiana’s fourth-year point guard began 2011 as a Fever starter, before sustaining a season-ending injury during her 10th game…she enters 2012 with career averages of 7.3 points and 3.0 assists per game…January was heralded during her rookie campaign as being one of the best steals of the 2009 WNBA Draft …chosen by Indiana with the sixth overall selection, she exhibited court savvy, maturity, strong defensive skills and a good shooting touch…some of her best games came during the Fever’s 2009 run to the WNBA Finals, evidenced by playoff averages of 10.6 points and 3.0 assists per game…she is regarded as the club’s point guard of the future and should hold down starting backcourt duties alongside Aussie Olympian Erin Phillips.

PRO - WNBA
2011: January started the team’s first ten games before tearing her right ACL and missing the remaining 24 games…she recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 assists vs. Tulsa, 6/14…she had a career high four steals vs. Chicago, 6/4…she finished her season with averages of 8.6 points and 5.0 assists per game.
2010: January appeared in 30 games with seven starts…initially thrust into the starting lineup for the Fever’s first two games, she served mostly as a spot starter and top backup to veteran point guard Tully Bevilaqua…she averaged 7.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the season…her top game featured season highs of 19 points and eight assists, while hitting 14 of 15 free throws at Washington, 7/24…she had a second game with eight assists at Phoenix, 8/8…she posted nine games with double-figure scoring.
2009: Indiana’s first-round pick started four of 33 games in which she appeared…she averaged 6.9 points, 2.3 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.09 steals per game…a season-high 17 points against Detroit, 8/15, included 7-for-8 from the free-throw line…in four games between 9/2 to 9/8, January averaged 13.8 points per game…she had nine double-figure games and had a season-high six assists in three different games…among WNBA rookie rankings, January was second in assists and steals, fifth in free throw percentage and seventh in scoring and minutes per game.

PLAYOFFS
2011: She missed the playoffs due to a season-ending injury.
2010: In three games against New York, she averaged 6.7 points and 2.0 assists per game.
2009:As a rookie, January appeared in all ten Fever playoff games…January averaged 10.6 points, 3.0 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game…she scored in double figures in five of 10 playoff games, including 16 or more points on three occasions…she led the team in 3-point percentage and was second on the team in free throw percentage…January averaged 12 points a game in the WNBA Finals...in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals against Phoenix, 10/4, she had a playoff-high 17 points…in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Phoenix, 9/29, she had 11 points to go along with seven assists.

PRO – OVERSEAS
2010-11: She joined Ranana Hertzeliya of the Israeli League at mid-season and helped the club to the semifinal round of the playoffs…she averaged 14.5 points and 5.5 assists while sparking the club to a 7-4 regular season mark upon her arrival…she was named all-league honorable mention.
2009-10:January played with Tarsus in the Turkish League.

COLLEGE
The 2008 and 2009 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, she was a First Team All-Pac 10 selection in 2009 and an honorable mention All-America pick as a junior and senior...she ended her career as Arizona State's all-time leader in assists (538) and free throw percentage (.830)...she was also among the Sun Devils' all-time leaders in steals (second, 272), free throws (second, 401), 3-point field goal percentage (fourth, .399), 3-point field goals (fifth, 132) and scoring (seventh, 1,317 points)...in 2008-09, she set the school's single-season record for 3-pt field goals (65)...she is the only player in school history to lead the team in steals and assists four straight years.
2008-09:Ranked second in the nation in 3-point FG pct. (.469) and 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1-to-1), January led the Pac-10 in assists (4.7), 3-point FG percentage (.469) and assist-to-turnover ratio…she was second in steals (2.3) and fourth in FT pct. (.840)...she averaged 13.8 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals in ASU's four NCAA Tournament games...she scored a career-best 25 points and tied a school record with seven 3-pointers in ASU's 73-59 win at UC Davis, 12/3...she nearly posted a double-double with 10 points, nine assists and two steals in ASU's NCAA first-round win over Georgia...she matched her scoring high in an NCAA Tournament game with 22 points to go along with five assists, two steals and a block in ASU's 84-69 win over Texas A&M in the Trenton Regional semifinal, 3/29.
2007-08:She was selected an All-Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention...she finished the season ranked first in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (.864) and steals (2.18) while ranking third in assists (4.39), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio and 15th in scoring (11.3)...she scored in double figures 23 times, including a 22-point performance against Texas, 12/22... she averaged 13.8 points while connecting on 55.2 percent of her shots (16-29), including 54.5 percent from beyond the arc (6-of-11), and 85 percent of her free throws (17-of-20) in ASU's four Pac-10 and NCAA Tournament contests.
2006-07:An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection, she finished third in the league in steals (2.1), fourth in assists (4.0), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.67-to-1) and sixth in free throw percentage (81.7)...she also earned Pac-10 Honorable Mention Academic honors...a starter in 34 games, she led ASU in assists and steals and was second in scoring (10.2) and free throw percentage...in the postseason, she averaged 14.0 ppg while connecting on 26-of-28 FGs (.929) and 10-of-19 3-pt FGs (.526) in the Pac-10 and NCAA Tournaments...she posted season-best numbers in points (22) and steals (6) in ASU's 80-69 win over UCLA, 2/18.
2005-06: She was named to the Pac-10's All-Freshman Team after a season in which she led ASU in assists (86) and steals (46)…her 86 assists represented the second-highest total ever for a Sun Devil freshman...she had one or zero turnovers 13 times...she turned in an outstanding effort in ASU's 62-59 upset of No. 11 Stanford, 2/16, leading the team with a season-best 13 points to go with six assists and four steals.