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  • Sancho Lyttle
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  • Forward - Atlanta Dream
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2009 Statistics

PPG
8.5
RPG
5.00
APG
2.0
EFF
+ 8.50
Born: Sep 20, 1983
Height: 6-4 /  1,93
Weight: 175  lbs. / 79,4  kg.
College: Houston
Years Pro: 4








Background

2008 SEASON: Played in 27 games for the Comets, including nine starts… Averaged 8.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per game… Recorded career-highs in all major statistical categories… Led the team in field goal percentage, shooting 58.2% from the field… Led the team in blocked shots… Scored a career-high 23 points against San Antonio on June 26… Recorded a career-high 18 rebounds two times.

2007 SEASON: Played in 31 games for the Comets, including 25 starts… Averaged 5.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game… Recorded her first career double-double with ten points and 11 rebounds against Connecticut on July 22.

2006 SEASON: Appeared in 29 games for the Comets, including 2 starts… Averaged 3.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

2005 SEASON: Played in 33 games for the Comets as a rookie… Averaged 4.2 points and 3.8 rebounds… Ranked first among WNBA rookies in field goal percentage (58.4%)… Set the Comets rookie record for field goal percentage in a season… Finished second among rookies in rebounds per game (3.8)… Made her WNBA debut against San Antonio on May 21… Scored a season-high 13 points with four rebounds on June 15 against Los Angeles.

COLLEGE: Finished collegiate career at University of Houston after spending two seasons at Clarendon Junior College in Clarendon, TX… In two seasons with the Lady Cougars, averaged 17.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game… Averaged 18.8 points and led the nation in rebounding with 12.1 boards per game as a senior… Earned Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention, All-Conference USA First Team and Conference USA All-Tournament Team honors in 2005… Recorded three 30-plus point games during senior season, including a career-high-tying 34 vs. Creighton on November 24, 2004… Scored 33 points and hauled down a career-best 20 rebounds vs. USF on January 16, 2005… Also selected All-Conference USA Second Team as a junior… Originally set Division I career high in scoring with a 34-point outing in the C-USA Tournament vs. Cincinnati on March 5, 2004… 2003 NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball All-Region V First-Team selection at Clarendon Junior College… Recorded a 49-point game with 15 rebounds and 10 blocks while at Clarendon JC.


Personal

Daughter of Evelyn Lyttle and Ian Cain… Nickname is “Saint”… Grew up in St. Vincent, West Indies… Did not play basketball until senior year of high school… Ran track in high school, competing in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 300 hurdles, high jump, long jump and the shot put… Lists best piece of advice ever received as, “My mom always told me never to give up on anything. Even when it’s not my turn, try my best and wait for it.”

Career Transactions

Selected by Houston in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft… Acquired by the Atlanta Dream from the Houston Comets in the 2008 dispersal draft.

created:11/20/2009 6:26:27 AM
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