Kalisha Keane (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Melbourne Boomers in Australia's WNBL.
No. 32 – Melbourne Boomers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||
League | WNBL | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | Scarborough, Ontario | February 3, 1989|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
High school | Westdale (Hamilton, Ontario) | |||||||||||||||||
College | Michigan State (2007–2011) | |||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2011: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | ŽKK Gospić | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Elitzur Holon | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Elitzur Netanya | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Antalya'nın Yıldızları | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | TED Ankara Kolejliler | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Melbourne Boomers | |||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Career
editCollege
editIn college, Keane attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan for the Spartans. She participated in NCAA Division I, as a part of the Big Ten Conference. She was also named to the Kodak All-American Regional Team while also being the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year her senior year.
Michigan State statistics
editSource[1]
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 |
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2007-08 | Michigan State | 37 | 460 | 40.4% | 28.3% | 84.1% | 5.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 12.4 |
2008-09 | Michigan State | 33 | 247 | 38.8% | 28.9% | 88.2% | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 7.5 |
2009-10 | Michigan State | 33 | 315 | 37.9% | 34.5% | 69.5% | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 9.5 |
2010-11 | Michigan State | 33 | 531 | 43.8% | 36.0% | 74.7% | 5.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 16.1 |
Career | 136 | 1553 | 40.7% | 32.7% | 79.1% | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.4 |
Europe
editAfter college, Keane headed to Europe and signed with ŽKK Gospić in Croatia's A-1 Liga Žene. Towards the end of the season, she signed with Elitzur Holon in Israel's league. In January 2014, she returned to Israel, with Elitzur Netanya for two seasons. She then joined Antalya'nın Yıldızları in TKB2L. She returned to Turkey for the 2014–15 TKB2L season, this time with TED Ankara.
Australia
editIn November 2016, Keane signed with the Melbourne Boomers in Australia for the 2016–17 WNBL season. She was signed after the Boomers parted ways with their previous import, Chante Black.[2]
National team
editAfter a successful international career at Youth Level, Keane made her national team debut as a member of the team for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Colombia. She once again represented Canada at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, in Mexico.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "Boomers Secure Canadian Kalisha Keane". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017.
- ^ "Players - Kalisha Keane". archive.fiba.com.