Marlelynn Lange-Harris

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MerleLynn Lange-Harris
Personal information
Born (1969-04-28) 28 April 1969 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolEmery Collegiate Institute
(Toronto, Ontario)
CollegeUNLV (1988–1992)
PositionCenter
Career history
1992–1993Calais
1999Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-BWC team (1991, 1992)

MerleLynn Lange-Harris (first name also spelled Marlelynn; born 28 April 1969) is a Canadian former basketball player.[1] A 6-foot-6 center,[2] she played college basketball for UNLV from 1988 to 1992 and later professionally in Germany, with Calais in France[3] and in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury.[4][5][6]

Early life[edit]

Lange-Harris attended Emery Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario where she graduated in 1987.[7]

National team career[edit]

Lange-Harris competed for Canada in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics[8] and in the 1986, 1990 and 1994 World Championships.[9]

UNLV statistics[edit]

Source[10][11][12][13][14]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
1988-89 UNLV 33 46.8% 16.7% 58.6% 4.30 0.61 1.21 0.18 4.88
1989-90 UNLV 31 59.4% - 58.1% 5.52 1.13 0.87 0.29 8.13
1990-91 UNLV 21 59.3% - 69.2% 7.81 1.14 1.14 0.33 13.24
1991-92 UNLV 26 62.9% - 64.9% 8.12 1.27 1.65 0.50 16.85
Career 111 58.1% 16.7% 63.6% 6.20 1.01 1.21 0.32 10.17
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
1988-89 UNLV 33 72 154 1 6 17 29 142 20 40 6 161
1989-90 UNLV 31 101 170 0 0 50 86 171 35 27 9 252
1990-91 UNLV 21 112 189 0 0 54 78 164 24 24 7 278
1991-92 UNLV 26 171 272 0 0 96 148 211 33 43 13 438
Career 111 456 785 1 6 217 341 688 112 134 35 1129

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kellie Hudson (20 January 1988). "Basketball star takes dead aim at Seoul Games". Toronto Star. p. B4. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ Sam Laskaris (31 May 1988). "6-foot-6 player has high hopes for Canada's Olympic team". Toronto Star. p. N14. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Bruce Pascoe (1 October 1992). "Lange hopes to say au revoir to Division I-B". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 5D. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Chris Jones (11 June 1999). "Lange-Harris gets a rise out of Phoenix as she tries the WNBA for size". National Post. p. B17. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Jeff Metcalfe (10 June 1999). "It's mother's time to play Lange-Harris on roster; Husband gets extra duty". The Arizona Republic. p. C2. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ David Leeder (11 June 1999). "Lange-Harris becomes only Canadian in WNBA". The Globe and Mail. p. S5. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ "15 Merelynn Lange". U.N.L.V Today. UNLV. 1988. p. 28. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marlelynn Lange-Harris Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Canadian makes WNBA's Phoenix Mercury". The Winnipeg Sun. 11 June 1999. p. 62. Retrieved 10 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ "FINAL 1989 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ^ "FINAL 1990 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. ^ "FINAL 1991 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ^ "FINAL 1992 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

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