American basketball player
Brittany Boyd-Jones (née Boyd ; born June 11, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Chicago Sky . She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears . She was selected by New York in the first round of the 2015 WNBA draft with the ninth overall pick.[ 1]
Boyd grew up in Richmond, California ,[ 2] [ 3] and attended high school in Berkeley at Berkeley High .[ 4] As a senior in college, she helped Cal advance to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament .[ 5] Boyd averaged 13.4 points , 7.7 rebounds , 6.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game for the season, and was a semifinalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year .[ 1] [ 4] She was the first player in the history of the Pac-12 Conference to reach career totals of 1,400 points, 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 300 steals.[ 4]
Boyd played five seasons with New York. In 2019 , she tied a career high with 33 games played while starting in a career-high 17 contests. The Liberty waived her after the season.[ 6]
She was picked up by the Sky in 2021, but waved by the team in May 2021.[ 7]
WNBA career statistics [ edit ] Year Team 2015 New York 30 4 14.3 39.1 26.7 71.3 2.7 2.3 1.2 0.1 1.6 6.6 2016 New York 33 9 19.7 36.1 16.7 72.8 2.5 3.6 1.6 0.1 2.0 6.5 2017 New York 2 2 16.0 60.0 0.0 72.7 4.0 2.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 13.0 2018 New York 30 14 20.4 41.4 37.0 77.4 3.9 5.3 1.2 0.1 2.7 6.4 2019 New York 33 17 19.7 39.4 30.4 76.5 3.7 4.6 1.4 0.1 2.5 5.3 2021 Chicago 2 0 11.0 25.0 50.0 50.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 Career 6 years, 2 teams 130 46 18.4 39.2 26.9 73.4 3.2 3.9 1.4 0.1 2.2 6.2
Year Team 2016 New York 1 0 12.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 Career 1 year, 2 team 1 0 12.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
College career statistics [ edit ] Source[ 8]
College statistics Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2011-12 California 35 358 37.5% 16.4% 58.6% 3.9 4.8 2.5 0.2 10.2 2012-13 California 35 438 37.3% 28.7% 60.6% 5.4 4.4 2.6 0.3 12.5 2013-14 California 31 457 37.8% 24.3% 64.6% 6.6 6.0 2.9 0.2 14.7 2014-15 California 33 442 41.1% 34.3% 62.7% 7.7 6.8 2.9 0.1 13.4 Career 134 1695 38.4% 26.7% 61.9% 5.9 5.5 2.7 0.2 12.6
^ a b Hammon, Stephanie (April 16, 2015). "Cal's Brittany Boyd and Stanford's Amber Orrange are headed to New York as WNBA teammates, having both been drafted by the Liberty" . San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. ^ Smith, Michelle (April 6, 2013). "There's no place like home" . espnW.com . Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. ^ "Creative Genius" . Slam . November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. ^ a b c "Cal's Brittany Boyd is a Naismith semifinalist" . San Jose Mercury News . March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. ^ Vernon, Mike (March 22, 2015). "Cal's Boyd, Gray see careers end with loss to Texas" . San Francisco Chronicle . Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. ^ Rose, Mike (April 21, 2020). "Liberty waive veteran guard Brittany Boyd" . Newsday . Retrieved April 23, 2020 . ^ "Brittany Boyd-Jones WNBA Stats & News" . www.rotowire.com . Retrieved 2023-10-07 . ^ "NCAA Statistics" . web1.ncaa.org . Retrieved 2017-08-28 .