Tenaya Phillips

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Tenaya Phillips
No. 35 – Perth Lynx
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 27)
Melbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Listed height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2015Dandenong Rangers (SEABL)
2012–2013Dandenong Rangers (WNBL)
2014–2016Dandenong Rangers (WNBL)
2016Frankston Blues (SEABL)
2016–presentPerth Lynx (WNBL)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× SEABL champion (2012, 2015)
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 New Zealand Team

Tenaya Edith Phillips (born 20 June 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Professional career[]

Phillips, a native of Dandenong, Victoria, moved to Canberra in 2011 to attend the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2012, she returned to Dandenong and joined the Dandenong Rangers SEABL team, where she helped the team win a title. For the 2012–13 season, Phillips joined the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers. She managed just one appearance during the 2012–13 season.

After two more seasons in the SEABL, Phillips re-joined the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers for the 2014–15 season.[1] Following the WNBL season, she helped the SEABL Rangers win the 2015 title.

In 2015–16, Phillips had her best WNBL season, as she averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 18 games. She parted ways with Dandenong at the end of the 2015–16 season, and for the 2016 SEABL season, she joined the Frankston Blues.[2] In 21 games for the Blues in 2016, she averaged career-best numbers with 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game.[3]

On 4 August 2016, Phillips signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2016–17 WNBL season.[4] On 7 October 2016, she made her debut for the Lynx in their season opener, scoring 24 points off the bench in a 93–90 win over the Sydney Uni Flames.[5] On 3 November 2016, she was ruled out for three to four weeks with a lower leg injury.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ WNBL 2014/15 Season Preview: Dandenong Rangers
  2. ^ TENAYA PHILLIPS WELCOME TO THE BLUES
  3. ^ Player statistics for Tenaya Phillips – SEABL
  4. ^ PERTH LYNX SIGN TENAYA PHILLIPS
  5. ^ PERTH LYNX TOO HOT FOR FLAMES
  6. ^ TENAYA PHILLIPS TO MISS 3-4 WEEKS

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