Maggie Lucas Explained

Maggie Lucas
Team:Bowling Green Falcons
Position:Assistant coach
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lbs:158
Birth Date:29 November 1991
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
High School:Germantown Academy
(Fort Washington, Pennsylvania)
College:Penn State (2010–2014)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2014
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:21
Draft Team:Phoenix Mercury
Career Start:2014
Career End:2022
Career Number:8, 33
Coach Start:2022
Years1:2014-2015
Team1:Arras Pays d’Artois
Years2:
Team2:Indiana Fever
Team3:Atlanta Dream
Team4:Dallas Wings
Team5:Landerneau Bretagne Basket
Years5:2018-2019
Team6:Tianjin Ronggang
Years6:2019-2020
Team7:Luleå Basket
Years7:2020-2021
Team8:Dinamo Sassari
Years8:2021-2022
Cyears1:2022–2023
Cteam1:Penn State (assistant)
Cyears2:2023–present
Cteam2:Bowling Green (assistant)
Highlights:As player:
Wnba Profile:maggie_lucas

Margaret Taylor Lucas (born November 29, 1991) is an assistant coach for the Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team. As a player, Lucas played for three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) teams over four seasons.[1] [2]

High school

Lucas attended Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. She averaged 23.0 points, 4.5. assists and 3.8 steals per game as she led Germantown Academy to its second-straight Independent Schools State title. Lucas was selected and played in the McDonald's All-American game where they also participated and won the All-America three-point contest.[3]

College career

In Lucas's senior year, she led the Penn State Lady Lions basketball in scoring with 21.0 points per game. She also registered 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists. The Lady Lions finished that season with a 24-8 overall record.[4] She scored 2,510 total career points, second in school history. She recorded 365 3-pointers, the 12th highest career total in NCAA history.[5]

Penn State statistics

Source[6]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2010–11Penn State3555242.542.687.03.11.61.60.215.8
2011–12Penn State3364243.041.088.64.72.81.40.219.5
2012–13Penn State3264444.146.290.04.52.22.30.320.1
2013–14Penn State3267239.135.694.94.22.21.90.121.0
Career132251042.141.590.74.12.21.80.219.0

Professional career

Lucas was drafted by Phoenix Mercury in the second round of the 2014 WNBA draft. [7] Her contract was exchanged on May 12, 2014 to the Indiana Fever where she spent the next three seasons. In 2015, Lucas had a career high 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting with five three pointers in a victory against the New York Liberty.[8] Lucas' 2016 season ended prematurely due to a torn ligament in her knee. She missed the 2017 WNBA season due to a relapse in her right knee.[9] In 2018, Lucas would sign with the Atlanta Dream where she played in seven games.[10] Lucas finished the regular season and playoffs with the Dallas Wings.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana| 30 || 0 || 10.3 || .333 || .308 || .957 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.7|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Indiana| 30 || 0 || 15.0 || .372 || .373 || .838 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 5.7|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | Indiana| 4 || 0 || 13.8 || .524 || .200 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 7.8|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Indiana | colspan="7" | Did Not Play (injury—knee) |-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Atlanta| 7 || 0 || 5.1 || .091 || .100 || .000 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 0.4|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Dallas| 1 || 0 || 20.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams| 72 || 0 || 12.1 || .352 || .316 || .896 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 4.4

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana| 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .385 || .429 || .000 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 2.6|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Indiana| 5 || 0 || 3.8 || .667 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 1.2|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Dallas| 1 || 0 || 19.0 || .500 || .500 || .000 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0|-| align="left" |Career| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams| 11 || 0 || 6.7 || .455 || .500 || 1.000 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 2.4

International

In the 2014-2015 season Lucas earned her first International experience playing for the Arras Pays d’Artois. Lucas led the team in points per game (18.2), minutes played (36.8), three pointers made (72) and free throw percentage (.930%).[11]

For the 2018-2019 season, Lucas played for the Landerneau Bretagne Basket in the LFB. Lucas averaged 11.2 points per game over 25 games. Lucas also led the team with 45 three pointers and a .956% free throw percentage.[12]

For the 2019-2020 season, Lucas played for the Tianjin Ronggang in the WCBA. On December 31, Lucas scored a career high 49 points and 12 three pointers against Sichuan.[13] In 18 games, Lucas led the team with 27.3 points per game on .455% shooting.

On January 5, 2021, she joined Luleå Basket, playing in the SBL.[14] Lucas led the team to an SBLDAM Championship and was the league's finals MVP. Lucas led the team with 19.5 points per game and was 73-for-168 (.435%) from three point range.[15] In 2021-2022 Lucas played for the Dinamo Sassari where she was named All-Euro Cup first team in 2022. Over eight Euro Cup games, Lucas averaged 27.1 points per game and made 36 three pointers. In 28 regular season games, Lucas averaged 24.5 points per game while making over .400% from the field. Lucas was also 125-for-132 from the stripe, equaling .947% on the season.[16]

Coaching

In 2022, Lucas returned to Penn State where she was a Director of player Development. On July 14, she was promoted to an assistant coach.[17]

In May of 2023, Lucas was announced as an assistant coach for Bowling Green Falcons.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Maggie Lucas . bgsufalcons.com . en-US.
  2. Web site: Player Maggie Lucas . WNBA.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: Maggie Lucas Women's Basketball . gopsusports.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2014-04-15. Maggie Lucas Drafted By The WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. 2021-06-14. Onward State. en-US.
  5. Web site: News Archive. 2021-06-14. Indiana Fever. en.
  6. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-11.
  7. Web site: Maggie Lucas Drafted By The WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Zach Berger. 15 April 2014. wnba.com.
  8. Web site: 2015-06-19. Indiana Fever at New York Liberty, June 19, 2015. en-US.
  9. Web site: Indiana's Maggie Lucas to Miss Remainder of Season With Torn ACL . wnba.com . en-US.
  10. Web site: Atlanta Dream sign Maggie Lucas . summitthoops.com . 6 February 2018 . en-US.
  11. Web site: ARRAS PAYS D'ARTOIS BASKET FEMININ . eurobasket.com . en-US.
  12. Web site: LANDERNEAU BRETAGNE BASKET . eurobasket.com . en-US.
  13. Web site: Regular Season Round 16: Sichuan - Tianjin 109-89. eurobasket.com . en-US.
  14. Web site: Maggie Lucas-klar för luleå basket . January 5, 2021. April 24, 2021 . Swedish .
  15. Web site: LULEA BASKET . eurobasketball.com. en-US.
  16. Web site: DINAMO SASSARI . eurobasketball.com. en-US.
  17. Web site: Maggie Lucas Elevated to Assistant Coach for Lady Lions . 2024-01-24. gopsusports.com . en-US.
  18. Web site: Maggie Lucas Assistant Women's Basketball Coach. 2024-01-24. bgsufalcons.com. en-US.