Shanae Baker-Brice Explained

Shanae Baker-Brice
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lbs:131
Birth Date:24 September 1987
Birth Place:Washington D.C., U.S.
High School:Theodore Roosevelt
(Washington D.C.)
College:Towson (2006–2010)
Career Start:2010
Career End:2012
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:2010–2011
Team1:Edremit
Years2:2011–2012
Team2:Njarðvík
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Shanae Baker-Brice (born 24 September 1987) is an American former basketball player. She played college basketball for Towson University where she was a two time first-team All-CAA.[1] [2] She later played professionally in Iceland where she won both the national championship and national cup with Njarðvík in 2012.

College career

After starring at Theodore Roosevelt High School, Baker-Brice played college basketball for Towson Tigers women's basketball from 2006 to 2010. She was named to three All-Coastal Athletic Association teams, including the first team during her junior and senior years, and to the CAA All-Defensive team as a junior. She left the school as its all time leading scorer with 1,806 points scored after breaking Danielle Barry's career scoring mark of 1,555 points in her senior year.[1]

Professional career

After graduation from college, Baker-Brice started her professional career with Edremit in Turkey. In 2011, she signed with Njarðvík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna.On 18 February 2012, she was named the MVP of the Icelandic Basketball Cup final after leading Njarðvík to its first ever Cup final win with 35 points and 16 rebounds.[3] [4] In April, she helped Njarðvík to its first ever Icelandic championship after averaging 26.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists during the playoffs.[5]

Later life

In 2013, she was hired as Towson Tigers director of basketball operation.[1]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2006–07| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|29||-||33.7||41.0||30.0||66.7||4.7||3.1||2.6||0.2||3.2||13.7 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2007–08| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|32||-||32.7||38.9||24.6||78.9||3.9||4.2||2.0||0.1||3.9||11.7 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2008–09| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|29||-||34.3||40.3||27.3||72.2||4.4||3.9||3.0||0.1||3.6||17.0|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2009–10| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|31||30||35.5||36.0||26.6||65.2||5.1||4.2||2.2||0.1||4.5||17.4|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|121||30||34.1||38.8||27.2||70.2||4.5||3.9||2.4||0.1||3.8||14.9|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: @Towson_WBB Names Baker-Brice as Director of Ops . 6 December 2023 . . 17 May 2023.
  2. News: Mike Klingaman . A really strong little person . 6 December 2023 . . 15 January 2010 . D7 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Leiðin að titlunum . 6 December 2023 . . 18 April 2012 . 16–17 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
  4. News: Njarðvík bikarmeistari í fyrsta skipti . 6 December 2023 . . 18 February 2012 . Icelandic.
  5. News: Kristján Jónsson . Konurnar teknar við . 6 December 2023 . . 16 April 2012 . 4 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
  6. Web site: Shae Baker-Brice College Stats. Sports-Reference. June 11, 2024.