Sancho Lyttle #20 Forward

Sancho Lyttle
2012 Regular Season Statistics
PPG18.0
RPG10.0
APG2.0
EFF +21.00

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Background

2011: Appeared in 22 games, including 19 starts... Missed a total of 12 games (six due to commitments to Spain's national team and six more with a back injury)... Averaged 10.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game... Led WNBA in steals (2.4 spg)... Named to the 2011 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team... Started all eight postseason games, averaging 10.0 ppg and 7.5 rpg.

2010: Averaged 12.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game… WNBA All-Defensive Second team honoree… Earned second WNBA All-Star selection… Recorded a career-high 27 points against Connecticut on May 21… Started all seven playoff games, averaging 10.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

2009: Selected to the WNBA All-Star team for the first time in her career … Ranks fourth in WNBA in both defensive rebounds (182) and total rebounds (254) … Started 31 of 34 games in the regular season and averaged 27.4 minutes a game … Second on the team in steals (68) … Averaged 13.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.

2008: Played in 27 games for the Comets, including nine starts… Averaged 8.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per game… Recorded career-highs in all major statistical categories… Led the team in field goal percentage, shooting 58.2% from the field… Led the team in blocked shots… Scored a career-high 23 points against San Antonio on June 26… Recorded a career-high 18 rebounds two times.

2007: Played in 31 games for the Comets, including 25 starts… Averaged 5.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game… Recorded her first career double-double with ten points and 11 rebounds against Connecticut on July 22.

2006: Appeared in 29 games for the Comets, including 2 starts… Averaged 3.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

2005: Played in 33 games for the Comets as a rookie… Averaged 4.2 points and 3.8 rebounds… Ranked first among WNBA rookies in field goal percentage (58.4%)… Set the Comets rookie record for field goal percentage in a season… Finished second among rookies in rebounds per game (3.8)… Made her WNBA debut against San Antonio on May 21… Scored a season-high 13 points with four rebounds on June 15 against Los Angeles.

COLLEGE: Finished collegiate career at University of Houston after spending two seasons at Clarendon Junior College in Clarendon, TX… In two seasons with the Lady Cougars, averaged 17.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game… Averaged 18.8 points and led the nation in rebounding with 12.1 boards per game as a senior… Earned Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention, All-Conference USA First Team and Conference USA All-Tournament Team honors in 2005… Recorded three 30-plus point games during senior season, including a career-high-tying 34 vs. Creighton on November 24, 2004… Scored 33 points and hauled down a career-best 20 rebounds vs. USF on January 16, 2005… Also selected All-Conference USA Second Team as a junior… Originally set Division I career high in scoring with a 34-point outing in the C-USA Tournament vs. Cincinnati on March 5, 2004… 2003 NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball All-Region V First-Team selection at Clarendon Junior College… Recorded a 49-point game with 15 rebounds and 10 blocks while at Clarendon JC.

Personal

Grew up in Saint Vincent in the West Indies… Started as a track and field athlete and was a standout sprinter at an early age, representing her country in the 400 meters and 300 hurdles… Played netball, but did not pick up basketball until her senior year of high school (age 17) when she was offered a scholarship to play basketball at Clarendon Junior College in Texas… Majored in kinesiology and minored in health at Houston… After competing in Spain for a few years during the WNBA offseason, Lyttle was awarded Spanish citizenship and competed for Spain at the 2010 FIBA World Championship… Named to the All-Star Five at 2010 FIBA World Championship and is eligible to compete for Spain in the next Olympics.

Career Transactions

Selected by Houston in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft… Acquired by the Atlanta Dream from the Houston Comets in the 2008 dispersal draft.