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Jersey Number 9
Lilly Taulelei
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Queen Margaret College
- Hometown:
- Wellington, New Zealand
2025-26 (Iowa State): Appeared in 21 games...Averaged 2.6 points per game...Scored a season-high 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the floor in 10 minutes against Sacred Heart... posted nine points with two rebounds against NIU.
2024-25 (Iowa State): Appeared in 22 games...Averaged 1.2 points per contest while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor… finished with a season-high six points against UCF, going 3-of-5 from the floor with an assist and a steal.
2023-24 (UMass): Appeared in 31 games with 22 starts... Averaged 6.7 points and 2.5 rebounds as the fifth-leading scorer on the roster...Shot 45.3% from the floor, going .500 or better from the floor in 16 games... Recorded a career-high 14 points against Dayton...Went 6-of-6 from the floor for 12 points in 19 minutes of action at Boston College.
High School: Captain of her high school varsity team in 2020...Earned Team MVP and ranked fourth in points scored in the high school competition...Was the High School Female Basketball Player of the Year...Named the College Sport Sportsperson Basketball of the Year.
New Zealand Basketball: Made the Wellington U19 Basketball Representative Team...Competed for the New Zealand U14 Basketball Team, helping the team to a gold medal in Melbourne, Australia...Captained the New Zealand U15 Basketball Team, guiding the team to the National U15 Championships and gaining selection to the Tournament Team...With the New Zealand U16 Basketball Team, she aided the team to a fourth-place finish at the Asia Cup Championships in 2021, qualifying for the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup, where the team placed 12th...Became the first female in New Zealand Basketball history to be selected to the Jr. NBA Global Championship...Named the team captain of the Jr. NBA Asia Pacific Team.
Personal: Daughter of Walter and Rachel Taulelei.
2024-25 (Iowa State): Appeared in 22 games...Averaged 1.2 points per contest while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor… finished with a season-high six points against UCF, going 3-of-5 from the floor with an assist and a steal.
2023-24 (UMass): Appeared in 31 games with 22 starts... Averaged 6.7 points and 2.5 rebounds as the fifth-leading scorer on the roster...Shot 45.3% from the floor, going .500 or better from the floor in 16 games... Recorded a career-high 14 points against Dayton...Went 6-of-6 from the floor for 12 points in 19 minutes of action at Boston College.
High School: Captain of her high school varsity team in 2020...Earned Team MVP and ranked fourth in points scored in the high school competition...Was the High School Female Basketball Player of the Year...Named the College Sport Sportsperson Basketball of the Year.
New Zealand Basketball: Made the Wellington U19 Basketball Representative Team...Competed for the New Zealand U14 Basketball Team, helping the team to a gold medal in Melbourne, Australia...Captained the New Zealand U15 Basketball Team, guiding the team to the National U15 Championships and gaining selection to the Tournament Team...With the New Zealand U16 Basketball Team, she aided the team to a fourth-place finish at the Asia Cup Championships in 2021, qualifying for the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup, where the team placed 12th...Became the first female in New Zealand Basketball history to be selected to the Jr. NBA Global Championship...Named the team captain of the Jr. NBA Asia Pacific Team.
Personal: Daughter of Walter and Rachel Taulelei.
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