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DiDi Richards

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DiDi Richards
Richards with the Washington Mystics in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-02-08) February 8, 1999 (age 25)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight164 lb (74 kg)
Career information
High schoolCypress Ranch
(Cypress, Texas)
CollegeBaylor (2017–2021)
WNBA draft2021: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2021–present
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2021–2022New York Liberty
2023–2024Sydney Flames
2024Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Deauzya "DiDi" Richards (born February 8, 1999) is an American basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and for the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college for the Baylor Lady Bears. Following the 2019–20 season, Richards was named WBCA Defensive Player of the Year and Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award as well as Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, and had 52 steals and 25 blocked shots.[1]

College career

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Richards had a breakout season as a sophomore, starting in all 38 games and helping the Lady Bears to a national championship ... Known for her solid on-ball defense, she was selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Richards' reputation as one of the nation's top on-ball defenders headed into her junior season was solidified when she swept National Defensive Player of the Year Awards from both Naismith and the WBCA, as she was named as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Richards ranked 14th and 13th in the NCAA, respectively, in assists (171) and assists per game (5.7) while leading the Big 12 in both categories. Her 171 assists in the COVID-19-shortened season still ranked as the sixth-best total among Baylor juniors all-time. Richards played and started in all 30 games for Baylor, averaging a team-best 29.9 minutes per contest.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
* Denotes season(s) in which Richards won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

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Regular season

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Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics[2]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 New York 31 0 11.2 .422 .455 .600 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.3
2022 New York 14 0 11.1 .306 .273 .700 1.7 1.4 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.3
2024 Washington 19 7 10.4 .408 .000 .429 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.4
Career 3 years, 2 teams 64 7 10.9 .389 .351 .559 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.6 2.3

Playoffs

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WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 New York 1 0 12.0 1.000 1.000 — 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
2022 New York 2 0 8.5 .400 .000 1.000 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 4.0
Career 2 years, 1 team 3 0 9.7 .571 .333 1.000 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 1.3 4.3

College

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NCAA statistics[3]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017–18 Baylor 33 1 18.0 .471 .000 .510 4.3 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 5.1
2018–19* Baylor 38 38 26.9 .522 — .567 3.7 4.1 1.4 0.4 1.6 7.2
2019–20 Baylor 30 30 29.8 .497 — .775 4.9 5.7 1.7 0.8 1.9 8.2
2020–21 Baylor 30 29 29.8 .429 — .656 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.7 2.5 6.3
Career 131 98 26.0 .483 .000 .642 4.0 4.3 1.3 0.6 1.8 6.7

References

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  1. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (March 31, 2020). "Baylor's DiDi Richards named top defensive player by WBCA". ESPN. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "DiDi Richards WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  3. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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