DiDi Richards
No. 2 – Sydney Flames
PositionShooting guard
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1999-02-08) February 8, 1999
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
Career history
2021–2022New York Liberty
2023–presentSydney Flames
Career highlights and awards

Deauzya "DiDi" Richards (born February 8, 1999) is an American basketball player 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

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.

Baylor statistics

Source[2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Baylor 33 169 47.1% 0.0% 51.0% 4.3 1.6 0.8 0.6 5.1
2018–19 Baylor 38 274 52.2% 0.0% 56.7% 3.7 4.1 1.4 0.4 7.2
2019–20 Baylor 30 246 49.7% 0.0% 77.5% 4.9 5.7 1.7 0.8 8.2
2020–21 Baylor 30 190 42.9% 0.0% 65.6% 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.7 6.3
Career 131 879 48.3% 0.0% 64.2% 4.0 4.3 1.3 0.6 6.7

WNBA career statistics

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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 New York 31011.2.422.455.6001.10.80.50.20.52.3
2022 New York 14011.1.306.273.7001.71.40.10.40.92.3
Career 2 years, 1 team 45011.1.380.394.6501.31.00.40.20.62.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 New York 1012.01.0001.000.0001.00.00.00.00.05.0
2022 New York 208.5.400.0001.0001.51.01.00.02.04.0
Career 2 years, 1 team 309.7.571.3331.0001.30.70.70.01.34.3

References

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