Alongside five of her fellow Iowa women’s basketball teammates earning recognition in the conference’s annual end-of-season honors announcement on Tuesday, March 3, sophomore guard Chit-Chat Wright was named to the All-Big Ten Third Team by the collection of coaches and listed as an Honorable Mention by the voting media members.
In her first season with Iowa after transferring from Georgia Tech in the offseason, the 5-foot-4 native of Atlanta, Georgia, has been the Hawkeyes’ starting point guard and elevated the team’s offense through her sharp-shooting accuracy from 3-point territory and her ability to facilitate the ball to her teammates.
On the season, Wright is averaging 12.4 points on 43.6% shooting from the floor, 46.2% from 3-point range, and 91.4% from the free-throw line, to go along with 4.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per contest in 26 games started and played. Wright’s stellar 3-point field goal percentage leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth nationally.
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Wright’s season-high performance came in Iowa’s 86-76 win over Nebraska on Jan. 1 from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where she posted 24 points on 5-for-12 shooting, 3-for-5 from deep, and 11-for-12 from the charity stripe in 39 minutes of action against the Cornhuskers.
As Iowa enters the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed with a double-bye, Wright and the Hawkeyes will have plenty of rest before their quarterfinal game on Friday, March 6, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, where they will face either Wisconsin, Illinois, or Michigan State.
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