Makira Cook
| No. 3 – Illinois Fighting Illini | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | Big Ten Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 30, 2001 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mount Notre Dame High School |
| College | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Makira Cook is an American college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers.
Early life
[edit]Cook played high school basketball for Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati,Ohio where she was Named First Team twice and Second Team twice.[1]Cook led team to two state championships and three conference championships.[1]At the end of her high school career Cook was considered a four-star recruit, ranked 95th in her class by ESPN. [2].Cook was also a four-year varsity letterwinner.Cook Commited to play college basketball for Dayton in 2019.[3]
College career
[edit]Dayton
[edit]In her sophomore season, Cook was named the A-10 Most Improved Player.[1] She was also named in the Second Team All-Conference.[1]Cook also earned All-Tournament team honors at A-10 Championships and named to 2021-22 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.[1]
Illinois
[edit]Before the start of her Junior season, Cook transferred to the Illinois Fighting Illini.[4] In her Junior season Cook was named Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten by coaches Coaches and First Team All-Big Ten by Media.[5]She was the first Illini to earn first team honors by both the Big Ten coaches and media since Jenna Smith did so in 2010.[5]She was also a Honorable Mention All-American honoree by both the WBCA and the Associated Press.[5]Cook was Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media) in her senior season.[5]
In March 2024 it was announced that Cook would return for her fifth season in college basketball.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]| 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 |
College
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Dayton | 18 | 1 | 17.5 | 38.1 | 26.5 | 59.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2021–22 | Dayton | 31 | 25 | 31.2 | 40.4 | 38.0 | 76.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 2022–23 | Illinois | 30 | 30 | 33.9 | 41.4 | 34.2 | 86.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 18.3 |
| 2023–24 | Illinois | 31 | 31 | 34.7 | 40.5 | 34.9 | 81.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 16.4 |
| Career | 110 | 87 | 30.7 | 62.1 | 35.7 | 56.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 14.8 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Makira Cook". Dayton Flyers. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Makira Cook". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "2020 point guard commits to Dayton women's basketball program". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Illinois Basketball: Report has Illini landing former 4-star guard Makira Cook". Writing Illini. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ a b c d "Makira Cook". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Makira Cook to return to Illinois women's basketball". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Makira Cook College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2024.