33   Shaakira Haywood
Shaakira Haywood

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Canton, Mich.

High School:
Plymouth

Height:
6-2

Position:
F


05/04/2012

The 2012 Victors Awards Honor Top Huskie Team, Student-Athletes

Northern Illinois Athletics hosts third annual event at DeKalb's historic Egyptian Theatre

05/04/2012

The 2012 Victors Awards Honor Top Huskie Team, Student-Athletes

Northern Illinois Athletics hosts third annual event at DeKalb's historic Egyptian Theatre

04/19/2012

The Victors Set for May 3; Help Vote for Top Performance

Annual awards show moves to DeKalb's historic Egyptian Theatre

11/19/2011

Huskies Continue Home Stand Against Temple Sunday

NIU looking for second straight win

11/16/2011

NIU Beats WIU in Two-Overtime Thriller, 91-84

Six Huskies score in double figures

2009-10 Shaakira Haywood Photo Gallery

2010-11: Played in a career-high 30 games, averaging 15.2 minutes per game ... Ranked third on the team with nine blocks ... Made a career-high three field goals on four occasions, including in the season opener at Minnesota (11-13-10) ... Totaled career-bests in points (7) and steals (3) at Minnesota as well ... Matched career-high with seven points at Southern Illinois (11-19-10) ... Went 2-for-4 from the free throw line to establish new highs in free throws made and attempted vs. Illinois State (1-3-11) ... Logged 20 or more minutes in nine contests ... Had 13 games with a shooting percentage better than 40 percent ... Scored in 22 of 30 games ... Named to Academic All-MAC Team.

2009-10: Appeared in all 29 games as a reserve center... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 19... In MAC play, ranked 12th in the league with 13 blocks... Scored her first points as a Huskie against IUPUI, tallying a career-high six to go with a career-best seven rebounds and two blocks... Matched her career scoring high with six points on 3-of-6 shooting versus Central Michigan... Made her first career start and played a career-high 32 minutes in the overtime win versus Buffalo... Appeared in her first game as a Huskie against Bradley, registering two rebounds in 12 minutes... Posted a career-high three blocks against Western Illinois... Matched that total with three blocks versus Western Michigan and at Akron... Tallied five points on 2-of-2 shooting, including a three-point play, and had three boards in nine minutes at Loyola... Secured five rebounds and scored two points in 23 minutes against Ball State.

Prep: Team MVP as a senior and as a junior helped her team to the final 16 of the state championship in her final season... Four-year varsity letterwinner led her team to Nike Nationals... Participated at the Nike Skills Academy... Served as team captain in each of her final three seasons... Daughter of former NBA great Spencer Haywood, who played in four all-star games with the Seattle SuperSonics, and won an NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980.

HAYWOOD'S CAREER HIGHS

Minutes: 32, vs. Buffalo, 1-23-10
Field Goals Made: 3, four times, last at Southern Illinois, 11-19-10
Field Goals Attempted: 7, at Southern Illinois, 11-19-10
Three Pointers Made: N/A
Three Pointers Attempted: N/A
Free Throws Made: 2, vs. Illinois State, 1-3-11
Free Throws Attempted: 4, two times, last vs. Illinois State, 1-3-11
Rebounds: 7, at IUPUI, 11-19-09
Assists: 2, vs. Western Michigan, 1-15-11
Blocks: 3, three times, last at Akron, 2-6-10
Steals: 3, at Minnesota, 11-13-10
Points: 7, two times, last at Southern Illinois, 11-19-10

HAYWOOD'S CAREER STATISTICS

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring
Season GP-GS Min/Avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg
2009-10 29-1 302/10.4 20-41 .488 0-0 .000 9-19 .474 28 31 59 2.0 45 1 2 17 19 4 49 1.7
2010-11 30-0 456/15.2 28-74 .378 0-0 .000 11-26 .423 23 46 69 2.3 60 0 6 25 9 15 67 2.2
TOTAL 59-1
758/12.8 48-115
.417 0-0
.000 20-45
.444 51
77
128 2.2
105
1
8
42
28
19
116
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