Makayla Epps

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1995)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Makayla Epps

| image = File:Makayla Epps.jpg

| league =

| team = Free agent

| number =

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs =

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|6}}

| birth_place = Lebanon, Kentucky, U.S.

| high_school = Marion County (Lebanon, Kentucky)

| college = Kentucky (2013–2017)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2017

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 33

| draft_team = Chicago Sky

| career_start = 2017

| career_end =

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2017}}

| team1 = Chicago Sky

| highlights = * 3x First-team All-SEC (2015–2017)

| wnba_profile = makayla-epps

| medal_templates =

}}

Makayla Epps (born June 6, 1995) is an American professional women's basketball player. She last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).{{Cite news|url=http://www.wnba.com/player/makayla-epps/|title=Makayla Epps – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|work=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|access-date=2017-09-16|language=en-US}} She was drafted from the University of Kentucky with the 33rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.

She is the daughter of former University of Kentucky player, Anthony Epps,{{cite web |url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sport/w-baskbl/2016/roster/559d8fdbe4b01c7eefd5e719 |title=Bio for Makayla Epps {{!}} UK Wildcats {{!}} Basketball (W) |website=www.ukathletics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222247/http://www.ukathletics.com/sport/w-baskbl/2016/roster/559d8fdbe4b01c7eefd5e719 |archive-date=2016-10-24}} who was a member of the national champion 1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/1995-96.html|title=1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats|website=www.bigbluehistory.net|access-date=2017-09-16}}

Career statistics

=WNBA career statistics=

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

==Regular season==

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Chicago

|17||0||3.8||16.7||0.0||55.6||0.2||0.4||0.1||0.0||0.3||0.6

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team

|17||0||3.8||16.7||0.0||55.6||0.2||0.4||0.1||0.0||0.3||0.6

{{S-end}}

=Kentucky statistics=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2017-09-07}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2013–14

|Kentucky

|34

|155

|48.3%

|29.3%

|67.4%

|1.4

|1.4

|0.3

|0.0

|4.6

2014–15

|Kentucky

|34

|506

|44.4%

|31.6%

|69.1%

|4.6

|3.0

|1.3

|0.2

|14.9

2015–16

|Kentucky

|32

|546

|47.3%

|28.3%

|72.6%

|4.8

|4.5

|1.3

|0.1

|17.1

2016–17

|Kentucky

|33

|583

|45.9%

|35.5%

|76.1%

|4.5

|3.6

|1.0

|0.1

|17.7

Career

|

|133

|1790

|46.1%

|31.7%

|71.9%

|3.8

|3.1

|1.0

|0.1

|13.5

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