Marlelynn Lange-Harris
{{Short description|Canadian basketball player (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = MerleLynn Lange-Harris
| full_name =
| image =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| high_school = Emery Collegiate Institute
(Toronto, Ontario)
| college = UNLV (1988–1992)
| career_position = Center
| years1 = 1992–1993
| team1 = Calais
| years2 = 1999
| team2 = Phoenix Mercury
| highlights =
- Second-team All-BWC team (1991, 1992)
}}
MerleLynn Lange-Harris (first name also spelled Marlelynn; born 28 April 1969) is a Canadian former basketball player.{{cite news |author1=Kellie Hudson |title=Basketball star takes dead aim at Seoul Games |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/435713824/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=Toronto Star |date=20 January 1988 |page=B4 |id={{ProQuest|435713824 }}}} A 6-foot-6 center,{{cite news |author1=Sam Laskaris |title=6-foot-6 player has high hopes for Canada's Olympic team |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/435747004/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=Toronto Star |date=31 May 1988 |page=N14 |id={{ProQuest|425747004 }}}} she played college basketball for UNLV from 1988 to 1992 and later professionally in Germany, with Calais in France{{cite news |author1=Bruce Pascoe |title=Lange hopes to say au revoir to Division I-B |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/259851890/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=1 October 1992 |page=5D |id={{ProQuest|259851890 }}}} and in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury.{{cite news |author1=Chris Jones |title=Lange-Harris gets a rise out of Phoenix as she tries the WNBA for size |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/329504090/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=National Post |date=11 June 1999 |page=B17 |id={{ProQuest|329504090 }}}}{{cite news |author1=Jeff Metcalfe |title=It's mother's time to play Lange-Harris on roster; Husband gets extra duty |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/237888775/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=The Arizona Republic |date=10 June 1999 |page=C2|id={{ProQuest|237888775 }}}}{{cite news |author1=David Leeder |title=Lange-Harris becomes only Canadian in WNBA |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/384518642/E27D19D529CF4273PQ/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=11 June 1999 |page=S5 |id={{ProQuest|384518642 }}}}
Early life
Lange-Harris attended Emery Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario where she graduated in 1987.{{cite news |title=15 Merelynn Lange |url=https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=basketball_programs |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=U.N.L.V Today |publisher=UNLV |date=1988 |page=28}}
National team career
Lange-Harris competed for Canada in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/marlelynn-lange-harris-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/marlelynn-lange-harris-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Marlelynn Lange-Harris Olympic Results |accessdate=22 July 2018}} and in the 1986, 1990 and 1994 World Championships.{{cite news |title=Canadian makes WNBA's Phoenix Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99455230/canadian-makes-wnbas-phoenix-mercury/ |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=The Winnipeg Sun |date=11 June 1999 |page=62 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
UNLV statistics
Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-25}}{{Cite web|title=Final 1989 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report |url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1989_465_University%20of%20Nevada,%20Las%20Vegas.pdf|access-date=26 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}{{Cite web|title=Final 1990 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1990_465_University%20of%20Nevada,%20Las%20Vegas.pdf|access-date=26 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}{{Cite web|title=Final 1991 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1991_465_University%20of%20Nevada,%20Las%20Vegas.pdf|access-date=26 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}{{Cite web|title=Final 1992 Division I Women's Basketball Statistics Report|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1992_465_University%20of%20Nevada,%20Las%20Vegas.pdf|access-date=26 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}
{{Switcher
| {{wikitable| class="wikitable"
|+{{{caption|Ratios}}}
!YEAR
!Team
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG%|Field goal percentage}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FT%|Free-throw percentage}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|RBG|Rebounds per game}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|APG|Assists per game}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|BPG|Blocks per game}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|SPG|Steals per game}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PPG|Points per game}}
|-
|1988-89
|UNLV
|33
|46.8%
|16.7%
|58.6%
|4.30
|0.61
|1.21
|0.18
|4.88
|-
|1989-90
|UNLV
|31
|59.4%
| -
|58.1%
|5.52
|1.13
|0.87
|0.29
|8.13
|-
|1990-91
|UNLV
|21
|59.3%
| -
|69.2%
|7.81
|1.14
|1.14
|0.33
|13.24
|-
|1991-92
|UNLV
|26
|62.9%
| -
|64.9%
|8.12
|1.27
|1.65
|0.50
|16.85
|-
|Career
|
|111
|58.1%
|16.7%
|63.6%
|6.20
|1.01
|1.21
|0.32
|10.17
}}
| Ratios
| {{wikitable| class="wikitable"
|+{{{caption|Totals}}}
!YEAR
!Team
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG|Field goals made}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FGA|Field goal attempts}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P|3-point field-goals made}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3PA|3-point field-goal attempts}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FT|Free-throws made}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FTA|Free-throws attempted}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|REB|Total rebounds}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|A|Assists}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|BK|Blocks}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|ST|Steals}}
! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PTS|Points}}
|-
|1988-89
|UNLV
|33
|72
|154
|1
|6
|17
|29
|142
|20
|40
|6
|161
|-
|1989-90
|UNLV
|31
|101
|170
|0
|0
|50
|86
|171
|35
|27
|9
|252
|-
|1990-91
|UNLV
|21
|112
|189
|0
|0
|54
|78
|164
|24
|24
|7
|278
|-
|1991-92
|UNLV
|26
|171
|272
|0
|0
|96
|148
|211
|33
|43
|13
|438
|-
|Career
|
|111
|456
|785
|1
|6
|217
|341
|688
|112
|134
|35
|1129
}}
| Totals
}}
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Category:Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players
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