Tynice Martin
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tynice Martin
| image =
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| number =
| team =
| position = Guard
| league =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|03|25|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb =
| high_school = Southwest Atlanta
(Atlanta, Georgia)
| college = West Virginia (2015–2020)
| draft_year = 2020
| draft_round = 3
| draft_pick = 34
| draft_team = Los Angeles Sparks
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start = 2020
| years1 = 2021
| team1 = Kyiv-Basket
| years2 = 2021
| team2 = Högsbo Basket
| years3 = 2022
| team3 = KBF Prishtina
| years4 = 2022–2023
| team4 = Vimpelin Veto
| years5 = 2023
| team5 = Njarðvík
| highlights =
- 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2017, 2019)
- Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2017)
- Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017)
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2016)
}}
Tynice Martin (born 25 March 1997) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for West Virginia{{cite news |author1=Justin Jackson |title=Tynice Martin unsure of what future has in store for her |url=https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/07/tynice-martin-unsure-of-what-future-has-in-store-for-her/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=The Dominion Post |date=7 April 2020}} where she was a first-team All-Big 12 selection in her sophomore and junior year. She led West Virginia to the 2017 Big 12 Conference Championship while being named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Professional career
Martin was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2020 WNBA draft{{cite magazine |author1=Christopher Hall |title=Tynice Martin Selected by L.A. Sparks in the 2020 WNBA Draft |url=https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/basketball/tynice-martin-selected-by-l-a-sparks-in-the-2020-wnba-draft |access-date=20 July 2023 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=17 April 2020}} but waived prior to the start of the season.{{cite news |author1=Jared Serre |title=WVU alum Tynice Martin waived by Los Angeles Sparks |url=https://www.thedaonline.com/sports/womens_basketball/wvu-alum-tynice-martin-waived-by-los-angeles-sparks/article_9921d1fc-a062-11ea-accc-1b6827ee7378.html |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=The Daily Athenaeum |date=27 May 2020}}
In January 2021, she signed with Kyiv-Basket in Ukraine{{cite news |title=Former Mountaineer Martin to Play Professionally in Ukraine |url=https://www.wdtv.com/2021/01/06/former-mountaineer-martin-to-play-professionally-in-ukraine/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=WDTV |date=6 January 2021}} and later played for Högsbo Basket in Sweden and KBF Prishtina in Kosovo.{{cite news |author1=Jari Porttila |title=Tynice, 25, ja Shayla, 27, muuttivat miljoonametropolista pikkukuntaan Suomessa – yksi asia ihmisten käytöksessä kiinnitti heti huomion |url=https://www.is.fi/koripallo/art-2000009154288.html |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=Ilta Sanomat |date=26 October 2022 |language=Finnish}} During the 2022–2023 season, she played for Vimpelin Veto in the Naisten Korisliiga.{{cite news |author1=Timo Kankaanpää |title=Näin Amerikasta Suomeen muuttanut Tynice Martin, 25, selviää talvesta – tapaus kylän huoltoasemalla sai hänet hämmästymään |url=https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009399669.html |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=17 February 2023 |language=Finnish}}{{closed access}}
In July 2023, she signed with Njarðvík of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.{{cite news |title=Njarðvík sækir þrjá erlenda leikmenn |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2023/07/20/njardvik_saekir_thrja_erlenda_leikmenn/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=20 July 2023 |language=Icelandic}} She left the club in December the same year after appearing in 7 games where she averaged 16.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists.{{cite news |author1=Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson |title=Njarðvík sendir Martin heim |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20232497028d/njardvik-sendir-martin-heim |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=Vísir.is |date=30 November 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
Career statistics
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= College =
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|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17
| style="text-align:left;" | West Virginia
|35||0||23.7||40.3||25.5||80.6||3.2||1.5||1.0||0.2||1.5||10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18
| style="text-align:left;" | West Virginia
|34||34||35.6||39.4||36.7||81.5||4.3||2.4||1.8||0.3||1.8||18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19
| style="text-align:left;" | West Virginia
|32||32||36.9||38.0||37.9||83.1||5.8||1.7||1.6||0.0||1.6||18.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20
| style="text-align:left;" | West Virginia
|26||25||34.8||36.6||29.0||86.2||4.4||1.6||1.3||0.3||1.7||15.1
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career
|127||91||32.5||38.6||33.4||82.8||4.4||1.8||1.4||0.2||1.6||15.5
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Tynice-Martin-1.html|title=Tynice Martin College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}
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References
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External links
- {{Eurobasket.com player|373063}}
- [https://korisliiga.fi/naisten-korisliiga/ottelut/pelaaja/?season_id=125122&player_id=6620444 Finnish statistics] at korisliiga.fi
- [https://wvusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/tynice-martin/9263 West Virginia bio]
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
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Category:Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) players
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball players