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Ana Llanuusa
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ANA LLANUSA
RS-SENIOR • GUARD • 5-11 CHOCTAW, OKLA. (CHOCTAW)
CAREER HONORS
2019 Second Team All-Big 12 Two-time preseason All-Big 12 honoree 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team Big 12 Player of the Week (one time) Big 12 Freshman of the Week (twice) USBWA National Freshman oft he Week (Feb. 6, 2018)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021-22)
Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... In 10 games (all starts), averaged 17.3 points. 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists … Suffered season-ending injury vs. BYU (Dec. 10) … Scored 15+ points in every full game played … Notched best game of season at SMU (Nov. 30), tallying a season-high in points (25), rebounds (8) and assists (6) … Led the Sooners in scoring three times and in rebounds once … Led team with 18 steals in the first 10 games of the season … Scored 19 points with four rebounds and two assists in season-opening win at South Dakota (11/9) … Tallied season-highs with 25 points and eight rebounds in win at SMU (11/30) … Followed win at SMU with 21-point outing vs. Mississippi State (12/4) to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors (12/6).
SENIOR (2020-21)
Missed the 2020-21 season due to injury ... Preseason All-Big 12 honoree.
JUNIOR (2019-20) SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
All-Big 12 Second Team selection ... Started 17 games and appeared in 20 contests .. Finished the season averaging 18.3 points per game, shooting .382 from the field and .341 from the 3-point line ... Ranked third in the league with 19.1 points per game during Big 12 play ... Set OU record with six straight games with 20-plus points (Feb. 10-25) ... Had three contests with 30-plus points, tied for the most by a Sooner in a single season ... Scored 20-plus points in nine contests ... Had 15 double-digit scoring games ... Started season opener against Western Kentucky (Nov. 9), but missed next 10 games due to foot surgery ... Led the team in scoring nine times after her return from injury ... Scored season-high 35 points at Iowa State (Jan. 19), setting career highs with 15 free throws made and knocking 8-of-18 attempts from the field along with four 3-pointers ... Had 33 points on 10-of-20 shooting and hit five triples against Kansas State (Feb. 10) ... Recorded 31 points at Baylor (Feb. 16), tied for the most the point scored against the Lady Bears during the season ... Was 10-of-17 and finished with 26 points at West Virginia (Feb. 23) ... Earned first career double-double with 26 points and 14 rebounds in a victory over Oklahoma State (Feb. 25) ... Set career high with 11 made field goals and finished with 26 points at Texas Tech (March 5) ... During Big 12 play, ranked third in the league with 2.5 3-pointers made per game and recorded 1.9 steals per contest ... Also shot .837 from the free throw line against conference foes (ranked fourth in the Big 12) and posted a .354 clip from beyond the arc (10th) ... 18.3 scoring average ranked as the eighth-best mark by a Sooner during the Big 12 era.
Played in 23 games with 20 starts … Averaged 15.4 points per game to rank third on the team and 10th in the Big 12 … Scored in double figures in 18 games … Led the team in scoring in eight contests … Seven 20+-point performances … Three games with 25+, including a 30-point effort against Missouri State on 11-of-18 shooting (Nov. 14) … Led all Big 12 players in steals per game with an average 2.26 … Four games with four or more assists … Tallied a single-game conference-high eight steals against UAB (Nov. 10) … Stuffed the stat sheet against the Blazers with 25 points, eight steals and a season-high eight rebounds … Season-high seven assists against Abilene Christian (Nov. 26) … Scored her 1,000th career point against West Virginia (Feb. 5) to become the 36th 1,000-points scorer in program history and the 17th OU player to reach 1,000 points in three seasons or fewer … Recorded a career-high two blocks at TCU (March 4).
›› Llanusa enters the 2022-23 campaign 23rd in all-time scoring at Oklahoma, tallying 1,269 points in 83 games played.
›› LLANUSA'S CAREER STATS
Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF A TO B S TP Avg. 17-18 30-22 886-29.5 128-344 .372 45-171 .263 76-108 .704 39-82-121 4.0 93 29 62 2 40 377 12.6 18-19 20-17 584-29.2 105-275 .382 47-138 .341 108-132 .818 25-42-67 3.4 67 24 56 1 38 365 18.3 19-20 23-20 602-26.2 126-307 .410 32-113 .283 70-101 .693 43-62-105 4.6 82 46 77 3 52 354 15.4 21-22 10-10 288-28.8 58-146 .397 25-85 .294 32-40 .800 15-26-41 4.1 15 23 30 3 18 173 17.3 TOTAL 83-69 2359-28.4 417-1072 .389 149-507 .294 286-381 .751 122-212-334 4.0 257 122 225 9 148 1269 15.3
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Played in 30 games, making 22 starts ... Fourth on the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game ... Ranked second in the Big 12 among freshman during the regular season in scoring average ... Third on the team with 45 3-pointers, the sixth-most made by an OU freshman in a one season ... Also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game ... Played 29.5 minutes per contest, which ranks sixth on OU's freshman record list ... Registered 22 double-figure scoring games ... Led team in scoring in four games ... Made at least three 3-pointers in seven games ... Won Big 12 Freshman of the Week twice during the season ... Earned USBWA National Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 6 after 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in home wins over Kansas State (Jan. 31) and West Virginia (Feb. 3) ... Finished with a seasonhigh 27 points twice ... Hit season-high six 3-pointers and finished 9-of-14 from the field with 27 points against West Virginia (Feb. 3) ... Filled the box score with 27 points and seven rebounds against New Mexico (Dec. 16) ... Recorded season-high nine rebounds and posted 15 points against South Florida (Dec. 9) ... Scored 19 points against Baylor (Jan. 14) ... Became the first OU freshman to play 45 minutes in the Sooners' overtime road victory at West Virginia (Feb. 17)... Tied OU single-game NCAA Tournament record with 11 free throws made against DePaul (March 16) ... Attempted 16 3-pointers against New Mexico, which set a Lloyd Noble Center record.
PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA
Rated a five-star prospect by ESPN Hoop Gurlz (No. 8 guard/No. 32 overall) and Prospect Nation (No. 3 guard/ No. 20 overall) ... During her senior season at Choctaw High School, led her team to the Class 6A State Tournament Championship ... Finished career as the all-time leader in points scored in Oklahoma's Class 6A Tournament and ranks 23rd all-time in state history with 2,249 career points ... Was selected as the Oklahoman's 2017 Super 5 and Big All-City Player of the Year after averaging 19.5 points and 6.2 rebounds a game as a senior ... Named the 2017 Jim Thorpe Female Player of the Year by the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association ... Was recognized as a WBCA All-America honorable mention selection and the 2017 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year following the conclusion of her prep career ... Averaged 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game along with a .510 shooting percentage as a junior ... As a sophomore, averaged 22.6 points per game and 19.8 points a contest as a freshman ... Guided Choctaw to four straight state tournament appearances.
PERSONAL
Name pronounced Aw-nuh YUH-new-sa ... Graduated in 2021 with a degree in Human Relations ... Currently pursuing a Masters in Human Relations.
›› LLANUSA BY THE NUMBERS
Miscellaneous
10-Plus Points 20-Plus Points 10-Plus Rebounds Double-Doubles Leads Team in Points Leads Team in Rebounds Leads Team in Assists
2021-22
9 3 -
3 1 1
Career
65 20 1 1 21 4 6
›› LLANUSA'S 2021-22 SEASON HIGHS
Points .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 at SMU (11/30/21) Field Goals .................................................................................................................................................... 9 at SMU (11/30/21) 3-Point Field Goals............................................................................................................................5 at South Dakota (11/09/21) Free Throws Made........................................................................................................................ 7 vs. Arkansas State (11/12/21) Rebounds ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 at SMU (11/30/21) Assists........................................................................................................................................................... 6 at SMU (11/30/21) Blocked Shots............................................................ 1 at SMU (11/30/21); vs. Buffalo (11/21/21)l vs. Central Arkansas (11/16/21) Steals ......................................................................................................................................... 5 vs. Central Arkansas (11/16/21) Minutes Played ........................................................................................................................................... 38 at SMU (11/30/21)
Points .................................................................................................................................................... 35 at Iowa State (1/19/19) Field Goals ...................................................11 at Texas Tech (3/5/19); vs. Oklahoma State (2/11/20); vs. Missouri State (11/14/19) 3-Point Field Goals............................................................................................................................... 6 vs. West Virginia (2/3/18) Free Throws Made................................................................................................................................ 15 at Iowa State (1/19/19) Rebounds .............................................................................................................................................. 18 at Iowa State (1/19/19) Assists.........................................................................................................................................7 vs. Abilene Christian (11/26/19) Blocked Shots.................................................................................................................................................... 2 at TCU (3/4/20) Steals ............................................................................................................................................................8 vs. UAB (11/10/19) Minutes Played ..................................................................................................................................45 at West Virginia (2/17/18)