Liberty Sign Former Scarlet Knight Guard Erica Wheeler
Sep 11 | Women's Basketball
NEW YORK - The New York Liberty announced this week it has signed guard former Scarlet Knight guard Erica Wheeler to a rest of season contract.
New York used the roster hardship provision to add Wheeler, after rookie point guard Brittany Boyd underwent surgery Friday to repair a fractured wrist. Boyd is expected to be out for 5-6 weeks.
Wheeler is in her first year in the WNBA. During the 2015 preseason, she signed a Training Camp contract with the Atlanta Dream, and appeared in 17 games averaging 4.5 points and 1.5 assists per game.
A 2013 graduate, Wheeler scored 1,027-career points for the Scarlet Knights, and graduated ranked third in program history in 3-point field goals with 157. She has played internationally in Puerto Rico, Turkey and Brazil, most recently averaging 16.6 points and 4.4 assists per game for Recife in Brazil during the 2014-15 season.
The New York Liberty will close out the home portion of its regular season schedule when it hosts the Washington Mystics at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
The Liberty will open the postseason at Madison Square Garden against either the Washington Mystics or Indiana Fever on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. New York will enter the WNBA Playoffs as the top overall seed for the first time in franchise history and clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2002.
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