#20 Liatu King Women's Basketball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2023-24 All-ACC First Team
• 2023-24 ACC Most Improved Player
• Two-time All-ACC Academic Team

AS A GRADUATE AT NOTRE DAME (2024-25)

• at PURDUE (11/10): Notched second double-double of the year with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Also had 4 steals
  • First player to post back-to-back double-doubles to start the season since 2020-21
• MERYHURST (11/4): Led Irish with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Went 11-13 from the floor

AS A SENIOR AT PITTSBURGH (2023-24)

• Averaged career-highs in every major statistical category en route to being named the ACC’s Most Improved Player — 18.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.5 blocks and 35.4 minutes per game with a FG% of 52.3 and a FT% of 71.1
• Ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in numerous categories — ppg (18.7 — sixth), rpg (10.3 — second), orpg (3.4 — second), drpg (6.9 — second), FG% (52.3 — fourth), spg (1.8 — seventh), bpg (1.5 — fourth) and mpg (35.4 — fifth)
• Had 18 double-doubles, the second-most in the ACC
• Had 19 games with double-digit rebounds, tied for the most in the ACC
• Posted 11 games with 20+ points
• VIRGINIA (1/25): Grabbed 16 boards with 5 steals
• GEORGIA TECH (1/7): Notched 6 blocks
• NOTRE DAME (1/4): Dropped 34 points against Notre Dame, the most the Irish allowed to a single player all season
• NORTHERN KENTUCKY (11/24): Dropped 30 points

AS A JUNIOR AT PITTSBURGH (2022-23)

• Appeared in all 30 games with 22 starts
• Averaged career-highs in nearly every category as she averaged 23.7 minutes, 9.4 points, a team-high 7.6 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.2 assists while shooting 39.4% from the floor
• Ranked fourth in the ACC in blocks (1.4), fifth in rebounding (7.6) and 11^th in field goal percentage (39.4%)
• Was one of five players in the NCAA 6-foot-tall or shorter to rank inside the top-50 in blocked shots (43)
• Posted a career-high five double-doubles (points and rebounds) on the season
• Had the best game of her career in the win over North Alabama on Dec. 21 finishing with a career-high 26 points, 16 rebounds (8 offensive), 3 blocks and 2 assists while going 9-for-17 from the floor
• Posted 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks on 10-for-17 from the floor in a rivalry game win over Duquesne on Nov. 19
• Scored in double figures a career-high 12 times including a career-best two games with 20+ points
• Grabbed double-digit rebounds eight times, including five games with 13 or more boards
• Recorded at least 5 rebounds in 23 of 30 games
• Had 14 games with multiple blocked shots including three games with a career-high 4 rejections
• Shot at least 50% from the floor in seven games
• Made a career-best 63 free throws while making a career-high 67% of her free throw attempts.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT PITTSBURGH (2021-22)

• Appeared in 26 games, starting 16 at power forward
• Finished the season averaging 19.8 minutes, 7.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game
• Scored in double figures 11 times
• Grabbed double-digit rebounds six times, including three games of 15+ rebounds
• Ranked eighth in the ACC in rebounding (7.1 rpg) while ranking third in the conference in offensive rebounds per game (2.9 orpg)
• Recorded back-to-back 19-rebound double-doubles during the Paradise Jam tournament, with 10 points and 19 rebounds against Texas A&M on Nov. 25 and a career-high 23 points and 19 rebounds in a win over Northwestern on Nov. 26
• Tallied a career-high 4 steals to go along with 10 points at Notre Dame on Dec. 19
• Recorded consecutive double-doubles again in late February with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Virginia on Feb. 20 and 11 points and 10 rebounds against Louisville on Feb. 24

AS A FRESHMAN AT PITTSBURGH (2020-21)

• Appeared in all 19 games
• Averaged 5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 14.3 minutes per game
• Ranked fourth on the team in rebounding (4.6 rpg)
• Finished the season shooting 46.1% from the floor, which ranked third on the team
• Posted a career-high 15 points and 8 rebounds while going 7-for-11 from the floor in a road win over Clemson on Jan. 26
• Nearly notched a double-double in a road win over Boston College on Feb. 16 with 9 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks
• On Nov. 25, opened her career with 8 points and 7 rebounds in a win over George Mason

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Finished off her impressive high school career at Bishop McNamara with 1,024 points and 1,018 rebounds
• Helped lead her team to a 28-5 overall record and their first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship since 2008
• Scored a team-high 13 points in the WCAC Championship game victory over No. 16 Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)
• Named First Team All-WCAC and Washington Post’s Second Team All-Met following her strong senior season
• Earned Second Team All-WCAC as a junior after averaging 9 ppg
• Led her AAU team to the 2019 Nike EYBL championship
• Earned Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll accolades each year in high school
• Member of the American Sign Language Honor Society
• Daughter of Patricia Opurum and David King and has one sibling, Precious King
• Learned American Sign Language at nine months old because her parents are deaf
• Also played football growing up
• Majored in business information systems; supply chain management at Pitt