2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

#20 Liatu King Women's Basketball Roster

Height 6-0

Class Graduate

Eligibility Senior

Hometown Washington, DC

High School Bishop McNamara/Pittsburgh

Bio

HONORS AND AWARDS

AS A GRADUATE AT NOTRE DAME (2024-25)

EASTERN MICHIGAN (12/15): Record her sixth double-double of the year with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Went 7-9 from the floor
UCONN (12/12): Added a fifth double-double of the year with 16 points and 12 boards plus 3 steals
at SYRACUSE (12/8): Grabbed 12 rebounds and a career-high 6 steals in the win over the Orange
TEXAS (12/5): Recorded her fourth double-double of the season (10p/12r)
UTAH (11/30): Led Irish with 11 boards and finished with 16 points after going 7-15 from the floor
TCU (11/29): Led Irish with 13 boards and finished with 8 points
at LAFAYETTE (11/17): Missed game while in concussion protocol
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