Kayla Manuirirangi

Maddison Wells and Kayla Manuirirangi Senior Day

Women's Basketball Huddle First Practice

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Junkanoo Jam

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Point Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
New Plymouth Girls
Hometown:
Hawera, New Zealand

As a Senior (2019-20): Played in all 31 games, starting 11... Ended her career tied for ninth at Tulane in 3-pointers made all-time with 157... Finished the season third on the team in points per game at 6.5... Closed the year second on the squad in 3-point field goal percentage at .329... Made a career-high 59 threes... Tied her career-high with 19 points and made a career-best six threes against UCF (January 22)... Scored in double-digits seven times... Opened the season with 10 points against Jackson State (November 5)... Logged 15 points vs. Boston College (November 28)... Registered 16 points in the win over Georgia Southern (December 30)... Led the Green Wave with 18 points in the win at Tulsa (January 29).

As a Junior (2018-19): Played in all 30 games as a junior, starting in 20 and seeing 19.1 minutes per game of court time...Drained 44 shots from 3-point range and scored 6.0 points per game...Averaged 1.7 rebounds per game and tallied 42 total assists...Recorded double-figure scoring in seven games...Set a season best of 17 points thanks to five made 3-pointers against SMU (January 12)...Equaled her career highs with five made 3-pointers and six total made field goals in that game against the Mustangs...Tied her career high with six made free throws against FAU (November 28)...Had a season-best five rebounds against No. 18 California (November 23).

As a Sophomore (2017-18): Finished the season second on the Tulane roster with 7.7 points per game...Played in all 31 games, starting the first 26...Averaged 2.3 rebounds per game...Had 107 assists, leading Tulane in that category as its starting point guard most of the season...Stole the ball from opponents 21 times, tied for third on the roster...Named to the AAC Honor Roll on January 29 following a week with two double-figure scoring games at UConn and at Houston...Picked up a season- and career-high eight assists against Houston (January 6)...Had 11 games with five or more assists...Finished with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.4...Scored a career-high 19 points against Iowa State in the Junkanoo Jam, making 6 of 16 field goals including 4 of 6 from the 3-point line (November 25)...Also had 19 points against Troy (December 21) in the Tulane Classic with a 6-of-8 performance from the field and a 5-of-7 performance from the 3-point line...Scored in double figures in 11 games...Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds against Houston (January 6)...Had six games of four or more rebounds...Finished the year shooting 34.2 percent from the 3-point line (53-155) and 34.7 percent overall (77-222)...Shot 79.5 percent from the free-throw line (31-39).

As a Freshman (2016-17): Played in 27-of-33 games and averaged 6.3 minutes off the bench ... Scored in 15-of-27 appearances ... Hit two three-pointers in the last 3:30 of the game at East Carolina (12/31) to help seal the 61-45 victory - Finished with a career best six points ... Played a career high 18 minutes vs Temple (2/5), tying her personal best in rebounds (3) and assists (2) ... Picked up her first career block, along with tying her high of two assists, vs Grambling (3/19) in the second round of the WNIT ... Went 1-for-2 from three, nabbed one assist and one steal in nine minutes of play vs NC State (12/17) ... Recorded her first collegiate basket and points vs Southern Miss (11/20) - Also dished out her first career assist... Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Named to Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club spring 2017.

Personal: A 5'7" guard hailing from Hawera, New Zealand. Manuirirangi spent the last two years of her prep career at New Plymouth Girls' High School where she led the squad to two straight playoff appearances. In fact, in 2014, Manuirirangi guided her team to not only a national high school championship where she was named the tournament MVP, but also a 3x3 tournament title as well. Manuirirangi has also spent a lot of time on the national scene for New Zealand as well, dating as far back as 2012 when she made the U16 national squad. Manuirirangi then followed that up by captaining the U17 team in 2013 and the U18 squad in 2014. Later that year, Manuirirangi began representing New Zealand with the Junior Tall Ferns (U19).