2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Liatu King
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Bishop McNamara
- Hometown:
- Washington, DC
2022-23: Appeared in all 30 games while earning 22 starts at forward for Pitt as a junior… Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors for second straight season… Closed out the season averaging 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 bpg), fifth in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and 11th in field goal percentage (39.4%)… Was one of five players in the NCAA last season six 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 (12/21) finishing with a career-high 26 points, 16 rebounds (eight offensive), three blocks and two assists while going 9-for-17 from the floor… Posted a big double-double with 25 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks on 10-for-17 from the floor in a rivalry game win over Duquesne (11/19)… Also posted double-doubles against Bryant (11/16), Clemson (1/15) and Georgia Tech (2/12)… 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 five rebounds in 23 of 30 games… Had 14 games with multiple blocked shots including three games with a career-high four rejections… Played at least 20 minutes 22 times while notching 30+ minutes in five games… 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.
2021-22: Appeared in 26 games for the Panthers as a sophomore, starting 16 at power forward… Earned All-ACC Academic Team nod for first time in her career… Finished the season averaging 19.8 mpg, 7.5 ppg and 7.1 rpg… 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 (11/25/21) and a career-high 23 points and 19 rebounds in a win over Northwestern (11/26/21)… Recorded consecutive double-doubles again in late February with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Virginia (2/20/22) and 11 points and 10 rebounds against #4 Louisville (2/24/22)… Tallied a career-high four steals to go along with 10 points on the road against #21 Notre Dame (12/19/21)… Scored in double figures 11 times… Grabbed double-digit rebounds six times, including three games of 15 or more rebounds.
2020-21: Was a key contributor off the bench for the Panthers as she appeared in all 19 games… Averaged 14.3 mpg, 5.0 ppg and 4.6 rpg on the season off the bench… 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 eight rebounds while going 7-for-11 from the floor in a road win over Clemson (1/26)… Netted 11 points on 4-for-7 from the floor in a home win over Clemson (12/13)… Nearly notched a double-double in a road win over Boston College (2/16) as she netted nine points, a career-high 10 rebounds and a career-high four blocks… Opened her career with eight points and seven rebounds in a win over George Mason (11/25)… Scored in double figures twice while netting at least five points in 10 games off the bench… Had eight games with 5+ rebounds… Played double digit minutes in 16 of the Panthers’ 19 games on the season.
High School: Was a four-year member of the Bishop McNamara varsity basketball team and played for head coach Frank Oliver Jr…. Finished off her impressive high school career 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 9.0 ppg… Led her AAU team to the 2019 Nike EYBL championship… Earned Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll accolades each year in high school… She is a member of the American Sign Language Honor Society.
Personal: Born on February 10, 2002… Daughter of Patricia Opurum and David King… Has one sibling, Precious King… Lists her favorite athletes as Michael Jordan and Gabby Douglas… Here favorite foods are pizza and chicken wings… Enjoys listening to R&B and rap music… Also played football growing up… She learned American Sign Language at nine months old because her parents are deaf… majoring in Business Information Systems; Supply Chain Management at Pitt.
