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Makira Cook (born November 30, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers.
| No. 3 – Illinois Fighting Illini | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | Big Ten Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 30, 2001 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mount Notre Dame (Reading, Ohio) |
| College | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Cook played high school basketball for Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati, Ohio where she was Named First Team twice and Second Team twice.[1] Cook led team to two state championships and three conference championships.[1] At the end of her high school career Cook was considered a four-star recruit, ranked 95th in her class by ESPN.[2] Cook was also a four-year varsity letterwinner.Cook committed to play college basketball for Dayton in 2019.[3]
Dayton
In her sophomore season, Cook was named the A-10 Most Improved Player.[1] She was also named in the Second Team All-Conference.[1] Cook also earned All-Tournament team honors at A-10 Championships and named to 2021-22 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.[1]
Illinois
Before the start of her Junior season, Cook transferred to the Illinois Fighting Illini.[4] In her Junior season Cook was named Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten by coaches Coaches and First Team All-Big Ten by Media.[5] She was the first Illini to earn first team honors by both the Big Ten coaches and media since Jenna Smith did so in 2010.[5] She was also a Honorable Mention All-American honoree by both the WBCA and the Associated Press.[5] Cook was Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media) in her senior season.[5]
In March 2024 it was announced that Cook would return for her fifth season in college basketball.[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Dayton | 18 | 1 | 17.5 | 38.1 | 26.5 | 59.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2021–22 | Dayton | 31 | 25 | 31.2 | 40.4 | 38.0 | 76.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 2022–23 | Illinois | 30 | 30 | 33.9 | 41.4 | 34.2 | 86.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 18.3 |
| 2023–24 | Illinois | 31 | 31 | 34.7 | 40.5 | 34.9 | 81.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 16.4 |
| Career | 110 | 87 | 30.7 | 62.1 | 35.7 | 56.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 14.8 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7] | |||||||||||||
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