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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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2 Lyric Robins

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • High School Plano West High School
  • Instagram lyricsamariaa
  • Twitter lyricrobins

Biography

Honors & Awards

  • 2019 Winter Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22 - Graduate

  • Returned to the Illini for a fifth year of eligibility
  • Played in eight games and averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds. 
  • Left the program before the start of the spring semester

2020-21 - Senior

  • Appeared in 22 of 23 games with one start
  • Averaged 1.8 points, 1.6 rebounds while playing 11.0 minutes per contest
  • Made first-career start and tallied season-most seven points in 26 minutes at No. 20/18 Indiana (12/31/20)
  • Tied season scoring high with seven points at No. 15/14 Michigan (1/10/21)
  • Pulled down a career-high 5 rebounds vs. Iowa (1/3/21)
  • Notched career-high 3 steals at Minnesota (2/10/21)

2019-20 - Junior

  • Appeared in 12 games for the Illini
  • Averaged 0.8 points, 0.8 rebounds while playing 4.8 minutes per contest
  • Played a season-high 13 minutes in the Illini's season-opening win over Chicago State (11/5/19)
  • Notched a season-best five points at Iowa (12/31/19)

Sophomore - 2018-19

  • Appeared in 26 games for the Orange and Blue
  • Played a season-high 17 minutes against Penn State (Feb. 24)
  • Had a career game at Iowa (Feb. 14), matching her best with eight points, going 4-for-5 from the floor in 10 minutes on the court

2017-18 - Freshman

  • Made 23 appearances in the Orange and Blue, averaging 8.3 minutes per game
  • Posted 2.2 points per game, recording a career-best eight points against Iowa (Jan. 7)
  • Averaged 1.5 rebounds per game and grabbed a season-best five boards against Nebraska (Jan. 10)

High School

  • 2017 McDonald's All-American Nominee
  • Averaged 11.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game for Plano West in her senior season
  • Led Plano West to a 25-9 record this year
  • 2016 and 2017 All-Conference Small Forward
  • 2017 6-6A All-District First Team selection
  • Also played in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League for DFW Elite

Personal

  • Born February 18, 1999
  • Daughter of George and Tanisha Robins
  • Has three siblings, Sariah, Mykah and Ellyan
  • Lists Kawhi Leonard as her favorite athlete
  • Major: Community Psychology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2017-18Freshman

    Forward
    5'11"
    2
  • 2

    2018-19Sophomore

    Forward
    5'11"
    2
  • 2

    2019-20Junior

    Forward
    5'11"
    2
  • 2

    2020-21Senior

    Forward
    5'11"
    2
  • 2

    2021-22Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    5'11"
    2