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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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3 Makira Cook

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School Mount Notre Dame High School
  • Prev School Dayton
  • Instagram makira.c
  • Twitter makiracook

Biography

NIL OPPORTUNITIES |  Inside the Huddle Feature Story

CAREER

  • Concluded her collegiate career with 1,723 points (14.6/game), 408 assists (3.5/game), 376 rebounds (3.2/game), and 119 steals (1.0/game) across 118 games played and 95 starts.
  • As an Illini, tallied 1,152 points (16.7/game), 289 assists (4.2/game), 213 rebounds (3.1/game), and 76 steals (1.1/game) across 69 games, starting all 69.
  • Career free throw percentage of 85.3% ranked second all-time at Illinois.
  • Tied for 12th-most 3-pointers made as an Illini with 104.
  • Career 3-point percentage of 34.1% (104-of-305) ranked 13th best all-time at Illinois.

2024-25 – FIFTH-YEAR

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Preseason Honors: Nancy Lieberman Watch List, Naismith Player of the Year Watch List, All-Big Ten (Coaches)
  • Played eight games before missing the remainder of the season due to an ongoing health condition
  • Four games with double-digit points, two 20-point outings
  • Shot 34.8% from the field, 27.6% from 3-point range, and 80.6% from the free-throw line
  • Averaged 11.9 points/game, 3.6 assists/game, 1.9 rebounds/game, and 1.0 steal/game
  • Led Illinois in scoring in the season-opener upset of No. 19 Florida State with 20 points

2023-24 - SENIOR

  • WBIT Most Outstanding Player
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • West Palm Beach Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Preseason Honors: Nancy Lieberman Watch List, Naismith Player of the Year Watch List, Wooden Top 50 Watch List, All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
  • Set program’s single-tournament scoring record with 105 points during WBIT
  • 27 games with double-digit points, nine 20-point outings
  • Shot 40% from the field, 35.4% from 3-point range, and 85.4% from the free-throw line
  • Averaged 16.4 points/game, 4.4 assists/game, 3.1 rebounds/game, and 1.0 steal/game
  • Recorded her second-straight 500-point season
  • Missed the first three games of the season to injury
  • Scored her 1,000th point as an Illini this season and surpassed 1,600 across her career
  • Two double-doubles this season – points and rebounds against Arkansas and points and assists vs. Stony Brook
  • Led Illinois in scoring in 14 games this season and rebounding once

2022-23 - JUNIOR

  • WBCA and Associated Press All-American – Honorable Mention
  • Finalist for USA Basketball’s Women’s AmeriCup Team
  • Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten – Coaches
  • First Team All-Big Ten – Media
  • First Illini to earn first team honors by both the Big Ten coaches and media since Jenna Smith did so in 2010
  • Named Illinois' Female Newcomer of the Year
  • ESPN’s No. 5 Ranked Transfer (12/29/22)
  • Region Finalist for WBCA Coaches’ All-America
  • Averaged a team-best 18.3 points per game and dished out 125 assists (4.2/game) while starting all 30 games she appeared in
  • Missed two games to illness in the middle of the season
  • Tallied a 41.4 field goal percentage and shot 34.2 percent from behind the arc
  • Free throw percentage of 86.6 marks the fifth-best single-season rate in program history
  • Led Illinois in scoring 13 times across the season and turned in 15 20-point games while scoring in double figures on 27 occasions
  • 548 total points scored ranks 15th on the program's single-season scoring list and made her just the 23rd Illini to ever score 500 or more points in a season
  • First Illini player to earn All-America honors from multiple entities since Ashley Berggren in 1996-97
  • Career-high 33 points at No. 5/4 Indiana (12/4/22)
  • Delivered a 16-point, 10-assist double double against Delaware on Nov. 26
  • Scored her 1,000th career point at Maryland on a made 3-pointer (2/12/23)
  • Scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds in her Illinois debut vs. LIU (11/9/22)

2021-22 - Sophomore at Dayton

  • Named A-10 Most Improved Player and Second Team All-Conference
  • Earned All-Tournament team honors at A-10 Championships
  • Named All-Tournament Team at Daytona Beach Invitational after averaging 18.5 points per game against Mississippi St. and Illinois
  • Scored team-high 14 points in A-10 Quarterfinals win over Davidson (3/4/22)
  • Tied a career high with 29 points on 13-of-15 shooting against George Mason (2/5/22)
  • Had first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds vs Duquesne (2/2/22)
  • Was just shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds at Richmond (1/26/22)
  • Recorded career-highs of 29 points and went 10-of-11 from free throw line in the win over Wright St. (12/31/21)
  • Posted 27 points with a career-high seven assists in the win over Saint Louis (1/16/22)
  • Had career-high six assists to go with 17 points at Illinois St. (12/5/21)
  • Dropped 18 points with four rebounds in the win at Purdue (11/20/21), playing a season-high 36 minutes
  • Started off season with career-high 23 points on 10-of-18 shooting and tied a career-high with six rebounds against Alabama A&M (11/9/21)
  • Played in 31 games with 25 starts this season
  • Averaged 14.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game

2020-21 - Freshman at Dayton

  • Named A-10 Rookie of the Week on Jan. 4
  • Scored 11 points in A-10 Quarterfinals win over La Salle (3/12/21)
  • Recorded 16 points and had a career-high four assists in the win at La Salle (2/7/21)
  • Had game-high and career-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting and 3-of-4 from three in A-10 opener (1/1/21)
  • Scored her first points in a Flyer uniform with five points and six rebounds in her first start against Akron (12/6/20)
  • Made her collegiate debut at Morehead St. with two rebounds and two assists (11/25/20)
  • Played in 18 games with one start
  • Averaged 6.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, both second among freshmen

High School

  • Graduated from Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati
  • Was a four-year varsity letterwinner
  • Led team to two state championships and three conference championships
  • Ranked No. 82 player in the country by Prospect Nation
  • Earned Defensive Player of the Year honors three times
  • Named First Team twice and Second Team twice
  • Received Second Team All-Academic honors all four years

Personal

  • Daughter of Glynett Cunningham and William Cook

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2024-25Fifth Year

    Guard
    5'6"
    3