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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Kyra Lambert meets with media after first practice with Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever signed Kyra Lambert to a seven-day contract ahead of Friday's game vs. the Washington Mystics.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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Indiana Fever add new guard in wake of mounting injuries
The Indiana Fever have signed point guard Kyra Lambert to a seven-day contract in the wake of season-ending injuries to guards Sydney Colson (torn ACL) and Aari McDonald (broken foot). Lambert will help assume some ball-handling responsibilities The 28-year-old Lambert has spent her professional career in Europe, most recently in Greece with Olympiacos, where she won the Greek A1 League. During that season, Lambert averaged 15.4 points and 6.3 assists per game, while shooting 42.1 percent from three. She was named Eurocup's Guard of the Year. Before her time in Greece, she also played in France (Toulouse), Latvia (TTT Riga), New Zealand (Whai), Slovakia (Slavia Banska Bystrica), and Turkey (Karsiyaka). In college, she averaged 6.8 points and 2.7 assists per game, playing for Duke for three seasons and at the University of Texas for her final campaign. In addition to Lambert, the Fever signed Odyssey Sims earlier this week. Sims averaged 9.8 points and 3.5 assists for the Los Angeles Sparks before being waived last month, and averaged 12.6 points and 5.2 assists — shooting 48.3% from the field and 34.5% from three — last season. Sims and Lambert will look to collectively replace Colson and McDonald, who played substantial guard minutes for the Fever until their injuries last season. McDonald, who joined Indiana mid-season, averaged 9.8 points and 4.7 assists, while Colson played a smaller backup role since the season's beginning. The Fever are 18-15 and currently have the league's sixth-best record, with 11 games left to play.
Indianapolis Star
7 days ago
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- Indianapolis Star
Fever sign another guard to 7-day contract to ease loss of season-ending injuries to PGs
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever announced Thursday they have signed Kyra Lambert to a seven-day contract. The Fever qualify for the roster spot due to the season-ending injuries to Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald. Caitlin Clark remains out with a right groin injury and Colson and McDonald's injuries left the Fever without a healthy point guard. The team signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract last week to help ease some of the point guard depth concerns. Lambert, a 5-9 point guard, has spent most of her professional career in Europe, spending time in Greece, France (Toulouse), Latvia (TTT Riga), New Zealand (Whai), Slovakia (Slavia Banska Bystrica) and Turkey (Karsiyaka). She won the Greek A1 League with Olympiacos this past season, averaging 15.4 points on 42.1% shooting, 6.2 assists and 1.5 steals. Lambert spent five seasons at Duke, where she totaled 630 points and 245 assists over 95 games. She tore her ACL in the first round of the 2017 NCAA tournament as a sophomore, an injury which sidelined her for the entirety of her junior campaign. She returned for the 2018-19 campaign and was recognized as a preseason candidate for the Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard), but suffered another torn ACL during the preseason. Lambert returned from that second tear and started in 21 of 30 games as a graduate student, averaging 5.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals. She finished her career at Texas, where she averaged seven points and 3.1 assists over 29 games. Lambert will wear No. 15 for the Fever.
