Tyra Buss
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 25, 1996 Mount Carmel, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel, Illinois) |
| College | Indiana (2014–2018) |
| WNBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 2018 | Sporting Athens |
| 2023 | Hozono Global Jairis Murcia |
| As a coach: | |
| 2019–2021 | Evansville (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Milwaukee (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
| |
Tyra (Buss) Davison (born Tyra Marie Buss; April 25, 1996) is an American basketball player.
High school career
Tyra Buss is a former standout athlete at Mount Carmel High School in Illinois. She excelled in multiple sports, including basketball, tennis, track and field, and cross-country. Buss was named Illinois Miss Basketball twice, in 2013 and 2014.[1]
During her high school basketball career, she set numerous Illinois girls basketball records, including the highest career scoring average of 38.0 points per game, and the most career free throws made with 1,185.[1]
She was also a four-time AP and IBCA First Team All-State honoree and twice named Illinois Player of the Year by the Champaign News Gazette.[1]
College career
Buss played college basketball at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Hoosiers.[2]
Buss was a four-year starter who became the Hoosiers’ then all-time leading scorer with 2,364 career points and led the Hoosiers to a 2019 WNIT title, being named the Postseason WNIT Most Valuable Player in the process. The two-time WBCA honorable mention all-American finished in the top 25 in the nation in scoring average as a senior, amassing 20.6 points per contest.[3]
Indiana statistics
Source
- Sports-Reference[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2014–15 | Indiana | 31 | 362 | 39.0% | 24.0% | 67.9% | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| 2015–16 | Indiana | 33 | 620 | 41.4% | 30.7% | 77.2% | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 18.8 |
| 2016–17 | Indiana | 34 | 619 | 41.4% | 34.1% | 81.2% | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 18.2 |
| 2017–18 | Indiana | 37 | 763 | 42.4% | 33.2% | 69.5% | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 20.6 |
| Career | 135 | 2364 | 41.3% | 31.4% | 74.2% | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 17.5 |
Professional career
Europe
Buss headed to Europe to play in Greece's Sporting Athens for the 2018 season.[5]
Buss most recently played for Hozono Global Jairis Murcia in the Spanish LF Endesa league (also known as Liga Femenina de Baloncesto) as of 2023.[6]
Personal life
In July 2021, Buss became engaged to Brad Davison, a guard at Wisconsin.[7] They were married on July 2, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Skrbina, Paul (May 12, 2019). "Ms. Basketball of Illinois 2014 - Mount Carmel's Tyra Buss". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Tyra Buss - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster - Indiana University Athletics". iuhoosiers.com.
- ^ "Tyra Buss - Women's Basketball Coach - University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.
- ^ "Tyra Buss College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ Woods, David (August 20, 2018). "IU's Tyra Buss signs pro hoops contract in Greece". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Tyra Buss Basketball Profile". basketball.eurobasket.com.
- ^ Schnable, Abby (July 26, 2021). "How Wisconsin's Brad Davison found 'biggest fan' and future wife in basketball coach Tyra Buss". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Tyra Buss and Brad Davison's Wedding Website". www.theknot.com. Retrieved May 7, 2025.