Mykasa Robinson

Mykasa Robinson Louisville Women's Basketball

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Dana Evans Mykasa Robinson Louisville Women's Basketball

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ashland, Ky.
High School:
Ashland Blazer

The Daily Independent (March 13, 2022) - The 'Ville' to win: Robinson uses defense to make her mark for Cardinals at next level
University of Louisville Athletics - Mykasa Robinson Documentary Part I
University of Louisville Athletics - Mykasa Robinson Documentary Part II

Graduate Year (2022-23)

Finished her Louisville career with a program record 162 games played.
Played 34 games this season and made 18 starts, including starting the last 15 games of the season.
Led the team in assists (143) and steals (66) and finished second on the team in rebounds (172).
Scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points, team-high five assists, six rebounds and two steals against No. 2 Iowa.
Scored in double figures with 11 points to go with a team-best five assists and tied for the team lead with seven rebounds in the win over No. 8 seed Ole Miss.
Tallied nine points with two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in the win over No. seed 4 Texas.
Scored a career-best 14 points, led the team with seven assists, tied for the team lead with five rebounds and had three steals against No. 12 seed Drake.
ACC First Team All-Tournament
Led the Cards with a career-high tying nine rebounds and had eight points, two assists and one steal against No. 3 seed Virginia Tech in ACC Finals. It was her sixth-straight game she has had eight or more rebounds in a game.
Scored in double figures with 10, led the team with five assists and had a team-high eight rebounds to go with two steals in the win over No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the ACC Semifinals.
Led the Cards with 10 assists with eight rebounds, four points and three steals in the win over Wake Forest.
2023 ACC All-Defensive Team
Tied a career high with nine rebounds and added six points, team-high five assists and three steals against #10 Notre Dame. It is the third-straight game with nine rebounds.
Continues to play some of the best basketball of her career with a career-best 12 points, tied a career high with nine rebounds, team-high seven assists with one steal and one block.
Led the Cardinals for the sixth-straight game with eight assists, tied a career high with nine rebounds and scored five points with a steal in the road win over Boston College.
Stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, a team-high five assists, five rebounds and two steals. It is the fifth-straight game she has led the Cards in assists.
Had a team-high nine assists while she tied a career high with 10 points to go with five rebounds, two steals and a block against Clemson.
Led the Cardinals with six assists to go with six points, six rebounds, two steals and tied a career high with two blocks. It is the first time in her career that she has had multiple blocks and multiple steals in the same game.
Tied a season high with eight rebounds to go with a team-best four assists, five points and three steals in the win over #11/14 North Carolina.
Had a career-high 12 assists and tied a career high with five steals to go with seven points, seven rebounds and zero turnovers against Syracuse. She is the first Cardinal player to have 12 assists in a game since 2015. She is the only player in the country this season with 12 or more assists and zero turnovers in a single game this season.
Set the program record for career games played in the home win against Boston College. She scored eight points with four assists and two steals in the win.
Set season highs with eight rebounds and six assists to go with six points, three steals and a block against #13 Virginia Tech. It was her fourth-straight game with multiple steals.
Recorded two steals, her third-straight game with multiple steals, with three points and four rebounds against Pitt.
Tallied multiple steals for the second game in a row to go with four points, four rebounds, two assists and a block against Georgia Tech.
Returned from injury and led the team with four assists and had two steals against Duke.
Set a career high with eight made free throws in the win over Kentucky. It is the fourth game this season she has had eight points or more.
Set a career high with two blocks to go with eight points, five rebounds, team-high four assists and a steal against #4/5 Ohio State.
Led the team with four assists and five rebounds against South Dakota State.
Tied a career high with 10 points and five steals against Gonzaga with five rebounds and three assists.
Hit the go-ahead layup with 1:45 remaining in the road win over Belmont.
Had another strong all-around game with four rebounds, three points, three assists and a team-high three steals. It was the first time in her career she has had three or more steals in back-to-back games.
Stuffed the stat sheet against Cincinnati with five points, six rebounds, a team-high three assists and tied a career high with five steals.

Senior Year (2021-22):

Named to ACC All-Defensive Team, joined by Georgia Tech’s Lorela Cubaj as the only two players to make the All-Defensive
Team the past two seasons
Robinson’s combination of strength, speed and quickness, combined with an extremely high basketball IQ makes her the most
versatile defender in the ACC. Can guard positions 1-5 effectively
Recorded three points, three rebounds and two assists in 31 minutes at North Carolina on 2/17
Stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, making her first three of the season, with five rebounds, two assists and two steals in
the win at Syracuse on 2/6
Tallied her first block of the season while adding three rebounds, four assists and two points with only one turnover in 26
minutes in the win at Miami on 2/1
Recorded five points, four rebounds, and a team high three assists in the win over Duke on 1/30
Tallied a season high 9 points, 4 steals, and 3 free throws, making an immediate impact for the Cards to take and hold the
lead in the win over FSU on 1/27
In win over Wake Forest, entered game with 4:05 left in the first quarter and then played all 10 minutes of second quarter as
her defense helped propel Louisville on a 32-0 run which stretch from second to third quarter, she tallied a team-high seven
assists with four rebounds, two points and one steal
Was a perfect 4-4 from the field for eight points while adding four assists and five rebounds vs. Michigan
Scored eight points on 4-6 shooting and recorded six rebounds off the bench at CSU
Scored six points and recorded three steals at Washington

USA Basketball (2021):

Represented Louisville alongside Elizabeth Dixon, Payton Verhulst and Kianna Smith at the 2021 Red Bull USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals in Springfield, Mass., finished with a 3-2 overall record and reached the semifinals

Junior Year (2020-21):

Played in all 30 games with 17 starts, all 17 starts came in the final 21 games.
Averaged 20.9 minutes, 2.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Named to the 2020-21 ACC All-Defensive Team.
Named to All-ACC Academic Team.
Listed as Top 12 defensive player by ESPN.com’s Mechelle Voepel, “She makes this list as the quintessential “do the little things” player whose calling card is defense. Louisville star Dana Evans credits Robinson with bringing scrappiness to what is perennially one of the ACC’s top defenses.”
Following the win over Notre Dame, Dana Evans said this of Robinson, “She does everything, she can guard 1-5, she hustles for every loose ball, she gets every rebound that’s in her area, she does everything that we need her to do. What she does doesn’t always show up on the stat sheet, but she gets it done and that’s why she is so valuable to our team.”
Drew 19 charges in 16 ACC games.
Led the team with eight rebounds and three assists in addition to seven points in the Elite 8 vs. Stanford on 3/30.
Recorded a team high seven rebounds in the Sweet 16 vs. Oregon.
Grabbed nine rebounds and recorded four points and a block in the second round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Northwestern.
Recorded team highs in both rebounds with seven and assists with four, in addition to seven points, two steals, and a block in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marist
Provided valuable minutes in the ACC Semifinals vs. SYR, contributing seven points and four rebounds in 22 minutes.
Played a career-high 38 minutes, recording four assists, two steals and a team-high eight rebounds in the ACC Quarterfinals vs. Wake on 3/5.
Recorded a career-high 10 points on 5-5 from the field, in addition to four assists, three steals and five charges taken at Notre Dame on 2/28.
In the win at Pitt, she had a career-high nine rebounds and five steals, along with a season-high six points and five assists, while committing zero turnovers.
Recorded five points, in addition to eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block in a win vs. Notre Dame on 2/7.
Tied a career-high with eight rebounds in a season-high 35 minutes at Boston College on 2/4.
Led the team with two assists and recorded a career-high four steals in 10 minutes vs. NC State on 2/1.
Recorded a team-high three assists in a win at Wake Forest on 1/24.
Logged a season-high 25 minutes and finished with two points, two assists, and six rebounds vs. Syracuse on 1/21.
Recorded two points, three steals, and four assists in her first start of the season vs. Clemson on 1/10.
Scored two points and grabbed five rebounds in a win vs. crosstown Bellarmine on 1/2.
Finished with six rebounds in a win at Duke on 12/9.
Recorded four assists, four rebounds, and two steals in season opener at SEMO on 11/25.

Sophomore Year (2019-20):

Played in 30 games with three starts, averaging 2.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals in 17.7 minutes.
Scored career-high seven points, while adding five rebounds and five assists and committing just one turnover in 30 minutes vs. Boston College.
Played career-high 36 minutes at Pitt on 2/23, matching career-high eight rebounds and adding team-high eight assists.
Matched season-high six points on 3-5 shooting against Notre Dame on 2/16, finishing with a career-high and team-high nine assists. Also tallied seven rebounds in a career-high 30 minutes.
Made third career start at Syracuse on 2/9, finishing with four points and three steals.
Finished with five points and four rebounds against Florida State on 2/6.
Played career-high 28 minutes and finished with six points, six rebounds and three assists at BC.
Finished with seven assists to set career-high, while adding five rebounds and three steals, at Miami on 1/9/20.
Had a season high six points on 3-5 shooting against Duke on 1/5.
Five rebounds and three steals in 22 minutes in double-overtime win at UTM.
Four points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists in 15 minutes vs. Chattanooga on 11/21. Was also featured on ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 after recording steal and making no-look pass to Norika Konno for layup.

Freshman Year (2018-19):

Played in 35 of 36 games, averaging 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds.
Entered the game trailing 32-22 with 5:34 left to go in the first half vs. NC State, and went on a 22-2 run the rest of the half to enter the locker room with a 44-34 lead. She played five minutes with four fouls, two steals and two turnovers
Made second career start with 27-minute effort in first round vs. Robert Morris on 3/22.
Five rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes at Virginia on 2/21.
Matched season highs with 7 points and three steals at Wake Forest on 1/20.
Helped spur late Louisville rally with six fourth-quarter points on 3-3 shooting at Notre Dame on 1/10.
Matched season-high with seven rebounds vs. UT Martin on 12/4.
Season-high seven points (7-8 FT shooting) and seven rebounds vs. TSU on 12/2.
Six rebounds and two steals vs. Miami (Ohio) on 11/26.
Made first career start at Boise State on 11/19.
Posted five points on 2-2 shooting in 14 minutes at UTC at 11/9
Two assists and zero turnovers in 14 minutes in Louisville debut vs. WKU on 11/6.

High School:

As a senior, named Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches Co-Player of the Year in the 16th region
Finalist for Kentucky's 2018 Miss Basketball award
Set the school record in steals while leading Ashland with 17.4 points per game as a senior, added 7.5 rebounds a game
As a junior, missed all but two games of the 2016-17 season while recovering from offseason ACL surgery
Averaged 18.8 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Kittens, both team highs, as a sophomore
As a freshman, she averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 steals, and helped lead Ashland Blazer to a region championship and a trip to the Sweet 16
Named USA All-State honorable mention as a freshman in 2015, First Team All-State by the Lexington Herald-Leader as a sophomore in 2016 and Third Team All-State by the Lexington Herald-Leader in 2017
Comes to Louisville as the No. 29-ranked player in the class of 2018, according to espnW HoopGurlz. The five-star prospect is tabbed as the eighth-best player at the guard position
Chose Louisville over Michigan State, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Dayton, Colorado and Kentucky

Personal: