Bria Nicole Hartley (born September 30, 1992) is a French-American professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League.
During her junior year, she averaged 21 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.7 blocks per game and was named to the Parade All-America list.
[4] Hartley was also recognized as New York Gatorade Player of the Year for athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character.
[5][6] She led her team to the state championship, where she poured in 51 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome a balanced attack by Sachem East.
She earned a Suffolk County Legislature proclamation for high academic achievement, community service and excellence in basketball.
Before her final season began at North Babylon High School, Hartley committed to the University of Connecticut.
Hartley earned her spot on the Huskies wall of fame by being one of 10 candidates named to the WBCA/State Farm All American team.
Her statistical drops are in part credited to a case of ankle injury that Hartley was fighting all year long.
[13] In her final year at UConn, Hartley was named to the All-American Athletic first team after averaging 16.2 points, 4.3 assists, and 1.6 steals per game.
Hartley was also a consensus second-team all-American as a senior, and started every game as the Huskies won their second straight national championship.
She finished her career ranking eighth in points (1,994), sixth in three-point field goals made (557) and games played (153), and fifth in assists (559).
Hartley started in her second game of the season as she had team high 15 points and dished out 5 assists vs Indiana Fever on May 23, 2014.
On June 24, 2014, vs Seattle Storm Hartley scored career-high 26 points going 11–16 from the floor, including 4–6 from three-point range.
[19] On May 13, 2017, Hartley made her Liberty debut and recorded 3 assists and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes of play in a 73–64 win over the San Antonio Stars.
In the second round elimination game, the Liberty were defeated by the number 6 seeded Washington Mystics 81–69, Hartley scored 15 points in the loss.
In 2019, Hartley played 24 games with 18 starts and averaged a career-high in scoring, but the Liberty continued to struggle, they finished the season with a 10–24 record, missing out on the playoffs for the second year in a row.
[24] She was averaging new career-highs in scoring, assists, steals and shooting percentages, but her season was unfortunately cut short after 13 games played.
[25] The Mercury proceeded to finish as the number 5 seed with a 13–9 record, they would make it as far as the second round where they lost to the Minnesota Lynx in the elimination game.
[40][41] In the next game against Brazil, Hartley played a role setting the opening tempo, as she scored eight points as part of a 13–2 early run.
[45] In 2011, Hartley was selected to be on the USA basketball U19 team at the U19 World Championship, held in Puerto Montt, Chile.
[46] Hartley, along with teammate Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, were two of the twelve players selected to be on the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Kazan, Russia in July 2013.
Hartley has a child with her boyfriend Shakim Phillips, who was a wide receiver for UConn's and Boston College's football teams.