A 5'6" (1.68 m) guard noted for her three-point shooting and on-court enthusiasm, she played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

She is the all-time leading scorer in South Carolina high school basketball history (men's and women's) with a total of 4,319 career points.

In July 2016, Latta suffered a left knee injury during practice at the Verizon Center that would sideline her for the rest of the season after playing 22 games.

She would also receive the key to the city of York, South Carolina (where she attended high school and Spratt's hometown),[11][12] which celebrated Ivory Latta Day on January 10, 2003.

[15] In this role, she is involved with fundraising campaigns for PDF and generating awareness about Parkinson's disease, and enlists other professional athletes to support the cause.