Charde Lakishia Houston (born April 10, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She last played for the New York Liberty.[1]
Born in Oceanside, California, Houston played high school basketball at San Diego High from 2000 to 2004, where she set the California state scoring record of 3,837 points. After becoming the first in her family to graduate high school in 2004, Houston signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at UConn. Houston graduated in 2008 with a degree in sociology.
Following her collegiate career, she was selected in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 2008 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
Houston was signed by the WNBA's New York Liberty in June 2014 after spending the previous season with the Phoenix Mercury.[2]
USA Basketball
Houston was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The event was held in August 2004, when the USA team defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship. Houston helped the team win the gold medal, scoring 10.4 points per game.[3]
Houston played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.[4]
International career
Houston played during the 2010–2011 off-season for Elitzur Ramla in Israel; she won EuroCup Women, Israeli championship and Israeli State Cup.
WNBA career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Houston won a WNBA championship |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Minnesota | 33 | 0 | 17.6 | .492 | .000 | .741 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 8.8 |
| 2009 | Minnesota | 34 | 33 | 23.3 | .465 | .333 | .727 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 13.1 |
| 2010 | Minnesota | 34 | 8 | 22.3 | .416 | .365 | .704 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| 2011† | Minnesota | 27 | 0 | 7.8 | .365 | .261 | .750 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | Phoenix | 27 | 20 | 25.7 | .408 | .348 | .723 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 12.0 |
| 2013 | Phoenix | 34 | 6 | 17.2 | .400 | .180 | .778 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| 2014 | New York | 17 | 0 | 8.4 | .451 | .125 | .692 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| Career | 7 years, 3 teams | 206 | 67 | 18.3 | .433 | .320 | .731 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 8.7 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011† | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .375 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | .357 | .200 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 7 | 0 | 4.9 | .364 | .167 | .000 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
University of Connecticut statistics
| Charde Houston Statistics[5] at University of Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | G | FG | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FT | FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | A | TO | B | S | MIN | PTS | AVG |
| 2004–05 | 33 | 148 | 296 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 99 | 0.626 | 178 | 5.4 | 42 | 69 | 49 | 51 | 643 | 358 | 10.8 |
| 2005–06 | 33 | 125 | 237 | 0.527 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 89 | 0.708 | 159 | 4.8 | 28 | 85 | 30 | 36 | 556 | 313 | 9.5 |
| 2006–07 | 36 | 188 | 347 | 0.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 111 | 0.658 | 251 | 7.0 | 90 | 98 | 39 | 68 | 948 | 449 | 12.5 |
| 2007–08 | 37 | 113 | 205 | 0.551 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 0.514 | 147 | 4.0 | 42 | 58 | 14 | 34 | 584 | 245 | 6.6 |
| Totals | 139 | 574 | 1085 | 0.529 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 217 | 336 | 0.646 | 735 | 5.3 | 202 | 310 | 132 | 189 | 2731 | 1365 | 9.8 |
Awards and achievements
See also
Notes
- ^ Appeal, Swish (February 28, 2012). "Merc get RFA Charde Houston in sign-trade deal w/ Lynx. Phx 18th overall pick to Minn, 24th pick returned. Interesting move for Phx". @SwishAppeal. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "Liberty sign Charde Houston". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ "Fifth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2004". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ "Fifteenth Pan American Games -- 2007". USA Basketball. November 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "UConn Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2009.