Elaine Powell (born August 9, 1975) is an American assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx and former professional basketball player. A point guard born in Monroe, Louisiana, she played in the WNBA from 1999 to 2008.[1]

College career

In two years at LSU, Powell averaged 19.1 points per game (fourth in school history). She finished her career as LSU's 11th all-time leading scorer (1,163 points).

ABL career

Powell was drafted 20th overall in the 1997 ABL draft by the Portland Power. Powell was the starting point guard for the team.

WNBA career

After the ABL folded, Powell was drafted 50th overall in the 1999 WNBA draft by the Orlando Miracle. Half way through the 2002 WNBA season she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Wendy Palmer. In November 2005, Powell was selected by the Chicago Sky in the expansion draft. During the 2006 WNBA season, she was waived by the Sky. Four days later, the Detroit Shock signed her as a free agent. During the 2008 WNBA season (when not injured), Powell started all 16 of the games she played. She shot 49% from the field (second best in career).

Career statistics

Legend
  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

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Orlando 18 0 14.2 51.5 11.1 54.5 1.3 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.1 2.6
2000 Orlando 20 1 17.4 39.4 33.3 77.3 2.5 2.1 0.6 0.1 1.5 3.6
2000 Orlando 32 32 33.0 40.2 38.2 75.5 3.1 3.1 1.5 0.2 2.5 11.2
2002 Orlando 15 1 20.5 35.4 18.2 61.5 2.1 2.0 1.3 0.3 2.0 5.9
Detroit 15 13 26.5 44.6 27.3 85.0 4.2 4.0 1.5 0.5 2.7 9.9
2003 Detroit 33 33 28.4 45.1 35.0 74.5 3.2 3.9 1.4 0.3 2.4 9.0
2004 Detroit 30 26 25.3 37.7 0.0 58.0 2.8 4.5 1.2 0.3 2.0 4.4
2005 Detroit 29 21 23.1 43.7 0.0 60.0 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.1 1.8 5.6
2006 Chicago 14 3 18.1 43.3 0.0 70.8 1.8 2.6 0.9 0.2 1.9 4.9
Detroit 11 0 10.6 18.8 0.0 57.1 1.2 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.3
2007 Detroit 32 12 10.1 40.7 0.0 69.6 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.9
2008 Detroit 16 16 19.6 49.0 50.0 75.0 3.1 2.2 0.4 0.1 1.1 3.6
Career 12 years, 3 teams 265 158 21.7 41.7 32.4 69.8 2.5 2.8 1.0 0.2 1.8 5.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 Detroit 8 8 27.4 34.8 20.0 63.6 3.8 4.8 0.9 0.5 1.6 5.1
2004 Detroit 3 3 32.3 50.0 0.0 52.9 2.0 7.0 3.3 0.0 2.7 7.7
2005 Detroit 2 0 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.0
2007 Detroit 11 3 8.5 33.3 0.0 100.0 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.9
2008 Detroit 9 9 19.0 58.8 0.0 81.8 2.3 2.0 0.7 0.0 1.4 3.2
Career 5 years, 1 team 33 23 18.6 41.9 20.0 67.4 2.3 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 3.1

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1995–96 LSU 32 - - 47.6 37.0 74.9 6.0 3.8 2.5 0.3 - 20.1
1996–97 LSU 29 - - 49.2 37.3 69.2 4.5 4.1 2.4 0.5 - 17.9
Career 61 - - 48.3 37.1 72.3 5.3 4.0 2.5 0.4 - 19.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[2]

References

  1. ^ Elaine Powell. basketball-reference.com
  2. ^ "Elaine Powell College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Powell
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