Ashley Shields (born June 15, 1985) is an American professional women's basketball player, most recently with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA. Shields, who attended Southwest Tennessee Community College, became the first WNBA player drafted out of a community college. The Houston Comets took her with the eighth pick in the 2007 WNBA draft.

WNBA career

Shields debuted in 2007, appearing in 26 games her rookie season, averaging 5.3 points per game for the Comets. She played in just three games in 2008 before being waived. She was eventually signed by the Detroit Shock, appearing in seven regular season games and averaging 3.1 points per game. Shields also appeared in three playoff games during the Shock's title run, scoring two points.[1]

Shields was traded to the Atlanta Dream before the 2009 season, but was waived before play began.

As of June 2023, Shields has yet to return to WNBA after being waived by the Dream in 2009.

Overseas career

Shields signed with Israeli women's team Elitzur-Maccabi Netanya in 2008, and became the leading scorer in the Israeli women's league. In 2011, she left the team to join Dobri Anjeli Kosice in Slovakia.[2]

Career statistics

WNBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2007 Houston 26 0 11.7 27.5 38.9 74.0 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.7 5.3
2008 Houston 3 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
Detroit 7 0 6.3 36.4 33.3 75.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 3.1
Career 1 year, 3 teams 36 0 10.0 27.5 34.5 72.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.4 4.5

References

  1. ^ "Ashley Shields WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  2. ^ Ashley Shields leaves Elizur Netanya Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Shields
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