Minnesota Lynx | |
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Position | Assistant Coach |
Personal information | |
Born | Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. | August 9, 1975
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Carroll (Monroe, Louisiana) |
College |
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WNBA draft | 1999: 4th round, 50th overall pick |
Selected by the Orlando Miracle | |
Playing career | 1997–2008 |
Career history | |
1997–1998 | Portland Power |
1999–2002 | Orlando Miracle |
2002–2005 | Detroit Shock |
2006 | Chicago Sky |
2006–2008 | Detroit Shock |
Career highlights and awards | |
As assistant coach: | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
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]
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).
Powell was drafted 20th overall in the 1997 ABL draft by the Portland Power. Powell was the starting point guard for the team.
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).
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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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] |
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