Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | June 27, 1979
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Rutgers (1997–2001) |
WNBA draft | 2001 / Round: 4 / Pick: 52nd overall |
Selected by the Portland Fire | |
Playing career | 2001–2004 |
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
Number | 12 |
Coaching career | 2004–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2004 | Chicago Blaze |
As coach: | |
2004–2006 | Columbia (assistant) |
2006–2007 | Xavier (assistant) |
2007–2015 | Rutgers (assistant) |
2015–2017 | St. John's (assistant) |
2017–2018 | Northwestern (assistant) |
2018–2022 | UIC |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Natasha Pointer (born June 27, 1979) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was drafted in the fourth round of the 2001 WNBA draft by the Portland Fire with the 52nd overall pick.
Pointer played college basketball at Rutgers, where she was a four-year starter as a point guard. At Rutgers, she was the first person in the history of the Big East Conference to record more than 1,000 points, 700 assists, 500 rebounds, and 250 steals as well as the first player to record a triple-double in the history of Rutgers women's basketball. [1]
Pointer was drafted by the Portland Fire with the 52nd overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft, but did not make the final roster. She was later selected by the Chicago Blaze in the third round of the National Women's Basketball League draft in 2004 and played two games with them. [2] Pointer was later signed by the New York Liberty but was waived a month later.
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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1997-98 | Rutgers | 32 | 47.1% | 20.5% | 63.8% | 4.219 | 5.594 | 0.000 | 3.063 | 14.000 |
1998-99 | Rutgers | 33 | 44.8% | 25.8% | 70.7% | 3.600 | 6.848 | 0.091 | 2.000 | 10.300 |
1999-00 | Rutgers | 32 | 46.8% | 36.6% | 68.2% | 4.625 | 5.531 | 0.063 | 1.906 | 9.688 |
2000-01 | Rutgers | 31 | 46.9% | 20.8% | 67.3% | 6.000 | 8.300 | 0.000 | 2.200 | 11.500 |
Career | 128 | 46.5% | 24.7% | 67.2% | 4.586 | 6.555 | 0.047 | 2.281 | 11.375 |
YEAR | Team | GP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | A | BK | ST | PTS |
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1997-98 | Rutgers | 32 | 160 | 340 | 15 | 73 | 113 | 177 | 135 | 179 | 0 | 98 | 448 |
1998-99 | Rutgers | 33 | 117 | 261 | 8 | 31 | 99 | 140 | 118 | 226 | 3 | 66 | 341 |
1999-00 | Rutgers | 32 | 111 | 237 | 15 | 41 | 73 | 107 | 148 | 177 | 2 | 61 | 310 |
2000-01 | Rutgers | 31 | 137 | 292 | 11 | 53 | 72 | 107 | 186 | 257 | 1 | 67 | 357 |
Career | 128 | 525 | 1130 | 49 | 198 | 357 | 531 | 587 | 839 | 6 | 292 | 1456 |
Pointer began her coaching career at Columbia as an assistant coach in 2004. [5] She was also an assistant at Xavier for one season before joining her alma mater Rutgers as an assistant coach. She spent eight seasons with the Scarlet Knights helping them rebuild themselves into contenders before joining St. John's in 2015 as an assistant coach. Pointer left St. John's after two seasons to join Northwestern as an assistant coach. [6]
Pointer was named the head coach at UIC in 2018. [7] It was announced that Pointer would not return after the 2021–22 season. [8]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UIC Flames (Horizon League)(2018–present) | |||||||||
2018–19 | UIC | 3–26 | 1–17 | ||||||
2019–20 | UIC | 3–27 | 2–16 | ||||||
2020–21 | UIC | 3–16 | 1–13 | ||||||
UIC: | 9–69 (.115) | 4–46 (.080) | |||||||
Total: | 9–69 (.115) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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