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2008 Statistics

PPG
17.5
RPG
4.20
APG
2.4
EFF
+ 12.97
Born: Dec 4, 1976
Height: 5-8 /  1,73
Weight: 143  lbs. / 64,9  kg.
College: Louisiana Tech
Years Pro: 9








Background

WNBA CAREER

2007:

Averaged 13.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.1 spg and 27.6 mpg… Started all 34 games for the Storm… Ranked 14th in the league in scoring (13.4 ppg)… Ranked third in the league in free throw percentage (90.9%)… Scored a career high 34 points on 8/11 vs. the Washington Mystics.

2006:

Averaged 13.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.1 spg and 26.2 mpg… Started all 34 games for the Storm, one of just four players on the team to appear in every game… Ranked 15th in the league in scoring (13.7 ppg)… Scored 18 points at Sacramento on 5/31 to surpass the 2,000-point plateau for her career… Scored a season-high 29 points at Houston on 6/25… Swiped a career-high six steals vs. Sacramento on 6/27… Grabbed four steals at Los Angeles on 6/28 to reach 200 for her career… Posted a season-high 10 rebounds to go with 13 points for her only double-double of the season at Charlotte on 7/20… Hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 18.6 seconds remaining in a win at Minnesota on 8/1.

2005:

Averaged 12.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.25 spg and 28.6 mpg… Appeared in 28 games, starting 26 times… Missed six games due to a torn ligament in her left wrist…Scored in double-fi gures 20 times… Ranked 18th in the WNBA in scoring, 20th in steals and third in free-throw percentage (.874)… Had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds on July 6 at Phoenix… Hit the game-winning basket with 18.1 seconds remaining on 7/23 vs. Detroit… Hit her 200th career three-pointer on 7/19 vs. New York.

2004:

Averaged 11.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.06 spg and 28.8 mpg… Started all 32 games played… Finished third on the Storm in scoring… Missed two games due to nose surgery (7/1, 7/3)… Made two last-second game-winning shots (at Sacramento on 6/5 and vs. Indiana on 7/22)… Scored in double-figures 20 times… Scored 20 or more points two times (20 vs. Los Angeles on 5/22 and a season-high 23 points at Minnesota on 7/30)… Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Minnesota on 5/20… Handed out fi ve or more assists fi ve times… Led the team in scoring four times, in rebounds five times and assists six times.

2003:

Selected by the Rockers with the third pick of the 2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft… Finished season with averages of 7.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game… Ranked fourth on the Rockers in scoring… Came off the bench in 33 of 34 games… One of six Cleveland players to play in all 34 games… Scored double-digits 12 times, all of them off the bench… Led the Rockers with three outings of 20 points or more (5/27 vs. LAS, 7/7 @ LAS, 7/26 vs. WAS)… Scored season-high 23 points in season opener vs. Los Angeles… Grabbed season-high eight rebounds twice (7/7 @ LAS, 7/15 vs. SAC).

2002:

Provided a spark off the bench for Miami after being acquired from Minnesota on 6/11… Set a SOL single-season record with 46 three-point field goals… Led the SOL in scoring seven times, including six times off the bench… Set a team record for points in a half (20 in the fi rst half) and points by a reserve player (24) on 7/13 vs. Orlando… Averaged 6.2 points in fi ve games (one start) with Minnesota.

2001:

Averaged 11.0 ppg and 4.9 rpg in 11 games… Left the June 17 game at Detroit with 15:39 remaining in the second half after sustaining a strained left hip capsule… Placed on the Injured List on June 21… Ranked among the WNBA’s top 10 rebounders (7.8 rpg) — first among guards — at the time of her injury… Activated from the Injured List on Aug. 4, after missing 20 contests due to the hip injury… Tallied 46 points (10-for-20 3FG) and seven assists in 63 minutes after her return… Returned to the lineup by scoring nine points in seven minutes Aug. 5 vs. Sacramento… Netted nine points, two assists and two steals in 14 minutes Aug. 10 at Seattle… Started and scored a game-high and season-high 18 points (4-for-5 3FG) with two rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes vs. Utah on Aug. 12… Missed the final game of the regular season (Aug. 13) after re-aggravating her hip on Aug. 12… Underwent arthroscopic hip surgery on Nov. 26, 2001… Recorded six double-digit scoring efforts during the year… Finished 14th in the WNBA in three-point fi eld goal percentage (38.5%, 20-for-52)… Netted 14 points and 11 rebounds vs. Los Angeles on June 9, her fourth career point/rebound double-double.

2000:

Named the 2000 WNBA Rookie of the Year on Aug. 11 after receiving 59 out of a possible 62 votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters… Only rookie selected to the All-WNBA Second Team and the sole rookie chosen by WNBA coaches for the 2000 WNBA All-Star Game… Her 16.9 ppg led all rookies and ranked 10th in the league… Started 31 of 32 games… Lynx leader and 19th in the WNBA with 5.6 rpg (178)… Led the Lynx in steals (53, 1.66 spg), ranking 17th in the WNBA… Sank 55 three-pointers and finished fifth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (39.6%)… Hit a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded to force overtime at Cleveland on June 24… Led Minnesota with three point/rebound double-doubles… Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds July 7 vs. New York and at Portland on July 14… Scored a career-high 31 points at Washington on July 29… Led the Lynx in scoring and rebounding 13 times and topped the team in assists in eight games… Scored 20+ points in 13 games and 25+ points on seven occasions… Tallied 27 points and a career-high eight assists Aug. 6 vs. Indiana… Spent part of the 2000-01 offseason playing in Israel.

COLLEGE CAREER

Played in 67 games in two years at Louisiana Tech and averaged 13.7 ppg and 5.0 rpg… Selected as the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1999-2000… Named to the Associated Press All-America Third Team, the USA Basketball Writers Association All-America First Team and the Women’s Basketball News Service All-America First Team in 2000… Played at Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, Texas) in 1996-97… Won the Junior College National Championship as Trinity Valley posted a 34-2 record.


Personal

  • Full name is Betty Bernice Lennox.
  • Daughter of Bernice Lennox.
  • Has fi ve brothers, Freddy, Karl, A.B., Alfred and Charles, and three sisters, Lela, Ruby and Victoria.
  • Started her own foundation, the Lennox Foundation 22, to help neglected or abused children and received the WNBA’s Community Assist Award in June, 2006.
  • Her favorite basketball highlight was winning the Junior College National Championship.

  • Career Transactions

  • Acquired by the Atlanta Dream from the Seattle Storm in the 2008.
  • Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round (sixth pick overall) of the 2000 WNBA Draft .
  • Traded by the Lynx with a 2003 first-round draft pick to the Miami Sol for Tamara Moore and a 2003 second-round pick on 6/13/02
  • Selected by the Cleveland Rockers in first round (third pick overall) of the 2003 Dispersal Draft
  • Selected by the Seattle Storm in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft.

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