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Tamecka Dixon
Personal information
Born (1975-12-14) December 14, 1975 (age 48)
Linden, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight148 lb (67 kg)
Career information
High schoolLinden (Linden, New Jersey)
CollegeKansas (1993–1997)
WNBA draft1997: 2nd round, 14th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career1997–2009
PositionShooting guard
Number21, 20
Career history
1997–2005Los Angeles Sparks
2006–2008Houston Comets
2009Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing USA
FIBA World Championship for Women
Gold medal – first place 2002 Nanjing Team Competition

Tamecka Michelle Dixon (born December 14, 1975) is an American professional basketball player. She announced her retirement prior to the 2010 WNBA season.

High school

Dixon attended Linden High School in Linden, New Jersey, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring ten points.[2]

College

At the University of Kansas, Dixon averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.8 steals in 119 career games. She was named Big 12 Player of the Year and was also named to the 1996–97 Kodak All-American Team.

Kansas statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993–94 Kansas 27 184 42.0% 18.8% 52.0% 4.2 1.6 1.0 0.3 6.8
1994–95 Kansas 30 338 47.5% 35.7% 64.0% 4.0 2.7 1.4 0.9 11.3
1995–96 Kansas 32 543 46.9% 20.0% 77.4% 4.2 3.2 1.9 0.3 17.0
1996–97 Kansas 30 624 45.0% 34.5% 74.1% 5.6 3.7 2.6 0.6 20.8
Career 119 1689 45.7% 28.8% 70.0% 4.5 2.8 1.8 0.5 14.2

USA Basketball

In 2002, Dixon was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou and Nanjing, China. The team was coached by Van Chancellor. Dixon scored 3.4 points per game. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late in the game.[3]

WNBA career

Dixon was selected in the first round of the 1997 WNBA Draft (14th overall) by the Los Angeles Sparks.[4] Dixon was one of the 4 remaining players from the first season of the WNBA before retiring. She won two championship rings, each coming from wins with the Sparks (2001 and 2002).

She last played for the Indiana Fever before retiring.

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
1997 Los Angeles 27 21 26.5 .456 .423 .773 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.2 2.1 11.9
1998 Los Angeles 22 22 32.3 .438 .356 .779 2.5 2.5 1.1 0.4 2.6 16.2
1999 Los Angeles 32 14 17.6 .387 .313 .738 2.1 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.2 6.8
2000 Los Angeles 31 31 28.5 .454 .353 .805 3.4 3.1 1.3 0.3 1.9 10.9
2001 Los Angeles 29 29 31.9 .417 .176 .791 2.9 3.9 0.9 0.1 2.5 11.7
2002 Los Angeles 30 30 31.9 .391 .351 .831 3.1 4.0 0.9 0.2 2.7 10.6
2003 Los Angeles 30 30 34.7 .437 .212 .883 4.2 3.0 1.2 0.3 2.3 13.7
2004 Los Angeles 32 21 28.5 .442 .455 .782 3.4 3.5 1.1 0.0 2.2 9.7
2005 Los Angeles 30 23 20.2 .409 .000 .850 2.2 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.3 5.3
2006 Houston 21 14 25.7 .404 .111 .821 2.6 2.3 0.6 0.1 2.5 7.0
2007 Houston 18 0 27.2 .439 .294 .861 3.2 3.2 1.3 0.3 2.1 12.0
2008 Houston 24 20 26.4 .403 .154 .857 3.2 1.8 1.0 0.1 2.0 9.0
2009 Indiana 32 1 13.3 .410 .400 .857 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 4.1
Career 13 years, 3 teams 360 256 26.3 .424 .309 .809 2.9 2.7 1.0 0.1 2.0 9.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Los Angeles 4 0 10.5 .350 .000 1.000 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.0 1.3 3.8
2000 Los Angeles 4 4 31.8 .370 .500 .889 2.8 4.0 0.8 0.0 2.0 11.8
2001 Los Angeles 7 7 36.1 .482 .462 .818 2.4 4.1 1.3 0.3 2.9 13.6
2002 Los Angeles 5 4 29.4 .568 .500 .900 4.0 3.4 2.4 0.0 2.6 12.2
2003 Los Angeles 9 9 35.1 .426 .333 .963 3.2 3.2 1.6 0.2 1.2 12.2
2004 Los Angeles 3 3 33.3 .400 .000 .875 5.7 3.0 0.7 0.0 3.3 10.3
2005 Los Angeles 2 1 6.0 .500 .000 .000 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
2006 Houston 2 0 22.0 .364 .000 .750 4.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.5
2009 Indiana 10 0 6.2 .346 .000 .600 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 2.1
Career 9 years, 3 teams 46 28 24.0 .435 .405 .880 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.1 1.7 8.5

Notes

  1. ^ "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
  2. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. ^ "Fourteenth World Championship For Women – 2002". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.
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