Lady Grooms
Personal information | |
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Born | Raleigh, North Carolina | September 12, 1970
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Georgia (1989–1992) |
WNBA draft | 1997: Initial allocation round |
Selected by the Utah Starzz | |
Playing career | 1997–2004 |
Position | Guard |
Number | 27 |
Career history | |
1997 | Utah Starzz |
1998–2004 | Sacramento Monarchs |
Lady Grooms (born September 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who was one of the 16 original WNBA players allocated to the teams in the new league's Initial Player Allocation draft (as Lady Hardmon). After a college career at the University of Georgia, she played 8 WNBA seasons and had career averages of 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, scoring over 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds.[1]
Georgia statistics
Source[2]
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% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
89 | Georgia | 30 | 214 | 48.5% | 63.4% | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
90 | Georgia | 29 | 410 | 49.8% | 69.7% | 5.7 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 14.1 |
91 | Georgia | 32 | 413 | 46.8% | 64.7% | 4.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 12.9 |
92 | Georgia | 30 | 361 | 43.1% | 63.6% | 3.8 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 12.0 |
Career | Georgia | 121 | 1397 | 46.9% | 65.6% | 4.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
WNBA career
1997: Utah Starzz
1998–2004: Sacramento Monarchs
Grooms currently is head coach of the girls basketball team at Greater Atlanta Christian in Norcross, Ga. Grooms previously coached the varsity girls basketball team at Arlington Christian School in Fairburn, Georgia. In her first two seasons coaching the team, it won the state title each year in the GISA. Grooms has won awards as state and regional coach of the year.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Lady Grooms - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Georgia Media Guide". Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American women's basketball players
- Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball players
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Utah Starzz players
- Sacramento Monarchs players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Fulton County, Georgia
- People from Fairburn, Georgia
- American women's basketball coaches