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Tina Nicholson
Personal information
Born (1973-09-27) September 27, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Listed weight146 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High schoolDowningtown
(Downingtown, Pennsylvania)
CollegePenn State
WNBA draft1997: 3rd round, 20th overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Rockers
PositionGuard
Number11
Career history
1997Cleveland Rockers
Career highlights and awards
  • Third-team All-American – AP (1995)
  • 3x First-team All-Big Ten (1994–1996)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Kristina J. Nicholson (born September 27, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player. She was known for her quickness and athleticism and being relatively short. She played one season in the WNBA for the Cleveland Rockers in the 1997 WNBA season. At age 38, she was inducted into the Chester County Sports Hall of Fame.

High school

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Nicholson and Tora Suber formed a backcourt duo at Downingtown High School, where she won back-to-back state titles. In total she scored 2,709 points, more than any basketball player, male or female. She graduated from Downingtown High School in 1992.

College

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Nicholson averaged 8.4 assists her senior year, third in the nation. She amassed 826 assists for her career at Penn State.

WNBA Career

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Nicholson was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in the third round (20th overall pick) in the 1997 WNBA Draft. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 56 - 76 loss to the Houston Comets where she recorded 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal.[1] Her career would end up being incredibly short, as this season with the Rockers was her only season in the league. Her final game in the WNBA was played on August 24, 1997 (two months after her debut) in a 72 - 79 loss to the New York Liberty where she recorded 2 assists and 1 rebound but no points.[2]

Nicholson's sole WNBA season consisted of 24 games played, totalling 48 points, 42 assists, 10 rebounds and 11 steals.

Personal life

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Nicholson graduated with a degree in exercise and sports science.[3]

Career statistics

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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

WNBA

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Source[4]

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Cleveland 24 14 11.4 .409 .375 .600 .4 1.8 .5 .0 1.2 2.0

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1992–93 Penn State 28 - - 39.2 41.3 70.0 1.2 3.6 1.8 0.0 - 7.1
1993–94 Penn State 31 - - 41.6 42.2 73.4 2.2 6.2 2.5 0.0 - 12.0
1994–95 Penn State 31 - - 36.7 40.9 84.4 1.8 8.1 2.9 0.1 - 9.5
1995–96 Penn State 34 - - 42.3 48.1 70.6 2.9 8.3 2.3 0.1 - 11.1
Career 124 - - 40.2 35.4 74.5 2.1 6.7 2.4 0.0 - 10.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Houston Comets at Cleveland Rockers, June 21, 1997".
  2. ^ "Cleveland Rockers at New York Liberty, August 24, 1997".
  3. ^ "Archives | The Philadelphia Inquirer". inquirer.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. ^ "Tina Nicholson WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Tina Nicholson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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