Julie Gross
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Born | [1] Tatura, Victoria | 27 March 1957||||||||
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Julie Gross (born 27 March 1957) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Gross played for the national team during the 1970s, competing for Australia at two World Championships; 1975 held in Columbia and 1979 held in South Korea.[2]
In 1978, Gross moved to the United States where she played basketball for Louisiana State University. In her first season with the Tigers, Gross became LSU's first Kodak All-American.[3] Gross finished her career as the all-time leading rebounder in LSU history with 1,466 rebounds and was second on the all-time scoring list with 2,488 points.[3] Gross and Maree Bennie (now Jackson), were the first Australian females to win All-American honours while playing college basketball in the United States.[4]
LSU statistics
[edit]Source[5]
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 | PPG |
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1976-77 | LSU | 37 | 685 | 52.6% | 71.5% | 12.2 | 18.5 |
1977-78 | LSU | 40 | 828 | 53.1% | 70.8% | 11.5 | 20.7 |
1978-79 | LSU | 24 | 447 | 48.9% | 63.0% | 10.8 | 18.6 |
1979-80 | LSU | 30 | 528 | 51.2% | 71.4% | 9.5 | 17.6 |
TOTALS | 131 | 2488 | 51.8% | 69.9% | 11.2 | 18.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b FIBA Archive. 1979 World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Julie Gross. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ FIBA Archive. Player Search: Julie Gross. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ a b Louisiana State University. 2005-2006 Women's Basketball (page 4). Media Guide. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ Australian Basketball History. Better Basketball. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "LSU Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.