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LaTonya Johnson

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LaTonya Johnson
Personal information
Born (1975-08-17) 17 August 1975 (age 49)
Winchester, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight152 lb (69 kg)
Career information
High schoolFranklin County (Winchester, Tennessee)
CollegeMemphis (1994–1998)
WNBA draft1998: 3rd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Utah Starzz
PositionForward
Number24, 23
Career history
1998–2002Utah Starzz
2003San Antonio Stars
2004Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference

LaTonya Johnson (born 17 August 1975) is a former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA for seven seasons. She also played overseas in Israel and Bulgaria.

College

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Johnson played at Memphis from 1994 to 1998, where she was a four-year letterwinner. She left Memphis as its third all-time leading scorer (2,232), sixth all-time in rebounds (686), and all-time leader in three-point field goals made (207). During the four years, the team compiled an 86–34 record.

Career statistics

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WNBA

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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

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1998 Utah 28 8 17.5 40.0 28.6 61.8 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.0 1.5 5.4
1999 Utah 31 18 23.2 36.5 29.3 81.0 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.3 6.5
2000 Utah 29 6 16.6 40.3 33.3 65.1 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 1.2 5.0
2001 Utah 26 0 8.8 26.2 16.7 78.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.9
2002 Utah 28 1 9.6 32.9 31.3 75.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 2.7
2003 Utah 31 1 9.0 25.4 26.1 72.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.9
2004 Houston 6 0 6.0 28.6 33.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0
Career 7 years, 2 teams 179 34 14.0 35.3 28.3 71.5 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.9 3.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001 Utah 2 0 7.5 25.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0
2002 Utah 5 0 8.0 50.0 22.2 50.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.4
Career 2 years, 1 team 7 0 7.9 44.4 16.7 75.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.0

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1994–95 Memphis 30 - - 49.6 40.2 70.3 6.1 1.4 2.4 0.2 - 17.6
1995–96 Memphis 29 - - 50.2 42.1 75.2 6.5 1.0 1.9 0.2 - 20.7
1996–97 Memphis 29 - - 44.7 34.6 69.6 4.9 1.2 1.7 0.1 - 15.3
1997–98 Memphis 30 - - 48.0 40.5 78.8 5.7 2.0 2.5 0.2 - 21.9
Career 118 - - 48.3 39.4 74.5 5.8 1.4 2.1 0.2 - 18.9
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[1]

Honors and awards

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College

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  • Conference USA Tournament MVP as a senior (1998)
  • Conference USA First Team member (1996 and 1998)
  • Second team honoree (1997)
  • 3x C-USA Player of the Week
  • Great Midwest Conference Newcomer of the Year (1995)
  • First team all-Great Midwest Conference (as a freshman)
  • Basketball Times All-American Honorable Mention (1996 and 1998)
  • USA Today Freshman of Influence (1994–95), one of just two Lady Tigers to ever earn that honor.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "LaTonya Johnson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "LaTonya Johnson Joins Lady Tiger Basketball Staff :: Former player and WNBA veteran to rejoin Lady Tigers on the sidelines". www.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.