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Ukari Figgs

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Ukari Figgs
Personal information
Born (1977-03-31) March 31, 1977 (age 47)
Georgetown, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolScott County
(Georgetown, Kentucky)
CollegePurdue (1995–1999)
WNBA draft1999: 3rd round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
PositionPoint guard
Number5
Career history
1999–2001Los Angeles Sparks
2002Portland Fire
2003Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Ukari Okien Figgs (born March 31, 1977) is an American former collegiate and professional women's basketball player.

Early life and college

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Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Figgs led the Scott County girls' basketball team to a state title in 1995, and she was named Kentucky's Miss Basketball.[1]

Figgs then went to school on a scholarship, starring on the women's basketball team at Purdue University, averaging 11.6 points and 3.3 assists in her four-year career. In her senior season, Figgs averaged 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Purdue handily won the NCAA Championship that year (winning all of its tournament games by a margin of at least 10 points) and Figgs was named Most Outstanding Player of the 1999 NCAA Final Four.[2] Figgs' other accomplishments while at Purdue included making the 1999 All-Big Ten team and the 1998 and 1999 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Teams and winning the 1997 Best Defensive Player award. Figgs graduated from Purdue in 1999 with a degree in mechanical engineering, taking full advantage of her scholarship.[3]

Purdue statistics

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Source[4]

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
1995–96 Purdue 30 117 37.0% 29.8% 80.0% 2.3 1.9 0.8 0.2 3.9
1996–97 Purdue 27 258 33.9% 34.4% 76.1% 3.5 3.1 1.0 0.1 9.6
1997–98 Purdue 33 510 43.5% 36.4% 85.9% 5.1 3.7 1.8 0.4 15.5
1998–99 Purdue 35 570 39.7% 34.2% 86.3% 4.5 4.2 1.7 0.2 16.3
Career Purdue 125 1455 39.4% 34.4% 84.1% 3.9 3.3 1.4 0.2 11.6

WNBA career

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Figgs was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round (28th overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft,[5] and played for the Sparks for three seasons, which included a WNBA Championship in 2001.[6] Figgs then played one season each for the Portland Fire and Houston Comets.[7]

Prior to the start of the 2004 season, Figgs retired from the WNBA; she had averaged 6.5 points, 3.1 assists, 2.3 rebounds, and had played in 15 games on three different teams.[6]

WNBA 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

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Los Angeles 22 10 15.0 36.6 29.8 87.5 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.0 1.4 4.3
2000 Los Angeles 32 32 25.1 43.1 35.4 83.1 1.7 4.0 0.7 0.1 1.3 6.7
2001 Los Angeles 32 29 29.1 42.5 46.2 81.0 3.1 3.9 1.3 0.1 1.7 8.0
2002 Portland 31 31 27.9 35.8 32.5 90.8 2.6 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.4 8.5
2003 Houston 34 30 28.0 41.9 37.7 86.4 2.4 2.4 0.8 0.0 1.7 4.4
Career 5 years, 3 teams 151 132 25.7 39.9 37.2 85.4 2.3 3.1 0.9 0.1 1.5 6.5

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Los Angeles 1 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 Los Angeles 4 4 26.5 30.4 36.4 100.0 4.0 4.8 0.5 0.0 2.8 6.0
2001 Los Angeles 7 7 34.1 34.0 27.8 75.0 2.1 5.9 0.6 0.6 0.9 8.3
2003 Houston 3 3 27.0 40.0 71.4 0.0 2.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 5.7
Career 4 years, 2 teams 15 14 28.7 33.7 34.5 81.8 2.5 4.5 0.5 0.3 1.3 6.6

Life after the WNBA

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Figgs worked as a production engineer at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in her hometown of Georgetown, Kentucky,[3] and as an assistant coach with the boys' varsity basketball team at Scott County High School. Figgs was appointed as an assistant coach to Purdue University's women's basketball team on April 13, 2009.[8] On June 6, 2011, it was announced Figgs would become an assistant athletics director for women's basketball at the University of Kentucky.[9]

On November 1, 2013, Figgs announced that she was leaving UK to return to Toyota in Georgetown as an engineer. She cited the need to spend more time with her family as the reason for this move.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Ukari Figgs". Kentucky High School Basketball Hall Of Fame. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ukari Figgs: Basketball Champion and Mechanical Engineer". Mechanical Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "Purdue Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  5. ^ "SPARKS: Where Are They Now: Ukari Figgs". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. ^ a b "Ukari Figgs – Women's Basketball". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ "Ukari Figgs Announces Her Retirement". OurSports Central. 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. ^ "Former Boilermaker Ukari Figgs Named Assistant Coach". April 13, 2009. Purdue University. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Figgs Named Assistant AD for UK Hoops". University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  10. ^ "Figgs Accepts Engineering Position at Toyota". 1 November 2013. University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
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