Yvette Angel
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 14, 1963 |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Ohio State (1981–1985) |
| WNBA draft | 1997: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1997–1997 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 11 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1997 | Sacramento Monarchs |
| As coach: | |
| c. 1987 | Michigan State (graduate assistant coach) |
| 1989-?? | Notre Dame (assistant coach) |
| 1997 | Sacramento Monarchs (assistant coach) |
| Career WNBA statistics | |
| Points | 14 (2.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 9 (1.8 rpg) |
| Assists | 11 (2.2 bpg) |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Yvette Angel is a former basketball player and coach who played collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and professionally in the WNBA for the Sacramento Monarchs.
Career
[edit]In high school, Angel played for the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart women's team under coach Sister Maria Pares. The team was undefeated during Angel's career, having reached a 109-game winning streak.[1]
For her college career, Angel played for the Ohio State Buckeyes during the team's first four years in the Big Ten Conference. In all four of Angel's seasons, the Buckeyes were the conference's regular season champions, and were undefeated in all 18 intraconference games during the 1984–85 season, Angel's final year with the team.[2]
Angel left the Buckeyes as its, at the time, third-leading women's scorer all time, and subsequently accepted a job as a graduate assistant coach with Michigan State University.[3][4] Later on, she was an assistant coach at Notre Dame.[1]
Angel was picked in the 1997 American Basketball League draft during fourth round, 31st overall, by the Seattle Reign.[5] 1997 was also the inaugural year of the WNBA, as well as the year before the ABL folded.
Despite no Buckeyes being drafted in 1997, Angel was one of three Buckeyes to play in the WNBA in its 1997 inaugural season.[6] In her only stint in the WNBA, she played five games in July 1997 with the Sacramento Monarchs, starting three. Her WNBA career highs included six points in her final game, against the Houston Comets on July 25, 1997; and five assists in her third game, on July 18, also against the Comets.[7] Angel's playing career ended when the Monarchs reassigned her as an assistant coach after they had fired head coach Mary Murphy midseason.[6]
Legacy
[edit]In 1997, Angel was inducted into the Ohio State Hall of Fame.[8] Two years later, Angel was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame for her contributions as a player for the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart basketball team.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]| 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
[edit]Source[9]
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sacramento | 5 | 3 | 18.0 | .438 | .000 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .8 | .2 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
College
[edit]| * | Led NCAA Division I |
Source[10]
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Ohio State | 27 | .477 | .646 | 4.5 | 11.4 | |
| 1982–83 | Ohio State | 28 | .536 | .750 | 5.2 | 15.3 | |
| 1983–84 | Ohio State | 29* | .506 | .714 | 4.2 | 13.4 | |
| 1984–85 | Ohio State | 31 | .514 | .686 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 14.1 |
| Career | 115 | .510 | .702 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 13.6 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Yvette Angel, Basketball Player and Coach". Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "1984-85 Ohio State Buckeyes Women's Roster and Stats". Sports Reference College Basketball. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Fleming, Dave (5 March 1987). "Undefeated Team" (PDF). OSU Library. The Ohio State Lantern. p. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "2014-15 Ohio State Women's Basketball - Information Guide" (PDF). Cloudfront.net. Ohio State Buckeyes. 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "History of the American Basketball League". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ a b Costello, Thomas (9 June 2022). "Buckeye WNBA rewind: The inaugural WNBA season". Land Grant Holy Land. SB Nation. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Yvette Angel 1997 Game Log". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Yvette Angel". Ohio State Buckeyes official website. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Yvette Angelo WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Yvette Angel College Stats". Sports Reference College Basketball. Retrieved 8 December 2024.