Now Whitmore is one of the best centers in the WNBA and doesn’t back down from a bigger opponent. “You can’t,” Whitmore says. “When you play against people like Lisa Leslie and Tamika Catchings, you have to use that as motivation. I’m well on my way up there with them, too.”
Scoring isn’t anything new for Whitmore. (2) “A lot of people seem surprised,” Whitmore says. “If you go back and look at my track record, I’ve always been able to score.” Even against Mom? “She still shoots with me,” Whitmore says, “but as far as getting down and dirty, we don’t go at it anymore.”
Until the big rematch, Whitmore will just have to keep practicing on her WNBA opponents.
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2. Whitmore, who finished second to Washington’s Coco Miller for the ‘02 WNBA Most Improved Player award, scored 49 points in a high-school game, and led the nation in scoring with 26.3 ppg her senior season at Memphis.
