Lynx All-Star Candidate: Tamika Williams

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Forward * 6'2"
College: Connecticut '02
Second WNBA season
Acquired: 2002 WNBA Draft
(1st round, 6th overall)
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Season notes:

Leads the league in field goal percentage (73.6%), including 87.5% (21-for-24) in five Target Center appearances

Ranks fifth in offensive rebounding (2.8 per game)

Collected 12 points and a team-high six rebounds vs. Houston

It was her third straight double-figure scoring effort, and the fifth time she's been Minnesota's top rebounder

Netted 12 points with a game- and season-high nine rebounds in 37 minutes of Saturday's win at Seattle

Led the Lynx with a season-high-tying 15 points at Sacramento

Had eight points and five rebounds in last week's one-point loss at Los Angeles

Scored eight points with three rebounds and a season-high three steals in 38 minutes in Minnesota's overtime win over Houston

Registered eight points with a team-high seven rebounds in the team's win at San Antonio

Posted a season-high 15 points with eight rebounds vs. Los Angeles

Notable:

Named assistant coach at Ohio State on June 3; she was a graduate assistant coach for OSU during the 2002-03 season

Ranked second in the WNBA in FG accuracy and seventh in rebounding in 2002, her rookie season

Her 56.1% field goal mark and 7.4 rpg are each franchise records

Ranked second in the league in offensive rebounds, including a club-record 10 on June 2

Her eight offensive boards in the second half of that game tied a WNBA record

Recorded three point/rebound double-doubles last season

Tied a franchise record with six steals on June 15, 2002

Member of two NCAA championship teams at Connecticut (2000 and 2002)

The Huskies' career leader in field-goal accuracy (70.3%), including a school-record 75.9% her junior season

The Sporting News' National Freshman of the Year in 1999

* Through June 17