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2002 Season Highs
Points: 26 (5/25)
Rebounds: 13 (6/13)
Assists: 5* (6/29)
Steals: 5* (6/4)
Minutes: 42* (5/25)
* Career high
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Forward * 6-2 * 2 years
College: Connecticut '01
Acquired: 2001 WNBA Draft (1st round, 7th overall)
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Finished second on the team in scoring (11.6 ppg) and rebounding (5.4 rpg)

Appeared in 27 games

Missed five games due to a strained lower back, including the final three games

Originally sustained the injury June 15 at Houston

Averaged 9.0 ppg and shot 32.8% (67-for-204) in 19 games following the injury, compared to 17.9 ppg (46.4%) in her first eight outings

Started the year 13-for-21 (61.9%) from three-point range, but made only seven of her last 39 (17.9%)

Averaged 24.7 mpg in her last 13 games (34.6 mpg in the first 14)

Closed the season having made seven straight free throws after missing 13 of her previous 14

Finished the season shooting 48.3% (56-for-116) from the free throw line

Tallied 11 points and 11 boards July 26 at Indiana, her third point/rebound double-double of the year (ninth career)

Handed out a career-high five assists June 29 vs. Orlando

Had 13 rebounds June 13 vs. Portland, equaling the second-highest total in club history

Led the team and ranked 15th in the WNBA in steals (1.56 spg); swiped a career-high five steals June 4 at Seattle

Minnesota's top scorer on seven occasions

Tallied 20+ points five times, including a season-high 26 points May 25 vs. Utah

Also set career bests in free throw attempts (18) and minutes (42) against the Starzz

Played professionally in the Czech Republic for Gambrinus JME during the offseason
| 2002 | MIN |
27 | 27 | 29.8 | .377 | .333 | .483 | 1.70 | 3.70 | 5.40 | 2.2 | 1.56 | .37 | 3.41 | 2.70 | 11.6 |
| 2002 | MIN | 27 | 27 | 805 | 119-316 | 20-60 | 56-116 | 45 | 101 | 146 | 60 | 42 | 10 | 92 | 73 | 314 |
2002 Game-By-Game Statistics