2005 WNBA SEASON: 3.8 ppg, (.450 FG%, --- 3FG%, .314 FT%), 2.0 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.2 bpg and 12.0 mpg through 34 games played…Scored a season-high 12 points at Seattle (8/25)…Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Charlotte (7/26) and tied her career-high with four steals at Seattle (8/25)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 3.8 ppg, (.500 FG%, ---3FG%, .667FT%), 1.6 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.4 bpg and 10.3 mpg through eight playoff games…Scored a career playoff-high 10 points and two blocks at Los Angeles (9/2).

WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 3.1 ppg (.410 FG%, --- 3FG%, .430 FT%), 1.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.2 bpg and 11.3 mpg in 113 games and four seasons with Sacramento…2004: Averaged 4.1 ppg, (.470 FG%, --- 3FG%, .552 FT%), 2.1 rpg, 0.7 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.2 bpg, and 14.1 mpg through 34 games played…Scored a career-high 17 points at Seattle (7/3)…Pulled down a season-high five rebounds at Indiana (6/10)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 0.8 ppg, (.154 FG%, .000 3FG%, .250 FT%), 1.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.2 spg, --- bpg and 11.3 mpg in six playoff games…2003: Averaged 1.9 ppg, (.327 FG%, --- 3FG%, .400 FT%), 1.7 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.1 bpg and 8.6 mpg in 22 games…Stole the ball a career-high four times vs. Seattle (7/26)…Scored a season-high six points at San Antonio (8/7)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 0.5 ppg, (.333 FG%, ---3FG%, --- FT%) 0.8 rpg, 0.5 apg, --- spg, --- bpg and 3.8 mpg in four playoff games…2002: Averaged 1.7 ppg (.245 FG%, --- 3PT%, .467 FT%), 1.6 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.1 bpg and 8.6 mpg in 23 games (three started)…Tallied a season-high six points, pulled down a season-high seven rebounds at Houston (6/9).

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: During the 2005-06 off-season played for Cavigal Nice Sports Basket in Nice, France and averaged 33.5 mpg, 14.3 ppg (50.4 FG% and 81.4 FT%), 6.2 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.3 spg …Played for Yaya Maria Breogan in Spain for three off-seasons…During the 2004-05 off-season averaged 14.5 ppg (45.2 FG%), 7.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.5 spg and 34.1 mpg through 24 games played…During the 2003-04 off-season helped her team advanced to the semifinals of the championship tournament in Spain…Through 30 games averaged 15.5 ppg, while shooting 47.5% and averaged 7.1 rpg, 1.3 apg and 3.0 spg…In the 2002-03 off-season averaged 19 ppg and 8.1 rpg…In 1997-98 played on the Senegalese Champion, Dakar Club . . . Averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and three steals per contest. . .Member of the Mali National Team since 1994. . .Named MVP of club play in Northwestern Africa. . .Named MVP of club league in Senegal. . .Named “Queen of Basketball” in both Mali and Senegal.

COLLEGE: 2001-02: Basketball Time All-America Honorable Mention…All- CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team, All-Academic Team and All-Tournament Team…Averaged 11.7 points 8.1 rebounds per game…Shot 57% from the floor…Totaled 84 assists and 31 blocks…2000-01: CAA Player of the Year…An All-CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Academic Team . . .Ranked in five different CAA categories…Team’s second leading scorer averaging 13.7 points per game and ranking sixth in the CAA. . .Scored in double figures in all but 25 of 30 games. . .Netted 20 or more points four times including a career-high 27 points against VCU (2/28/01). . . Shot 57.3% (168-of-293) from the floor and ranked 17th in the country in field goal percentage . . .Led the Lady Monarchs and finished fourth in the league in rebounds averaging 7.4 boards per outing . . .Recorded six double-doubles…Fourth on team in assists (82) and third in steals (49)…Tied for second in blocks with 25. . .Logged a new-career high swatting away four shots against ECU (2/4/01)…Eighth in the CAA in blocked shots... 1999-00: All-CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Tournament Team… VaSID All-Virginia and Richmond Times Dispatch All-Virginia…Doubled scoring and rebounding efforts averaging 14 points and 7.5 rebounds per game... Scored in double figures 28 times…Seven double-doubles . . .Second on team in scoring and rebounding. . .Finished ninth in CAA in scoring, third in rebounding, second in field goal percentage (59.8), and fourth in steals (2.53)…Finished seventh in the nation in field goal percentage… Bested her career-high with 25 points against Richmond (1/14/00). . .Joined the elite Lady Monarch 20-rebound club with 20 against Southern Methodist (3/20/00) in the NCAA tournament. . .1998- 99: Averaged 6.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game…CAA All-Tournament Team . . . Finished 13th in the CAA in steals (1.7) . . . Scored in double figures in eight games . . . Netted a career-high 16 points against American (1/12) and pulled down 11 rebounds against East Carolina in the CAA Championship game.

• Full name is Hamchétou Maïga-Ba (HAUM-shi-two MY-ga-bah)
• Born Bamako, Mali
• Daughter of Aminata Fofana and Boubacar Sekou Maïga
• Has 18 brothers and sisters
• Married long-time boyfriend, Baba Ba on December 31, 2005 in Bamako, Mali
• Mother and aunt played on the national team of Mali for many years
• Dean's List honoree
• In the summer of 2001 earned bachelors degree in information systems
• 2001 John and Mary Alice Peterson Scholarship recipient
• Working towards masters degree in business administration.

Selected by Sacramento in the first round (12th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft, April 19, 2002....signed as a free agent with Houston on March 13, 2007.