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2009 Statistics
Born:
Feb 18, 1983
Height:
6-6 / 1,98
Weight:
225 lbs. / 102,1 kg.
College: Georgia
Years Pro:
4
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2008: Appeared in 33 games, including 10 starts, and averaged a career-high 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game
(another career high)…In 10 games as a starter averaged 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game…Missed one game
due to a league suspension, the Shock were 0-1 without her…Swatted away a career-high 24 blocks…Played in the 100th game
of her career at Minnesota (5/18)…Scored a career-high 26 points vs. Atlanta (6/29)…Tied her career high in assists with four vs.
Connecticut (7/8)…Registered her 50th career block vs. Washington (7/11)…Tied her career high in blocks with three at Washington
(7/16)…Grabbed the 500th rebound of her career vs. Los Angeles (7/22)…Tied her season high in rebounds with nine and career high
in minutes played with 35 vs. San Antonio (7/27). 2008 Playoffs: Appeared in all nine Shock playoff games (all starts) en route to her
second WNBA championship…Averaged a career-high 8.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in a career-high 20.0 minutes per
game… Scored her 200th career playoff point in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals (at San Antonio, 10/3)…Tied her career playoff high in
assists (3) while tying her playoff high in steals (1) and blocks (1) at San Antonio (10/1)…Second on the team in rebounding with 4.9
rebounds per game…Her 26 minutes played vs. Indiana (9/21) set a career playoff-high in minutes played…Pulled down her 100th career
playoff rebound at Indiana (9/19).
2007: Picked up her first double-double of the season with 17 pts and 12 rebounds at Phoenix on 6/22 (both were season highs)… Missed 2 games due to WNBA suspension, the Shock were 0-2 without her…Surpassed the 500-point mark with a 15-point outing vs. the Washington Mystics on July 28th. 2007 Playoffs: Tied her career playoff high in steals with 2 vs. Indiana…Scored the 100th point of her playoff career vs. Indiana…Picked up her first ever postseason double-double with playoff career highs in pts (19) and rebs (12) in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals vs. Phoenix…Also tied her career playoff high in blocks with 2 vs. Phoenix…Averaged 6 points and 3.7 rebounds during the 2007 postseason. 2006: Finished second on the team in scoring (4.3) and rebounding (3.4) off the bench . . . Led the team in scoring on one occasion and in rebounding three times . . . Connected on 47.8 percent of her field goal attempts in home games and 34.2 percent on the road. 2006 Playoffs: Was the Shock’s second leading scorer (5.0) and rebounder (2.8) off the bench in the postseason and in the WNBA Finals (5.8 and 2.6). 2005: Ranked fourth among rookies in scoring (6.9), fifth in rebounding (3.0) and third in field goal percentage (97-of-210, .462) . . . Established a Shock rookie record by scoring 18 points in her first pro game vs. Connecticut on May 21 . . . Picked up the first start of her WNBA career on June 24 vs. Washington . . . Averaged 8.4 points and connected on 52.2 percent of her field goal attempts in 17 home games and 5.3 points and 38.9 percent shooting in 16 road games. 2005 Playoffs: Was Detroit’s leading scorer (7.5) and tied for the team’s leading rebounder (3.5) off the bench in their two-game loss to the Connecticut Sun. College: Averaged 13.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.25 blocks, 1.35 steals and 25.5 minutes while shooting 47.8% (108-226 FG) in 20 games in 2003-04, her junior season . . . Did not play during her senior season at Georgia due to pregnancy . . . Finished her three-year collegiate career at Georgia with averages of 15.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.93 blocks, 1.53 steals, and 24.3 minutes while shooting 52.6% (440-836 FG) in 71 games . . . In her sophomore season she was tabbed first-team pre-season All-SEC at the league’s media day . . . Posted double-doubles in seven of 21 games including back-to-back outing against No. 15 South Carolina and No. 18 Vanderbilt . . . In 2002, named All-SEC First Team and SEC Freshman of the Year with averages of 16.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 24.5 minutes while shooting 54.0% (198-367 FG) from the field.
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Full name is Kara Liana Braxton . . . Born in Tallahassee, FL, spent 12 years as a resident of Jackson, MI . . . Gave birth to son, Jelani,
on January 15, 2005 . . . Daughter to Christine Brown and Quentin Braxton . . . Father starred collegiately at Portland (Ore.) State and
was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1975.
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Selected by Detroit in the first round (seventh overall) of the WNBA Draft, April 16, 2005.
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