2009 Fever Player Bio Pages (pdf)
One of five returning Fever starters, Sutton-Brown was selected to her second All-Star Game in 2007…she returns to provide the Fever lineup with a veteran, proven center...before joining the Fever, she spent her entire WNBA career in Charlotte, where she averaged 9.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.49 blocks while shooting 48.5 percent from the field...she has started all but 14 games over the course of her career...she enters the 2009 season ranked sixth among the WNBA’s career blocked shot leaders (392)…she scored the 2,000th point of her WNBA career in 2007, and became one of six players in league history with 2,000 career points and 300 career blocked shots…she is 360 points from 3,000 in her career and just eight blocks from 400 in her career.
PRO - WNBA
2008: Sutton-Brown averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game while starting all 33 games in which she appeared…she scored in double figures 20 times with three games of 20 points or more…she eclipsed her previous career high with 23 points in a 3OT loss at New York, 6/26…she later established a new career scoring high with 26 points on the final day of the regular season against Phoenix, 9/14…she posted a career-high 15 rebounds in the 3OT game at New York, 6/26, and had five double-doubles overall…she set a new single-season franchise record with 57 blocked shots.
2007: Sutton-Brown finished the season averaging 12.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game…she started 33 of 34 games and was selected to the WNBA All-Star Game for the first time in her career…she had multiple steals nine times in 2007…through the first 18 games of the season, she was the league's best shooter from the field, having made 56.4 percent of her shots…she finished ninth in the league with a mark of 48.5 percent…she scored 10+ points in 22 of 30 games, more than any other player on the team…she was fifth in the league with an average of 1.40 bpg…she had three or more blocked shots seven times…she played, but did not start in the Fever’s opening game only because of a return from Turkey one day earlier.
2006: Sutton-Brown averaged 11.2 ppg along with a team-best 5.9 rpg and 1.83 bpg, while shooting .488 percent from the field in 30 games...she finished the season ranked second in the WNBA in blocked shots...she rejected two or more shots 18 times...she blocked a season-high five shots against Indiana, 6/9...she tied her career high with 22 points on 8-14 FG vs. Minnesota, 7/25...she led the team in scoring on seven occasions and finished with 19 games in double-figures...she posted six straight games in double
figures from 7/14 to 7/22...she recorded three double-doubles...she grabbed the 1,000th rebound of her career vs. Sacramento, 7/1...she collected a season-high 12 rebounds at Detroit, 7/19...she missed two games with a right knee bruise and two games due to lower back spasms.
2005: She averaged 9.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.09 bpg while shooting 50.9 percent from the field...she led the team and finished ranked among WNBA league leaders in field goal percentage (sixth), blocks (11th) and rebounds (19th)...she recorded her 200th career block at San Antonio, 6/2, becoming the 10th woman in WNBA history to reach that plateau...she played a career-high 40 minutes vs. New York, 8/12.
2004: She averaged 9.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 2.09 bpg and finished the season second in the league in blocks and 12th in rebounds...she grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and recorded her 1,000th career point vs. Indiana, 6/26...she tied her career high with 22 points vs. Connecticut, 9/15...she posted a career-high and franchise-high six blocked shots vs. the Fever, 7/28...her 71 blocked shots set a single-season franchise record.
2003: She averaged 8.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 25.4 mpg...she led the team in scoring three times and in rebounding 16 times.
2002: She was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team...she set career highs with 22 points and 10 FGM vs. Orlando, 7/17...she finished the season ranked fourth in the WNBA with a mark of 53.1 percent from the field and she was 15th in the WNBA with 6.0 rpg.
2001: As a rookie, she played in 29 of 32 games, starting the last 21...the Sting was 17-4 with her in the starting lineup…she ranked third among WNBA rookies with a field goal percentage of .490 and was third with 1.34 bpg, third with 4.4 rpg and tied for 10th with 6.8 ppg...she ranked 10th overall in the WNBA in blocked shots...she became the second Canadian to play in the WNBA (Charlotte’s Kelly Boucher, 1998)...in her second start of the season, 6/29, she posted her first career double-double with then-career highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds.
PLAYOFFS
In 21 career postseason games, she has averaged 7.9 ppg and 4.2 rpg.
2008: Sutton-Brown averaged 14.7 points and 5.3 rebounds during a three-game playoff series with Detroit…it was the highest playoff scoring average of her career…she posted a career playoff high 19 points in an overtime win in Game 2 of the series, 9/21, then scored a Fever-high 20 points in a Game 3 loss, 9/23…she made 20-of-21 free throws in the series.
2007: Sutton-Brown averaged 7.0 ppg and 4.7 rpg during a playoff run that ended in the Eastern Conference Finals…she posted career playoff highs in virtually every category, including a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double in Game 3 of the Eastern Finals at Detroit, 9/3…her six blocked shots against the Shock, 8/31, was one shy of the WNBA Playoffs record.
2003: She appeared in both of Charlotte's postseason games vs. Connecticut, one as a starter and one off the bench...in those two games, she totaled four points and six rebounds in 32 minutes.
2002: In two games, she totaled 15 points and 12 rebounds...she shot 7-14 from the floor.
2001: Helping lead the Sting to their first-ever appearance in the WNBA Finals, she started all eight playoff games and averaged 7.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg...in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, she was the only Charlotte player to score in double figures with 12 points on 5-9 FG and 2-3 FT...she also blocked four shots in that game, which is tied for second most in WNBA Finals history...in Game 3 of the first-round series with Cleveland, she was 6-6 from the floor.
PRO - OVERSEAS
2008-09: She led her team in Turkey (Fenerbahce) to the Turkish League’s best record (17-3) and a third consecutive TBBL championship by averaging 12.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg in 24 regular season games…she was fifth in the Turkish League with an average of 1.2 blocks per game…in 15 Euroleague games, she averaged 13.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.1 bpg while shooting 55.9 percent from the floor and 73.8 percent from the foul line.
2007-08: Playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey, she averaged 14.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocked shots per game in 18 appearances…she shot better than 56 percent (.565) from the field and nearly 70 percent (.698) from the foul line while helping Fenerbahce to a second straight Turkish title.
2006-07: In 16 EuroLeague contests, Sutton-Brown averaged 11.9 ppg and paced Fenerbahce in Turkey with 7.4 rpg...in its first season in EuroLeague competition, Fenerbahce battled EuroLeague runner-up Ros Casares to overtime in a best-of-three deciding game, but was eliminated by the Spanish power just one game from the EuroLeague Final Four...Fenerbahce finished the TBBL regular season with a 20-2 record and eventually won the TBBL championship.
2005-06: Playing for Dynamo Moscow, she averaged 9.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.3 bpg in 33 Russian Superleague games...in 14 EuroLeague games, she averaged 9.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 spg and was second in the league with an average of 1.9 bpg.
2004-05: She played for VBM-SGAU Samara in the Russian Superleague, where she averaged 7.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 1.5 bpg in nine league games...in EuroLeague competition, she averaged 1.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.4 spg and 1.0 bpg in seven outings...she also played one EuroCup game for USK Blex Praha of the Czech Republic, scoring 10 points with five rebounds, two assists, three steals and three blocked shots.
2003-04: She played for the Kumho Life Falcons in the Women's Korean Basketball League in Korea.
2002-03: She played for VBM-SGAU Samara in the Russian Superleague.
2001-02: She played for Kumho Life Falcons of the WKBL.
INTERNATIONAL
A member of the 2000 Canadian Olympic team, she averaged 10.3 ppg and 7.3 rpg in Sydney in 2004...she also played with the Canadian Junior National Team in high school.
COLLEGE
A member of the first Scarlet Knights team (1999-00) ever to reach the NCAA Women’s Final Four, she ranks third in Rutgers’ history with a .574 field goal percentage, fourth with 148 blocked shots and tied for first with 130 games played...she is eighth with 304 free throws made, 12th with 685 rebounds and 16th with 1,246 points.
1999-00: As a senior, she was named to the All-Big East Third Team after leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring (12.0 ppg), field goal percentage and blocks...she ranked third on the team in rebounds while advancing to the Final Four.
1998-99: Named Rutgers' Most Improved Player for the third straight season, she led the team in field goal percentage (.517) and blocks and ranked third in scoring (9.2 ppg) and rebounding (5.1) as a junior...she was named to the Big East All-Tournament Team after scoring 39 points and grabbing 17 rebounds in three games.
1997-98: As a sophomore, she shot over 67 percent (.673) from the floor and ranked second in the Big East in field goal percentage; setting a school single-season field goal percentage record in the process...she was named Big East Player of the Week twice and at the end of the season was named to the All-Big East Third Team.
1996-97: As a freshman, she led the team in field goal percentage (.541) and blocks and was the team’s third-leading rebounder (4.9 rpg).
