Daedra Charles

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Daedra Charles
Personal information
Born(1968-11-22)November 22, 1968
Detroit (assistant)
2006–2008Auburn (assistant)
2008–2010Tennessee (assistant)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
FIBA World Championship for Women
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Sydney Team Competition

Daedra Janel Charles (November 22, 1968 – April 14, 2018) was an American

Barcelona, Spain. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Charles attended the University of Tennessee. She twice helped Tennessee win the NCAA Women's Championship in 1989 and 1991. Charles was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
in 2007.

Charles was selected as the 8th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She played on 28 games in her career, all of them during the 1997 season with the Sparks. Charles' final WNBA game was played on August 24, 1997 in a 68 - 73 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Charles played 12 minutes and only recorded 1 block as a statistic.[1]

USA Basketball

Charles was named to the national team invited to compete at the 1992 Olympics, held in

Barcelona, Spain. The USA team won their first three games, but then played the Unified Team and fell, 79–73. The USA team then faced Cuba for the bronze medal. The game was tied at halftime, and Cuba had a small lead midway through the second half, but the USA went on a run to retake the lead, and finished with an 88–74 victory and the bronze medal. Charles averaged 6.2 points per game.[2]

Charles continued to represent the USA on the national team when it competed in the 1994 World Championships in

Sydney, Australia. The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer. The team won their early games. Against Spain, Charles led the USA scorers with 18 points, helping secure the win. She also contributed 22 points to a win against the host team Australia. The team then advanced to the medal rounds and faced Brazil. Despite 29 points from Katrina McClain, the USA fell 110–107 when Brazil hit ten of ten free throws in the final minute. The USA went on to defeat Australia 100–95 to claim the bronze medal.[3]

Awards and honors

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Source[5]

Year Team GP Points FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1989 Tennessee 37 363 53.9% 56.7% 6.7 0.7 1.5 0.6 9.8
1990 Tennessee 33 525 55.1% 56.1% 8.7 0.8 1.6 1.1 15.9
1991 Tennessee 35 607 56.1% 58.5% 9.2 1.2 2.1 1.1 17.3
Career 105 1495 55.2% 57.2% 8.2 0.9 1.8 0.9 14.2

WNBA

Source[6]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Los Angeles 28° 1 10.1 .403 .000 .667 1.7 .4 .4 .4 .5 2.3

Death

Charles died from undisclosed reasons on April 14, 2018, aged 49.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury, August 24, 1997".
  2. ^ "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "Twelfth World Championship For Women -- 1994". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  6. Basketball Reference
    . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  7. ^ Former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball star Daedra Charles-Furlow dies at 49
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