Janice Lawrence Braxton
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Born | June 7, 1962 Forward | (age 61)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 8, 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997–1999 | Cleveland Rockers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Janice Faye Lawrence Braxton (born June 7, 1962) is a former American professional women's basketball player.[1] She was born in Lucedale, Mississippi. Braxton was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
College
Braxton played college basketball for
Louisiana Tech statistics
Source[2]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | FT% | RPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Louisiana Tech | 34 | 507 | NA | 8.3 | 14.9 | |
1982 | Louisiana Tech | 36 | 528 | 55.6% | 71.3% | 7.0 | 14.7 |
1983 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 685 | 59.8% | 63.5% | 9.1 | 20.8 |
1984 | Louisiana Tech | 32 | 683 | 61.9% | 71.0% | 8.1 | 21.3 |
Career | 135 | 2403 | 59.3% | 68.3% | 8.1 | 17.8 |
USA Basketball
Braxton was a member of the 1983 Pan American team that won a gold medal in Venezuela.[3]
Braxton was a member of the USA National team at the 1983 World Championships, held in
In 1984, the USA sent its National team to the 1984
She won a gold medal with the USA Women's Olympic basketball team in 1984.[6]
She was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2006, Braxton was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.[7]
Professional career
Braxton played for the New York team in the Women's American Basketball Association, a short-lived league in the mid-80's (not to be confused with WABA a league of the same name existing in 2002).[8]
Braxton played 13 seasons in Europe with Vicenza, Messina and Parma in Italian League. The Vicenza team won four European Champions Cup while Braxton played for the team, scoring almost 23 points per game. She earned All-Star honors in 1997.[8]
WNBA
She was selected in the initial player allocation of the 1997 WNBA draft to the Cleveland Rockers in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 56–76 loss to the Houston Comets. Braxton recorded 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals playing for nearly 20 minutes. Braxton played for 3 seasons from 1997 to 1999 and she spent all three years playing for the Rockers.[9] Her only time making the playoffs with the Rockers was during the 1998 season. Braxton started in all 30 games that season and helped the Rockers finish 20 - 10 (#1 in the Eastern Conference) as they matched up against he Phoenix Mercury in the Semi-Finals. Despite Braxton having great averages of 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the playoffs series, Cleveland would lose 2 - 1 to the Mercury and be eliminated.
The 1999 season saw a massive downturn for the Rockers as they finished the season 7 - 25 with Braxton playing in less minutes per game than previous years and averaging less points, rebounds and assists across the board. Braxton's final WNBA game was played on August 21, 1999, in a 66–56 win over the New York Liberty where she recorded 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal.[10]
In 2003, she joined the Cleveland Rockers as an assistant coach.[8]
Awards and honors
- 1982—NCAA Tournament MVP[1]
- 1983—Kodak All-America[1]
- 1984—Kodak All-America[1]
- 1984—Wade Trophy[11]
Career statistics
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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1997 | Cleveland | 25 | 24 | 32.9 | .417 | .500 | .768 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 11.5 |
1998 | Cleveland | 30 | 30 | 28.0 | .495 | .333 | .755 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 9.8 |
1999 | Cleveland | 26 | 21 | 18.3 | .460 | .125 | .697 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
Career | 3 years, 1 team | 81 | 75 | 26.4 | .458 | .333 | .748 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1998 | Cleveland | 3 | 3 | 27.7 | .385 | .000 | .857 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 10.7 |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Porter p. 53
- ^ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ "Ninth Pan American Games -- 1983". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Ninth World Championship For Women -- 1983". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "1984 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad -- 1984". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ a b c Porter p. 54
- ^ "Janice Braxton WNBA Stats".
- ^ "New York Liberty at Cleveland Rockers, August 21, 1999".
- ^ "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
References
- David L. Porter, ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30952-6.
External links
- Janice Lawrence Braxton at FIBA
- Janice Lawrence Braxton international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Janice Lawrence Braxton at Olympedia
- Janice Lawrence Braxton at Olympics.com