Venus Lacy
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Born | February 9, 1967 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. | (age 57)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Venus Lacy (some sources give her name as Venus Lacey, born February 9, 1967) is an American former star basketball player, at the high school, college, Olympic and professional levels. A wide-bodied, muscular 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) center, at her best Lacy was an intimidating force inside the paint, both scoring and rebounding. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she won championships at every level, but her American professional career was diminished by injuries she sustained in a 1997 car accident.[1]
High school and college
A local sports heroine (a city parkway is named after her), Lacy led Chattanooga's Brainerd High School to the state championship in 1984.
Venus Lacy attended
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% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1988 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 480 | 54.1% | 0% | 55.8% | 9.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
1989 | Louisiana Tech | 34 | 724 | 55.2% | 75.0% | 66.8% | 11.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 21.3 |
1990 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 800 | 60.3% | 33.3% | 73.3% | 12.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 24.2 |
Career | 100 | 2004 | 56.8% | 50.0% | 66.6% | 11.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 20.0 |
USA Basketball
Lacy played with the USA team at the
Lacy was also a member of the gold-medal-winning 1996 Olympic team. Lacy was the last player added to the USA's 12-woman roster, joining the team midway through its year-long exhibition tour to add size in the paint. The team went an undefeated 52-0 in this unprecedented Olympic preparation year, against a variety of college, all-star and international teams.
Professional career
Because the U.S. lacked a women's pro league, Lacy's professional career began overseas, where she played for teams in Greece, Italy and Japan. She led Greece to a European championship in the 1995-1996 season.
Lacy was the first player selected by the
No doubt due to her injuries, Lacy went undrafted by any
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ "Eleventh Pan American Games -- 1991". USA Basketball. Feb 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.