2008 Detroit Shock Stats

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
45	Kara Braxton	C-F	6-6	225	February 18, 1983	3	Georgia
35	Cheryl Ford	F	6-3	195	June 6, 1981	5	Louisiana Tech
10	Chrissy Givens	G	5-11		July 26, 1985	R	Middle Tennessee
22	Alexis Hornbuckle	G	5-10	164	October 16, 1985	R	Tennessee
34	Tasha Humphrey	C	6-3	190	December 29, 1985	R	Georgia
10	Nancy Lieberman	G	5-10	150	July 1, 1958	1	Old Dominion
32	Stacey Lovelace	C	6-4	170	December 5, 1974	6	Purdue
44	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	6-2	195	October 20, 1970	9	Georgia State University, St. Edward's University
7	Shay Murphy	G	5-11	164	April 15, 1985	1	USC
14	Deanna Nolan	G-F	5-9	147	August 25, 1979	7	Georgia
23	Plenette Pierson	F	6-2	195	August 31, 1981	5	Texas Tech
5	Elaine Powell	G	5-8	150	August 9, 1975	9	LSU
55	Sheri Sam	G-F	6-0	160	May 5, 1974	9	Vanderbilt
24	Olayinka Sanni	F-C	6-2	200	August 21, 1985	R	West Virginia
11	Kelly Schumacher	C	6-5	183	October 14, 1977	7	UConn
3	Ashley Shields	G	5-10	155	June 15, 1985	1	Southwest Tennessee Community College
30	Katie Smith	G	5-11	175	June 4, 1974	9	Ohio State
9	Wanisha Smith	G	5-11	175	July 9, 1985	R	Duke
21	LaToya Thomas	F	6-2	165	July 6, 1981	5	Mississippi State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	6875	974	2295	.424	168	476	.353	806	1819	.443	556	744	.747	405	843	1248	604	278	118	496	724	2672
Team/G		202.2	28.6	67.5	.424	4.9	14.0	.353	23.7	53.5	.443	16.4	21.9	.747	11.9	24.8	36.7	17.8	8.2	3.5	14.6	21.3	78.6
Lg Rank		7	3	3	6	7	9	4	3	2	10	7	5	11	1	5	2	3	7	9	4	8	4
Year/Year		+0.3%	0.0%	+1.5%	-0.6	+6.5%	+7.7%	-0.4	-0.8%	0.0%	-0.4	-6.3%	-5.2%	-1.1	+6.3%	-9.5%	-4.9%	+7.2%	+22.4%	+2.9%	-12.0%	+3.4%	-0.9%
Opponent	34	6875	872	2151	.405	215	616	.349	657	1535	.428	563	740	.761	324	761	1085	520	229	119	572	762	2522
Opp/G		202.2	25.6	63.3	.405	6.3	18.1	.349	19.3	45.1	.428	16.6	21.8	.761	9.5	22.4	31.9	15.3	6.7	3.5	16.8	22.4	74.2
Lg Rank		7	2	4	4	12	13	11	1	1	3	9	8	11	3	2	2	6	1	5	11	14	5
Year/Year			-2.7%	-4.8%	+0.9	+5.0%	+1.1%	+1.6	-5.4%	-7.2%	+0.9	+3.1%	+3.3%	-0.1	+4.4%	-2.2%	-0.3%	-5.0%	-17.3%	+2.9%	+7.7%	-0.9%	-0.7%

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Katie Smith	34	34	34	33.9	4.6	12.1	.383	2.2	6.2	.360	2.4	5.9	.407	3.2	3.6	.887	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.1	14.7
2	Deanna Nolan	28	34	34	33.6	6.4	13.7	.465	1.3	3.4	.374	5.1	10.3	.494	1.9	2.1	.863	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.4	1.2	0.3	2.1	2.0	15.8
3	Cheryl Ford	27	24	24	26.5	3.7	7.7	.481	0.0	0.0		3.7	7.7	.481	2.7	4.8	.560	3.1	5.6	8.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.9	10.1
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	7	7	26.4	3.9	9.1	.422	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.7	9.0	.413	2.9	3.1	.909	2.4	4.3	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.6	10.7
5	Plenette Pierson	26	28	0	23.2	4.4	9.5	.457	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	9.5	.460	3.1	4.2	.752	2.3	2.6	4.9	2.3	0.9	1.2	1.7	3.5	11.9
6	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	34	0	22.0	1.9	5.2	.354	0.5	1.3	.356	1.4	3.9	.353	1.2	1.9	.636	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.1	2.3	0.3	1.4	2.9	5.4
7	Elaine Powell	32	16	16	19.6	1.5	3.1	.490	0.1	0.1	.500	1.4	2.9	.489	0.6	0.8	.750	1.1	2.0	3.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.3	3.6
8	Kara Braxton	25	33	10	17.9	3.2	7.8	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	7.8	.418	2.5	3.3	.743	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.6	2.5	8.9
9	Sheri Sam	34	32	15	14.9	1.1	3.4	.309	0.2	0.7	.286	0.9	2.8	.315	0.6	0.8	.692	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.9
10	Tasha Humphrey	22	22	16	13.5	2.8	5.6	.500	0.7	1.8	.385	2.1	3.9	.553	1.0	1.0	.955	1.1	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.7	7.3
11	Kelly Schumacher	30	7	0	12.7	0.9	2.3	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	2.0	.429	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.0
12	Olayinka Sanni	22	31	9	10.5	1.3	2.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.6	.506	0.8	1.2	.649	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.9	3.4
13	Shay Murphy	23	13	3	9.4	0.9	3.1	.300	0.4	1.5	.263	0.5	1.6	.333	0.3	0.5	.667	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.5
14	Nancy Lieberman	49	1	0	9.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
15	Stacey Lovelace	33	7	2	6.3	0.3	1.0	.286	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.9	.667	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.4
16	Ashley Shields	23	7	0	6.3	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	1.3	.333	0.7	1.9	.385	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.4	3.1
17	LaToya Thomas	26	7	0	5.7	0.6	2.1	.267	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	1.9	.308	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1
18	Chrissy Givens	22	3	0	3.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7
19	Wanisha Smith	22	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Deanna Nolan	28	9	9	38.8	6.2	17.3	.359	1.7	4.9	.341	4.6	12.4	.366	3.4	3.7	.939	0.9	3.7	4.6	2.9	2.1	0.3	2.7	2.7	17.6
2	Katie Smith	34	9	9	34.3	5.3	13.0	.410	1.9	5.3	.354	3.4	7.7	.449	2.8	3.7	.758	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.4	0.4	0.1	1.8	2.3	15.3
3	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	9	9	32.6	5.3	10.9	.490	0.1	0.2	.500	5.2	10.7	.490	2.1	2.4	.864	2.1	4.9	7.0	2.1	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.4	12.9
4	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	9	0	24.4	2.0	4.7	.429	0.7	1.8	.375	1.3	2.9	.462	1.7	2.2	.750	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.1	1.2	0.8	1.3	2.3	6.3
5	Kara Braxton	25	9	9	20.0	3.6	7.1	.500	0.0	0.0		3.6	7.1	.500	1.4	2.2	.650	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.6
6	Elaine Powell	32	9	9	19.0	1.1	1.9	.588	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.9	.588	1.0	1.2	.818	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.4	3.2	3.2
7	Plenette Pierson	26	6	0	17.8	3.0	6.3	.474	0.0	0.0		3.0	6.3	.474	1.8	2.2	.846	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	7.8
8	Kelly Schumacher	30	8	0	11.9	0.9	2.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.6	2.4	3.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.8
9	Olayinka Sanni	22	9	0	7.3	0.8	1.8	.438	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.8
10	Sheri Sam	34	6	0	5.0	0.3	1.2	.286	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.2	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
11	Ashley Shields	23	3	0	1.3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Katie Smith	34	34	34	1152	157	410	.383	76	211	.360	81	199	.407	110	124	.887	10	84	94	137	32	3	80	70	500
2	Deanna Nolan	28	34	34	1144	216	465	.465	43	115	.374	173	350	.494	63	73	.863	26	107	133	150	42	10	73	68	538
3	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	34	0	747	63	178	.354	16	45	.356	47	133	.353	42	66	.636	53	85	138	71	79	10	49	97	184
4	Plenette Pierson	26	28	0	649	122	267	.457	0	2	.000	122	265	.460	88	117	.752	64	72	136	63	24	34	48	99	332
5	Cheryl Ford	27	24	24	637	89	185	.481	0	0		89	185	.481	65	116	.560	74	134	208	22	24	9	23	70	243
6	Kara Braxton	25	33	10	590	107	258	.415	0	2	.000	107	256	.418	81	109	.743	48	120	168	27	14	24	54	84	295
7	Sheri Sam	34	32	15	478	34	110	.309	6	21	.286	28	89	.315	18	26	.692	29	62	91	38	19	3	31	36	92
8	Olayinka Sanni	22	31	9	325	41	82	.500	0	1	.000	41	81	.506	24	37	.649	26	38	64	6	11	7	40	59	106
9	Elaine Powell	32	16	16	313	24	49	.490	1	2	.500	23	47	.489	9	12	.750	18	32	50	35	6	1	18	21	58
10	Tasha Humphrey	22	22	16	297	62	124	.500	15	39	.385	47	85	.553	21	22	.955	25	38	63	22	13	6	24	59	160
11	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	7	7	185	27	64	.422	1	1	1.000	26	63	.413	20	22	.909	17	30	47	13	3	5	9	18	75
12	Shay Murphy	23	13	3	122	12	40	.300	5	19	.263	7	21	.333	4	6	.667	8	13	21	7	6	2	9	16	33
13	Kelly Schumacher	30	7	0	89	6	16	.375	0	2	.000	6	14	.429	2	2	1.000	4	16	20	5	2	3	8	13	14
14	Stacey Lovelace	33	7	2	44	2	7	.286	2	5	.400	0	2	.000	4	6	.667	1	6	7	1	1	0	4	6	10
15	Ashley Shields	23	7	0	44	8	22	.364	3	9	.333	5	13	.385	3	4	.750	0	3	3	2	1	0	6	3	22
16	LaToya Thomas	26	7	0	40	4	15	.267	0	2	.000	4	13	.308	0	0		2	3	5	1	1	1	2	3	8
17	Chrissy Givens	22	3	0	10	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	.000	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2
18	Nancy Lieberman	49	1	0	9	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
19	Wanisha Smith	22	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			34		6875	974	2295	.424	168	476	.353	806	1819	.443	556	744	.747	405	843	1248	604	278	118	496	724	2672

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Deanna Nolan	28	9	9	349	56	156	.359	15	44	.341	41	112	.366	31	33	.939	8	33	41	26	19	3	24	24	158
2	Katie Smith	34	9	9	309	48	117	.410	17	48	.354	31	69	.449	25	33	.758	4	32	36	22	4	1	16	21	138
3	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	9	9	293	48	98	.490	1	2	.500	47	96	.490	19	22	.864	19	44	63	19	9	12	17	22	116
4	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	9	0	220	18	42	.429	6	16	.375	12	26	.462	15	20	.750	12	32	44	19	11	7	12	21	57
5	Kara Braxton	25	9	9	180	32	64	.500	0	0		32	64	.500	13	20	.650	20	28	48	9	4	5	17	22	77
6	Elaine Powell	32	9	9	171	10	17	.588	0	0		10	17	.588	9	11	.818	3	18	21	18	6	0	13	29	29
7	Plenette Pierson	26	6	0	107	18	38	.474	0	0		18	38	.474	11	13	.846	7	11	18	10	4	2	11	12	47
8	Kelly Schumacher	30	8	0	95	7	16	.438	0	2	.000	7	14	.500	0	0		5	19	24	3	1	3	3	13	14
9	Olayinka Sanni	22	9	0	66	7	16	.438	0	0		7	16	.438	2	4	.500	5	11	16	3	3	0	4	11	16
10	Sheri Sam	34	6	0	30	2	7	.286	0	0		2	7	.286	2	2	1.000	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	6
11	Ashley Shields	23	3	0	4	1	5	.200	0	0		1	5	.200	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Katie Smith	34	34	1152	16.1	.538	.476	.515	.302	1.0	8.6	4.8	20.8	1.5	0.2	14.7	20.8	109	101	3.4	1.0	4.3	.151
2	Deanna Nolan	28	34	1144	20.0	.541	.511	.247	.157	2.7	11.0	6.9	25.2	1.9	0.8	12.8	22.0	111	99	4.0	1.4	5.3	.186
3	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	34	747	14.3	.444	.399	.253	.371	8.4	13.4	10.9	15.2	5.6	1.2	19.1	15.1	95	90	0.4	2.0	2.4	.129
4	Plenette Pierson	26	28	649	22.2	.521	.457	.007	.438	11.6	13.1	12.4	18.7	1.9	4.7	13.1	24.9	109	95	2.4	1.1	3.5	.213
5	Cheryl Ford	27	24	637	19.3	.515	.481	.000	.627	13.7	24.8	19.2	6.1	2.0	1.3	8.9	17.9	112	93	1.9	1.3	3.2	.204
6	Kara Braxton	25	33	590	17.2	.482	.415	.008	.422	9.6	24.0	16.8	8.7	1.2	3.6	15.0	26.9	96	94	0.7	1.2	1.9	.126
7	Sheri Sam	34	32	478	8.1	.379	.336	.191	.236	7.2	15.3	11.2	12.5	2.1	0.6	20.3	14.1	84	97	-0.4	0.7	0.3	.028
8	Olayinka Sanni	22	31	325	8.4	.539	.500	.012	.451	9.4	13.8	11.6	3.2	1.8	1.9	28.9	18.8	85	97	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.024
9	Elaine Powell	32	16	313	10.8	.534	.500	.041	.245	6.8	12.0	9.4	17.7	1.0	0.3	24.9	10.2	105	101	0.4	0.3	0.7	.089
10	Tasha Humphrey	22	22	297	21.8	.598	.560	.315	.177	9.9	15.1	12.5	14.8	2.3	1.8	15.2	23.4	113	95	1.2	0.5	1.7	.231
11	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	7	185	18.5	.509	.430	.016	.344	10.8	19.1	15.0	12.5	0.9	2.4	10.9	19.7	112	97	0.6	0.3	0.9	.187
12	Shay Murphy	23	13	122	7.6	.387	.363	.475	.150	7.7	12.6	10.1	9.4	2.6	1.5	17.4	18.7	82	96	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.018
13	Kelly Schumacher	30	7	89	4.9	.415	.375	.125	.125	5.3	21.2	13.2	8.8	1.2	3.0	32.2	12.3	73	95	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.002
14	Stacey Lovelace	33	7	44	4.0	.519	.429	.714	.857	2.7	16.1	9.4	3.4	1.2	0.0	29.3	13.7	83	99	0.0	0.1	0.0	.014
15	Ashley Shields	23	7	44	7.6	.463	.432	.409	.182	0.0	8.0	4.0	8.6	1.2	0.0	20.2	29.8	81	102	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.057
16	LaToya Thomas	26	7	40	1.2	.267	.267	.133	.000	5.9	8.8	7.4	4.1	1.3	2.2	11.8	18.7	63	100	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.106
17	Chrissy Givens	22	3	10	-4.6	.347	.000	.000	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.2	0.0	0.0	41.0	21.5	63	107	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.206
18	Nancy Lieberman	49	1	9	-8.0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	31.4	0.0	0.0	66.7	14.7	30	107	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.344
19	Wanisha Smith	22	1	0																0.0	0.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Deanna Nolan	28	9	349	16.9	.463	.407	.282	.212	2.9	11.6	7.3	14.0	3.0	0.8	12.3	26.2	95	91	0.5	0.7	1.2	.138
2	Katie Smith	34	9	309	16.9	.525	.483	.410	.282	1.6	12.7	7.2	13.3	0.7	0.3	10.8	22.4	106	96	0.9	0.4	1.3	.172
3	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	37	9	293	21.3	.539	.495	.020	.224	8.1	18.4	13.3	12.3	1.7	3.7	13.6	20.0	108	90	0.9	0.7	1.6	.216
4	Alexis Hornbuckle	22	9	220	17.3	.561	.500	.381	.476	6.8	17.8	12.4	14.2	2.7	2.9	19.1	13.4	110	89	0.5	0.6	1.1	.203
5	Kara Braxton	25	9	180	19.2	.529	.500	.000	.313	13.9	19.0	16.5	9.7	1.2	2.5	18.9	23.4	99	92	0.4	0.4	0.7	.162
6	Elaine Powell	32	9	171	8.4	.664	.588	.000	.647	2.2	12.9	7.6	16.6	1.9	0.0	37.3	9.6	100	94	0.2	0.3	0.5	.109
7	Plenette Pierson	26	6	107	19.2	.538	.474	.000	.342	8.2	12.6	10.4	17.9	2.0	1.7	20.1	24.0	100	92	0.2	0.2	0.4	.166
8	Kelly Schumacher	30	8	95	8.1	.438	.438	.125	.000	6.6	24.5	15.6	5.1	0.6	2.8	15.8	9.4	93	91	0.0	0.2	0.2	.099
9	Olayinka Sanni	22	9	66	10.3	.450	.438	.000	.250	9.5	20.4	15.0	7.8	2.5	0.0	18.4	15.5	90	90	0.0	0.2	0.2	.100
10	Sheri Sam	34	6	30	7.1	.381	.286	.000	.286	4.2	8.2	6.2	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	12.3	95	95	0.0	0.0	0.1	.081
11	Ashley Shields	23	3	4	-2.1	.200	.200	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	56.7	13.6	0.0	0.0	58.7	59	72	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.297

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