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Tanisha Wright
American basketball player

Tanisha Wright

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Intro
American basketball player
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Age
41 years
Stats
Height:
180
Weight:
75
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Tanisha Lovely Wright (born November 29, 1983) is an American basketball player who last played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She ranks 4th in school history in points scored with 1,995 points in 134 career games. She was drafted in the 2005 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.

High school career

Born in Brooklyn, New York, she attended the suburban Pittsburgh West Mifflin Area High School, where she played basketball and soccer. She led the team to the W.P.I.A.L (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) basketball district finals in her junior year. The team lost a close game 81-78 to Blackhawk High School in Triple Overtime. Tanisha fouled out in the beginning of the final overtime. She led the game with 51 points. She went on to lead her team to the next seasons finals once again against Blackhawk, where she led the team in a 63-53 victory. She went on to take her team to the state finals, where they lost a close game to Allentown Central Catholic high school 56-45. The team's record was 31-1, their only loss coming in the state finals.

College career

SeasonsCollege
2001–2005Penn State University

Penn State statistics

Source

Legend
  GPGames 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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2001-02Penn State3535545.410.578.24.02.81.80.610.1
2002-03Penn State3556050.725.076.25.44.02.60.516.0
2003-04Penn State3450248.325.083.24.74.11.70.314.8
2004-05Penn State3057841.420.080.34.53.61.90.419.3
CareerPenn State134199546.320.079.54.63.62.00.514.9

WNBA career

SeasonsTeam
2005–2014Seattle Storm
2015–presentNew York Liberty

Wright helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.

On February 2, 2015 Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Liberty

In 2017, it was announced that Wright would be sitting out part of the 2017 WNBA season to rest.

Overseas career

SeasonsTeamCountry
2007–2008Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. Israel
2008–2009Tarbes GB France
2009–2010Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia Poland
2010–2011Elitzur Ramla Israel
2013–2015
2016–present
Abdullah Gul University Kayseri Turkey
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