Monique Currie
| No. 25 – Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 25, 1983 Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 177 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Bullis School (Potomac, Maryland) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Duke (2001–2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Charlotte Sting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Galatasaray Medical Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Homend Antakya | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | CSM Târgovişte | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Perfumerias Avenida | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Monique Currie (born February 25, 1983) is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury.
Currie was traded from the Chicago Sky during the 2007 season in exchange for Chasity Melvin. The Sky had selected her with the first pick of the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft from the roster of the defunct Charlotte Sting. Currie signed with the Phoenix Mercury on February 5, 2015.[1]
Born in Washington, D.C., Currie went to high school at the Bullis School in Potomac, MD, where she was a Gatorade All-American. Currie attended Duke University where she became an All-American. Throughout her college career, she scored over 1,500 points. She was the third overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
Duke statistics
Source[2]
| Legend | |||||
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| 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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| 2001-02 | Duke | 35 | 502 | 49.4 | 23.5 | 77.1 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 2002-03 | Duke | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003-04 | Duke | 34 | 417 | 47.5 | 23.8 | 75.5 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 12.3 |
| 2004-05 | Duke | 36 | 630 | 44.6 | 31.7 | 78.1 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 17.5 |
| 2005-06 | Duke | 35 | 573 | 47.5 | 42.0 | 81.9 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 16.4 |
USA Basketball
Currie was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the USA in the 2001 U19 World's Championship, held in Brno, Czech Republic in July 2001. Currie scored 3.2 points per game, and helped the USA team to a 6–1 record and the bronze medal.[3]
Currie also played on the team presenting the USA at the 2005 World University Games held in Izmir, Turkey. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Currie scored 8.9 points per game.[4]
Overseas
- 2010-2011:
Galatasaray Medical Park - 2011-2012: Homend Antakya
- 2012:
CSM Târgovişte - 2013:
Perfumerias Avenida
References
- ↑ Mercury Sign Free Agent Forward Monique Currie
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Fifth FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship -- 2001". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Twenty-Second World University Games -- 2005". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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