Shona Thorburn

Shona Thorburn

Personal information
Born	August 7, 1982 Oxford, England, UK
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	149 lb (68 kg)
Career information
College	Utah
NBA draft	2006 / 7th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2006–present
Position	Point guard
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing  Canada FIBA Americas Women's Championship 2013 Mexico Team Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team

Shona Thorburn (born August 7, 1982) is a Canadian professional basketball player, formerly a point guard for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.

Thorburn is a graduate of Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario.^[1] She later attended college at the University of Utah and graduated in 2006. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 7th overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.

Most of Thorburn's rookie season was spent on the bench. She never got into the Lynx rotation and averaged just 0.8 points, 0.9 assists and 6.6 minutes in 21 games. On May 14, 2007, she was released by the Lynx.

Thorburn inked a 7-day contract with the Seattle Storm in July 2007, but was released when the term expired.

FIBA

She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013. She averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish. Canada faced Cuba in a preliminary round and won 53–40, but in the championship game, Cuba prevailed 79–71.^[2][3]

Pam Am games 2015

Thorburn was a member of the Canada women's national basketball team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. Canada opened the preliminary rounds with an easy 101–38 win over Venezuela. The following day they beat Argentina 73–58. The final preliminary game was against Cuba; both teams were 2–0, so the winner would win the group. The game went down to the wire with Canada eking out a 71–68 win.^[4] Canada would face Brazil in the semifinal.

Everything seemed to go right in the semifinal game. Canada opened the game with an 11–2 run on seven consecutive points by Miranda Ayim. Langlois contributed five assists. In the third quarter Canada strongly out rebounded Brazil and hit 69% of their field goals to score 33 points in the quarter. Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters. Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Kia Nurse and Kim Gaucher. Canada went on to win the game 91–63 to earn a spot in the gold-medal game against the USA.^[5]

The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA, in a sold out arena dominated by fans in red and white and waving the Canadian flag. The Canadian team, arm in arm, sang Oh Canada as the respective national anthems were played.

After trading baskets early the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians, spurred on by the home crowd cheering, fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, it was Canada's time to shine as they outscore the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73. It was Canada's first gold-medal in basketball in the Pan Am games. Nurse was the star for Canada with 33 points, hitting 11 of her 12 free-throw attempts in 10 of her 17 field-goal attempts including two of three three-pointers.^[6][7][8][9]

University of Utah statistics

Source^[10]

Legend
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	SCHOOL	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001-02	Utah	Redshirt - did not play
2002-03	Utah	31	31	36.5	0.375	0.328	0.814	5.8	3.3	1.5	0.3	14.6
2003-04	Utah	31	31	37.4	0.378	0.331	0.638	5.4	4.0	1.0	0.4	12.0
2004-5	Utah	34	34	38.5	0.406	0.353	0.654	6.2	6.5	2.0	0.3	14.9
2005-06	Utah	34	34	37.0	0.361	0.274	0.739	6.4	7.1	1.6	0.1	11.9
Total	Utah	130	130	37.4	0.381	0.324	0.708	6.0	5.3	1.6	0.3	13.3

References

1. "Celebrity High: Westdale Secondary Alumni (Shona Thorburn)" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator. May 19, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
2. "6 -Shona Thorburn". FIBA. Retrieved 6 Oct 2014.
3. "Full Schedule". FIBA. Retrieved 6 Oct 2014.
4. "2015 Women's Pan American Games Schedule". USA Basketball. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
5. "WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TOPS BRAZIL 91-63 TO MOVE ON TO TORONTO 2015 FINAL". CANADA BASKETBALL. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
6. "U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81-73". USA Basketball. Jul 20, 2015. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
7. "U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81-73". USA Basketball. Jul 20, 2015. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
8. Caple, Jim. "Battle of UConn Hoops Stars Goes To Canada in Pan Am Final". ESPN. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
9. Smith, Doug (Jul 20, 2015). "Canada wins historic Pan Am women’s basketball gold". Toronto Star. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
10. "Thorburn bio" (PDF). Canada Basketball. Retrieved 3 Jul 2015.

External links

• WNBA Player Profile