Allison Hightower Explained

Allison Hightower
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lbs:139
Nationality:American
Birth Date:April 6, 1988
Birth Place:Dallas, Texas
High School:Seguin (Arlington, Texas)
College:LSU (2006–2010)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2010
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:15
Draft Team:Connecticut Sun
Career Start:2010
Years1:
Team1:Connecticut Sun
Team2:Washington Mystics
Highlights:
Wnba Profile:allison_hightower

Allison Kina Hightower (born April 6, 1988) is an American professional women's basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA draft.

High school career

Hightower was born in Dallas, Texas was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2006 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored five points.

College career

Hightower attended Louisiana State University, where she was named all first-team Southeastern Conference (SEC) following her senior season. She was also named SEC All-Defensive Team following her junior (2009) and senior (2010) seasons.[1]

College statistics

Source

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2006–07LSU3823436.5%31.8%77.1%2.31.60.90.66.2
2007–08LSU3726240.4%37.4%47.6%2.51.60.80.57.1
2008–09LSU3044745.7%18.6%68.3%4.33.01.91.214.9
2009–10LSU3156544.6%39.8%75.0%3.51.92.00.418.2
Career136150842.6%34.5%70.7%3.12.01.40.711.1

Professional

Highwater played in the WNBA 2010–2014, and in 2017.[2] She was played in the European Basketball League and in the Israel Basketball league as part of the Israeli team Elitzur Ramla and won the champion, and Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.[3]

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Connecticut|20||1||10.4||31.7||16.7||81.3||1.3||0.5||0.7||0.1||0.5||2.7|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Connecticut|25||2||9.2||33.9||22.2||75.0||0.6||0.5||0.4||0.0||0.3||2.0 |-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Connecticut|34||29||24.3||35.2||23.7||91.4||2.3||2.5||1.3||0.1||1.4||6.8 |-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Connecticut|21||21||32.0||42.4||36.4||70.0||3.1||3.0||1.1||0.3||1.5||12.8|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Connecticut|14||10||23.9||39.4||22.2||90.9||2.2||1.4||1.3||0.3||0.9||7.7 |-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Washington|11||0||13.2||36.2||20.0||87.5||1.3||1.1||0.7||0.0||0.4||4.7 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams|125||63||19.3||37.8||26.4||82.0||1.8||1.6||0.9||0.2||0.9||6.1

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Connecticut|2||0||14.5||57.1||66.7||100.0||2.0||0.5||1.0||0.0||0.5||6.0 |-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Connecticut|5||5||26.6||37.5||30.0||85.7||3.8||3.8||0.4||0.0||1.6||7.8|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Washington|5||0||9.2||40.9||20.0||0.0||1.4||0.4||0.4||0.0||0.4||3.8 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams|12||5||17.3||40.6||33.3||88.9||2.5||1.8||0.5||0.0||0.9||5.8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WNBA.com: Prospect: Allison Hightower. 2 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111224201716/http://www.wnba.com/draft2010/profiles/prospect_hightower_allison.html. 24 December 2011. dead.
  2. Web site: Allison Hightower . Women's National Basketball Association . 10 Jul 2022.
  3. Web site: Allison Hightower . European Basketball Association . 10 Jul 2022.