Isabelle Fijalkowski | |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1972 |
Birth Place: | Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
Nationality: | French |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 205 |
College: | Colorado (1994–1995) |
Draft Year: | 1997 |
Draft: | Elite Draft |
Draft Pick: | 2 |
Draft Team: | Cleveland Rockers |
Draft League: | WNBA |
Career Start: | 1988 |
Career End: | 2002 |
Career Position: | Center / power forward |
Career Number: | 13 |
Years1: | 1988–1991 |
Team1: | Montferrand |
Years2: | 1991–1992 |
Team2: | Challes-les-Eaux |
Years3: | 1992–1994 |
Team3: | Clermont-Ferrand |
Years4: | 1995–1997 |
Team4: | CJM Bourges Basket |
Years5: | 1997–1998 |
Years6: | 1997–2000 |
Team6: | Pool Comense 1872 |
Years7: | 2000–2002 |
Team7: | Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic |
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Bbr Wnba: | fijalis01w |
Wnba Profile: | Isabelle-Fijalkowski |
Fiba Hof Player: | isabelle-fijalkowski |
Isabelle Fijalkowski, now Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize (born May 23, 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme),[1] is a retired French basketball player. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011.
Fijalkowski played college basketball for University of Colorado, then was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in 1997.[2]
Fijalkowski's WNBA debut was played on June 21, 1997 against the Houston Comets. Although her team would lose the game 56 - 76, Fijalkowski recorded 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in her debut.[3] She set a career-high of 25 points on June 27, 1998 against the Detroit Shock and then set a career-high in rebounds (12) on August 10, 1998 against the Phoenix Mercury.[4]
Her final WNBA game was played in Game 3 of the 1998 Semi-Finals on August 25, 1998 against the Phoenix Mercury. The Rockers would lose the game 60 - 71 and dropped the series to the Mercury 2 - 1. Fijalkowski had a team-high 17 points and team-high 11 rebounds in her final game.[5]
|-| style="text-align:left;"|1997| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 28 || 28 || 28.7 || .508 || .250 || .786 || 5.6 || 2.4 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 2.6 || 11.9|-| style="text-align:left;"|1998| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 28 || 23 || 28.8 || .547 || .400 || .821 || 6.9 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 2.9 || 13.7|-| style="text-align:left;"|Career| style="text-align:left;"|2 years, 1 team| 56 || 51 || 28.7 || .528 || .357 || .804 || 6.2 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 2.8 || 12.8
|-| style="text-align:left;"|1998| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 3 || 3 || 35.7 || .425 || .000 || .864 || 9.0 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 1.7 || 17.7