Monica Lamb-Powell Explained

Monica Lamb-Powell
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:206
Birth Date:11 October 1964
Birth Place:Houston, Texas
Nationality:American
High School:Yates (Houston, Texas)
College:
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:1998
Draft Round:4
Draft Pick:40
Draft Team:Houston Comets
Career Position:Center
Career Number:40
Years1:1998–2000
Team1:Houston Comets
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Monica Lamb-Powell or Monica Lamb (born October 11, 1964) is an American former basketball player. She played for the Houston Comets in the WNBA[1] and US National Teams. She is now the founder and president of the Monica Lamb Wellness Foundation.

Lamb played on the 1983 World University games team, coached by Jill Hutchison. She helped the team win the gold medal for the USA team.

Lamb was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The USA team won four of the five contests. In the opening game against Poland, Lamb was the second leading scorer for the US with 16 points. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place. Lamb averaged 11.4 points per games, tied for first on the team. She averaged 4.6 rebounds per game, second most on the team.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1998| align="left" | Houston|30||25||21.6||54.1||54.1||69.0||4.7||0.3||0.8||0.7||0.9||5.4 |-| align="left" | 1999| align="left" | Houston|3||0||12.0||40.0||40.0||83.3||2.0||0.0||0.0||0.7||0.3||4.3 |-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Houston|13||2||10.8||50.0||0.0||50.0||2.0||0.2||0.2||0.3||0.3||2.0 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 3 years, 1 team|46||27||17.9||52.6||0.0||66.7||3.8||0.3||0.6||0.6||0.7||4.3

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 1998| align="left" | Houston|5||5||21.4||56.0||0.0||50.0||3.6||0.0||0.4||0.8||1.6||5.8|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|5||5||21.4||56.0||0.0||50.0||3.6||0.0||0.4||0.8||1.6||5.8

College

Source[2] [3] [4] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/l/lambmo01w.html Monica Lamb
  2. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-06-25.
  3. Web site: FINAL 1984 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. 26 June 2021. NCAA.org.
  4. Web site: FINAL 1985 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. 26 June 2021. NCAA.org.
  5. Web site: FINAL 1987 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. 26 June 2021. NCAA.org.