Tia Paschal Explained

Tia Paschal
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date: March 22, 1969
Birth Place:Thomson, Georgia, U.S.
College:Florida State (1989–1993)
Team1:Charlotte Sting
Highlights:
  • First-team All-ACC (1993)

Tia Paschal (born March 22, 1969) is an American retired women's basketball player.[1] Paschal played collegiately at Florida State University (FSU).[2] She was a 3-year starter for FSU, from 1989 to 1993. Over her career, she helped lead the team to two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances: in 1989-90 and 1990–91, as well as a Metro Conference championship in the 1990–91 season.

Paschal held the records for points in a game (38), free throws made (14) and attempted (19) in a game, as well as steals in a season (96) and career (269). She was also among FSU's top 10 in six season and seven career records and ranked second all-time in scoring with 1,662 points.

Professional

Paschal played with the Charlotte Sting during the 1998 WNBA season as well as abroad with teams in Germany, Spain and Sweden.[3]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1998| align="left" | Charlotte|20||0||5.5||29.7||25.0||66.7||0.8||0.5||0.4||0.0||0.6||1.4 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|20||0||5.5||29.7||25.0||66.7||0.8||0.5||0.4||0.0||0.6||1.4

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1989–90| style="text-align:left;" | Florida State|29||-||-||44.4||31.6||59.4||4.7||0.7||1.3||0.3||-||8.7 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1990–91| style="text-align:left;" | Florida State|32||-||-||51.3||0.0||71.6||5.4||2.4||2.3||0.1||-||13.9 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1991–92| style="text-align:left;" | Florida State|28||-||-||50.4||14.3||73.7||6.9||2.7||2.1||0.0||-||15.7|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1992–93| style="text-align:left;" | Florida State|27||-||-||52.4||33.3||71.6||7.4||1.7||3.6||0.5||-||19.4 |-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|116||-||-||50.2||21.7||70.3||6.1||1.9||2.3||0.2||-||14.3 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Monigan. Thomas. South Topples North at Girls All-Star Game. 1 February 2011. Bartow Press. 3 August 1988.
  2. Book: Seminole gold: fifty years of sports at Florida State. 1996. Longstreet Press. Marietta, GA. 978-1-56352-332-8. Philip L. Ben. 1 February 2011. 142.
  3. Web site: Florida State University Official Athletic Site. 26 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Tia Paschal College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.