Tasha Butts
Tasha Butts (born March 10, 1982) is an American retired women's basketball player from Milledgeville, Georgia[1]and currently an assistant coach at LSU. Drafted by the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, she was traded to the Houston Comets. She played in the 2005 season, but decided not to return to the league. She then served as an assistant coach at Tennessee. She played basketball overseas following the 2005 NCAA season.
Tasha worked as an assistant coach at Duquesne University. She left there to serve as an assistant coach at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]
Since 2011, she has been an assistant coach at Louisiana State University.[3]
Tennessee statistics
Source[4]
| 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 | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | Tennessee | 34 | 160 | 42.7 | 37.5 | 76.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 2001-02 | Tennessee | 34 | 147 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 74.5 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| 2002-03 | Tennessee | 38 | 238 | 35.5 | 34.6 | 79.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
| 2003-04 | Tennessee | 35 | 363 | 40.8 | 38.6 | 81.8 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 10.4 |
| Career | Tennessee | 141 | 908 | 37.2 | 35.5 | 79.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.4 |
WNBA career highs
Points: 13 at Seattle May 20, 2004
Field Goals Made: 4 at Seattle May 20, 2004
Field Goals Attempted: 73 Times
Three Point Field Goals Made: 3 at Seattle May 20, 2004
Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 6 at Seattle May 20, 2004
Free Throws Made: 4 vs. Seattle July 30, 2004
Free Throws Attempted: 4 vs. Seattle July 30, 2004
Offensive Rebounds: 5 at San Antonio May 26, 2004
Defensive Rebounds: 5 vs. Houston June 19, 2004
Total Rebounds: 62 Times
Assists: 42 Times
Steals: 25 Times
Blocks: 17 Times
Minutes Played: 30 at San Antonio May 26, 2004
WNBA teams
References
- ↑ Tasha Butts bio - Duquesne University Official Athletics Site Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ↑ Duquesne women's assistant coach resigns, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2008-05-21, retrieved 2008-06-06
- ↑ Tasha Butts Bio, LSU Sportsnet, 2015-01-28, retrieved 2015-10-29
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.