Tari Phillips

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Tari Phillips
Personal information
Born (1969-03-06) March 6, 1969 (age 55)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolEdgewater (Orlando, Florida)
College
WNBA draft1999: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Orlando Miracle
Playing career1999–2007
PositionForward / center
Number24
Career history
1999Orlando Miracle
2000–2004New York Liberty
2005–2007Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  United States
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Buffalo Team Competition
FIBA World Championship for Women
Gold medal – first place 2002 Nanjing Team Competition

Tari L. Phillips (born March 6, 1969) is an American former professional women's basketball player. Her cousin Tayyiba Haneef-Park played for USA Volleyball.

Born in Orlando, Florida, Phillips attended the University of Georgia during her first three college years, and helped its Lady Bulldogs team to the NCAA Regional Finals in 1987 and 1988. She transferred during her senior year to the University of Central Florida, where she graduated in 1991.

She played for the Seattle Reign and the Colorado Xplosion in the American Basketball League (1996-1998). She made the ABL's Western Conference All-Star team in both 1997 and 1998, and was named the MVP of the 1997 All-Star Game.

After the ABL abruptly folded, Phillip was selected by her hometown team, the Orlando Miracle in the first round (eighth overall) of the WNBA draft on May 4, 1999.

After her WNBA rookie season in 1999, she was selected by the Portland Fire in the WNBA's Expansion Draft in December 1999, but she was later traded to the New York Liberty just prior to the start of the WNBA's 2000 season. She played with the Liberty from 2000 to 2004. After the 2004 season ended, she became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Houston Comets for the 2005 WNBA season. The Comets waived Phillips on July 2, 2007.

Phillips won a Gold Medal with USA Basketball during the Basketball World Championship in 2002. She was named to the team as a replacement for the injured Tina Thompson.

USA Basketball

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Phillips was named to the USA team for the 1993 World University Games competition in Buffalo, New York. The team had a 6–2 record and won the bronze medal. Phillips was the leading scorer in several games including 25 points against Japan and 23 against China. Phillips was the overall leading scorer for the team, averaging 18.8 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 11.0 per game.[1]

Phillips was selected to represent the US at the 1995 USA Women's Pan American Games, however, only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled.[2]

In 2002, Phillips was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou and Nanjing, China. The team was coached by Van Chancellor. Phillips scored 3.3 points per game. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late in the game.[3]

Career statistics

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WNBA

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Orlando 32 0 10.5 40.6 0.0 48.1 2.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.5 4.1
2000 New York 31 30 31.5 46.7 25.0 65.4 8.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 2.7 13.8
2001 New York 32 32 32.8 50.7 0.0 58.4 8.0 1.1 1.5 0.5 2.6 15.3
2002 New York 32 31 31.5 49.1 0.0 67.5 7.0 1.3 1.8 0.4 2.9 14.1
2003 New York 33 32 31.3 39.7 20.0 64.9 8.5 1.7 1.7 0.8 2.8 11.3
2004 New York 13 13 23.9 34.7 0.0 45.7 5.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 2.5 6.7
2005 Houston 32 1 11.4 42.6 0.0 64.6 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.9 3.5
2006 Houston 21 2 10.6 38.5 0.0 65.5 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.8
2007 Houston 6 0 5.8 30.0 0.0 100.0 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.7
Career 9 years, 3 teams 232 141 23.0 45.2 13.6 61.9 5.5 0.9 1.2 0.5 2.1 9.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000 New York 7 7 31.7 50.5 0.0 78.3 7.6 1.1 1.7 0.9 2.3 16.3
2001 New York 6 6 33.7 41.9 0.0 47.1 8.2 1.7 1.5 1.0 2.8 11.3
2002 New York 8 8 31.1 49.5 0.0 71.4 5.9 1.3 1.1 0.5 2.4 14.4
2005 Houston 5 0 10.6 41.7 0.0 75.0 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 2.6
Career 4 years, 2 teams 26 21 27.9 47.7 0.0 64.6 6.1 1.1 1.2 0.6 2.2 11.9

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1987–88 Georgia 31 - - 45.9 16.7 62.4 4.3 1.1 1.2 0.4 - 9.0
1988–89 Georgia 2 - - 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 3.0
1989–90 UCF Did not play due to injury
1990–91 UCF 21 - - 51.7 37.1 61.6 12.4 1.1 2.2 1.3 - 25.3°
Career 54 - - 49.7 34.1 61.9 7.3 1.1 1.6 0.7 - 15.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sixteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Twelfth Pan American Games -- 1995". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Fourteenth World Championship For Women -- 2002". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Ashley Joens College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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