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HEIGHT
6’2”
WEIGHT
178
BIRTH DATE
8/31/81
COLLEGE
Texas Tech ‘03
WNBA
EXPERIENCE
7 Years
DRAFTED BY
Phoenix
4th overall
2003
Plenette
PIERSON
#23 • FORWARD-CENTER
28 PLAYER PROFILES
2010 TULSA SHOCK MEDIA GUIDE
PLENETTE PIERSON
WNBA CAREER
2009 Appeared in one game for the Detroit Shock before being sidelined with a shoulder injury for the remainder of the season…Played fi ve minutes in her only
game, recording a steal, a block and two personal fouls. 2008 Appeared in 28 games and averaged a career-high in points (11.9), assists (1.9) and blocks (1.2)
in 23.2 minutes per game…Led the Shock in scoring on fi ve occasions, rebounds – fi ve times and in assists on four occasions…Had seven multiple block games
fi nishing with a career-high 34 blocks…Recorded her 100th career block vs. Seattle (6/4)…Tied her career high of six blocks at Los Angeles (6/11)…Picked up her
only double-double of the season, and sixth of her career, when she scored 15 points and pulled down 11 rebounds vs. Minnesota (6/20)…Dished her 200th career
assist vs. Connecticut (6/26)… Pulled down her 500th rebound in a Shock uniform at Washington (7/18), putting her eighth on the Shock All-time rebounding
list…Tied her career high in assists with fi ve vs. Phoenix (9/9). 2008 Playoff s Appeared in six games en route to winning her second WNBA championship
with the Detroit Shock…Missed three games with a dislocated shoulder/torn labrum after getting injured in Game 2 of the fi rst round…Averaged 7.8 points, 3.0
rebounds and 1.7 assists in 17.8 minutes per game…Led the team in scoring once, rebounds once and assists twice…Scored her 250th career playoff point vs. New
York (9/28)…Set a playoff career high in assists (5) and tied her playoff career high in steals (3) vs. Indiana (9/21)…Scored 11 points and added six rebounds, two
assists and one steal in her fi rst playoff game of the 2008 WNBA playoff s at Indiana (9/19). 2007 Was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder off the bench…
Led the Shock in scoring on fi ve occasions, rebounds on six and in assists on four…Reached double fi gures 22 times, second most on the team…Named the WNBA’s
inaugural Sixth Woman of the Year…Picked up her 1,000th career point in the Shock’s home opener vs. Sacramento (5/19)…Her fi ve consecutive games of scoring
in double fi gures in the fi rst fi ve games of the season set a career record …Her four blocked shots in the fi rst half at New York (6/8) tied the Shock record for blocks in
a half…Her four steals vs. New York (7/6) set a career high in steals and also put her over the 100 mark in career steals. 2007 Playoff s Started her fi rst career
playoff game at New York (8/24)… Tied a Shock postseason record with four blocked shots at Indiana (8/31)…Hit career playoff marks of 100 rebounds and 125
points vs. Indiana (9/2)…Set a career playoff high in points with 26 vs. Phoenix (9/5)…Scored the 200th playoff point of her career at Phoenix (9/13)… 2006
Appeared in 34 games and averaged 6.5 points and 3.9 assists in 16.6 minutes per game… Was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder off the bench…Paced the
team in scoring and rebounding on two occasions . . . 2006 Playoff s Appeared in all 10 playoff games en route to winning her fi rst WNBA championship…
Averaged 8.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 18.9 minutes per game…Led all bench players in scoring, rebounds, assists and blocks… 2005 Averaged
7.7 points and 4.9 rebounds for Phoenix while connecting on 34.3 percent of her fi eld goal attempts…Averaged 7.7 points and 2.7 rebounds with the Shock while
connecting on 43.7 percent of her fi eld goal attempts…Finished third on the Shock in free throws made (67) and attempted (96)…Scored a season-high 22 points in
her fi rst game with the Shock vs. Sacramento on July 1, in the process becoming the fi rst Shock player since Kedra Holland-Corn (23) on August 6, 2003 at Washington
to score 20 or more points off the bench…Led the Shock in scoring on two occasions…Connected on the fi rst three-pointer of her career vs. Houston on July 5…
Due to her being traded from the Mercury to the Shock, Pierson played in a total of 35 games (12 with Phoenix, 23 with Detroit) which puts her solely in second for
amount of games played in one season…Attempted 19 free-throws at Washington (8/27) which ties her for third in free-throw attempts in a single game. 2005
Playoff s Scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in Detroit’s Game 1 loss to Connecticut (8/31) and failed to score in Game 2 (9/2)… 2004 Started 25
games and appeared in 31 games…Averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game…Finished second on the Mercury in free throw attempts (109)
and third in blocked shots (17)…Missed three games with a sore/strained right hamstring (The Mercury were 2-1 in her absence). 2003 Appeared in 33 games
starting fi ve games…Averaged 6.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 18.2 minutes per game…Led the Mercury in minutes played off the bench, free throws (64) and free
throw attempts (101)… Shot 19 free-throw attempts vs. Los Angeles (8/8) which ties her for third in free-throw attempts in a single game.
COLLEGE
Averaged 17.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game as a senior . . . Shot .510 (238-467) from the fl oor . . . Named to the All-Big 12 First team . . . Named AP All-
American Third Team . . . Played in only four games as a junior averaging 14.5 ppg and 9.0 rpg. . . Averaged 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds as a sophomore . . Named
second-team All Big 12 by the Dallas Morning News that year after scoring in double fi gures in 23 of 32 games and recording eight double-doubles . . . Started all
33 games as a freshman averaging 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds . . . Named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year . . . Scored in double fi gures in 25 games.
PERSONAL
Full name is Plenette Michelle Pierson . . . Majored in Communication Studies . . . Describes herself as “goofy” . . . Lists Yolanda Griffi th as the best player she’s ever
faced . . . Lists “Love and Basketball” as favorite movie . . . Enjoys buff alo wings, spaghetti or chicken as a pre-game meal . . . If she wasn’t a basketball player she
would like to be a hand model .
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR REB AS PF ST TO BLK PTS
2003 Phoenix 33 5 602 67 177 .379 0 2 .000 64 101 .634 37 43 80 22 87 19 42 13 198
2004 Phoenix 31 25 803 112 253 .443 0 3 .000 66 109 .606 46 85 131 26 102 26 49 17 290
2005 Phoenix 12 11 318 36 105 .343 0 1 .000 20 29 .690 19 40 59 13 39 10 32 13 92
Detroit 23 0 444 55 126 .437 1 1 1.000 67 96 .698 27 35 62 21 54 14 42 6 178
2006 Detroit 34 0 566 82 180 .456 0 3 .000 56 80 .700 44 88 132 24 84 18 37 14 220
2007 Detroit 34 0 858 149 312 .478 0 5 .000 98 130 .754 70 127 197 59 110 26 79 29 396
2008 Detroit 28 0 649 122 267 .457 0 2 .000 88 117 .752 64 72 136 63 99 24 48 34 332
2009 Detroit 1 0 5 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Totals 196 41 4246 623 1422 .438 1 17 .059 459 662 .693 307 490 797 228 577 138 329 127 1706
WNBA PLAYOFF STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR REB AS PF ST TO BLK PTS
2005 Detroit 2 0 20 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 3 3 6 0 5 1 0 0 4
2006 Detroit 10 0 189 26 61 .426 0 0 --- 36 51 .706 17 37 54 17 27 6 14 9 88
2007 Detroit 11 1 281 46 109 .422 1 2 .500 30 41 .732 32 47 79 18 43 7 28 12 123
2008 Detroit 6 0 107 18 38 .474 0 0 --- 11 13 .846 7 11 18 10 12 4 11 2 47
Totals 29 1 597 92 213 .474 1 2 .500 77 107 .720 59 98 157 45 87 18 53 23 262
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS
TOTAL OPPONENT DATE
Pts 26 @ Los Angeles July 15, 2003
Rebs 14 Phoenix July 8, 2007
Asts 5 Four times
Stls 4 New York July 6, 2007
Blks 6 Twice
Min 38 Houston September 19, 2004