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HEIGHT
6’5”
WEIGHT
165
BIRTH DATE
6/6/81
COLLEGE
Duke ‘04
WNBA EXPERIENCE
2 Years
DRAFTED BY
Detroit
11th Overall
2004
Iciss
TILLIS
#33 • CENTER/FORWARD
36 PLAYER PROFILES
2010 TULSA SHOCK MEDIA GUIDE
ICISS TILLIS
WNBA CAREER
2007 Began the season in Los Angeles where she appeared in 3 games before signing with Detroit and making 8 appearances . . . Played a total of 34
minutes in those 11 games. 2006 Appeared in 25 games for New York after signing with the Liberty as a free agent on February 14, 2006 . . . Averaged
3.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 10.2 minutes per outing . . . Twice scored a career-high 12 points. 2005 Was traded by Detroit to the Washington Mystics
on April 14, 2005 in exchange for the 13th overall selection in the 2050 WNBA Draft . . . Waived by Washington on May 20, 2005. 2004 Averaged 2.7
points, 1.3 rebounds and 9.3 minutes in 31 games during her rookie season with the Shock . . . Finished the season second on the Shock in fi eld goal
percentage (35-of-74, .473) … Made the fi rst start of her WNBA career at Connecticut on June 25 … Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds vs. Phoenix
on September 1 … Handed out a career-high fi ve assists vs. New York on September 14. 2004 Playoff s Scored her lone basket of the postseason in
Game One of the Shock’s fi rst-round series vs. the New York Liberty.
COLLEGE
Named AP All-America honorable mention and All-ACC First Team in 2004, 2003 and 2002, becoming just the eighth player in ACC history to be named
three times . . . Tillis was also named ACC Tournament MVP in 2004 and 2003, becoming only the fourth player to win the honor in consecutive seasons .
. . In her senior season, she averaged 12.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.34 blocks and 28.0 minutes while leading her Duke Blue Devils (30-4) to the Elite Eight
of the 2004 NCAA Tournament before losing to Minnesota, 82-75 . . . Tillis was a 2003-04 Naismith Finalist for National Player of the Year . . . She averaged
14.5 points and 7.4 rebounds, 2.16 steals and 30.5 minutes in 37 games as a junior . . . Tillis was a member of the 2003 USA Pan American Games Team
that captured a silver medal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and was named to the All-ACC Defensive Team in 2002.
PERSONAL
Full name is Iciss Rose Tillis . . . Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma . . . Daughter of Jesse Morris, Jr., and Melanie Hughes-Morris . . . Her father is James “Quick” Tillis,
who was the fi rst fi ghter to go the distance with Mike Tyson, losing a 10-round decision on May 3, 1986 . . . Majored in economics at Duke.
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
2004 Detroit 31 1 287 35 74 .374 6 18 .333 7 12 .583 13 26 39 13 23 9 23 8 83
2006 New York 25 0 256 32 89 .360 6 29 .207 16 22 .727 21 34 55 11 46 10 22 4 86
2007 Los Angeles 3 0 8 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0
2007 Detroit 8 1 26 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 2 5 7 1 3 0 7 0 4
TOTALS 67 2 578 69 171 .404 12 49 .245 23 34 .676 36 66 102 25 75 19 56 12 173
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
2004 Detroit 3 0 18 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS
TOTAL OPPONENT DATE
Pts 12 Twice
Rebs 7 Phoenix September 1, 2004
Asts 5 New York September 14, 2004
Stls 2 Twice
Blks 1 12 times
Min 26 Sacramento July 20, 2006