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2002: She was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star
Team...she set career highs with 22 points and 10 FGM vs.
Orlando, 7/17...she finished the season ranked fourth in the WNBA
with a mark of 53.1 percent from the field and she was 15th in the
WNBA with 6.0 rpg.
2001: As a rookie, she played in 29 of 32 games, starting the
last 21...the Sting was 17-4 with her in the starting lineup…she
ranked third among WNBA rookies with a field goal percentage of
.490 and was third with 1.34 bpg, third with 4.4 rpg and tied for
10th with 6.8 ppg...she ranked 10th overall in the WNBA in
blocked shots...she became the second Canadian to play in the
WNBA (Charlotte’s Kelly Boucher, 1998)...in her second start of
the season, 6/29, she posted her first career double-double with
then-career highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds.
PLAYOFFS
Starting 39 of 40 career postseason games, she has averaged
9.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocked shots per game…her
career scoring high in the playoffs was a 22-point effort in the
deciding fifth game of the 2009 WNBA Finals…she has twice
reached the WNBA Finals (with Charlotte in 2001 and Indiana in
2009), and has made eight appearances in the playoffs overall.
2011: Sutton-Brown started in all six Fever postseason games
averaging 9.5 points and 6.8 rebounds…her three assists vs.
Atlanta, 9/25 were a playoff career high…she had a playoff careerhigh
five offensive rebounds vs. Atlanta, 9/27… she scored 11
points and had nine rebounds in Game 3 of the East Finals vs.
Atlanta, 9/27.
2010: In a three-game series with the New York Liberty,
Sutton-Brown averaged 9.7 points and 4.3 rebounds…she had 10
points in a Game 1 loss, followed by 14 in a Game 2 win.
2009: Sutton-Brown made her third straight WNBA Playoffs
appearance with Indiana…she started all 10 games and averaged
9.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game…she was third
on the team in field goal percentage and matched Tamika
Catchings for the Fever lead with 14 blocks…Sutton-Brown was
fifth among WNBA playoff leaders in blocks per game…in Game 5
of the WNBA Finals at Phoenix, 10/9, she had a career playoffhigh
22 points on 8-of-13 shooting…she averaged 15.2 points and
5.2 rebounds in the WNBA Finals…she scored in double figures in
8 of 10 playoff games.
2008: Sutton-Brown averaged 14.7 points and 5.3 rebounds
during a three-game playoff series with Detroit…it was the highest
playoff scoring average of her career…she posted a career playoff
high 19 points in an overtime win in Game 2 of the series, 9/21,
then scored a Fever-high 20 points in a Game 3 loss, 9/23…she
made 20-of-21 free throws in the series.
2007: Sutton-Brown averaged 7.0 ppg and 4.7 rpg during a
playoff run that ended in the Eastern Conference Finals…she
posted career playoff highs in virtually every category, including a
17-point, 10-rebound double-double in Game 3 of the Eastern
Finals at Detroit, 9/3…her six blocked shots against the Shock,
8/31, was one shy of the WNBA Playoffs record.
2003: She appeared in both of Charlotte's postseason games
vs. Connecticut, one as a starter and one off the bench...in those
two games, she totaled four points and six rebounds in 32
minutes.
2002: In two games, she totaled 15 points and 12
rebounds...she shot 7-14 from the floor.
2001: Helping lead the Sting to their first-ever appearance in
the WNBA Finals, she started all eight playoff games and
averaged 7.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg...in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals,
she was the only Charlotte player to score in double figures with
12 points on 5-9 FG and 2-3 FT...she also blocked four shots in
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that game, which is tied for second most in WNBA Finals
history...in Game 3 of the first-round series with Cleveland, she
was 6-6 from the floor.
PRO - OVERSEAS
2010-11: Sutton-Brown played the final half of the Turkish
season with Fenerbahce, helping her club to a fifth consecutive
Turkish League crown.
2009-10: Sutton-Brown completed her fourth straight season
with Fenerbahce in the Turkish League.
2008-09: She led Fenerbahce to the Turkish League’s best
record (17-3) and a third consecutive TBBL championship by
averaging 12.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg in 24 regular season games…she
was fifth in the Turkish League with an average of 1.2 blocks per
game…in 15 Euroleague games, she averaged 13.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg
and 1.1 bpg while shooting 55.9 percent from the floor and 73.8
percent from the foul line.
2007-08: Playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey, she
averaged 14.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocked shots per
game in 18 appearances…she shot better than 56 percent (.565)
from the field and nearly 70 percent (.698) from the foul line while
helping Fenerbahce to a second straight Turkish title.
2006-07: In 16 EuroLeague contests, Sutton-Brown averaged
11.9 ppg and paced Fenerbahce in Turkey with 7.4 rpg...in its first
season in EuroLeague competition, Fenerbahce battled
EuroLeague runner-up Ros Casares to overtime in a best-of-three
deciding game, but was eliminated by the Spanish power just one
game from the EuroLeague Final Four...Fenerbahce finished the
TBBL regular season with a 20-2 record and eventually won the
TBBL championship.
2005-06: Playing for Dynamo Moscow, she averaged 9.1 ppg,
6.0 rpg and 1.3 bpg in 33 Russian Superleague games...in 14
EuroLeague games, she averaged 9.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 spg and
was second in the league with an average of 1.9 bpg.
2004-05: She played for VBM-SGAU Samara in the Russian
Superleague, where she averaged 7.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 1.5 bpg in
nine league games...in EuroLeague competition, she averaged 1.6
ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.4 spg and 1.0 bpg in seven outings...she also
played one EuroCup game for USK Blex Praha of the Czech
Republic, scoring 10 points with five rebounds, two assists, three
steals and three blocked shots.
2003-04: She played for the Kumho Life Falcons in the
Women's Korean Basketball League in Korea.
2002-03: She played for VBM-SGAU Samara in the Russian
Superleague.
2001-02: She played for Kumho Life Falcons of the WKBL.
INTERNATIONAL
A member of the 2000 Canadian Olympic team, she averaged
10.3 ppg and 7.3 rpg in Sydney in 2004...she also played with the
Canadian Junior National Team in high school.
COLLEGE
A member of the first Scarlet Knights team (1999-00) ever to
reach the NCAA Women’s Final Four, she ranks third in Rutgers’
history with a .574 field goal percentage, fourth with 148 blocked
shots and tied for first with 130 games played...she finished her
college career ranked eighth on Rutgers career charts with 304
free throws made, 12th with 685 rebounds and 16th with 1,246
points.
1999-00: As a senior, she was named to the All-Big East Third
Team after leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring (12.0 ppg), field
goal percentage and blocks...she ranked third on the team in
rebounds while advancing to the Final Four.
Cree & Scooter hit the slopes in British Columbia in Sutton-Brown’s first book. Next, they visit the Great Wall of China.