Le'coe Willingham

American basketball player
Le'coe Willingham
Personal information
Born (1981-02-10) February 10, 1981 (age 43)
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolHephzibah (Hephzibah, Georgia)
CollegeAuburn (1999–2004)
WNBA draft2004: undrafted
Playing career2004–present
PositionAssistant coach
Career history
As player:
2004–2007Connecticut Sun
2008–2009Phoenix Mercury
2010–2011Seattle Storm
2010–2012Elitzur Ramla
2012Chicago Sky
2013Atlanta Dream
As coach:
2021–2022Dallas Wings (assistant)
2022–2023Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× WNBA champion (2009, 2010)
  • 1× EuroCup Women (2011)
  • 1× Israeli championship (2011)
  • 1× Israeli State Cup (2011)
  • 2x First-team All-SEC (2000, 2004)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2000)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Le'coe Willingham (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title.[1] She last played the forward position for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.

College career

Among Auburn's top ten career leaders in starts, points, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, rebounds. Willingham is Auburn's seventh all-time scorer and sixth all-time rebounder.

Career statistics

WNBA

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Connecticut 23 0 7.6 63.2 0.0 76.9 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 3.0
2005 Connecticut 18 0 5.1 41.2 0.0 50.0 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 1.3
2006 Connecticut 29 0 7.2 47.2 60.0 53.8 1.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 2.2
2007 Connecticut 28 5 11.4 38.5 0.0 72.0 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.1
2008 Phoenix 34 27 24.5 57.0 18.5 74.1 5.9 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 10.1
2009 Phoenix 34 34 21.0 53.3 12.5 84.8 4.2 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.4 10.0
2010 Seattle 33 2 15.6 53.8 45.2 66.7 4.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 5.5
2011 Seattle 34 8 19.1 47.3 27.5 64.2 4.2 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.3 6.4
2012 Chicago 33 1 18.5 31.3 27.4 60.9 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.7 3.5
2013 Atlanta 34 28 22.2 42.4 30.4 71.4 4.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.2 4.1
Career 10 years, 5 teams 300 105 16.2 49.0 29.6 71.3 3.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.1 5.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Connecticut 8 0 7.5 38.9 0.0 75.0 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.1
2005 Connecticut 3 0 3.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7
2006 Connecticut 3 0 3.3 40.0 100.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.7
2007 Connecticut 3 0 13.7 75.0 100.0 100.0 3.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.0 5.3
2009 Phoenix 11 11 23.1 53.8 0.0 83.3 4.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.3 8.2
2010 Seattle 7 0 13.3 50.0 28.6 71.4 2.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.7
2011 Seattle 3 0 13.0 27.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.7 2.0
2013 Atlanta 4 2 18.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.5
Career 8 years, 4 teams 42 13 13.8 46.2 23.5 78.6 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.7 4.1

College

Source[2]

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
1999–00 Auburn 27 305 49.6 0 73.1 7.6 1.1 1.2 0.3 11.3
2001–02 Auburn 29 348 49.3 50 62.7 8.1 1.1 1.1 0.2 12
2002–03    Auburn 33 316 48.3 31.7 71 6.2 1.3 1.2 0.2 9.6
2003–04 Auburn 31 506 60.8 33.3 76.5 9.1 1.6 1.4 0.4 16.3
Career Auburn 120 1475 52.6 31.3 71 7.7 1.3 1.2 0.3 12.3

WNBA career

Willingham began her career with the Connecticut Sun. She was not drafted, but instead signed as a free agent by the Sun. During the 2008 offseason, the Phoenix Mercury signed her as a free agent. In the 2010 offseason, she signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Storm. Willingham helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ "MERCURY: Mercury's Willingham Makes Jump to Starter". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (16 September 2010). "Second title even sweeter for Storm". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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