WNBA TRANSACTIONS:
1/29/09: Signed as a free agent with Sacramento…3/13/07: Signed as a free agent with Houston…4/19/02: Selected by
Sacramento in the first round (12th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft
2008 WNBA SEASON:
Averaged 7.8 ppg (.492 FG%, .500 3FG%, .692 FT%), 3.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.3 bpg and 22.7 mpg through 26 games
played (22 starts with Houston)…Played a season-high 34 minutes and recorded a season-high five defensive rebounds vs. Seattle
(6/14)…Recorded a season- and career-high eight steals in addition to a season-high 15 points (including a season-high seven field
goals made) vs. Washington (6/18)…Tallied a season-high two blocks at Minnesota (6/21), which also tied her career record…Tallied
new season- and career-high in total rebounds (10) and offensive rebounds (6) at Connecticut (7/1)…Attempted a season-high
six free throws at Atlanta (7/3)…Made a season-high one three-point field goal at Phoenix (7/8), which also tied her career mark.
WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 5.0 ppg (. .448 FG%, .250 3FG%, .602 FT%), 2.4 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.1 bpg and 16.5 mpg in 207 games played
with Sacramento and Houston…Recorded over 3,400 minutes, 1,000 points, 500 rebounds in addition to over 200 assists and steals
through seven years in the WNBA…2007: Averaged 9.1 ppg (.454 FG%, .200 3FG%, .833 FT%), 4.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.7 spg, 0.1
bpg and 29.6 mpg through 34 games…Recorded a season-high seven steals in addition to 16 points, six rebounds and two assists at
Phoenix…Tied her season-high 18 points (7-for-10 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line) and also tallied six rebounds,
three steals and two assists vs. Washington…Scored a career-high 18 points and led the team in rebounds and assists with five apiece
at Seattle…2006: Averaged 5.2 ppg (.430 FG%, --- 3FG%, .563 FT%), 2.1 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.3 bpg and 15.8 mpg through
34 games played…Recorded a career-high four assists against Indiana (6/25)…Tallied a career-high 29 minutes played against
Houston (6/14)…Playoffs: Averaged 4.0 ppg (.381 FG%, --- 3FG%, .800 FT%), 1.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.1 bpg and 13.1
mpg…2005: Averaged 3.8 ppg, (.450 FG%, --- 3FG%, .314 FT%), 2.0 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.2 bpg and 12.0 mpg through 34
games played…Scored a season-high 12 points at Seattle (8/25)…Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Charlotte (7/26) and
tied her career-high with four steals at Seattle (8/25)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 3.8 ppg, (.500 FG%, ---3FG%, .667FT%), 1.6 rpg,
0.5 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.4 bpg and 10.3 mpg through eight playoff games…Scored a career playoff-high 10 points and two blocks at Los
Angeles (9/2)…2004: Averaged 4.1 ppg, (.470 FG%, --- 3FG%, .552 FT%), 2.1 rpg, 0.7 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.2 bpg, and 14.1 mpg
through 34 games played…Scored a career-high 17 points at Seattle (7/3)…Pulled down a season-high five rebounds at Indiana
(6/10)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 0.8 ppg, (.154 FG%, .000 3FG%, .250 FT%), 1.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.2 spg, --- bpg and 11.3 mpg in six
playoff games…2003: Averaged 1.9 ppg, (.327 FG%, --- 3FG%, .400 FT%), 1.7 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.1 bpg and 8.6 mpg in 22
games…Stole the ball a career-high four times vs. Seattle (7/26)…Scored a season-high six points at San Antonio (8/7)…PLAYOFFS:
Averaged 0.5 ppg, (.333 FG%, ---3FG%, --- FT%) 0.8 rpg, 0.5 apg, --- spg, --- bpg and 3.8 mpg in four playoff games…2002:
Averaged 1.7 ppg (.245 FG%, --- 3PT%, .467 FT%), 1.6 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.1 bpg and 8.6 mpg in 23 games (three started)…
Tallied a season-high six points, pulled down a season-high seven rebounds at Houston (6/9).
COLLEGE:
2001-02: Basketball Time All-America Honorable Mention…All- CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team, All-Academic Team and All-Tournament
Team…Averaged 11.7 points 8.1 rebounds per game…Shot 57% from the floor…Totaled 84 assists and 31 blocks…2000-01:
CAA Player of the Year…An All-CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Academic Team…Ranked in five different CAA categories…
Team’s second leading scorer averaging 13.7 points per game and ranking sixth in the CAA…Scored in double figures in all but 25 of 30
games…Netted 20 or more points four times including a career-high 27 points against VCU (2/28/01)…Shot 57.3% (168-of-293)
from the floor and ranked 17th in the country in field goal percentage…Led the Lady Monarchs and finished fourth in the league in
rebounds averaging 7.4 boards per outing…Recorded six double-doubles…Fourth on team in assists (82) and third in steals (49)…
Tied for second in blocks with 25…Logged a new-career high swatting away four shots against ECU (2/4/01)…Eighth in the CAA in
blocked shots…1999-00: All-CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Tournament Team…VaSID All-Virginia and Richmond Times
Dispatch All-Virginia…Doubled scoring and rebounding efforts averaging 14 points and 7.5 rebounds per game…Scored in double
figures 28 times…Seven double-doubles…Second on team in scoring and rebounding…Finished ninth in CAA in scoring, third in
rebounding, second in field goal percentage (59.8), and fourth in steals (2.53)…Finished seventh in the nation in field goal percentage…
Bested her career-high with 25 points against Richmond (1/14/00)….Joined the elite Lady Monarch 20-rebound club with 20
against Southern Methodist (3/20/00) in the NCAA tournament…1998- 99: Averaged 6.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game…CAA
All-Tournament Team…Finished 13th in the CAA in steals (1.7)…Scored in double figures in eight games…Netted a career-high 16
points against American (1/12) and pulled down 11 rebounds against East Carolina in the CAA Championship game.
NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE:
Member of the 2008 Mali Women’s Olympic Basketball Team in her home country’s first-ever Olympic appearance…Recorded 24 points
(.458 FG%, --- 3FG%, .400 FT%), 12 rebounds, five assists and one steal in 55 minutes through two games.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played for Gambrinus Sika Brna in the Czech Republic during the 2008-09 off-season…Helped her team to an overall record of 27-11
after reaching the ZBL Finals…Recorded 411 points (10.8 ppg), 169 rebounds (4.4 rpg), 73 assists (1.9 apg), 19 steals (1.7 spg)
and 10 blocks (0.3 bpg) in 922 minutes (24.5 mpg)…During the 2005-06 off-season played for Cavigal Nice Sports Basket in Nice,
France and averaged 33.5 mpg, 14.3 ppg (50.4 FG% and 81.4 FT%), 6.2 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.3 spg…Played for Yaya Maria Breogan
in Spain for three off-seasons…During the 2004-05 off-season averaged 14.5 ppg (45.2 FG%), 7.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.5 spg and 34.1
mpg through 24 games played…During the 2003-04 off-season helped her team advance to the semifinals of the championship
tournament in Spain…Through 30 games averaged 15.5 ppg, while shooting 47.5% and averaged 7.1 rpg, 1.3 apg and 3.0 spg…In
the 2002-03 off-season averaged 19 ppg and 8.1 rpg…In 1997-98 played on the Senegalese Champion, Dakar Club…Averaged 18
points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and three steals per contest. . .Member of the Mali National Team since 1994…Named MVP of club
play in Northwestern Africa…Named MVP of club league in Senegal…Named “Queen of Basketball” in both Mali and Senegal.