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Full name | Laure Savasta | ||||||||||||||
Born | Marseille, France | March 18, 1974||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Laure Savasta (born March 18, 1974, in Marseille) is a French professional basketball player. She plays both point guard and shooting guard. She was, with Isabelle Fijalkowski, amongst the first French players to ever play in the WNBA. Savasta played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the WNBA and was a member of the French national team. She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team.
Life
She was the captain and one of the key players of Tarbes GB, taking part to the French championship and European competitions. Now retired, she started a career of basketball coach and TV commentator, on Sport+, for women's basketball games.
She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team in France when she was given the position at Tarbes Gespe Bigorre.[1]
Career
Seasons | Team | Country |
1990–1993 | INSEP | France |
1993–1994 | Cavigal Nice | France |
1994–1997 | Washington Huskies (Seattle, NCAA) | United States |
1997 | Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) | United States |
1997–1998 | ASPTT Aix-en-Provence | France |
1998–2000 | US Valenciennes | France |
2000–2008 | Tarbes GB | France |
Career statistics
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 |
WNBA
Source[2]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1997 | Sacramento | 14 | 0 | 11.2 | .244 | .200 | .778 | .4 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
Highlights
French national team
- 5th at the 2000 Summer Olympics of Sydney
Club
References
- ^ "BASKET-BALL / DRÔME. N1M : Laure Savasta, une femme au chevet des hommes". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "Laure Savasta WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
External links
- (in French and English) Official website
- (in French) Her player profile on TGBÉLITE.com