Tamika Whitmore (born June 5, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.
College years
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Whitmore played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship. She finished second in career scoring with 2,488 points, first in career field goal percentage at 60.6%, fourth in career rebounds with 952, and second in career blocked shots with 108. She was the Conference USA player of the year in 1998 and 1999. She led the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis.
Her #44 jersey was retired by the University of Memphis on March 1, 2025. She is only the sixth player in Memphis Women's Basketball history to receive such an honor.
USA Basketball
In 1998, Whitmore was named to the team representing the US at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Whitmore was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game over the five games.
Career statistics
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 92%; white-space: nowrap;"
|+ Legend
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP
| Games played
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS
| Games started
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG
| Minutes per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG%
| Field goal percentage
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P%
| 3-point field goal percentage
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT%
| Free throw percentage
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG
| Rebounds per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG
| Assists per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG
| Steals per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG
| Blocks per game
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | TO
| Turnovers per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG
| Points per game
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold
| Career high
| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | *
| Led Division I
|}
WNBA
Regular season
|-
| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | New York
|27||1||21.2||43.5||12.5||67.9||3.6||0.7||0.6||0.2||2.1||7.9
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | New York
|32||16||21.5||43.1||0.0||70.2||3.3||0.6||0.5||0.5||1.7||8.7
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | New York
|32||29||23.5||43.2||43.2||56.9||3.0||0.6||0.5||0.3||1.0||7.1
|-
| align="left" | 2002
| align="left" | New York
|32||32||30.5||47.7||0.0||73.3||4.4||0.7||0.8||1.3||1.5||12.7
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | New York
|33||29||24.9||45.5||33.3||65.8||3.7||0.8||1.1||0.7||1.7||8.2
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Los Angeles
|34||5||17.5||44.5||43.8||68.1||3.1||0.5||0.4||0.1||1.0||6.2
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Los Angeles
|34||34||27.0||43.4||26.3||86.8||4.2||1.2||1.0||0.4||1.7||9.6
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Indiana
|34||34||31.1||45.7||39.5||82.1||4.9||1.8||1.4||0.4||2.8||15.5
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Indiana
|34||25||25.9||41.5||30.0||76.3||5.0||1.5||0.6||0.3||2.5||10.9
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Connecticut
|34||33||26.8||40.8||31.5||78.1||4.7||1.4||0.6||0.4||2.0||12.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Connecticut
|24||1||15.7||29.1||30.4||72.7||2.2||1.0||0.4||0.1||0.8||4.4
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 11 years, 4 teams
|350||239||24.4||43.2||31.6||74.1||3.9||1.0||0.7||0.4||1.7||9.6
Playoffs
|-
| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | New York
|6||0||19.0||48.4||0.0||35.7||1.7||0.5||0.7||0.3||1.7||5.8
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | New York
|7||7||28.0||47.7||50.0||75.0||3.9||0.9||0.4||1.3||2.1||11.6
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | New York
|6||6||25.3||40.9||0.0||60.0||3.7||0.7||0.7||0.7||1.2||7.0
|-
| align="left" | 2002
| align="left" | New York
|8||8||33.9||54.8||33.3||70.3||4.5||1.3||0.4||0.5||1.1||16.1
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Los Angeles
|3||0||13.0||40.0||0.0||100.0||2.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||1.0||3.3
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Los Angeles
|2||2||24.0||42.9||100.0||62.5||1.5||0.5||0.5||0.0||3.5||9.0
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Indiana
|2||2||34.5||47.5||28.6||100.0||6.5||1.0||0.5||0.0||5.0||26.5
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Indiana
|6||0||30.7||44.8||56.5||61.5||5.3||2.7||0.5||0.2||3.0||16.5
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Connecticut
|3||3||29.0||37.5||0.0||66.7||4.7||2.0||1.3||0.0||2.7||10.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 9 years, 4 teams
|43||28||27.0||46.9||39.1||68.5||3.8||1.1||0.5||0.5||2.0||11.6
College
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96
| style="text-align:left;" | Memphis
|30||-||-||57.8||28.6||67.3||5.1||0.8||1.1||0.4||-||10.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97
| style="text-align:left;" | Memphis
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98
| style="text-align:left;" | Memphis
|29||-||-||64.7||25.0||71.2 ||9.9||1.3||1.8||1.6||-||26.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1998–99
| style="text-align:left;" | Memphis
|32||-||-||58.5||46.9||74.8||8.4||1.2||1.4||1.0||-||bgcolor=#cfecec|*26.3
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career
|91||-||-||60.7||40.2||71.9||7.8||1.1||1.4||1.0||-||21.0
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.
References
External links
- WNBA Player Profile
- WNBA "Who I Am" article
- Sun acquires Whitmore and Fever's 2008 1st round pick for Douglas