Elaine Powell

Elaine Powell (born August 9, 1975) is an American assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx and former professional basketball player. A point guard born in Monroe, Louisiana, she played in the WNBA from 1999 to 2008.^[1]

Elaine Powell

Minnesota Lynx
Position	Assistant Coach
Personal information
Born	(1975-08-09) August 9, 1975 (age 50) Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Carroll (Monroe, Louisiana)
College	Pearl River CC (1993–1995) LSU (1995–1997)
WNBA draft	1999: 4th round, 50th overall pick
Drafted by	Orlando Miracle
Playing career	1997–2008
Career history
1997–1998	Portland Power
1999–2002	Orlando Miracle
2002–2005	Detroit Shock
2006	Chicago Sky
2006–2008	Detroit Shock
Career highlights
3× WNBA champion (2003, 2006, 2008) 2x First-team All-SEC (1996, 1997) As assistant coach: WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2024)
Stats at Basketball Reference

College career

In two years at LSU, Powell averaged 19.1 points per game (fourth in school history). She finished her career as LSU's 11th all-time leading scorer (1,163 points).

ABL career

Powell was drafted 20th overall in the 1997 ABL draft by the Portland Power. Powell was the starting point guard for the team.

WNBA career

After the ABL folded, Powell was drafted 50th overall in the 1999 WNBA draft by the Orlando Miracle. Half way through the 2002 WNBA season she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Wendy Palmer. In November 2005, Powell was selected by the Chicago Sky in the expansion draft. During the 2006 WNBA season, she was waived by the Sky. Four days later, the Detroit Shock signed her as a free agent. During the 2008 WNBA season (when not injured), Powell started all 16 of the games she played. She shot 49% from the field (second best in career).

Career statistics

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

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Orlando	18	0	14.2	51.5	11.1	54.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.6
2000	Orlando	20	1	17.4	39.4	33.3	77.3	2.5	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.5	3.6
2001	Orlando	32	32	33.0	40.2	38.2	75.5	3.1	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.5	11.2
2002	Orlando	15	1	20.5	35.4	18.2	61.5	2.1	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	5.9
	Detroit	15	13	26.5	44.6	27.3	85.0	4.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	2.7	9.9
2003	Detroit	33	33	28.4	45.1	35.0	74.5	3.2	3.9	1.4	0.3	2.4	9.0
2004	Detroit	30	26	25.3	37.7	0.0	58.0	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	2.0	4.4
2005	Detroit	29	21	23.1	43.7	0.0	60.0	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.8	5.6
2006	Chicago	14	3	18.1	43.3	0.0	70.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.9	4.9
	Detroit	11	0	10.6	18.8	0.0	57.1	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3
2007	Detroit	32	12	10.1	40.7	0.0	69.6	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9
2008	Detroit	16	16	19.6	49.0	50.0	75.0	3.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	1.1	3.6
Career	12 years, 3 teams	265	158	21.7	41.7	32.4	69.8	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.8	5.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2003	Detroit	8	8	27.4	34.8	20.0	63.6	3.8	4.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	5.1
2004	Detroit	3	3	32.3	50.0	0.0	52.9	2.0	7.0	3.3	0.0	2.7	7.7
2005	Detroit	2	0	16.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.0
2007	Detroit	11	3	8.5	33.3	0.0	100.0	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.9
2008	Detroit	9	9	19.0	58.8	0.0	81.8	2.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.4	3.2
Career	5 years, 1 team	33	23	18.6	41.9	20.0	67.4	2.3	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.3	3.1

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1995–96	LSU	32	-	-	47.6	37.0	74.9	6.0	3.8	2.5	0.3	-	20.1
1996–97	LSU	29	-	-	49.2	37.3	69.2	4.5	4.1	2.4	0.5	-	17.9
Career		61	-	-	48.3	37.1	72.3	5.3	4.0	2.5	0.4	-	19.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[2]