Debra Williams (basketball)

Williams was selected in the 3rd round (23rd overall pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft by the Charlotte Sting. Her debut game was played on June 22, 1997 in a 59 - 76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury where she recorded 2 points and 3 rebounds.{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706220PHO.html | title=Charlotte Sting at Phoenix Mercury, June 22, 1997 }} She would go on to only play 10 games in her rookie season, missing 18 of the Sting's last 21 games of the season from July 10 to August 24. In her 10 games with the Sting, Williams averaged 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds on 25.6% FG Shooting (11 - 43 FG).

The 10th game of Williams' rookie season ended up being the final game of her WNBA career. That game was played on July 17, 1997 with the Sting losing to the Cleveland Rockers 47 - 65. Williams would have a disappointing final game, playing for 8 minutes, recording 2 fouls, 1 turnover and missing all 3 of her field-goal attempts (but she was able to grab 1 rebound).{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199707170CLE.html | title=Charlotte Sting at Cleveland Rockers, July 17, 1997 }}

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| align="left" | 1997

| align="left" | Charlotte

|10||2||11.6||25.6||22.2||50.0||1.3|||| 0.2 ||0.0||0.6||2.7

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| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team

|10||2||11.6||25.6||22.2||50.0||1.3|||| 0.2 ||0.0||0.6||2.7

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| style="text-align:left;" | 1992–93

| style="text-align:left;" | Louisiana Tech

|32||-||-||39.9||30.2||56.7||4.2||1.0||0.6||0.1||-||9.1

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| style="text-align:left;" | 1993–94

| style="text-align:left;" | Louisiana Tech

|35||-||-||43.9||39.1||75.3||4.5||1.4||1.5||0.1||-||13.2

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| style="text-align:left;" | 1994–95

| style="text-align:left;" | Louisiana Tech

|31||-||-||43.6||33.0||79.0||3.6||1.5||1.3||0.0||-||13.9

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| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96

| style="text-align:left;" | Louisiana Tech

|32||-||-||47.2||38.8||72.3||4.8||1.5||1.2||0.3||-||17.7

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| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career

|130||-||-||44.0||36.0||71.8||4.3||1.3||1.1||0.1||-||13.5

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|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Debra-Williams-1.html|title=Debra Williams College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}

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Williams majored in psychology at Louisiana Tech University. She was married to Herb Williams, a former NBA player, and has two children: one boy and one girl.

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• [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/w/willide01w.html Debra Williams WNBA Stats | Basketball-Reference.com]
• {{cite web |last1=Spivey |first1=Yolanda |title=Deborah Williams – Playing the Game Her Way |date=June 14, 2010 |url= http://www.affluentworld.net/deborah-williams-playing-the-game-her-way-by-yolanda-spivey |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117091143/http://www.affluentworld.net/deborah-williams-playing-the-game-her-way-by-yolanda-spivey/ |archive-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |website=www.affluentworld.net |accessdate=November 3, 2015}}
• [http://www.insidehoops.com/wnba/wnba-draft-history.shtml WNBA Draft History]

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