Krista Phillips

{{short description|Canadian former basketball centre (born 1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Krista Phillips

| image = Krista Phillips.jpg

| caption = Phillips at the 2012 Summer Olympics

| position = Center

| number = 25

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6

| weight_lb =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|05|18}}

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| highschool = Aden Bowman Collegiate
(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

| college = Michigan (2006–2010)

| draft_year = 2010

| draft_league = WNBA

| career_start =

| highlights =

}}

Krista Lynn Phillips (born May 18, 1988) is a Canadian former basketball centre, who last played for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL.

Career

=Michigan Wolverines=

In her junior year at University of Michigan, Phillips earned her third varsity letter. She played in all 30 games with seven starts and averaged 18.9 minutes per game. She ranked second on the team in blocks with 28 (0.89 per game) and scored in double figures in six games. During the season, she posted her 100th career block; and became one of six Wolverines with 100-plus career blocks. At season’s end, she ranked 19th in the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 5.2 rebounds per game. Some of the highlights of her season included:

  • Tallied a season-high six blocks in the season-opener at Kentucky (November 15).[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=156448 Mgoblue.com]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}
  • Played a season-best 35 minutes against Texas A&M (November 20).[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=156966 Mgoblue.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204044548/http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=156966 |date=December 4, 2008 }}
  • Lone Wolverine to post double figure rebounds on the season with 10 against North Carolina State (December 5)[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=158450 Mgoblue.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217132432/http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=158450 |date=December 17, 2008 }} and 11 at Purdue (February 26).
  • She scored a season-high 16 points against Iowa (January 26).[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=163748 Mgoblue.com]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}
  • Was 5-of-5 from the floor against Penn State (February 9).[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=165646 Mgoblue.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215063835/http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=165646 |date=February 15, 2009 }}
  • Posted a season-high 11 rebounds against Purdue (February 26).[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/article.aspx?id=168156 Mgoblue.com]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}
  • Recorded Michigan’s lone double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against Purdue (February 26).

=Michigan statistics=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-09}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2006-07

|Michigan

|29

|231

|46.5%

|40.0%

|63.1%

|4.3

|0.3

|0.6

|1.3

|8.0

2007-08

|Michigan

|33

|341

|46.8%

|26.4%

|59.5%

|5.8

|1.0

|0.6

|1.4

|10.3

2008-09

|Michigan

|30

|176

|42.1%

|20.8%

|65.6%

|5.2

|1.0

|0.5

|1.0

|5.9

2009-10

|Michigan

|35

|342

|43.5%

|42.1%

|61.4%

|6.7

|1.2

|0.8

|1.8

|9.8

Career

|

|127

|1090

|44.9%

|32.9%

|61.8%

|5.6

|0.9

|0.6

|1.4

|8.6

=Team Canada=

  • She was a two-year member of Canada's Junior National Team (2005–06). At the 2006 FIBA Americas Under-18 World Championship Qualification Tournament in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was part of a silver medal winning team. At the tournament, she averaged 5.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in four games.
  • At the 2005 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Tunisia, she averaged 8.7 points, a team-high 7.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in seven games. She was an alternate on Canada's 2004 Junior National Team.

From 2001-2005, she was a four-year member of Team Saskatchewan. At the 2005 Canada Summer Games, she led Team Saskatchewan to a fifth-place finish.

  • Of note, she played with former Michigan Wolverine teammate Stephany Skrba on Canada's Junior National Team in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=2631&sid=1 |title=Basketball.ca |publisher=Basketball.ca |access-date=July 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165947/http://www.basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=2631&sid=1 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

=WNBL=

Phillips signed with the Dandenong Rangers of Australia's WNBL for the 2011/12 season. One of her teammates was LA Sparks guard Jenna O'Hea.

=Olympic Games=

Krista was part of Team Canada during the London 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/krista-phillips-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/krista-phillips-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Krista Phillips Bio, Stats, and Results|last=|first=|date=|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=1 August 2017}}

Career stats

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style="text-align:center; background:#121849; color:#f8e616;"

| Season

TeamGames PlayedGames StartedMinutesField GoalsThree PointsFree Throws'ReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints'
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""

| 2006-07

Michigan Wolverines292154786653126103717231
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| 2007-08

Michigan Wolverines33267261401447190344619341
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""

| 2008-09

Michigan Wolverines30756675521155293114176
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""

| 2009-10

Michigan Wolverines
[http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/playerbio.aspx?id=145904 Mgoblue.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528213008/http://www.mgoblue.com/basketball-w/playerbio.aspx?id=145904 |date=May 28, 2009 }}

Personal

Her sister Sara, was a junior on the University of Rhode Island's volleyball team.

References