Reshea Bristol
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
|name = Reshea Bristol
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|02|10}}
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|nationality = American
|height_cm = 178
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|high_school = Omaha Bryan
(Bellevue, Nebraska)
|college = Arizona (1996–2001)
|career_start = 2001
|career_end = 2017
|career_number = 10
|career_position = Guard / forward
|draft_league = WNBA
|draft_year = 2001
|draft_round = 4
|draft_pick = 50
|draft_team = Charlotte Sting
|coach_start = 2012
|coach_end=
|years1 = 2001 |team1 = Charlotte Sting
|years2 = 2001–2002 |team2 = Dynamo
|years3 = 2003-2004 |team3 = Telekomas
|years4 = 2004–2005 |team4 = Keflavík
|years5 = 2006-2007 |team5 = Pully
|years6 = 2007–2009 |team6 = B. Burhaniye Belediye
|years7 = 2009–2010 |team7 = VSPrague
|years8 = 2011 |team8 = Pabellon Ourense
|years9 = 2014-2017 |team9 = Nebraska Strikers
|cyears1 = 2018–present |cteam1 = Nebraska Christian (assistant)
|highlights =
- Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year (2005)
- Icelandic champion (2005)
- Icelandic Company Cup (2004)
- Icelandic Super Cup (2005)
- 2× Úrvalsdeild assist leader (2005, 2006)
- 2× Úrvalsdeild steals leader (2005, 2006)
- Turkish All-Star (2008)
- All Pac-10 (2001)
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Reshea LaNette Bristol (born February 10, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. After starting her career in the WNBA with the Charlotte Sting in 2001, she went on to play fourteen years in Russia, Lithuania, Iceland, Switzerland, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Spain, and Stateside.{{cite news |author1=Marjie Ducey |title=Former Bryan star launching Omaha pro women’s team |url=https://www.omaha.com/sports/former-bryan-star-launching-omaha-pro-women-s-team/article_4cfecd7f-8020-50eb-83f4-222c308a22b7.html |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=27 April 2014}}
College career
Bristol played college basketball for the University of Arizona{{cite news |author1=PJ Brown |title=Twenty years later, Arizona Wildcats remember 'the best team I've played on' |url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/twenty-years-later-arizona-wildcats-remember-the-best-team-i/article_56abb2c5-7f62-5ae5-892e-daf21b01a206.html |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=3 February 2018}} from 1996 to 2001. She finished her Arizona career in the No. 5 spot on the UA all-time scoring list, with 1,260 points.{{cite news |title=Wildcat Basketball Player Drafted By WNBA Team |url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2001/4/20/207917565.aspx |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Arizona Wildcats |date=20 April 2001}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
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==Regular season==
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{{NBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 1998-99
|Arizona |28 |311 |37.5% |21.7% |70.7% |4.4 |3.3 |2.7 |0.2 |11.1 |
| 1999-00
|Arizona |28 |240 |38.4% |30.2% |78.1% |3.6 |3.1 |2.0 |0.1 |8.6 |
| 2000-01
|Arizona |32 |498 |41.2% |34.0% |71.6% |4.8 |7.6 |3.0 |0.4 |15.6 |
| Career
| |88 |1049 |39.5% |30.9% |72.7% |4.3 |4.8 |2.6 |0.3 |11.9 |
Professional career
Bristol was drafted by the Charlotte Sting with the 50th pick in the 2001 WNBA draft. She played for Dynamo in Moscow during the 2001-02 season.
In 2004, she signed with Keflavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.{{cite news |title=Kaninn klár í keflavík |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3735192 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=24 August 2004 |page=22 |language=Icelandic}} On 27 November 2004, she helped Keflavík win the Icelandic Company Cup after defeating ÍS in the Cup finals.{{cite news |title=Þriðji sigurinn í röð hjá Keflavíkurstúlkum |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3739087 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=28 November 2004 |page=26 |language=Icelandic}} In January 2005, she left the team due to a family emergency and missed the rest of the season.{{cite news |title=Bristol á förum frá Keflavík |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3649738 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=11 January 2005 |page=B4 |language=Icelandic}} Despite an early exit, Bristol lead the league in assists, steals and three point percent{{cite news |author1=Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson |title=Helena og Sigurður útnefnd leikmenn ársins |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3658654 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=21 April 2005 |page=C4 |language=Icelandic}} and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year at the end of the season. She returned to Keflavík for the 2005–2006 season.{{cite news |title=Bristol aftur í Keflavík |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3672527 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=31 August 2005 |page=C3 |language=Icelandic}} In October 2005, she helped Keflavík win the annual Icelandic Super Cup after posting 14 points and 13 steals in a victory against Haukar.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Keflavíkurliðið óstöðvandi með Bristol innanborðs |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5532994 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=11 October 2005 |page=21 |language=Icelandic}} On 30 October 2005, Keflavík lost its first game with Bristol as a player. It had previously won all 22 games she had played in since 2004.{{cite news |title=Í fyrsta sinn í tapliði á ísland |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5537291 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=1 November 2005 |language=Icelandic}} In December 2005, Bristol left the club.{{cite news |title=Bristol látin fara |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3878141 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=28 December 2005 |page=28 |language=Icelandic}} Despite another early exit, she again led the league in assists and steals.
After spending the 2009-10 season with VS Prague in the Czech Women's Basketball League, she signed with Pabellon Ourense of the Spanish Liga Femenina 2 in January 2011.{{cite news |title=El Pabellón elige a la base norteamericana Reshea Bristol |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourense/2011/01/04/pabellon-elige-base-norteamericana-reshea-bristol/0003_8944226.htm |accessdate=1 May 2020 |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=4 January 2011 |language=Spanish}} In 15 games, she averaged 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds.
References
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External links
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/b/bristre01w.html WNBA statistics] at Basketball-Reference
- [http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=536370&c=1841142&med=0 Spanish league statistics] at competiciones.feb.es
- {{Eurobasket.com player|84215}}
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Category:Arizona Wildcats women's basketball players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Charlotte Sting players