Ariel Massengale
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Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Ohio Valley Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Downers Grove, Illinois | 10 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook, Illinois) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Tennessee (2011–2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 29th overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2015–2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2017–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016 | Catz Lappeenranta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017–2019 | Ole Miss (graduate assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Lipscomb (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | SIU Edwardsville (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ariel Massengale (born 10 June 1993) is an American professional basketball player.
Career[]
College[]
Massengale played college basketball at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee for the Lady Volunteers.[1]
Tennessee statistics[]
Source[2]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
2011-12 | Tennessee | 33 | 245 | 38.7% | 33.3% | 77.6% | 2.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
2012-13 | Tennessee | 35 | 276 | 37.1% | 35.1% | 77.8% | 2.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
2013-14 | Tennessee | 19 | 238 | 38.5% | 38.3% | 83.8% | 3.2 | 5.8 | 1.4 | - | 12.5 |
2014-15 | Tennessee | 35 | 402 | 37.7% | 36.6% | 86.0% | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | - | 11.5 |
Career | 122 | 1161 | 37.9% | 36.0% | 81.2% | 2.6 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
WNBA[]
In the 2015 WNBA Draft, the Atlanta Dream selected Massengale in the third round as the twenty ninth pick overall.[3] Massengale sat out the 2015 season, to rehab a knee injury. In 2016, Massengale returned to the league and made her professional debut with the Dream. However soon after, Massengale was released by the Dream.[4]
Europe[]
Massengale headed to Europe, to play in Finland's Naisten Korisliiga with the Catz Lappeenranta for the 2016–17 season. After playing in twelve games, Massengale was released.[5]
National Team[]
Youth level[]
Massengale made her international debut at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Mexico.[6] She would then go on to represent the USA at both the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Cup and the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, taking home the gold on both occasions. At the Under-19 World Cup, she earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, alongside teammate Breanna Stewart.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Ariel Massengale - 2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster - University of Tennessee Athletics". utsports.com.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Pros now but Lady Vols for Life". swishappeal.com.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream release Ariel Massengale". knoxnews.com.
- ^ "Catz irtisanoi pelintekijänsä Ariel Massengalen". esaimaa.fi.
- ^ "Ariel MASSENGALE". archive.fiba.com.
- ^ "FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, headlines All-Tournament Team". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball players
- Atlanta Dream draft picks
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Guards (basketball)
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- People from Downers Grove, Illinois
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- Universiade gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade