Free agent | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | December 31, 1991||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Dulles (Sugar Land, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
College |
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WNBA draft | 2013: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2013–2018 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2013 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Girne Üniversitesi | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Liaoning Eagles | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Napoli | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Çukurova Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Fujian Nanan | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Elitzur Holon | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Atenienses | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Antalya | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Villeneuve d'Ascq | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Kelsey Renée Bone (born December 31, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.[1]
College statistics
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 |
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2009-10 | South Carolina | 29 | 406 | 44.7% | 25.0% | 66.4% | 9.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 14.0 |
2010-11 | Texas A&M | Redshirt | |||||||||
2011-12 | Texas A&M | 35 | 417 | 52.0% | 0.0% | 59.6% | 6.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 11.9 |
2012-13 | Texas A&M | 35 | 582 | 56.6% | 100.0% | 64.1% | 9.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 16.6 |
Career | 99 | 1077 | 51.4% | 40.0% | 63.6% | 8.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
USA Basketball
Bone was selected to play in the USA Women's Youth Development Festival. Eligible players are female basketball players who are in their sophomore or junior in high school. The 2007 event took place at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.[4]
Bone was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was held in July 2008, when the USA team defeated host Argentina to win the championship.[5] Bone helped the team win all five games, starting all five games and scoring over ten points per game.[6]
Bone continued on to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009.[7] Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal.[8] Bone started all nine games and was the team's second highest scorer, with 12.3 points per game.
WNBA career statistics
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 |
Source[9]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2013 | New York | 34° | 2 | 19.5 | .460 | .000 | .632 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
2014 | Connecticut | 34° | 26 | 23.3 | .451 | .000 | .662 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 9.3 |
2015 | Connecticut | 34 | 33 | 28.3 | .508 | .000 | .622 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 15.0 |
2016 | Connecticut | 14° | 13 | 23.9 | .433 | .267 | .667 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 10.7 |
2016 | Phoenix | 20° | 0 | 9.7 | .388 | .000 | .700 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
2018 | Las Vegas | 32 | 10 | 10.8 | .500 | – | .500 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
Career | 168 | 84 | 19.6 | .470 | .167 | .634 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 8.1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2016 | Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.000 | – | – | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Personal life
Bone's younger half-brother, Donovan Williams, plays basketball at UNLV.[10]
References
- ^ "Las Vegas Acquires All-Star Kelsey Bone From Phoenix Mercury". WNBA.com. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "South Carolina Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ "SA WOMEN'S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FESTIVAL -- 2007". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "USA Women's U18 National Team Rolls Through FIBA Americas Championship Undefeated With 81-37 Victory Over Host Argentina". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "United States". USA Basketball. July 27, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "U19 World's Championship for women Thailand". FIBA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "USA U19 Women Golden With 87-71 Victory Over Spain". USA Basketball. August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "Kelsey Bone WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- ^ Hatfield, Jenn (December 7, 2019). "Having a sister in the WNBA inspires not one, but two Texas men's basketball players". High Post Hoops. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Houston
- Centers (basketball)
- Connecticut Sun players
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- Las Vegas Aces players
- Liaoning Flying Eagles players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- New York Liberty draft picks
- New York Liberty players
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- Phoenix Mercury players
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball players
- Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball players
- WNBA All-Stars
- 21st-century American sportswomen