Stacey Lovelace
PositionForward
Height6 ft
Height in4
Weight lbs170
NationalityAmerican
Birth dateDecember 5, 1974 (age 51)
High schoolSt. Martin de Porres
(Detroit, Michigan)
CollegePurdue (1992–1996)
Draft leagueWNBA
Draft year2000
Draft roundassigned
Draft teamSeattle Storm
Career start2000
Years 12000–2001
Team 1Seattle Storm
Years 22004–2005
Team 2Minnesota Lynx
Years 32006
Team 3Chicago Sky
Years 42007
Team 4Washington Mystics
Years 52008
Team 5Detroit Shock
Years 62008
Team 6Atlanta Dream
Highlights

Stacey Lovelace (born December 5, 1974) is an American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.

Lovelace attended college at Purdue University and graduated in 1996. On May 2, 2000, she was assigned with the Indiana Fever later in 2000 Lovelace played with the Seattle Storm. She also had stints with the Minnesota Lynx, Chicago Sky, and the Washington Mystics.

On March 27, 2008, Lovelace signed with the Atlanta Dream. She was waived on July 8, 2008, and became a free agent. On July 11, Lovelace was signed by the Detroit Shock, however, on August 8 she was waived by the team. Lovelace was an assistant coach of the Tulsa Shock in 2013. She then was an assistant coach of the women's basketball team of the Oakland University from 2014 to 2016. She joined the NBA operations management training program in 2016 and worked as a player development specialist for the NBA G League from 2017 to 2022.[1] In September 2022, she became an assistant general manager for the Motor City Cruise.[2]

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | Seattle | 23 || 1 || 14.1 || .350 || .222 || .806 || 2.5 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.5 || 4.3 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | Seattle | 22 || 2 || 9.6 || .380 || .385 || .706 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 3.5 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Minnesota | 34 || 0 || 11.4 || .402 || .176 || .833 || 1.9 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 3.6 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Minnesota | 34 || 2 || 17.5 || .405 || .413 || .796 || 3.1 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 6.1 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Chicago | 34 || 6 || 18.5 || .415 || .302 || .786 || 4.0 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 1.6 || 7.4 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Washington | 9 || 0 || 11.7 || .429 || .286 || .500 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Atlanta | 15 || 7 || 17.2 || .404 || .417 || .692 || 3.6 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 1.2 || 6.1 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Detroit | 7 || 2 || 6.3 || .286 || .400 || .667 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 1.4 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 7 years, 6 teams | 178 || 20 || 14.3 || .398 || .346 || .770 || 2.7 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 5.0

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Minnesota | 2 || 0 || 8.5 || .500 || .000 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 1 team | 2 || 0 || 8.5 || .500 || .000 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 3.0

Purdue statistics

Source[3]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1992-93Purdue2422148.7%0.0%60.0%4.20.51.11.59.2
1993-94Purdue3438852.6%0.0%68.7%7.41.11.81.711.4
1994-95Purdue3245347.6%10.0%67.2%8.11.32.32.514.2
1995-96Purdue3046550.8%0.0%69.7%8.81.61.61.515.5
CareerPurdue120152750.0%6.7%67.2%7.31.21.71.812.7

USA Basketball

Lovelace-Tolbert competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1995 Jones Cup Team that won the Bronze in Taipei. Lovelace-Tolbert led the team in scoring, averaging 14.9 points per game.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Former WNBA Players Allison Feaster and Stacey Lovelace on the NBA's Basketball Operations Associate Program". NBA Global. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. ^ "5 questions for Dwane Casey on Pistons' media day". PistonPowered. 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. ^ "Purdue Media Guide". Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  4. ^ "1995 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.