Laure_Savasta

Laure Savasta

Laure Savasta

French basketball player

Laure Savasta (born March 18, 1974, in Marseille) is a French professional basketball player. She plays both point guard and shooting guard. She was, with Isabelle Fijalkowski, amongst the first French players to ever play in the WNBA. Savasta played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the WNBA and was a member of the French national team. She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team.

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Life

She was the captain and one of the key players of Tarbes GB, taking part to the French championship and European competitions. Now retired, she started a career of basketball coach and TV commentator, on Sport+, for women's basketball games.

She became the only female basketball coach for a professional basketball team in France when she was given the position at Tarbes Gespe Bigorre.[1]

Career

Seasons Team Country
1990–1993 INSEP  France
1993–1994 Cavigal Nice  France
1994–1997 Washington Huskies (Seattle, NCAA)  United States
1997 Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA)  United States
1997–1998 ASPTT Aix-en-Provence  France
1998–2000 US Valenciennes  France
2000–2008 Tarbes GB  France

Career statistics

Legend
  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

WNBA

Source[2]

Regular season

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Highlights

French national team

Club

References

  1. [1]
    "BASKET-BALL / DRÔME. N1M : Laure Savasta, une femme au chevet des hommes". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. [2]
    "Laure Savasta WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 March 2024.


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