Da'Love Woods (born September 7, 1982) is an American professional basketball player, in Europe. At 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) in height, she plays at the point guard position.

Da'Love Woods
Woods in uniform for BBV Leipzig
Personal information
Born (1982-09-07) September 7, 1982 (age 42)
Portland, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Listed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Mary's Academy
(Portland, Oregon)
CollegePortland
Colorado State
Playing career2007–2009
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2007ES Pully
2008BBV Leipzig
2008Cukierki ODRA Brzeg
Career highlights and awards
  • DBBL Guard of the Year (2008)
  • DBBL 1st Team (2008)
  • DBBL All-Imports Team (2008)
  • First Team All-WCC (2002)

College career

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Born in Portland, Oregon, Woods played college basketball at the University of Portland and Colorado State University. In 2001, as a freshman at the University of Portland, she broke the then West Coast Conference Tournament scoring record with 31 points. As a sophomore, Woods went on to become a 1st-Team all West Coast Conference player in 2002.

Professional playing career

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Woods began her European playing career in Switzerland for LNA club Esperance Sportive Pully in 2007. There she averaged 34.8 points per game.[1] In 2004 and 2005 Woods was invited to the training camp of the Colorado Chill of the National Women's Basketball League.

Woods most recently played in Germany's DBBL for BBV Leipzig during the 2007-2008 season. She earned several EuroBasket awards while playing for BBV Leipzig, which included DBBL Guard of the Year. Woods was also awarded 1st Team-DBBL and was a member of the DBBL All-Imports Team.[2] Woods finished the DBBL season as the league leader in points and assist, averaging 20.2 points per game and 6 assist per game.[3]

Professional career

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Woods is the owner of Deep Three Basketball which holds summer league basketball tournaments in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Woods also acts as the league director of the Portland Women's Summer League (PWSL), a venture of the Deep Three Basketball company.[4]

Career statistics

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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

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000–01 Portland 29 - - 44.8 0.0 57.7 3.9 3.8 1.6 0.0 - 9.7
2001–02 Portland 28 - - 40.9 29.9 65.6 3.6 4.4 2.0 0.0 - 14.5
Career 57 - - 42.5 27.4 61.9 3.8 4.1 1.8 0.0 - 12.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Basketballkorb kaufen im Fachhandel". www.basketballkorb-shop.com.
  2. ^ Eurobasket.com All-German DBBL Awards 2007-08
  3. ^ "L.B.M. Management Basket-ball agency - Client Detail". www.lbmyveslejeune.com.
  4. ^ "Basketball player creates a league of her own". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  5. ^ "Da'Love-Woods College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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