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Te'a Omari Cooper (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for the Los Angeles Sparks . She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears, South Carolina Gamecocks, and the Tennessee Volunteers.[1][2]

Te'a Cooper

Free agent
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1997-04-16) April 16, 1997 (age 25) Newark, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	McEachern (Powder Springs, Georgia)
College	Tennessee (2015–2017) South Carolina (2017–2019) Baylor (2019–2020)
WNBA draft	2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–2021	Los Angeles Sparks

High school career

Cooper played high school basketball for McEachern High School.[3] In her freshman year, McEachern High School was undefeated as they finished 33–0. She shot 65 percent from the field. She won three Georgia 6A State titles in 2012, 2014 and 2015, and she was the co-MVP of the 2015 McDonald's All-America game.

Professional career

On April 17, 2020, the Phoenix Mercury selected Cooper as the 18th pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft.[4][5] Due to the global pandemic from COVID-19, Phoenix Mercury were forced to cut some of their players from the team in May 2020, including Te'a Cooper.[6] The Los Angeles Sparks team took this as an opportunity to transfer some of the Phoenix Mercury players to play for them, and Cooper was picked to play as a point guard.[6] From her previous college 3-point range (56-of-135 for 41.5%), can prove to the Sparks coach, Derek Fisher, how well of a point guard and shooter she can provide for his team, despite her being a rookie.[6] Cooper continues to gain experience and skills from the other players in the Los Angeles Sparks team.[6] Cooper's current average for about 17 minutes in a game consists of making around 7.3 points and having about 2 assists.[7] On August 13, 2020, the Los Angeles Sparks played against the Washington Mystics, leading Cooper to have one of her best games of the season with 10 points (5-of-6 shooting) with 3 assists, all within 19 minutes of playing time.[8]

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 high	°	League leader

WNBA record

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020	Los Angeles	20	3	17.0	.451	.344	.765	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.5	7.0
2021	Los Angeles	28	11	21.0	.349	.306	.779	1.8	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.8	8.0
Career		48	14	19.4	.384	.319	.799	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.6	7.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020	Los Angeles	1	0	21.0	.250	.500	.000	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0
Career		1	0	21.0	.250	.500	.000	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0

College

Source[9]

Legend

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
2015-16	Tennessee	36	311	36.9%	26.0%	72.2%	1.9	2.1	1.2	-	8.6
2015-16	South Carolina	Sat due to NCAA transfer rules[10]
2016-17	South Carolina	Medical redshirt[10]
2018-19	South Carolina	30	357	42.9%	28.9%	76.2%	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.3	11.9
2019-20	Baylor	30	408	43.8%	41.5%	73.0%	2.3	4.6	1.9	0.1	13.6
Career		96	1076	41.2%	33.2%	74.1%	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.1	11.2

Personal life

Te'a Cooper is the daughter of Omar and Kindall Cooper. She has three siblings: Mia (Imani) and twins Sharife and Omar. Sharife was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in 2021.

Te'a dated Dwight Howard and the pair became engaged in 2019. In 2021, Cooper and Howard parted ways. Cooper is currently dating New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara. [11]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Te'a Cooper

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[ru] Купер, Тиа

Тиа Омари Купер (англ. Te'a Omari Cooper; родилась 16 апреля 1997 года в Монтклэре, штат Нью-Джерси, США) — американская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступающая в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации за команду «Лос-Анджелес Спаркс». Была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 2020 года во втором раунде под восемнадцатым номером клубом «Финикс Меркури». Играет на позиции разыгрывающего защитника.

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