Tiffany Mitchell (born September 23, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also currently plays for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Mitchell played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks, where she was a two-time SEC Player of the Year. After concluding her collegiate career, she was selected ninth overall in the 2016 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. During the WNBA off-seasons, Mitchell has played overseas in Russia, Turkey, Israel and Australia.
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No. 25 – Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
League | WNBA | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-09-23) September 23, 1994 (age 28) Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 152 lb (69 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Providence Day (Charlotte, North Carolina) | |||||||||||||
College | South Carolina (2012–2016) | |||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall | |||||||||||||
Selected by the Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2016–present | Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Nadezhda Orenburg | |||||||||||||
2018 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | OGM Ormanspor | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Elitzur Ramla | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Melbourne Boomers | |||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | ||||||||||||||
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Between 2012 and 2016, Mitchell played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. In 2014 and 2015, she was named the SEC Player of the Year.[1]
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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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2012–13 | South Carolina | 33 | 304 | 37.9 | 36.7 | 61.3 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 9.2 |
2013–14 | South Carolina | 34 | 527 | 49.3 | 54.1 | 79.3 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 15.5 |
2014–15 | South Carolina | 37 | 533 | 50.0 | 41.6 | 83.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.4 |
2015–16 | South Carolina | 35 | 521 | 41.5 | 33.9 | 81.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 14.9 |
Career | South Carolina | 139 | 1885 | 44.9 | 39.9 | 77.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 13.6 |
Mitchell was selected ninth overall in the 2016 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She scored a game-high 18 points for the Fever in her WNBA debut. She played all 34 games during the 2016 season and averaged 8.6 points per game, earning a place in the WNBA All-Rookie Team.[3] In 2021, she played her sixth season for the Fever.[4]
In her first WNBA off-season, Mitchell played for Nadezhda Orenburg of the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League during the 2016–17 season.[5]
Mitchell's next overseas stint came during the 2018–19 season. She started the season in Turkey with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor, later joining OGM Ormanspor in December 2018. She left OGM Ormanspor in January 2019 and in March 2019 joined Elitzur Ramla in Israel.[5]
Mitchell returned to Elitzur Ramla for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[5]
For the 2021–22 season, Mitchell moved to Australia to play for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[6] The Boomers won the WNBL title in that season, Mitchell scoring 16 points in the deciding game against Perth. [7]
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2016 | Indiana | 34 | 8 | 20.0 | .361 | .294 | .911 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.6 |
2017 | Indiana | 27 | 9 | 24.9 | .349 | .246 | .922 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
2018 | Indiana | 34 | 20 | 25.6 | .371 | .267 | .835 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
2019 | Indiana | 33 | 14 | 25.2 | .381 | .290 | .892 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
2020 | Indiana | 19 | 11 | 26.4 | .346 | .233 | .951 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 12.7 |
2021 | Indiana | 28 | 25 | 27.3 | .421 | .255 | .880 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 12.0 |
Career | 6 years, 1 team | 175 | 87 | 24.7 | .373 | .266 | .897 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2016 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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