Tiffany Mitchell (basketball)

Tiffany Mitchell (born September 23, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also currently plays for the Galatasaray of the Eurocup and Turkish Basketball Leagues. 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.

Tiffany Mitchell
Mitchell in 2019
No. 25 – Galatasaray
PositionShooting guard
LeagueWNBA
Turkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1994-09-23) September 23, 1994
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight169 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolProvidence Day
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeSouth Carolina (2012–2016)
WNBA draft2016: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2022Indiana Fever
2016–2017Nadezhda Orenburg
2018Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2018–2019OGM Ormanspor
2019–2021Elitzur Ramla
2021–2023Melbourne Boomers
2023–presentMinnesota Lynx
2023–presentGalatasaray
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Representing  United States
Basketball 3x3
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 RussiaWomen's

College career

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]

College statistics

Source[2]

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
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

Professional career

WNBA

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]

Overseas

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]

Melbourne Boomers

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]

Galatasaray

On 19 July 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[8]

WNBA 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

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016 Indiana 34820.0.361.294.9111.71.40.90.11.68.6
2017 Indiana 27924.9.349.246.9223.21.41.10.21.510.3
2018 Indiana 342025.6.371.267.8353.12.30.90.21.49.1
2019 Indiana 331425.2.381.290.8922.92.20.60.11.79.7
2020 Indiana 191126.4.346.233.9513.42.60.60.12.412.7
2021 Indiana 282527.3.421.255.8802.92.00.60.01.912.0
2022 Indiana 34816.3.451.387.8651.21.20.80.10.96.5
Career 7 years, 1 team 2099523.3.381.374.8952.51.80.80.11.69.6

Postseason
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016 Indiana 1010.0.200.000.0000.00.00.00.01.02.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 1010.0.200.000.0000.00.00.00.01.02.0

References
  1. "Tiffany Mitchell". gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  2. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  3. "Tiffany Mitchell". wnba.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. "Tiffany Mitchell 2021 Season Review". wnba.com. October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  5. "Tiffany Mitchell". australiabasket.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. "BOOMERS SIGN WNBA STAR TIFFANY MITCHELL". wnbl.basketball/melbourne. July 15, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  7. "Lynx Give It All But Boomers Win WNBL Championship". wnbl.basketball/melbourne. April 9, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  8. "Tiffany Mitchell Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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