Trena Trice-Hill

Trena Trice-Hill (born August 4, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player for the New York Liberty and current assistant coach at Columbia University.

Trena Trice-Hill
Columbia Lions
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueIvy League
Personal information
Born (1965-08-04) August 4, 1965
Norfolk, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolDeep Creek (Chesapeake, Virginia)
CollegeNC State (1983–1987)
WNBA draft1997: 3rd round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
PositionPower forward / center
Number33
Career history
As player:
1997–1998New York Liberty
As coach:
2002–2004Hampton (assistant)
2004–2009NC State (assistant)
2009–2010Shaw University (assistant)
2010–2012VCU (assistant)
2012–2015Norfolk State (assistant)
2015–presentColumbia (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (1986, 1987)
  • ACC All-Freshman team (1984)
  • No. 15 retired at NC State
Medals
Women's Basketball
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place1985 TaipeiTeam Competition

College

Trice played basketball at NC State from 1983 to 1987, where she averaged 15.1 ppg and 8.4 rbg. She helped lead the Wolfpack to Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament titles in 1985 and 1987 and an ACC regular season title in 1985. She retired sixth all-time in scoring (1,761), fourth all-time in rebounding (984), and second in blocks (184). She holds the record for the highest field goal percentage for a career (58.5%).

WNBA Career

Trice-Hill was selected in the 3rd round (22nd overall pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 67 - 57 win over the Los Angeles Sparks where she recorded 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal in the victory.[1] The Liberty would finish the season 17 - 10 with Trice-Hill averaging 4.8 points and 2.4 rebounds. The team reached the WNBA Finals, but would unfortunately lose to the Houston Comets 65 - 51.

She returned to the Liberty for her second season but would miss 10 games after being placed on the team's injured list on June 23, 1998. She was removed from the injured list on July 14 and played her first game back the next day on July 15.[2] She struggled in her return game, playing for 12 minutes and only recording 1 rebound along with no points (0 - 2 FG), 1 foul and 1 turnover in a 65 - 72 loss to the Utah Starzz.[3]

Trice-Hill would play sporadically throughout the rest of the season, playing in just 4 of the Liberty's 14 remaining season games after July 15 (missing the team's last 5 games of the season completely). In those 4 games, she played a total of 21 minutes, scored 9 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. The fourth game of that stretch, played on August 8, 1998, ended up being Trice-Hill's final WNBA game ever. In her last game, she recorded 1 point and 1 rebound as the Liberty defeated the Sparks 80 - 62.[4]

Trice-Hill finished her WNBA career playing all 38 of her games as a member of the Liberty, and averaged 4.1 points and 2.3 rebounds on 53% FG shooting.

Personal life

Hill graduate with a degree in SpeechCommunications from NC State. She has a daughter.[5]

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

College

Source[6]

Year Team GP Points FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1983–84 NC State 26 204 53.2% 58.0% 5.6 0.2 0.5 1.0 7.8
1984–85 NC State 31 460 57.3% 64.8% 7.6 0.2 1.3 1.5 14.8
1985–86 NC State 29 537 60.4% 69.5% 9.7 0.6 1.4 1.8 18.5
1986–87 NC State 31 566 59.6% 62.5% 10.4 0.5 1.3 1.8 18.3
Total 117 1761 58.5% 64.3% 8.4 0.4 1.2 1.6 15.1

WNBA

Source[7]

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 New York 28012.1.554.250.6672.4.1.3.31.44.8
1998 New York 1007.7.412–.6361.8.1.0.3.72.1
Career 2 years, 2 teams 38011.0.532.250.6612.3.1.2.31.24.1

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 New York 208.0.800–1.0001.0.0.5.51.04.5

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210LAS.html
  2. https://liberty.wnba.com/new-york-liberty-1998-season/
  3. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199807150CHA.html
  4. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199808080NYL.html
  5. "Former Wolfpack Standout Trena Trice-Hill Named Wolfpack Assistant". NC State University. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  6. "NC State Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  7. "Trena Trice WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.


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