Destiny Slocum

Destiny Slocum
No. 24 – Basket Landes
PositionPoint guard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1997-09-09) September 9, 1997 (age 27)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolMountain View
(Meridian, Idaho)
College
WNBA draft2021: 2nd round, 14th overall pick
Selected by the Las Vegas Aces
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021Las Vegas Aces
2021–2022Kayseri Basketbol
2022Landerneau Bretagne Basket
2022Atlanta Dream
2022Botaş SK
2023Hatayspor
2023Toulouse MB
2023–2024Győr
2024–presentBasket Landes
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Destiny Slocum (born September 9, 1997) is an American basketball player for Basket Landes of the La Boulangère Wonderligue. She played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. She played in the WNBA for the Las Vegas Aces and the Atlanta Dream.

She was a 2016 McDonald's High School All-American[1] who played her Freshman year at the University of Maryland and was named WBCA Freshman of the Year.[2] She then transferred to Oregon State and was required to sit out a season per NCAA rules. Following the 2018–2019 season, she was named an honorable mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Associated Press.[3]

In April 2020, she announced that she was entering the Transfer Portal, planning to leave Oregon State. She has one year left of eligibility.[4] Later that month, Slocum, announced that she was transferring to Arkansas.[5]

Collegiate statistics

Source[6]

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
2016–17 Maryland 34 392 40.5% 37.4% 66.3% 3.0 6.0 1.3 0.1 11.5
2017–18 Oregon State Sat due to NCAA transfer rules
2018–19 Oregon State 34 525 45.6% 36.8% 72.0% 3.4 4.5 0.6 0.1 15.4
2019–20 Oregon State 32 477 44.8% 36.8% 78.9% 2.9 4.7 0.7 0.0 14.9
2020–21 Arkansas 27 406 48.3% 39.7% 71.4% 3.3 3.9 0.8 0.0 15.0
Career 127 1800 44.8% 37.5% 71.9% 3.1 4.8 0.8 0.1 14.2

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
2021 Las Vegas 21 0 6.3 .318 .333 .600 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.0
2022 Atlanta 3 0 13.7 .364 .333 .600 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.7
Career 2 years, 2 teams 24 0 7.3 .333 .333 .600 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.5

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 Las Vegas 3 0 4.3 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Career 1 year, 1 team 3 0 4.3 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7

References

  1. ^ "How to watch Mountain View's Slocum in McDonald's All-American Game". Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ "Destiny Slocum Is First WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Destiny Slocum – Women's Basketball". Oregon State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Oregon State guard Destiny Slocum enters NCAA transfer portal". sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. ^ "Razorbacks Add Slocum for 2020-21 Season". Arkansas Razorbacks. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  6. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.


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