American basketball player (born 1989)
Devereaux Peters (born October 8, 1989) is an American basketball forward with WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk of the Russian women's league .[ 1]
Career
Peters played at Notre Dame , where she was Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2012. She led a Notre Dame squad that finished second in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament .[ 2]
Peters made her WNBA debut on May 20, 2012, with the Minnesota Lynx , scoring 3 points and grabbing 4 rebounds in a win over the Phoenix Mercury .[ 3]
Peters quickly became the first power forward off the bench, and led the team in field goal percentage through sixteen games. In July, Peters broke a finger on her left hand, forcing her to miss three games.[ 4]
Peters would remain the primary backup in 2013, leading the Lynx in blocked shots. She played a key role in the Lynx's second WNBA championship , serving as a reliable defensive presence.
On February 2, 2016, Peters was traded to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Natasha Howard .[ 5]
On February 5, 2018, Peters signed a contract with the Washington Mystics .[ 6]
USA Basketball
Peters played on the team presenting the US at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China . The team, coached by Bill Fennelly , won all six games to earn the gold medal. Peters averaged 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.[ 7]
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
Year
Team
2012
Minnesota
30
2 14.1
.560 .000
.706
3.8
1.1
0.5
0.8
1.3
5.3
2013 †
Minnesota
34 2 18.6 .396
.000
.852
4.6 1.1
0.7
1.0 0.9
4.1
2014
Minnesota
28
0
18.0
.443
.000
.737
3.7
1.7 0.8 1.0 1.1
4.4
2015 †
Minnesota
33
0
14.6
.449
.375 .867 3.4
0.8
0.2
0.9
0.9
3.2
2016
Indiana
30
0
14.7
.549
.333
.556
3.0
0.7
0.4
0.6
0.6
5.2
2017
Phoenix
5
0
7.6
.333
.000
.000
1.6
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.4
1.6
Career
6 years, 3 teams
160
4
15.7
.474
.308
.738
3.6
1.1
0.5
0.8
0.9
4.3
Playoffs
Year
Team
2012
Minnesota
9
0
6.9
.417
.000
.667
1.8
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.7
1.3
2013 †
Minnesota
7
0
16.6 .542 .000
.500
3.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
3.9
2014
Minnesota
5
0
11.4
.455
.000
.000
2.2
0.2
0.6
0.2
1.2
2.0
2015 †
Minnesota
10 0
13.9
.531
.000
1.000 2.2
0.9
0.5
0.8
0.7
4.0
2017
Phoenix
2
0
6.5
.250
.000
.000
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
Career
5 years, 2 teams
33
0
11.7
.494
.000
.818
2.3
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
2.8
College statistics
Source[ 8]
Year
Team
GP
Points
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2007–08
Notre Dame
23
206
52.2
–
75.0
5.6
1.0
1.7
2.0
9.0
2008–09
Notre Dame
3
22
68.8
–
–
4.3
1.7
1.7
2.0
7.3
2009–10
Notre Dame
25
167
48.2
–
55.0
5.6
1.1
1.4
1.2
6.7
2010–11
Notre Dame
39
465
59.3
–
72.8
7.5
1.6
1.7
1.7
11.9
2011–12
Notre Dame
39
459
54.4
–
66.9
9.3
2.1
2.0
2.0
11.8
Career totals
Notre Dame
129
1319
55.0
0.0
67.3
7.3
1.6
1.7
1.8
10.2
References
^ "Minnesota Lynx take Devereaux Peters of Notre Dame in WNBA draft" . April 16, 2012.^ "WNBA.com: Draft 2012" . www.wnba.com .^ "Mercury vs. Lynx - WNBA Box Score - May 20, 2012" . ESPN .^ Augustoviz, Roman. "Lynx left behind will work on their skills" . Star Tribune . ^ "Fever Acquire Devereaux Peters In Sign-and-Trade" . Indiana Fever .^ Dull, Ben (February 5, 2018). "Washington Mystics sign Devereaux Peters, re-sign Asia Taylor" . summitthoops.com . Retrieved February 6, 2018 . ^ "Twenty-Sixth World University Games – 2011" . USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .^ "NCAA® Career Statistics" . web1.ncaa.org . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
