Marlies Askamp

Marlies Askamp
Personal information
Born (1970-08-07) August 7, 1970 (age 54)
Dorsten, Germany
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career1997–2002
PositionCenter
Career history
19971999Phoenix Mercury
20002002Miami Sol
2002Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights and awards
Career WNBA statistics
Points1,030 (6.0 ppg)
Rebounds824 (4.8 rpg)
Blocks71 (0.4 bpg)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Marlies Askamp (born August 7, 1970 in Dorsten, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional basketball player. She was one of the original players to play in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Personal

As a youth, Askamp played basketball and competed in track until at age 16. She speaks German, English, and French.

Career highlights

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
1997 Phoenix 28 1 18.5 .393 .000 .763 5.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.6 7.5
1998 Phoenix 26 0 12.3 .471 .000 .661 3.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.9 5.3
1999 Phoenix 30 30 26.0 .482 .000 .816 7.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.2 9.4
2000 Miami 32 32 27.2 .407 .500 .684 7.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.5 7.8
2001 Miami 30 11 14.4 .483 .000 .563 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.5
2002* Miami 6 1 12.0 .400 .000 .273 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.8
2002* Los Angeles 20 4 10.8 .473 .000 .643 2.5 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.6 3.1
2002 Total 26 5 11.0 .462 .000 .480 2.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.8
Career 6 years, 3 teams 172 79 18.6 .440 .167 .711 4.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.1 6.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Phoenix 1 0 19.0 .333 .000 1.000 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
1998 Phoenix 5 0 7.2 .400 .000 .250 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.8
2002 Los Angeles 4 3 6.0 .000 .000 1.000 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Career 3 years, 2 teams 10 3 7.9 .286 .000 .727 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.0