Ticha Penicheiro

Ticha Penicheiro (born Patr?cia Nunes Penicheiro September 18, 1974 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal) is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association. She currently plays for the Sacramento Monarchs.

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Penicheiro has played for professional clubs since her young teens, although she did not play professionally at senior level until after she starred in U.S. college basketball at Old Dominion University. She is a member of Portugal's national women's basketball team. In 1998, she joined the Monarchs as a rookie, finishing third in the WNBA Rookie of the Year award voting. She is a four-time WNBA All-Star player. She has tied the WNBA's record with 16 assists in one game twice already. In 1999, she was selected as a WNBA first team player. This was also the year she set her WNBA high in points, with 27 against the Minnesota Lynx. In 2001, she was selected as a member of the WNBA's second team.

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Penicheiro has a brother who plays professionally in the Portuguese basketball league and who, according to her, is a very good basketball player too.

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She had, as of June 19, 2003, 1,027 career points in the WNBA; for an average of 6.8 per game, 1,121 assists; for a total of 7.5 per game, 615 rebounds; for a total of 4.1 per game, and 322 steals, for a total of 2.15 per game.

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