LaMurriel Page (born September 18, 1975) is a former American college and professional

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in the

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(WNBA) for eleven seasons. Page played

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for the

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, and was drafted in the first round of the 1998 WNBA Draft. She played professionally for the

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and the

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of the WNBA. Currently, she is an assistant women's basketball coach at Mississippi State.

Early years

Murriel Page was born in Louin, Mississippi in 1975. She attended Bay Springs High School in

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, where she led her Bay Springs high school basketball team to two state championships.

College career

Page accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's

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team. At the end of her Gators career, Page was ranked second all-time in points (1,915), rebounds (1,251), field goal percentage (.550), and free throws made (334). She graduated from the University of Florida with her bachelor's degree in 1998, and was later inducted into the

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as a "Gator Great" in 2009.

Florida statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Page competed with

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as a member of the 1997 Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal in

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. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. Page was the leading scorer for the team, averaging 14.7 points per game.

Professional career

Page was selected third overall in the first round of the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics, where she played for eight seasons. In March 2006, Page was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with

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in exchange for Nikki Teasley. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, she played in Spain with Mallorca. During the 2007–08 off-season she played with San Jose, also in Spain.

College coach

Following her retirement from professional basketball, Page worked as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators women's basketball team under head coach

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beginning with the 2010–11 season until 2016-17.GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball, Coaching & Support Staff
Murriel Page
. Page then served as an assistant coach at Central Michigan from 2017 to 2020 before joining the Georgia Tech staff in July 2020. In 2022 she joined Sam Purcell's staff at Mississippi State.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

External links

Murriel Page
– Official WNBA player profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Murriel 1975 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball coaches African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Spain American women's basketball players Basketball players from Mississippi Centers (basketball) Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball coaches Florida Gators women's basketball coaches Florida Gators women's basketball players Los Angeles Sparks players People from Jasper County, Mississippi Washington Mystics draft picks Washington Mystics players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women

Early years

College career

Florida statistics

USA Basketball

Professional career

College coach

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links