Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower

Personal information
Born	(1988-04-06) April 6, 1988 Dallas, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Career information
High school	Seguin (Arlington, Texas)
College	LSU (2006–2010)
WNBA draft	2010: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career	2010–present
Position	Guard
Career history
2010–2014	Connecticut Sun
2017	Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Star (2013) 2x SEC All-Defensive Team (2009, 2010) 2x First-team All-SEC (2009, 2010) SEC Sixth Player of the Year (2008) SEC All-Freshman Team (2007) McDonald's All-American (2006)
Stats at WNBA.com

Allison Kina Hightower (born April 6, 1988) is an American professional women's basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA draft.

High school career

Hightower was born in Dallas, Texas was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2006 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored five points.

College career

Hightower attended Louisiana State University, where she was named all first-team Southeastern Conference (SEC) following her senior season. She was also named SEC All-Defensive Team following her junior (2009) and senior (2010) seasons.

College statistics

Source

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
2006–07	LSU	38	234	36.5%	31.8%	77.1%	2.3	1.6	0.9	0.6	6.2
2007–08	LSU	37	262	40.4%	37.4%	47.6%	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.5	7.1
2008–09	LSU	30	447	45.7%	18.6%	68.3%	4.3	3.0	1.9	1.2	14.9
2009–10	LSU	31	565	44.6%	39.8%	75.0%	3.5	1.9	2.0	0.4	18.2
Career		136	1508	42.6%	34.5%	70.7%	3.1	2.0	1.4	0.7	11.1

Professional

Highwater played in the WNBA 2010–2014, and in 2017. She was played in the European Basketball League and in the Israel Basketball league as part of the Israeli team Elitzur Ramla and won the champion, and Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.

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
2010	Connecticut	20	1	10.4	31.7	16.7	81.3	1.3	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.5	2.7
2011	Connecticut	25	2	9.2	33.9	22.2	75.0	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.0
2012	Connecticut	34	29	24.3	35.2	23.7	91.4	2.3	2.5	1.3	0.1	1.4	6.8
2013	Connecticut	21	21	32.0	42.4	36.4	70.0	3.1	3.0	1.1	0.3	1.5	12.8
2014	Connecticut	14	10	23.9	39.4	22.2	90.9	2.2	1.4	1.3	0.3	0.9	7.7
2017	Washington	11	0	13.2	36.2	20.0	87.5	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.4	4.7
Career	6 years, 2 teams	125	63	19.3	37.8	26.4	82.0	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.9	6.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2011	Connecticut	2	0	14.5	57.1	66.7	100.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	6.0
2012	Connecticut	5	5	26.6	37.5	30.0	85.7	3.8	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	7.8
2017	Washington	5	0	9.2	40.9	20.0	0.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	3.8
Career	3 years, 2 teams	12	5	17.3	40.6	33.3	88.9	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	5.8

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com 
• WNBA profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-07-28)
• LSU Lady Tigers bio Archived 2018-12-20 at the Wayback Machine