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This day in women's basketball · September 16, 2003: the Los Angeles Sparks visited the Detroit Shock, in the WNBA playoffs. Detroit Shock 83, Los Angeles Sparks 78. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · September 16, 2010 · 2010 WNBA Finals, Game 3: The Seattle Storm beat the Atlanta Dream 87–84 in Game 3 to win the 2010 WNBA Finals 3–0.

Mercedes Russell

Center · 6′6″ 195 lb · Born 1995-07-27 in Springfield, OR · College: Tennessee 2013-14 to 2017-18 · 2018 WNBA draft, round 2, pick 10 (No. 22 overall) by New York Liberty

Seasons

14 (5 College · 9 WNBA)

Teams

5 (1 College · 4 WNBA)

Championships

WNBA 2018, WNBA 2020

NCAA tournaments

4

WNBA playoff seasons

5

NCAA College career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 30-second clock, arc 20 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2013-14	Tennessee	Fr	35	5	18.0	222	6.3	5.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.3	.596		.514	.587
2015-16	Tennessee	So	36	31	27.7	357	9.9	8.3	0.8	0.4	1.8	1.7	.548		.545	.552
2016-17	Tennessee	Jr	32	32	34.4	514	16.1	9.7	1.2	0.7	1.4	2.0	.562		.671	.589
2017-18	Tennessee	Sr	33	33	32.8	504	15.3	9.2	0.8	1.2	1.3	1.5	.583		.682	.603
Total	4 seasons		136	101	28.0	1,597	11.7	8.0	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.6	.570		.622	.584

On the roster (no figures on file): Tennessee 2014-15

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2013-14	Tennessee	Fr	3	0	17.9	16	5.3	5.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	0.7	.778		1.000	.804
2015-16	Tennessee	So	4	4	32.5	52	13.0	10.2	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.8	.686		.444	.662
2016-17	Tennessee	Jr	2	2	36.6	25	12.5	11.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	.471		.643	.529
2017-18	Tennessee	Sr	2	2	28.5	31	15.5	10.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	.520		.556	.529
Total	4 seasons		11	8	28.6	124	11.3	9.1	1.3	0.7	1.2	1.5	.605		.588	.607

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 24-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2018	Storm	22	0	4.7	35	1.6	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	.484		.500	.490
2018	Liberty	2	0	16.5	5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	.333		.750	.510
2019	Storm	34	30	25.6	254	7.5	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.9	.517		.646	.538
2020	Storm	22	2	13.9	78	3.5	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	.410		.560	.434
2021	Storm	30	28	24.7	220	7.3	6.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.2	.617		.766	.642
2022	Storm	5	0	10.8	10	2.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.4	.500		.667	.531
2023	Storm	37	13	19.0	185	5.0	4.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.5	.516	.000	.605	.528
2024	Storm	37	6	15.8	145	3.9	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	.517		.636	.534
2025	Sparks	20	0	8.2	34	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	.444		.714	.505
2026	Fever	5	0	6.8	8	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	.333		.750	.588
Total	9 seasons	214	79	16.8	974	4.6	3.7	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	.520	.000	.656	.542

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2018	Storm	1	0	4.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	Storm	2	2	32.0	23	11.5	8.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	.769		1.000	.797
2020	Storm	6	0	17.3	31	5.2	3.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	.619		1.000	.663
2021	Storm	1	1	45.0	10	10.0	12.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	.556			.556
2024	Storm	2	1	23.0	10	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	.500		1.000	.559
Total	5 seasons	12	4	21.9	74	6.2	5.6	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	.627		1.000	.664

WNBA advanced measures (as published by WNBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2026	Fever	5	.101	.613	.333	150.0	108.2	41.8	.108	.071	102.46	.029

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as WNBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.