Katherine Plouffe

Katherine Plouffe

BC ICIM Arad
Position	Power forward
League	Liga Națională
Personal information
Born	September 15, 1992 Edmonton, Alberta
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Harry Ainlay (Edmonton, Alberta)
College	Marquette (2010–2014)
WNBA draft	2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Medals Women's basketball Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team

Katherine Plouffe (born September 15, 1992) is a Canadian basketball player for BC ICIM Arad and the Canadian national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.^[1]

She is the daughter of Laurie and Daryl Plouffe. She has four siblings; her twin sister, Michelle, played basketball for the University of Utah located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and her older sister, Andrea, played basketball at the University of Washington located in Seattle, Washington.

Early years

Plouffe first started playing basketball in the second grade. She had older siblings who were often in the gym. She enjoyed being in the gym with her older siblings so she picked up the game at a young age.^[2]

Pam Am games 2015

Plouffe was a member of the Canada women's national basketball team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario July 10 to 26, 2015. Canada opened the preliminary rounds with an easy 101–38 win over Venezuela. The following day they beat Argentina 73–58. The final preliminary game was against Cuba; both teams were 2–0, so the winner would win the group. The game went down to the wire with Canada eking out a 71–68 win.^[3] Canada would face Brazil in the semifinal.

Everything seemed to go right in the semifinal game. Canada opened the game with an 11–2 run on seven consecutive points by Miranda Ayim. Miah-Marie Langlois contributed five assists. In the third quarter Canada strongly out rebounded Brazil and hit 69% of their field goals to score 33 points in the quarter. Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters. Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Kia Nurse and Kim Gaucher. Canada went on to win the game 91–63 to earn a spot in the gold-medal game against the USA.^[4]

The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA, in a sold out arena dominated by fans in red and white and waving the Canadian flag. The Canadian team, arm in arm, sang O Canada as the respective national anthems were played.

After trading baskets early the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians, spurred on by the home crowd cheering, fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, it was Canada's time to shine as they outscore the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73. It was Canada's first gold-medal in basketball in the Pan Am games. Nurse was the star for Canada with 33 points, hitting 11 of her 12 free-throw attempts in 10 of her 17 field-goal attempts including two of three three-pointers. Plouffe contributed two rebounds, one block and two points.^[5][6][7][8]

Marquette statistics

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[9]	SCHOOL	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010-11	Marquette	33	30	0.0	0.500	0.000	0.600	5.1	1.2	0.8	0.6	6.5
2011-12	Marquette	31	30	33.7	0.503	0.000	0.746	8.1	2.6	1.9	0.8	13.5
2012-13	Marquette	32	32	29.4	0.477	0.231	0.700	7.8	2.9	1.4	0.6	12.6
2013-14	Marquette	30	30	30.6	0.473	0.306	0.815	10.2	2.3	1.0	0.6	17.1
Total	Marquette	126	122	23.0	0.486	0.269	0.735	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.6	12.3

References

1. "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. DAVITS, EVAN (August 7, 2015). "Katherine Plouffe". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
3. "2015 Women's Pan American Games Schedule". USA Basketball. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
4. "WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TOPS BRAZIL 91-63 TO MOVE ON TO TORONTO 2015 FINAL". CANADA BASKETBALL. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
5. "U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81-73". USA Basketball. Jul 20, 2015. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
6. "U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81-73". USA Basketball. Jul 20, 2015. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
7. Caple, Jim. "Battle of UConn Hoops Stars Goes To Canada in Pan Am Final". ESPN. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
8. Smith, Doug (Jul 20, 2015). "Canada wins historic Pan Am women's basketball gold". Toronto Star. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
9. "KATHERINE PLOUFFE Bio" (PDF). Canada Basketball. Retrieved 2 Jul 2015.