Sam to Raanana Hertzeliya
Safsal ,01/17/2009
Charde Houston's knee injury will keep her out of the courts for one more month. Raanana Hertzeliya is waiting on her recovery and has signed Sheri Sam for a month.


Raanana Hertzeliya will have to do without its best player, and the league's best player, for a while longer. Charde Houston, the league's top scorer with 27.8 points per game who ranks 4th in rebounds per game with 10.4 is still recovering from the injury she suffered a week before the cup 1/4 finals. In the meantime, Raanana Hertzeliya signed a temporary replacement.

Sheri Sam (34, 6'0) played in Ashdod last season, she joined the team in round 12 and played 11 games. She averaged 19.1 points (54.2% 2pt, 27.3% 3pt, 62.7% FT) and 7.0 rebounds in 34.7 minutes per game.

Sam started this season in Greece, but left after 9 rounds early in December. Sam started the season well with 30, 16 and 12 point games but in the remaining 5 games her scoring dropped to 4.2 per game as her minutes decreased. Over 8 games she averaged 9.8 points and 1.6 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game. In five Europe Cup game she registered 15.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in 34 minutes per game.

Sam won her 2nd WNBA Title this summer with Detroit, to go along with her 2004 championship ring with Seattle. She has played 10 seasons in the WNBA and over 300 games, her career average is 10.2 points per game.







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