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IN 2001-02:
Tiffany Elmore completed her career at USC as a part-time starter, playing in 21 games and starting 13 as a senior... Her limited playing time was due to two injuries suffered during the season which kept her on the sideline for two early season games and seven conference games... She still finished the season fourth on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (4.3 rpg)... On Dec. 30 at Stanford, she became the 17th player in USC history to collect 1,000 career points (she had 19 points in the game and tied her career high with nine rebounds)... In her career she accounted for 1,082 career points... As a senior she also averaged a 44.6 field goal percentage, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game... She helped lead the squad to the second round of the WNIT... Had back-to-back outstanding performances when she collected 20 points against Nevada (Dec. 15), while shooting a career-high 75.0 percent from the field, then added another 20 points a week later against Oregon State (Dec. 20).
IN 2000-01:
Elmore made 19 starts and played in all 28 games as a junior... Averaged 9.0 points, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 3.4 rebounds per outing... Contributed double figures in scoring in nine games... Added 14 points and four steals, including a 77.8 percent (7-9) shooting effort at the line against UCSB (Nov. 24)... Returning to her hometown, she led with 20 points (8-14) against Sacramento State (Dec. 9)... Posted her second-consecutive 20+ point game when she led the team with 22 points against Pepperdine (Dec. 15)... Added a career-high seven assists against Washington State (Jan. 4) ... Fell one point and one rebound short of a double-double against Washington (Jan. 7) while leading the team with nine boards... Led with 13 points and added seven rebounds in win over UCLA (Feb. 10) ... Contributed a career-high six steals in addition to nine points against Arizona (Feb. 18).
IN 1999-00:
Elmore made 28 starts in 29 games played as a sophomore... She finished second on the team in scoring with a 10.6 points per game average and 76.4 shooting percentage at the line... She finished ninth in the Pac-10 hitting 81-of-106 free throws for the year... She also averaged 3.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game... Following an outstanding conference season, she earned 2000 All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors... Posted double figures in scoring in 17 games, including the final 9-of-11... She added 14 points and a career-best five assists against Baylor (Dec. 19)... The only game she missed was due to a sprained right ankle that she suffered during practice on Jan. 5 and did not play against Washington State (Jan. 7)... Added 13 points against Arizona State (Jan. 20) and tied a career-high with three blocks... Hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer against Oregon (Jan. 27)... Scored 20 points against UCLA (Feb. 12) and put the Trojans ahead for good on a jumper with 51 seconds left... Scored five points in the final minute to secure USC’s victory over Arizona State (Feb. 19)... Named Pac-10 Player of the Week (Feb. 21) after averaging 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals and an 81.8 shooting percent from the line in USC’s upset victories over the Wildcats and Sun Devils... Had a season-high 21 points and career-high five steals hitting five key free throws at the end of the game against Washington (Mar. 9)... Clinched USC’s victory over Washington State (Mar. 11) with a layup at 2:45 to put the Trojans up for good... She led with 16 points against the Cougars, scoring the final seven in the game... For the second straight year she was honored as the team’s Best Free Throw Shooter.
IN 1998-99:
As a freshman, Elmore made 25 starts and played in 27 games for the Women of Troy... Quickly making a name for herself in the Pac-10, she was the 13th highest scorer in the conference and the second-highest scorer on the team with an 11.9 average... She averaged 4.3 rebounds on the season... With her performance, she was honored as a Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention selection... Against California (Feb. 12), Elmore tied her career high in points (24) and added eight rebounds... She posted a career-high nine rebounds against UCLA (Feb. 20), along with 11 points and three assists... She recorded 24 points against Drake (Nov. 24), hitting 3-of-4 three-pointers... Against Washington (Jan. 30), she had 20 points and four rebounds... At the end of the season, she was named the team's 'Best Free Throw Shooter' by the coaching staff.
IN HIGH SCHOOL:
Elmore is a 1998 graduate of Florin High in Sacramento, Calif. ... A 1998 Street & Smith’s All-American honorable mention, Student Sports All-State first team selection and the Sacramento Bee’s all-area Player of the Year, she averaged 26 points and nine rebounds as a senior... She led Florin to its third consecutive Delta League title, earning her third-straight league MVP honor... With a 19.3 points per game average as a sophomore and 20.1 as a junior, she led Florin to a 39-game win streak in the Delta League... Florin won the Sac-Joaquin Section championship game in 1996 and 1997... In 1996 and 1997, she was named Student Sports All-State Underclass first team and All-Metro Area first team... Elmore was also a three-year letterwinner as a sprinter on the Florin track team.
PERSONAL:
Tiffany Elmore was born Nov. 7, 1980, in Morehead, Ky. ... The daughter of Byron and Constance Elmore, she has three sisters, Tori, Tameka and Latoshia, and one brother, Elijah... She is a sociology major who hopes to pursue a career in social work and youth counseling... She would like to continue playing basketball in the WNBA after graduation... In the summer of 1998, she held a one-day basketball camp for children in the Florin community called the Tiffany Elmore Basketball Clinic. “I want to give back to the places that helped me,” she said. “Kids want to look up to positive people, and they need to understand that hard work pays off, like it did for me.”
