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Trisha Nicole Dykstra (née Fallon; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian formerbasketball player in the AustralianWomen's National Basketball League and theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) of the United States. She also played with theAustralian national team during the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in1996, including as captain at the2004 Athens Olympics. Fallon started her career at age sixteen.
Fallon was selected by theMinnesota Lynx in the second round (19th pick overall) of the1999 WNBA draft. After the1999 WNBA season, she was traded to thePhoenix Mercury along withAdia Barnes andTonya Edwards in exchange forMarlies Askamp,Angela Aycock andKristi Harrower on 27 October 1999.
Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 inPort Douglas, Queensland.[1]
In 2010 Fallon was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.
She has remained involved with basketball in Australia having worked for the Sydney Uni Flames and now with theDandenong Rangers Basketball Association in Victoria. She is also the Team Manager for the Australian Opals.
Fallon had a decorated basketball career and played 224 games for Australia at junior and senior level including 34 games as the Opals Captain.
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 1999 | Minnesota | 26 | 0 | 10.8 | .300 | .353 | .742 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| 2001 | Phoenix | 31 | 16 | 27.1 | .490 | .405 | .815 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 10.4 |
| Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 57 | 16 | 19.7 | .445 | .389 | .792 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
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