Joanne McCarthy is former female professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. She set the University of Illinois-Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...

 career scoring

Point (basketball)

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 and assists

Assist (basketball)

In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist...

 records in 1997. These records still both stood as of 2007. She was drafted with the first pick of the fifth round of the 1998 American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1996-1998)

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 draft by the Chicago Condors

Chicago Condors

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. She played for the Condors during the 1998 season. She is the third of four sisters Lynette, Jenny

Jenny McCarthy

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and...

, Amy as well as the cousin of Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy is an American actress and comedian.From 2000 to 2007, she portrayed Sookie St. James on the The WB television series Gilmore Girls. From 2007 to 2009, she portrayed Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? She currently stars in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, for which she...

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