Ilisha Keisha Marie Jarrett (born January 8, 1977) is an American retired professional basketball player.

Ilisha Jarrett
Trinos Göttingen
LeagueFIBA Women's Pro League
Personal information
Born (1977-01-08) January 8, 1977 (age 47)
Illinois, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
Playing career1996–present
Career history
1996–1998Mississippi State University
1998–2000University of Alabama in Huntsville
BK SGAU SamaraRonchetti Cup 2002
2003Korean Summer Basketball League
2004–2005Gospic Industrogradnja
2005–2006Siemens Poprad
2006–2008APS Siemens
Career highlights and awards
Croatian Basketball Cup Winner 2005
Trocal League Finalist 2005

Sports career

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Ilisha began her sports career in 1996 by playing for Mississippi State University and after five years, played in the FIBA professional women's basketball league. The 38-year-old American has played for Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Hungarian, Croatia and German clubs.[1] She is co-owner of the Dominican Republic basketball team Samana Gladiatores.[2]

Mississippi State and Alabama-Huntsville statistics

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Source[3]

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 Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Mississippi State 18 26 45.8% 0.0% 0.4% 1.3 0.1 0.3 1.4
1999-00 Mississippi State 4 7 66.7% 0.0% 60.0% 2.5 0.3 1.8
2000–01 Alabama-Huntsville 24 119 45.6% 45.6% 55.6% 5.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 5.0
Career 46 152 46.1% 45.6% 0.0% 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 3.3

Sexual assault incident

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Jarrett moved to Gospić in Lika, Croatia in September 2004 as a reinforcement to Croatia's best women's basketball team Gospić-Industrogradnja, which had placed in the top sixteen teams in the FIBA Cup the previous season.

In 2005, a Croatian businessman, Joso Mraović approached Jarrett in a hotel and sexually assaulted her. Initially, judge Branko Milanović ruled that it was not rape because Mraović "only put his finger inside her anus", so it was ruled that the "anus was not a sex organ, nor was the finger, otherwise any unsolicited handshake could be characterized as rape".[4] However, later in 2008, Mraović, then 58, was sentenced to three years in prison for battery, a physical delict per Croatian law.[5] A year later, judge Milanović was relieved of his duties.[6] The term "Lika-style handshake" (Croatian: ličko rukovanje, as a euphemism for anal fingering) became widespread in Croatia following the incident.[7] Mraović passed away in November 2020 due to COVID-19.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Novi dokumenti u gospickom skandalu: dramaticno svjedocenje silovane kosarkasice". Nacional. September 5, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Molly Quell (May 15, 2020). "Rights Court Backs Trial Where Public Access Took Back Seat". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Marina Biluš (December 26, 2005). "Dramatic testimony of the violated basketball player". Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "javno.com". Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  6. ^ Hina (July 8, 2009). "Razriješen sudac koji je izmislio 'ličko rukovanje'". Tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Portal 072info (November 10, 2020). "Od korone umro Joso Mraovic,osudjen za silovanje kosarkasice". 072info.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Arslani, Merita (November 9, 2020). "Preminuo Lički Tuđman, osuđen za silovanje košarkašice, poznat po presudi za 'ličko rukovanje'". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved March 21, 2021.