Markeisha Gatling (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for AZS UMCS Lublin of Polish Basket Liga Kobiet.
College career Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years.Markeisha Gatling fills big need for Sky – Chicago Tribune
Professional career WNBA Gatling was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. Gatling averaged 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 2014, her rookie year with the Sky.WNBA.com: Markeisha Gatling Playerfile Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the Seattle Storm. During the 2015 season, she averaged a career-high in scoring. In the 2016 season, Gatling was waived by the Storm after 11 games played and the signed with the Atlanta Dream. In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract. In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream.
Overseas On 8 January 2015, she joined Artego Bydgoszcz in the Polish league. In the 2015–16 WNBA off-season, Gatling played in Korea for Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds. In August 2016, she signed a short-term deal with Beşiktaş JK of the Turkish League for the 2016-17 season. In 2018–19, she played in France for Basket Landes. In 2019–20 she played in Italy. In 2022, she returned to Casademont Zaragoza, with whom she won the Copa de la Reina title in 2023. At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza.
She announced her retirement in May 2023, but on 30 May 2024, she returned to active basketball and rejoined Casademont Zaragoza in the Spanish Liga Femenina.
Career statistics + 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 TO Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I WNBA Regular season
| align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Chicago |29||1||11.0||64.8||0.0||72.7||2.4||0.0||0.1||0.4||0.7||3.7 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Seattle |25||4||13.7||49.5||0.0||86.8||3.7||0.3||0.4||0.6||1.0||5.3 |- | align="left" rowspan=2 | 2016 | align="left" | Seattle |11||0||5.8||52.9||0.0||100.0||0.8||0.1||0.1||0.3||0.9||2.3 |- | align="left" | Atlanta |16||2||10.5||44.7||0.0||88.9||2.4||0.4||0.3||0.3||0.6||2.6 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams |81||7||11.0||53.7||0.0||84.2||2.6||0.2||0.2||0.4||0.8||3.8
Playoffs
| align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Chicago |5||0||4.2||60.0||0.0||0.0||0.6||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.2 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Atlanta |2||0||7.0||0.0||0.0||75.0||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0||1.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams |7||0||5.0||60.0||0.0||75.0||0.6||0.0||0.0||0.1||0.0||1.3
College
| style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13 | style="text-align:left;" | NC State |34||30||23.5||57.7||0.0||69.4||6.3||0.2||0.6||0.9||2.2||9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;" | NC State |32||32||27.5||bgcolor=#cfecec|66.3*||0.0||74.2||7.2||1.3||0.7||1.1||1.9||17.4
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career |66||62||25.||62.8||0.0||72.4||6.7||0.7||0.7||1.0||2.1||13.4 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.
References
External links NC State profile Q&A – Swish Appeal