Natasha Mack (born November 3, 1997) is an American-Montenegrin basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for Oklahoma State University and Angelina College in her native Lufkin, Texas before being drafted by the Chicago Sky in the 2021 WNBA draft.
Early life Mack was born in Lufkin, Texas. She played for Lufkin High School's basketball team. She was ranked as a four-star prospect after high school and was recruited to play at the University of Houston. However, she left the university shortly afterwards, after feeling burnout, a lack of fit with the team, and tensions at home. She returned to Lufkin and worked at a poultry plant, "shearing the wings off of chicken."
College career A year after graduating from high school and leaving Houston, Mack was recruited by Randy McKelvey, an assistant basketball coach at Angelina College, a local community college in Lufkin. She was initially reluctant to return to basketball, but agreed to do so a few days later. She was selected to a junior-college all-star event after her first season and was named a junior-college All-American and won the NJCAA Player of the Year Award after her sophomore season.
After her senior season, she was selected to the Big-12 All-Defensive Team First-Team and was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and WBCA Defensive Player of the Year.
Professional career Chicago Sky (2021) Mack was drafted in the second round of the 2021 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. She was waived by the Sky on May 13, 2021, but was re-signed by the team shortly afterwards on May 18. Mack went back and forth with signing Hardship Contracts with the Sky until ultimately being let go for the last time in June 2021.
Minnesota Lynx (2021) Mack signed a 7-day contract with the Lynx on July 6, 2021.
Phoenix Mercury (2024) After two years playing overseas in Poland, New Zealand and Turkey, Mack signed with the Phoenix Mercury for the 2024 WNBA season. On May 14, 2024, she earned her first WNBA career start in Mercury's opening loss at the Las Vegas Aces.
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 ° Led the league WNBA Regular season Stats current through end of 2025 season
| rowspan=2 align="left" | | align="left" | Chicago | 3 || 0 || 5.3 || .667 || — || 1.000 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 2.0 |- | align="left" | Minnesota | 1 || 0 || 2.0 || — || — || — || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | 2022 | colspan=13 align="center" | Did not play (waived) |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | 2023 | colspan=13 align="center" | Did not appear in league |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Phoenix |40||11||15.5||.573||.000||.579||5.0||1.1||0.7||1.2||0.7|| 3.8 |- | align="left" | 2025 | align="left" | Phoenix | 34 || 23 || 18.3 || .573 || .000 || .472 || 5.8 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 4.7 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 3 years, 3 teams | 78 || 34 || 16.2 || .574 || .000 || .526 || 5.1 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 4.1
Playoffs
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 2 || 0 || 13.0 || .636 ||—|| .000 || 3.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 7.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 11 || 11 || 14.0 || .556 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 2.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| 2 years, 1 team | 13 || 11 || 13.8|| .579 || .000 || .667 || 3.8 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 3.5
College + YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG2017–18Angelina College31682.580.333.66212.91.51.75.122.02018–19Angelina College33791.591.229.64511.62.31.65.524.02019–20Oklahoma State27476.516.125.67712.50.91.53.617.62020–21Oklahoma State28554.529.000.63412.41.82.04.019.8Career551,030.523.111.65312.41.41.93.818.7
References
External links
WNBA draft profile Oklahoma State player profile