who led the league in 3 point attempts in 1997

Ruthie Bolton attempted the most three-pointers per game in 1997 in her rookie season with 8.0 attempts per game.

Interpreted as:

Who led the league in 3 point attempts with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games in 1997?

	NAME	3PA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ruthie Bolton R. Bolton	8.0	1997	SAC	24	34.3	18.5	5.7	2.5	2.3	0.0	6.8	17.0	40.0	2.8	34.4	2.2	2.9	76.8	50.9	1.3	4.3	2.4	824	445	136	59	54	1	58	71	-100
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	5.7	1997	HOU	28	35.0	22.2	3.9	4.7	2.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.8	2.4	41.9	6.1	7.1	86.4	62.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	981	621	110	131	58	6	110	69	+161
3	Michele Timms M. Timms	5.3	1997	PHX	27	35.8	12.1	3.7	5.0	2.6	0.1	3.7	10.9	33.6	1.8	34.5	2.9	3.9	76.0	47.8	0.9	2.8	3.0	967	326	99	135	71	3	80	95	+156
4	Bridget Pettis B. Pettis	4.8	1997	PHX	28	30.0	12.6	3.8	2.8	1.8	0.4	3.8	11.4	33.4	1.5	30.6	3.5	3.9	89.8	47.9	1.3	2.5	2.9	839	352	107	78	49	11	82	57	+114
5	Sophia Witherspoon S. Witherspoon	4.5	1997	NYL	28	30.9	14.5	3.0	2.3	1.8	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.6	1.6	34.9	3.0	4.0	74.8	51.7	1.1	1.9	2.8	866	407	84	64	49	7	77	62	+81
6	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	3.8	1997	UTA	28	32.6	12.2	7.4	2.2	1.5	2.3	4.6	11.8	39.0	1.4	37.7	1.5	2.2	69.4	47.6	2.0	5.4	2.9	912	341	206	62	43	63	82	82	-182
7	Tammi Reiss T. Reiss	3.6	1997	UTA	28	29.6	7.8	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.1	2.6	8.3	31.5	1.1	29.7	1.5	2.0	76.4	42.5	1.0	1.7	2.2	829	218	77	87	23	2	61	57	-278
8	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	3.5	1997	HOU	28	31.7	13.2	6.5	1.1	0.7	1.0	4.8	11.3	42.1	1.3	37.4	2.4	2.9	83.8	52.7	2.4	4.1	2.2	888	370	183	32	20	28	61	106	+149
9	Kim Perrot K. Perrot	3.5	1997	HOU	28	24.8	5.8	2.7	3.0	2.5	0.1	2.1	5.8	36.2	1.0	28.3	0.5	1.3	40.5	44.9	0.6	2.1	2.3	694	161	75	85	69	2	65	53	+149
10	Eva Nemcova E. Nemcova	3.0	1997	CLE	28	33.7	13.7	3.9	2.4	1.4	0.3	4.9	10.4	47.3	1.3	43.5	2.5	3.0	85.5	58.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	944	384	110	67	39	8	78	53	+8
11	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	2.8	1997	CHA	28	36.1	15.7	5.5	4.4	1.5	0.8	6.3	14.1	44.7	0.9	32.5	2.1	3.2	67.4	50.4	1.7	3.8	3.5	1,012	439	155	124	43	21	99	55	+54
12	Nicole Levesque N. Levesque	2.4	1997	CHA	27	23.0	4.0	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.3	3.6	36.7	0.9	34.8	0.5	0.6	93.3	52.1	0.2	1.6	2.6	621	109	47	75	21	3	71	47	+16
13	Mikiko Hagiwara M. Hagiwara	2.3	1997	TOT	26	13.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.0	3.3	29.1	0.7	27.9	0.3	0.6	56.3	40.8	0.3	0.6	0.6	358	76	23	20	4	2	16	16	-43
14	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	2.3	1997	PHX	28	31.1	15.7	5.4	0.8	1.3	0.5	5.8	13.4	43.4	0.7	31.3	3.4	4.3	77.7	51.3	1.6	3.8	2.1	871	440	150	22	36	15	58	93	+71
15	Rebecca Lobo R. Lobo	2.3	1997	NYL	28	33.5	12.4	7.3	1.9	0.9	1.8	4.8	12.6	37.6	0.6	28.6	2.3	3.8	61.0	43.5	2.2	5.0	3.1	939	348	203	53	26	51	88	73	+77
16	Tora Suber T. Suber	2.1	1997	CHA	28	17.0	4.7	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	3.9	37.0	0.8	39.7	1.0	1.5	68.3	52.0	0.2	1.3	1.8	476	131	42	56	13	3	51	32	-34
17	Rhonda Blades R. Blades	1.9	1997	NYL	28	10.4	2.9	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	2.5	35.7	0.6	31.5	0.5	0.7	65.0	50.8	0.2	0.5	1.4	291	80	21	30	14	1	39	55	-49
18	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	1.9	1997	LAS	27	26.4	11.9	3.0	2.0	1.8	0.2	4.3	9.3	45.6	0.8	42.3	2.5	3.3	77.3	55.0	0.8	2.2	2.1	712	320	81	55	49	5	58	76	+117
19	Tiffany Woosley T. Woosley	1.9	1997	HOU	26	15.8	2.9	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.1	3.4	32.6	0.6	32.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	41.1	0.3	0.8	1.2	411	76	28	27	18	1	30	20	+15
20	Mwadi Mabika M. Mabika	1.8	1997	LAS	21	15.6	6.0	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	2.5	6.5	39.0	0.3	18.4	0.6	1.1	54.2	43.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	327	126	54	22	23	6	27	48	-44
21	Wendy Palmer W. Palmer	1.7	1997	UTA	28	33.3	15.8	8.0	1.7	1.7	0.2	5.6	15.0	37.4	0.4	25.0	4.2	6.2	67.6	44.6	2.7	5.3	2.5	933	443	225	48	47	6	71	86	-246
22	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1.6	1997	LAS	28	32.4	15.9	9.5	2.6	1.4	2.1	5.7	13.3	43.1	0.4	26.1	4.0	6.8	59.8	49.0	2.3	7.3	3.9	906	445	266	74	39	59	109	99	+95
23	Andrea Congreaves A. Congreaves	1.6	1997	CHA	28	23.6	6.7	4.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	2.3	4.5	50.0	0.6	40.9	1.5	2.0	76.8	62.1	1.4	3.3	1.1	661	187	133	41	16	5	31	52	+50
24	Bridgette Gordon B. Gordon	1.4	1997	SAC	28	35.0	13.0	4.9	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.8	11.1	43.4	0.4	27.5	3.0	3.8	78.5	51.0	2.4	2.5	3.0	981	365	136	77	40	9	83	56	-184
25	Laure Savasta L. Savasta	1.4	1997	SAC	14	11.1	2.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.8	3.2	24.4	0.3	20.0	0.5	0.6	77.8	33.7	0.1	0.4	1.5	155	33	7	12	4	1	21	15	-74

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