Ify Ibekwe
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | 5 October 1989
Nationality | Nigerian / American |
Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Listed weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Narbonne (Los Angeles, California) |
College | Arizona (2007–2011) |
WNBA draft | 2011: 2nd round, 24th overall |
Selected by the Seattle Storm | |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Position | Small forward / power forward |
Career history | |
2011 | Seattle Storm |
2012 | CB Ciudad de Burgos |
2013 | Ibaizabal Galdakao |
2014–2019 | Spar Citylift Girona |
2015–2016 | South East Queensland Stars |
2017 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2019– | Virtus Eirene Ragusa |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Medals |
Ifunanya Debbie "Ify" Ibekwe (born 5 October 1989) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for the Virtus Eirene Ragusa and the Nigeria women's national team.
Arizona statistics
[edit]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[1] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007–08 | Arizona | 24 | 249 | 47.3 | – | 53.2 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 10.4 |
2008–09 | Arizona | 29 | 456 | 45.9 | 25.0 | 66.1 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 15.7 |
2009–10 | Arizona | 31 | 434 | 47.2 | 35.3 | 61.8 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 14.0 |
2010–11 | Arizona | 32 | 514 | 47.8 | 42.4 | 70.2 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 16.1 |
Career | Arizona | 116 | 1653 | 47.0 | 38.9 | 64.4 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 14.3 |
WNBA
[edit]Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (24th overall) by the Seattle Storm.[2]
National Team Career
[edit]Ify represents the Nigerian Women's National Team.[3][4]
WNBA career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Seattle | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
2017 | Los Angeles | 6 | 0 | 3.8 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 9 | 0 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Personal
[edit]Ibekwe is the daughter of Nigerian parents, Agatha and Augustine Ibekwe. She has two brothers who played college basketball, Onye Ibekwe played for Long Beach State and Ekene Ibekwe played for the University of Maryland. She also has one sister, Chinyere.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ 2011 WNBA Draft board
- ^ Alaka, Jide (25 September 2021). "FIBA AfroBasket: Nigeria's D'Tigress secure ticket to Women's Basketball World Cup". premiumtimesng.com. newsagency. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "FIBA AfroBasket: Nigeria's D'Tigress secure ticket to Women's Basketball World Cup". 25 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Ify Ibekwe - Women's Basketball - University of Arizona Athletics
External links
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Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in New Zealand
- American basketball players of Nigerian descent
- American women's basketball players
- Arizona Wildcats women's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Los Angeles Sparks players
- Nigerian women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Nigeria
- Sportspeople from Carson, California
- Basketball players from Los Angeles County, California
- Power forwards
- Seattle Storm draft picks
- Seattle Storm players
- Small forwards
- South East Queensland Stars players
- Nigerian people of African-American descent
- American emigrants to Nigeria
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- Narbonne High School alumni
- Nigeria women's national basketball team players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American women's basketball biography stubs