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Nicky Anosike

Nicky Anosike
Personal information
Born (1986-02-27) February 27, 1986 (age 38)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Peter's (Staten Island, New York)
CollegeTennessee (2004–2008)
WNBA draft2008: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2008–present
PositionForward / center
Career history
2008–2010Minnesota Lynx
2011Washington Mystics
2012Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing USA
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Brazil Team Competition
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2005 U19 Tunis, Tunisia Team Competition

Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike (born February 27, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]

Personal

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Anosike was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Staten Island where she attended St. Peter's High School for Girls. Anosike was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored one point.[2] Her younger brother, O. D. Anosike, plays pro basketball for Scavolini Pesaro in Italy.[3]

College

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Anosike attended college at Tennessee and graduated in 2008. She had a cumulative GPA of 3.78 in her triple major studies in sociology/criminal justice, political science and legal studies.[4] She began playing during the 2008 season and last took the court during the 2012 campaign.[5] While at Tennessee, Anosike won back to back National Champions in 2007 and 2008. Anosike earned academic All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She was also on the Lady Vol honor roll and Tennessee Dean's List every semester of her collegiate career. She was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV third team in 2006 and to the first team in 2007 after a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester of 2006.[4] She was teammates with Candace Parker, Shannon Bobbitt, and Alexis Hornbuckle.

Tennessee statistics

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Source[6]

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
2004–05 Tennessee 35 233 36.8% 0.0% 65.7% 6.1 1.4 1.4 0.9 6.7
2005–06 Tennessee 36 255 51.0% 0.0% 71.2% 5.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 7.1
2006–07 Tennessee 37 278 42.7% 0.0% 60.0% 6.2 1.6 1.3 1.1 7.5
2007–08 Tennessee 38 333 45.6% 0.0% 62.5% 7.3 2.1 1.7 1.1 8.8
Career 146 1099 44.1% 0.0% 65.0% 6.3 1.7 1.5 1.1 7.5

USA Basketball

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Anosike was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2005 U19 World's Championship, held in Tunis, Tunisia, in July and August 2007.[7] Anosike averaged 11.4 points per game helping her team to a 7–0 record and a gold medal.[8]

Anosike played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.[9]

WNBA career

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Following her collegiate career she declared for the WNBA draft. Anosike was selected in the 2nd round with the 16th overall pick of the 2008 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx.[10] She was selected right after her college teammate Shannon Bobbitt who was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks where her other teammate Candace Parker will play. In Minnesota she started all the games for the Lynx[11] while the first round pick, Candice Wiggins, came off the bench also winning the 6th Woman of the Year Award. Anosike was selected to the 2009 West All Star Team as a reserve, along with former teammate Charde Houston. Anosike was traded to the Washington Mystics on April 9, 2011.On February 23, 2012, Anosike was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks.[12]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  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

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2008 Minnesota 34 34 27.1 .438 .000 .699 6.8 1.3 2.2 1.3 1.2 9.2
2009 Minnesota 30 29 29.9 .491 .250 .696 7.4 2.7 2.7 0.9 2.0 13.2
2010 Minnesota 31 30 29.9 .372 .000 .773 6.8 1.9 2.0 1.0 2.1 9.2
2011 Washington 34 29 27.2 .347 .000 .736 7.2 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.7 7.0
2012 Los Angeles 10 0 5.7 .250 .000 1.000 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0
Career 5 years, 3 teams 139 122 26.8 .415 .167 .725 6.6 1.7 1.9 1.0 1.7 8.9

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012 Los Angeles 3 0 6.3 .375 .000 .500 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.3
Career 1 year, 1 team 3 0 6.3 .375 .000 .500 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.3

Overseas

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Notes

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  1. ^ WNBA Player Profile
  2. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "O. D. Anosike Basketball Profile". EuroBasket. Sports IT. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Senior Class Award, Senior Class Award (2007–2008). "School University of Tennessee".
  5. ^ "Nkolika Anosike women's basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". statscrew.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "2005 FIBA Women's U19 World Championship". FIBA. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "SIXTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 2005". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "Fifteenth Pan American Games – 2007". USA Basketball. November 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  10. ^ "Minnesota Lynx Select Center Nicky Anosike and Forward Charde Houston in the 2008 WNBA Draft – OurSports Central". oursportscentral.com. April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  11. ^ Career Stats and Totals
  12. ^ "Washington Mystics Trade Nicky Anosike To L.A. Sparks For Natasha Lacy, Latoya Pringle". Swish Appeal. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster
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