Laeticia Amihere
Canadian basketball player
 Amihere with South Carolina in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 – Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (2001-07-10) July 10, 2001 (age 22) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | King's Christian Collegiate (Oakville, Ontario) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | South Carolina (2019–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2023: 1st round, 8th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023-present | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Laeticia Amihere (born July 10, 2001) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her father is from the West African country of Ghana, while her mother hails from Ivory Coast. She played college basketball at South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[1]
Career
Amihere has won gold at the 2015 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women as part of the junior team, and then bronze at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[1] Amihere is currently playing with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team.[2]
In July 2021, Amihere was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[3][4]
On April 3, 2022, Amihere became an NCAA national champion. The South Carolina Gamecocks beat the University of Connecticut to win their second national title, the first since 2017, with a score of 64 to 49.
Career statistics
| 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 |
WNBA regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2023 | Atlanta | 20 | 0 | 7.4 | .405 | .000 | .537 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 20 | 0 | 7.4 | .405 | .000 | .537 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
WNBA playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2023 | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
References
- ^ a b "Laeticia Amihere". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (30 June 2021). "South Carolina's Laeticia Amihere, Minnesota Lynx tandem among those named to Canada's Olympic women's basketball team". www.espn.com/. ESPN. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 women's basketball team announced". www.basketball.ca/. Basketball Canada. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (29 June 2021). "Team Canada's women's basketball squad ready to shoot for Olympic podium". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
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