Nicole Enabosi
Nigerian-American basketball player
| No. 33 – MBK Ružomberok | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||
| League | SBE | |||||||||||
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| Born | (1997-03-26) March 26, 1997 (age 27) Gaithersburg (Maryland) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
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| High school | Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland) | |||||||||||
| College | Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | |||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2020: undrafted | |||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | |||||||||||
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| 2020-Present | MBK Ružomberok | |||||||||||
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Nicole Ehizele Enabosi (born 26 March 1997) in Gaithersburg (Maryland)[1] is a Nigerian-American basketball player. She plays for the Slovak side MBK Ružomberok and the Nigerian national team.[2][3][4]
High school
Enabosi attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)[5]
College career
Enabosi started playing for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in 2015–16 season, she averaged 8.9 PPG and 7.1 RPG in her freshman year.[6] In her sophomore year, she averaged 13.7 PPG and 10.0 RPG. In her 3rd year, she averaged 18.0PPG and 11.8 RPG.[7] She was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) player of the year for the 2017–18 season.[8][9]
Enabosi missed the 2018–19 season due to injury, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) and hurt her knee during the try outs with the Nigerian Women's basketball team preparations for the 2018 FIBA Women's World cup in Spain.[10][11]
Enabosi resumed playing for Delaware in the 2019–20 season as a graduate Student,[12] she was named in the CAA 2019 preseason All conference team[13] and she has been named the CCA player of the week twice.[14][15][16]
Delaware statistics
Source[17]
| YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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| 2015-16 | Delaware | 31 | 45.5% | – | 60.8% | 7.10 | 0.68 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 8.87 |
| 2016-17 | Delaware | 29 | 45.3% | 50.0% | 72.6% | 9.97 | 2.31 | 0.90 | 1.83 | 13.69 |
| 2017-18 | Delaware | 32 | 50.8% | 66.7% | 70.7% | 11.81 | 2.25 | 1.91 | 2.00 | 18.03 |
| 2018-19 | Delaware | Medical redshirt | ||||||||
| 2019-20 | Delaware | 25 | 53.2% | – | 67.6% | 8.40 | 2.12 | 0.84 | 1.64 | 17.08 |
| Career | 117 | 49.2% | 42.9% | 68.6% | 9.38 | 1.82 | 1.21 | 1.68 | 14.32 | |
| YEAR | Team | GP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | A | BK | ST | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Delaware | 31 | 91 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 153 | 220 | 21 | 33 | 39 | 275 |
| 2016-17 | Delaware | 29 | 121 | 267 | 1 | 2 | 154 | 212 | 289 | 67 | 26 | 53 | 397 |
| 2017-18 | Delaware | 32 | 202 | 398 | 2 | 3 | 171 | 242 | 378 | 72 | 61 | 64 | 577 |
| 2018-19 | Delaware | Medical redshirt | |||||||||||
| 2019-20 | Delaware | 25 | 151 | 284 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 185 | 210 | 53 | 21 | 41 | 427 |
| Career | 117 | 565 | 1149 | 3 | 7 | 543 | 792 | 1097 | 213 | 141 | 197 | 1676 | |
Professional career
Nicole declared for the 2020 WNBA Draft but went undrafted. In 2020, she joined the Slovak team MBK Ružomberok and help the team the retain the 2021 Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga.[18] She averaged 16 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in her first season at the club.[19]
References
- ^ "Nicole Enabosi". www.bluehens.com.
- ^ "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Meet Nicole Enabosi – TitansBasket – NBBF, Nigeria Basketball Federation". www.basketballnigeria.com.
- ^ "Nicole Enabosi Basketball Player Profile, High School, News, Career, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Nicole Enabosi, Good Counsel - High School Sports - The Washington Post". Img.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Sports, HERO. "Nicole Enabosi Stats - 2018 Player Rankings & Regular Season Stats". HERO Sports.
- ^ "Nicole Enabosi - Women's Basketball". University of Delaware Athletics.
- ^ "UD's Enabosi Headlines WBB Postseason Awards". caasports.com.
- ^ Tresolini, Kevin. "Double-double trouble: Enabosi named CAA's best". delawareonline.
- ^ "Nicole Enabosi to Miss 2018-19 Season Due to Injury". University of Delaware Athletics.
- ^ Tresolini, Kevin. "Delaware's Enabosi to miss basketball season after tearing ACL". delawareonline.
- ^ "The best source of youth basketball - Youthbasket". www.youthbasket.com.
- ^ "CAA Announces 2019-20 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Elon University Athletics. 21 March 2023.
- ^ "CAA Women's Basketball Awards - Dec. 2". caasports.com.
- ^ "Basketball | NCAA Women's | Team Stats - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Delaware Blue Hens Women's Basketball Roster". ESPN.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ^ "NICOLE ENABOSI BASKETBALL PROFILE". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "MBK RUZOMBEROK". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
