Ify Ibekwe

Ify Ibekwe
Personal information
Born (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California, United States
NationalityNigerian / American
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight67 kg (148 lb)
Career information
High schoolNarbonne (Los Angeles, California)
CollegeArizona (2007–2011)
WNBA draft2011: 2nd round, 24th overall
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career2011–present
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Career history
2011Seattle Storm
2012CB Ciudad de Burgos
2013Ibaizabal Galdakao
2014–2019Spar Citylift Girona
2015–2016South East Queensland Stars
2017Los Angeles Sparks
2019–Virtus Eirene Ragusa
Career highlights and awards
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
  • 3x Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2009–2011)
  • 3x All Pac-12 (2009–2011)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2008)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2019 Senegal
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cameroon

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

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[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

Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (24th overall) by the Seattle Storm.[2]

National Team Career

Ify represents the Nigerian Women's National Team.[3][4]

WNBA career statistics

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ 2011 WNBA Draft board
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "FIBA AfroBasket: Nigeria's D'Tigress secure ticket to Women's Basketball World Cup". 25 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ Ify Ibekwe - Women's Basketball - University of Arizona Athletics


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