Evelyn Akhator

Evelyn Akhator
No. 45 – Besiktas
Position Power forward / Center
League Turkish Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1995-02-03) February 3, 1995
Lagos, Lagos State
Nationality Nigerian
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College
WNBA draft 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Dallas Wings
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017– 2018 Dallas Wings
2017-2018 WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
2018-present Besiktas
Medals
AfroBasket
2017 Mali

Evelyn Akhator (born February 3, 1995) is a Nigerian professional women's basketball forward/center. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft.[1] she plays for the Turkish side Besiktas.[2]

Kentucky statistics

Source[3]

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
2015-16 Kentucky 33 380 51.0% 100.0% 57.8% 9.2 0.7 1.1 1.0 11.5
2016-17 Kentucky 33 526 56.8% 0.0% 68.9% 10.8 1.0 1.4 0.9 15.9
Career 66 906 54.1% 33.3% 64.5% 10.0 0.8 1.2 0.9 13.7

WNBA Career

Evelyn was drafted as the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the dallas Wings. she played 15 games in her rookie season for the Dallas side[4] where she averaged 0.9 points per game, 0.2 blocks per game, 0.1 steal per game.[5]. she was waived by the Dallas Wings on May 13, 2018.[6]

International career

Evelyn Represents the Nigerian national basketball team. She made her first appearance for the team during the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket tournament in Mali.[7] Evelyn averaged 15.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during the tournament and also made the top 5 players list.[8]

Overseas Career

Akhator signed with the Russian side WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk in 2017. She averaged 12.4points and 8.5 rebounds per game.[9][10]

On August 22, 2018, Akhator signed with the Ukrainian Besiktas basketball team.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Evelyn Akhator". WNBA.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ https://www.fow24news.com/2018/08/dtigress-forward-evelyn-akhator-joins.html?m=1
  3. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  4. ↑ http://www.wnba.com/player/evelyn-akhator/
  5. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/a/akhatev01w.html#all_wnba_per_game
  6. ↑ http://wings.wnba.com/news/dallas-wings-waive-evelyn-akhator-and-ruth-hamblin/
  7. ↑ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/2017-afrobasket-akhator-urges-dtigress-remain-focused/
  8. ↑ http://www.fiba.basketball/news/top-10-players-from-fiba-women-s-afrobasket-2017
  9. ↑ https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/dtigress-forward-akhator-joins-besiktas-on-one-year-deal/
  10. ↑ https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/akhator-joins-dynamo-novosibirsk/
  11. ↑ https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/dtigress-forward-akhator-joins-besiktas-on-one-year-deal/
  12. ↑ https://www.fow24news.com/2018/08/dtigress-forward-evelyn-akhator-joins.html?m=1
  13. ↑ https://www.fow24news.com/2018/08/dtigress-forward-evelyn-akhator-joins.html?m=1
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