Astou Ndour

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Astou Ndour
Astou Ndour (cropped).jpg
Ndour playing in 2019
No. 45 – Chicago Sky
PositionCenter / Power forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1994-08-22) August 22, 1994 (age 27)
Dakar, Senegal
NationalitySpanish[1]
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2014Gran Canaria
2014San Antonio Stars
2014–2015Fenerbahçe
2015–2016Perfumerías Avenida
2016San Antonio Stars
2016–2018Passalacqua Ragusa
2018–2019Chicago Sky
2018–2019Çukurova Basketbol
2019-presentDynamo Kursk
2020Dallas Wings
2021–presentChicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
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Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hungary/Romania

Astou Ndour Barro (born August 22, 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)[2] and Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Senegal, she represents Spain internationally.

Early life[]

Ndour was born in Dakar, Senegal on August 8, 1994. Both of her parents had been basketball players. She was a stand-out basketball player at her school in Dakar. Ndour moved to Las Palmas, Canary Islands where she was adopted by the ex-coach Domingo Díaz and his wife, when she was 14. She continued to play basketball for her school's team in Las Palmas.[3][4]

Career[]

Ndour (#45) playing for Çukurova

Europe[]

Ndour joined the youth system of Gran Canaria in 2009. She also played in the Junior Spanish Championship that year. Ndour became a naturalized Spanish citizen in 2011. She was a part of the Spanish youth team that won the silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women where she nearly averaged a double-double.[3][5] As a member of the Spanish Youth National Team, Ndour's teams always won a medal in each tournament she played, including the bronze medal at the Under-18 European Championship for Women.[5]

Ndour started to play with the Spain women's national basketball team on 2014 when she was 20 years old, although she couldn't play the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, since Spain opted to take Sancho Lyttle, and FIBA Regulations establish that only one naturalized player per roster can participate in national teams competitions.

In 2015, she was part of the Spanish roster that won the bronze medal at the EuroBasket Women 2015 in Hungary and Romania. Ndour was acquired from the San Antonio Stars by the Chicago Sky in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos in February 2017.[6] In May 2017, Ndour was suspended by the Sky due to injury.[7]

In 2018 she signed for Turkish team Çukurova Basketbol[8] and in 2019 for Russian team Dynamo Kursk.

WNBA[]

Ndour played for the San Antonio Stars in the 2014 and 2016 WNBA seasons. She was traded to the Chicago Sky in 2017, and played for that team in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[6] In 2019, she averaged 17.5 minutes and 6.8 points per game in the regular season and 25.5 minutes and 16.5 points in the playoffs as a starter.[9] Ending the season as a restricted free agent, she was re-signed and traded to the Dallas Wings before the 2020 season.[2] She was waived by the Wings after the season, and signed a one-year contract to return to the Sky.[10][11]

Statistics[]

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics[]

Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
Spain CB Islas Canarias 5 5.0 1.8 2.2 0.0
2011–12 EuroCup Spain CB Islas Canarias 10 34.4 16.1 10.9 0.2
2014–15 EuroLeague Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 18.4 9.6 5.7 0.2
2015–16 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 29.1 11.3 8.1 0.5
2016–17 EuroCup Italy 10 30.1 14.7 8.0 0.6
2017–18 EuroCup Italy 9 25.6 14.6 6.1 0.6
2018–19 EuroCup Turkey Çukurova Basketbol 12 25.1 15.7 5.9 1.1
2019–20 EuroLeague Russia Dynamo Kursk 4 23.7 8.5 3.8 1.0
2019–20 EuroCup Russia Dynamo Kursk

WNBA[]

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 high ° League leader
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 San Antonio 8 0 4.4 .421 .333 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.1
2016 San Antonio 30 9 14.9 .396 .344 .829 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.5 6.0
2018 Chicago 22 9 11.6 .474 .318 .769 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 4.6
2019 Chicago 21 11 17.5 .492 .424 .722 4.2 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 6.8
2020 Dallas 13 7 11.6 .351 .240 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 3.5
Career 5 years, 3 teams 94 36 13.4 .431 .340 .785 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 5.2

National team[]

Ndour started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of four medals from 2011 to 2014. She made her debut with the senior team in 2014, when she was 20 years old.[12][13] With the senior team she won the bronze medal in the 2015 Eurobasket and the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Astou Barro Ndour ya tiene la nacionalidad Española". baloncesto.as.com. 17 June 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kenney, Madeline (2020-02-12). "Sky send Astou Ndour to Wings". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Cristóvão, Luís (April 13, 2014). "WNBA draft prospect profile: What would Spain's Astou Ndour offer a WNBA team?". Swish Appeal. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Sáez-Bravo, Lucas (August 7, 2016). "La hora de Astou: "Yo soy yo"". El Mundo. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ndour: From Senegal To Spanish Stardom". FIBA. July 10, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "San Antonio Stars acquire center Clarissa Dos Santos from the Chicago Sky in exchange for center Astou Ndour". Hoopfeed. February 27, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Forward-Center Astou Ndour Signs With Chicago". sky.wnba.com.
  8. ^ "Astou N'Dour Röportajı – Çukurova Basketbol". cukurovabasketbol.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  9. ^ "Astou Ndour WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  10. ^ "Wings waive Astou Ndour after one season". Reuters. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  11. ^ Kenney, Madeline (2021-03-08). "Astou Ndour returns to Sky on 1-year deal". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  12. ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  13. ^ http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Astou%20NDOUR/pid/88675/_//players.html
  14. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Astou Ndour". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

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