Michael Wang (basketball)
No. 23 – Penn Quakers | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
League | Ivy League | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China | June 8, 2000|||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | |||||||||||||
College | Penn (2018–present) | |||||||||||||
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Wang Quanze (Chinese: 王泉泽; pinyin: Wáng Quánzé; born June 8, 2000) or Michael Wang is a Chinese college basketball player for the Penn Quakers of the Ivy League. He was a member of the China national under-19 team in 2018.
Early life[]
Wang was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, but spent part of his childhood in Beijing, where he played basketball at Beijing No. 4 Junior High School.[1]
High school career[]
Wang moved to the United States at age 14.[2] He enrolled at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California and played power forward for the majority of his high school career.[3][4] While in high school, he lived with teammate Spencer Freedman's family.[2]
After graduating from high school, Wang played in the Amateur Athletic Union in the summer of 2018.[4][5]
College career[]
In 2018, Wang enrolled in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] During his freshman year with the Quakers, Wang averaged 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.[6] On December 4, 2018, Wang scored a career-high 23 points off the bench in an 89–75 upset win over Miami.[7] Wang missed the entirety of his sophomore season due to knee tendonitis.[8]
National team career[]
Wang competed for the China national under-19 basketball team in the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship.[4][5] During the tournament, he averaged 20 points, 13 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game en route to the team's third place finish.[9][1] He led the tournament in rebounds and was selected in the team of the tournament.[9]
Career statistics[]
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 |
College[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018–19 | Penn | 26 | 9 | 18.1 | .455 | .310 | .708 | 3.6 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | 8.5 |
References[]
- ^ a b "旅美妖锋,奥尼尔称赞" (in Chinese). iFeng News. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b Fryer, Steve (March 8, 2018). "Fryer: Mater Dei's Wang has come a long way". OC Register. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ a b Shi, Futian (13 December 2018). "Wonderkid Wang wowing NCAA". China Daily. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Landau, Michael (3 November 2018). "Michael Wang headlines freshman class that is ready to contribute for Penn men's basketball". Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Wang Quanze brings something new to China's U18 squad". FIBA. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Michael Wang Player Profile, Pennsylvania, NCAA Stats, Events Stats". RealGM. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ "Freshman Wang leads Penn to 89–75 upset win over Miami". ESPN. December 4, 2018.
- ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (December 21, 2019). "Penn coach Steve Donahue believes this season's Quakers might be his best yet". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
- ^ a b 徐 (Xu), 邦印 (Bangyin) (12 December 2018). "王泉泽率队击败NCAA卫冕冠军,国青男篮新星未来可期" (in Chinese). The Beijing News. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Shanxi
- Chinese expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Chinese men's basketball players
- Penn Quakers men's basketball players
- People from Taiyuan
- Power forwards (basketball)
- People from Santa Ana, California