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Yvonne Anderson

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Yvonne Anderson
No. 1 – Çukurova Basketbol
PositionPoint guard
LeagueTurkish Super League
Personal information
Born (1990-03-08) March 8, 1990 (age 35)
Springdale, Arkansas, US
NationalityAmerican / Serbian
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolHickman (Columbia, Missouri)
CollegeTexas (2008–2012)
WNBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Lady Cobras
2013–2014Visby Ladies
2014–2015B.B.C. Amicale Steesel
2015–2016Pallacanestro Torino
2016–2017Galatasaray
2017–2018Olympiacos
2018Kayseri Basketbol
2019Mersin
2019–2020Beşiktaş JK
2020–2022Reyer Venezia
2022Connecticut Sun
2022–2023Tango Bourges Basket
2023–2024Fenerbahçe
2024–presentÇukurova Basketbol
2025–presentConnecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2021 France/Spain

Yvonne Marche Anderson (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивон Андерсон, romanized: Ivon Anderson; born March 8, 1990) is an American-Serbian professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League. She also represents the Serbia national team.

Born in the United States, she obtained Serbian citizenship and represents Serbia internationally.[1][2] She was a standout basketball player at the University of Texas.[3][4] She is the daughter of basketball coach Mike Anderson.[5]

Professional career

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WNBA

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Connecticut Sun (2022)

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On February 22, 2022, Anderson signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun.[6] Anderson made the roster[7] and played in 11 games before getting waived on June 11.[8]

Second stint with the Connecticut Sun (2025–present)

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On February 6, 2025, Anderson signed a two-year contract with the Sun.[9]

National team career

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On 11 November 2020, Anderson made her international debut for Serbia in an 82–71 win over Lithuania at the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification.[10] She recorded 13 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in her debut.[11]

In June 2021, she won a gold medal at the Eurobasket 2021 in Valencia with the Serbian national team.

Texas statistics

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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[12] Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008-09 Texas 33 154 42.9% 29.4% 69.5% 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.1 4.7
2009-10 Texas 33 141 39.5% 32.4% 57.4% 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.2 4.3
2010-11 Texas 33 389 46.6% 43.2% 70.2% 3.0 3.2 1.7 - 11.8
2011-12 Texas 31 363 40.8% 30.4% 67.7% 3.5 5.5 2.7 0.1 11.7
Career 130 1047 42.9% 135.5% 56.5% 17.9 2.8 1.6 0.1 8.1

WNBA career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Connecticut 11 0 9.2 .462 .400 1.000 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.2 1.0 3.2
Career 1 year, 1 team 11 0 9.2 .462 .400 1.000 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.2 1.0 3.2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Olympiacos official website (in Greek)
  2. ^ Στον Ολυμπιακό η Ιβόν Άντερσον. sport24.gr (in Greek)
  3. ^ Texas Student-Athlete Spotlight: Yvonne Anderson, big12sports.com
  4. ^ Yvonne Anderson - 2011-12 Women's Basketball, texassports.com
  5. ^ Mike Anderson's daughter gets WNBA contract, wholehogsports.com
  6. ^ "Yvonne Anderson Accepts Training Camp Contract, Joins Connecticut". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  7. ^ LeBlanc, Jacqueline (2022-05-05). "How the Sun reached their final 11 players". The Next. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  8. ^ "Connecticut Waives Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  9. ^ "Connecticut Sun Signs Two-Time Olympian Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  10. ^ "Debitovala Amerikanka Ivon, Srbija slomila žilavu Litvaniju". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Group Phase Group E - Lithuania 71-82 Serbia". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  12. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
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