Astou Ndour-Fall
Astou Ndour-Fall (née Ndour; born August 22, 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Senegal, she represents Spain internationally.
Ndour-Fall playing in 2019 | |
| No. 45 – Chicago Sky | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center / power forward |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 22, 1994 Dakar, Senegal |
| Nationality | Spanish[1] |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2014: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
| Selected by the San Antonio Stars | |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2014 | Gran Canaria |
| 2014 | San Antonio Stars |
| 2014–2015 | Fenerbahçe |
| 2015–2016 | Perfumerías Avenida |
| 2016 | San Antonio Stars |
| 2016–2018 | Passalacqua Ragusa |
| 2018–2019 | Chicago Sky |
| 2018–2019 | Çukurova Basketbol |
| 2019-2020 | Dynamo Kursk |
| 2020 | Dallas Wings |
| 2020-2021 | Hatayspor |
| 2021–present | Chicago Sky |
| 2021-present | Reyer Venezia |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Medals | |
Early life edit
Astou 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-Fall 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.[2][3]
Career edit
Europe edit
Ndour-Fall joined the youth system of Gran Canaria in 2009. She also played in the Junior Spanish Championship that year. Ndour-Fall 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.[2][4] As a member of the Spanish Youth National Team, Ndour-Fall's teams always won a medal in each tournament she played, including the bronze medal at the Under-18 European Championship for Women.[4]
Ndour-Fall 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-Fall was acquired from the San Antonio Stars by the Chicago Sky in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos in February 2017.[5] In May 2017, Ndour-Fall was suspended by the Sky due to injury.[6]
In 2018 she signed for Turkish team Çukurova Basketbol[7] and in 2019 for Russian team Dynamo Kursk.
WNBA edit
Ndour-Fall 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.[5] 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.[8] Ending the season as a restricted free agent, she was re-signed and traded to the Dallas Wings before the 2020 season.[9] She was waived by the Wings after the season, and signed a one-year contract to return to the Sky.[10][11]
Personal life edit
Ndour-Fall married Pape Fall in 2021.[12]
Statistics edit
EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics edit
| Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 EuroCup | CB Islas Canarias | 5 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| 2011–12 EuroCup | CB Islas Canarias | 10 | 34.4 | 16.1 | 10.9 | 0.2 |
| 2014–15 EuroLeague | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 18.4 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
| 2015–16 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 29.1 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| 2016–17 EuroCup | Virtus Eirene Ragusa | 10 | 30.1 | 14.7 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| 2017–18 EuroCup | Virtus Eirene Ragusa | 9 | 25.6 | 14.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| 2018–19 EuroCup | Çukurova Basketbol | 12 | 25.1 | 15.7 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| 2019–20 EuroLeague | Dynamo Kursk | 4 | 23.7 | 8.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
| 2020-21 EuroCup | Hatayspor | 3 | 27.6 | 15.7 | 8.7 | 1.7 |
| 2021–22 EuroLeague | Reyer Venezia |
WNBA edit
| 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 |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Ndour won a WNBA championship |
| 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 | |
| 2021 † | Chicago | 20 | 8 | 17.1 | .397 | .235 | .941 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| Career | 6 years, 3 teams | 114 | 44 | 14.0 | .424 | .320 | .832 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
National team edit
Ndour-Fall 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. Up to 2021, she had 75 caps, with 13.1 PPP and 7.2 RPP:[13][14]
- 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
- 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 4th 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
- 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 2015 Eurobasket
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- 2018 World Championship (All-Tournament Team)
- 2019 Eurobasket (All-Tournament Team, MVP)
- 7th 2021 Eurobasket
- 6th 2020 Summer Olympics
References edit
- ^ "Astou Barro Ndour ya tiene la nacionalidad Española". baloncesto.as.com. 17 June 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sáez-Bravo, Lucas (August 7, 2016). "La hora de Astou: "Yo soy yo"". El Mundo. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "Ndour: From Senegal To Spanish Stardom". FIBA. July 10, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Forward-center Astou Ndour Signs With Chicago". sky.wnba.com.
- ^ . cukurovabasketbol.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Astou Ndour WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ Kenney, Madeline (2020-02-12). "Sky send Astou Ndour to Wings". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ "Wings waive Astou Ndour after one season". Reuters. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Kenney, Madeline (2021-03-08). "Astou Ndour returns to Sky on 1-year deal". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "'TIS THE SEASON: ASTOU NDOUR AND PAPE FALL ARE MARRIED!". Beyond the W. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ [1][bare URL]
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Astou Ndour at FIBA
- Astou Ndour at FIBA Europe
- Astou Ndour at Eurobasket.com
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-05-30)
- Astou Ndour at Olympics.com
- Astou Ndour at Olympedia
- at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Astou Barro Ndour Gueye (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)