Temi Fagbenle
Personal information | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland | 8 September 1992
Nationality | American/British |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College | |
ZVVZ USK Praha | |
2023–present | London Lions |
2024–present | Indiana Fever |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Títílọlá Olúwatóbilọ́ba Fagbenle is an American-born British professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the London Lions of the Women's British Basketball League. She was chosen for the Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Fagbenle was born on 8 September 1992 to a Nigerian family in
Basketball career
![Smiling Fagbenle dancing with young girl fan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Fagbenle-20170914.jpg/220px-Fagbenle-20170914.jpg)
During her time at Blair Academy Fagbenle was voted on to the McDonald's All American High School team.[5] She has represented Great Britain at the under-16, 18 and 20 levels and competed at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship held in Serbia.[6]
She was named in the
Her selection for the Olympics came after a 12-month period in which she was unable to play for the
Fagbenle has won several national championships in Spain, Italy and Great Britain as well as the EuroCup 2024 with the London Lions. In her WNBA rookie season 2017 she won the WNBA championship as a member of the Minnesota Lynx.
In January 2024, Fagbenle was signed by WNBA team Indiana Fever to a training camp contract. She made the final roster and appeared in the first eight regular season games (24 minutes / 9.1 points / 5.6 rebounds) during the first month of the season for the Fever before suffering an undisclosed left foot injury.
Career statistics
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 Fagbenle won a WNBA championship |
WNBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017† | Minnesota | 21 | 0 | 4.2 | .500 | .000 | .778 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
2018 | Minnesota | 30 | 2 | 9.4 | .506 | .000 | .696 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
2019 | Minnesota | 18 | 0 | 15.1 | .519 | .167 | .722 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
Career | 3 years, 1 team | 69 | 2 | 9.3 | .511 | .167 | .720 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017† | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .667 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
2018 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | .875 | 1.000 | .000 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
2019 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
Career | 3 years, 1 team | 4 | 0 | 11.0 | .733 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
College
Harvard and Southern California statistics
Source[12]
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 |
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2012–13 | Harvard | 29 | 358 | 57.8% | 66.7% | 68.4% | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
2013–14 | Harvard | 30 | 391 | 53.9% | 28.6% | 70.5% | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
2014–15 | Harvard | 28 | 403 | 48.1% | 22.2% | 77.3% | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
2015–16 | Southern California | 32 | 436 | 51.4% | 25.0% | 70.5% | 8.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
Career | 119 | 1588 | 52.5% | 11.1% | 72.2% | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 13.3 |
References
- ^ "Temi Fagbenle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
- ^ Fagbenle, Temi (7 July 2012). "Passions: Basketball star loves to tread the boards" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Temi Fagbenle has many ambitions, and one is to play for the Lynx". Star Tribune.
- ^ a b "Temi Fagbenle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Gallagher, Brendan (31 May 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Temi Fagbenle to take centre stage for British team after being fast-tracked from juniors". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d McCluskey, Jack (25 July 2012). "Temi Fagbenle on English holiday". ESPN Boston. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Henson, Mike (4 February 2020). "Haringey, Harvard & Hollywood: The fabulous Temi Fagbenle and family". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "The fabulous Miss Fagbenle & family". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Telegraph Staff (22 June 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Temi Fagbenle in Team GB women's basketball squad". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "Temi Fagbenle's profile - 2012 Olympic Women". FIBA. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Nocera, Joe (27 January 2012). "Et Tu, Harvard?". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 15 October 2017.