Astou Ndour-Fall

Astou Ndour-Fall
Ndour-Fall playing in 2019
No. 45 – Connecticut Sun
PositionCenter / power forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1994-08-22) August 22, 1994 (age 30)
Dakar, Senegal
NationalitySpanish[1]
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2014: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
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
2019-2020Dynamo Kursk
2020Dallas Wings
2020-2021Hatayspor
2021Chicago Sky
2021–presentReyer Venezia
2024–presentConnecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
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-Fall (née Ndour; born August 22, 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun 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.

Early life

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

Europe

Ndour-Fall (#45) playing for Çukurova

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

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]

Career statistics

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 best ° League leader
Denotes seasons in which Ndour–Fall won a Lega Basket Femminile championship
Denotes seasons in which Ndour–Fall won a Spanish National League championship
† Denotes seasons in which Ndour–Fall won a WNBA championship

International

International statistics[12]
Season Team GP MPG FG% 3PT% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2010–11 Spain CB Islas Canarias 9 5.7 .533 — .571 1.7 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.2
2011–12 23 24.3 .547 .345 .750 7.0 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.7 9.7
2012–13 18 32.8 .524 .316 .714 7.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.9 14.5
2013–14 25 17.3 .520 .382 .672 13.1 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.0 17.3
2014–15 Turkey Fenerbahçe 16 14.2 .543 .200 .739 4.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 8.6
2015–16 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 31 22.5 .551 .289 .694 6.8 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.6 10.0
2016–17 Italy Virtus Eirene Ragusa 25 30.8 .541 .400 .697 8.2 0.4 1.2 1.1 2.2 14.3
2017–18 34 29.3 .596 .347 .784 6.9 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 14.9
2018–19 Turkey Çukurova Basketbol 31 26.2 .600 .333 .753 6.3 0.9 0.8 1.0 2.2 15.2
2019–20 Russia Dynamo Kursk 7 17.0 .373 .333 .846 6.0 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 7.9
2020–21 Turkey Hatayspor 23 28.2 .645 .333 .775 8.3 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.6 16.0
2021–22 Italy Reyer Venezia 18 25.9 .561 .477 .706 8.1 0.8 1.7 0.9 1.8 15.1
2022–23 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 25 23.8 .606 .219 .745 7.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.0 12.4
2023–24 Spain CB Islas Canarias 13 37.6 .597 .309 .746 9.3 1.7 0.7 0.8 1.5 18.7

EuroCup and EuroLeague

EuroCup and EuroLeague statistics[12]
Season Team GP MPG FG% 3PT% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2010–11 EuroCup Spain CB Islas Canarias 5 5.0 .750 — .750 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.8
2011–12 EuroCup 10 34.4 .477 .333 .725 10.9 0.2 1.7 1.7 2.7 16.1
2014–15 EuroLeague Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 18.4 .484 .444 .611 5.7 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.3 9.6
2015–16 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 28.7 .581 .242 .857 8.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.6 11.3
2016–17 EuroCup Italy Virtus Eirene Ragusa 10 29.6 .490 .300 .703 8.0 0.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 14.7
2017–18 EuroCup 8 25.2 .493 .542 .692 6.1 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.7 14.6
2018–19 EuroCup Turkey Çukurova Basketbol 12 24.6 .577 .464 .853 5.9 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.9 15.7
2018–19 EuroLeague 2 25.5 .571 .400 .714 3.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 2.0 13.5
2019–20 EuroLeague Russia Dynamo Kursk 4 23.3 .524 .429 1.000 3.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.8 8.5
2020-21 EuroCup Turkey Hatayspor 3 28.3 .556 .167 .444 8.7 1.7 0.7 1.3 2.3 15.7
2021–22 EuroCup Italy Reyer Venezia 4 32.0 .448 .133 .850 7.5 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.8 12.3
2021–22 EuroLeague 10 26.6 .532 .324 .650 5.7 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.5 13.3
2022–23 EuroLeague Italy Beretta Famila Schio 19 26.9 .586 .333 .750 5.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.5 11.5

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics
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
2015 — Did not play
2016 San Antonio 30 9 14.9 .396 .344 .829 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.5 6.0
2017 — Did not play (injury)
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
2022 — Did not play (personal)
2023 — Did not play (suspended)
2024 Connecticut 22 0 4.2 .346 .200 .833 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.1
Career 7 years, 4 teams 136 44 12.4 .420 .314 .832 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 4.7

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 San Antonio 1 0 0.0 — — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 Chicago 2 2 25.5 .667 .500 .667 8.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 16.5
2021† Chicago 9 0 7.7 .421 .200 .667 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 2.3
2024 Connecticut 3 0 1.0 — — — 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 4 years, 3 teams 15 2 8.2 .550 .364 .667 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 3.6

National team

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]

Personal life

Ndour-Fall married Pape Fall in 2021.[15]

References

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  2. ^ a b Cristóvão, Luís (13 April 2014). "WNBA draft prospect profile: What would Spain's Astou Ndour offer a WNBA team?". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ Sáez-Bravo, Lucas (7 August 2016). "La hora de Astou: "Yo soy yo"". El Mundo. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Ndour: From Senegal To Spanish Stardom". FIBA. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "San Antonio Stars acquire center Clarissa Dos Santos from the Chicago Sky in exchange for center Astou Ndour". Hoopfeed. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Forward-center Astou Ndour Signs With Chicago". sky.wnba.com.
  7. ^ "Astou N'Dour Röportajı – Çukurova Basketbol". cukurovabasketbol.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Astou Ndour WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ^ Kenney, Madeline (12 February 2020). "Sky send Astou Ndour to Wings". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Wings waive Astou Ndour after one season". Reuters. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ Kenney, Madeline (8 March 2021). "Astou Ndour returns to Sky on 1-year deal". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Astou Ndour - Prodep". Prodep. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Astou NDOUR". FIBA Archive. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018.
  15. ^ "'TIS THE SEASON: ASTOU NDOUR AND PAPE FALL ARE MARRIED!". Beyond the W. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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