Arica Carter

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Arica Carter
Personal information
Born (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight143 lb (65 kg)
Career information
High school Long Beach Poly
(Long Beach, California)
College Louisville (2014–2019)
WNBA draft 2019: 3rd round, 32nd overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2019–present
Position Shooting guard
Number23
Career history
2019 Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura
2020–2022 Movistar Estudiantes
2022 Astros de Jalisco
2022–2023 Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
  • LNBPF Finals MVP (2022)
  • Spanish league best forward of year (2021-22)
Stats at WNBA.com
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Arica Derris Carter (born July 19, 1996) is an American professional women's basketball player for Perfumerias Avenidas in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and, previously, was in Panathinaikos before os that she won the championship in Mexico after stints with teams in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and Phoenix Mercury of the United States's Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Early life

Carter was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Derrick Moses and Fern Carter and has six sisters and one brother. She played basketball at Long Beach Poly and was the first player from that school to be drafted and/or play in the WNBA. [1] She later described her mother and sister as role models because "they are three strong women who keep pushing through no matter what the circumstances are". [2]

Carter was a key member of the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team and won tournament MVP by, among the other tournament success, recording 12 points and eight steals in the final of the 2012 Inglewood City of Champions Elite Division. [3] This was followed up with being chosen as Dream Team Player of the Year in 2013, averaging over 11 points per game, [4] as Long Beach Poly won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 1 championship in a 46–28 win over Berkley including 11 points from Carter. [5] She averaged 10.5 points, 5.1 steals and 4.3 rebounds in her final 2014 season to win her second CIF championship with the Long Beach Jackrabbits; this time finishing champions in the Open Division [6] [7] with Carter scoring five in the 70–52 victory over Salesian.

Long Beach Poly's coach Carl Buggs said of Carter that ""She has a complete game, She has the ability to score, to score in crunch time, to make an assist, and she plays great defense" [4] and that she chose to attend Louisville after high school because she saw that the players there practised hard - even when the coach was not watching them; he added that "it made me happy to be reminded that there are still players like that. She really cares about winning and about the game." [8]

College career

Carter, known as "AC", [9] played four years, including three as a starter, at Louisville for the Cardinals while studying for a degree in psychology. [2] She did not start in her freshman year, but played in 34 games and had a season that she later described as "a little rough" shooting zero for 15 from three point range. Her coach said that in that season she "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn." [9] She commented that her response to the first season was to spend more time practicing shooting in the gym and that resulted in shooting percentages of nearly 40 percent at 3-point range and 30 minutes per game in later years. [9] Carter did not play in the 2016–17 season due to a hernia, and took a medical redshirt that year, allowing her to be eligible for both the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. During this season, Carter and the Cardinals would win the ACC Tournament. Carter also participated in three NCAA Tournaments during her time at Louisville. [10] [11]

In her college career she was known for her team leadership, mentoring of fellow players (including star guard Asia Durr) and quiet, unflashy but effective scoring and point-management in her role as point guard. Her coach Jeff Walz said that Carter was "just a heady, smart basketball player. AC, she just grinds it out" [9]

Louisville statistics

Source [12]

Legend
  GPGames 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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014-15Louisville348333.3%0.0%58.6%1.81.50.90.22.4
2015-16Louisville3413839.7%41.0%66.7%2.32.61.20.34.1
2016-17LouisvilleMedical redshirt year
2017-18Louisville3828744.4%38.6%78.6%2.94.01.40.27.6
2018-19Louisville3429038.3%37.5%73.5%3.12.91.00.58.5
Career14079839.9%36.7%69.5%2.52.81.10.35.7

Career

WNBA

Carter was selected as the thirty second overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury. [13] After making the final roster with the Mercury, Carter would play under head coach Sandy Brondello and alongside the likes of Brittney Griner, DeWanna Bonner and Diana Taurasi. Carter played in the Mercury's first two games, totaling eight minutes of play. Carter was then waived to make room for Leilani Mitchell on June 1, 2019. [14] Carter would be picked back up by the Mercury in August on a seven-day contract but left to make way for the return of Diana Taurasi. [15] [16] [17]

WNBA statistics

Source [18]

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2019 Phoenix 604.0.200.000–0.00.20.20.00.30.3

Spanish league

After a year's absence Carter joined Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2019–20 season and moved to Moviestar Estudiantes in the same league for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 season. [19] In her second season at Estudiantes, they qualified for the 2021–22 EuroCup but were eliminated in play-off round 1 to Flammes Carolo Basket of Belgium by only three points in a two-leg match. [20] Carter was voted best forward of the 2021–22 season of the Endesa Women's League and that year posted her career high 26 points and 8 assists in separate matches. [21] [22]

Mexican league

At the conclusion of the 2021–22 season in Spain, Carter switched to Mexican club Astros de Jalisco in the first season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF) [23] [24] where she was chosen as MVP of the grand final series for her contribution in winning the Mexican championship for the Astros. They were losing the final series 2-3 when they travelled to the home court of opponents Adelitas of Chihuahua but won the final two games to clinch the championship. Astros were 20 points behind the second last match but Carter posted 31 points and six assists to square the series with a 73–67 victory. [25] Carter took 23 points and 7 assists in her 37 minutes on the court in the final championship match to win the title by 69 points to 64. [26] [27]

Spanish and Mexican statistics

CompetitionClubGMinPts2FGP3FGPFTRORDRTASPFBSSTTORNK
2019-20 Liga Femenina Endesa [28] Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura2261420334-10837-10624-3611526335244895
2020-21 [28] Liga Femenina Endesa Movistar Estudiantes 3390440093-20252-16058-65137992684448343
2021–22 Eurocup [29] Movistar Estudiantes 61618925-419-3212-1342529211114885
2021-22 Liga Femenina Endesa [29] Movistar Estudiantes 2578134677-17749-13445-61166480775543154306
2022 Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF) [30] Astros de Jalisco 2469735378-15850-13347-61176077853513346296

Greek League

On June 29, 2022, she was announced by the Greek club Panathinaikos. [31]

Club honors

Panathinaikos

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