Quanitra Hollingsworth

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Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth Fenerbahce Women's Basketball vs Yakin Dogu Universitesi (women's basketball) TWBL 20180521 (cropped).jpg
No. 13Galatasaray
Position Center
League Turkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1988-11-15) November 15, 1988 (age 35)
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Turkish
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Virginia)
College VCU (2005–2009)
WNBA draft 2009: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Minnesota Lynx
2010–2011 VIČI-Aistės Kaunas
2011 New York Liberty
2011–2012 TTT Riga
2012–2013 UMMC Ekaterinburg
2013 Washington Mystics
2013–2016 Fenerbahçe
2015 Seattle Storm
2016–2018 Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
2018–2019 Dynamo Kursk
2019–2020 BOTAŞ
2020–2021 Galatasaray
2021–2024 Çukurova Basketbol
2024–present Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-CAA (2009)
  • 2x CAA All-Defensive Team (2006, 2009)
  • CAA Freshman of the Year (2006)
  • CAA All-Freshman Team (2006)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
EuroBasket
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 France

Quanitra Hollingsworth (Turkish : Kuanitra Holingsvorth, born November 15, 1988) is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray. [1] [2]

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In 2012 Hollingsworth acquired Turkish citizenship in order to be eligible to play for Turkey national women's basketball team. [3] Therefore, she missed the 2012 WNBA season and 2014 WNBA season due to Turkish National Team commitments. She represented Turkey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2009 Minnesota 34112.8.417.000.7033.20.10.40.21.04.8
2010 Minnesota 2507.3.378.000.6001.80.20.20.00.81.7
2011 New York 31116.9.524.000.6794.40.30.50.31.44.6
2013 Washington 706.0.556.000.5001.40.30.30.30.11.7
2015 Seattle 27012.3.450.000.6603.60.30.40.31.43.2
Career5 years, 4 teams124212.2.456.000.6733.20.20.40.21.13.6

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2011 New York 308.7.571.0001.0001.70.00.30.31.33.3
2013 Washington 202.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.50.0
Career2 years, 2 teams506.0.571.0001.0001.00.00.20.21.02.0

VCU statistics

Source [4]

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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 VCU 28 412 51.5 67.511.11.0 1.32.314.7
2006–07 VCU 29 396 53.258.5 9.4 1.31.0 1.3 13.7
2007–08 VCU 23 307 49.4 100.061.4 9.5 0.7 1.31.1 13.3
2008–09 VCU 3348951.7 64.1 9.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 14.8
Career VCU 113 1604 51.5 50.0 62.8 9.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 14.2

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References

  1. WNBA Player Profile Archived June 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Kuanitra Holingsvorth Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  3. (in Turkish) Potanın Perileri'nde kadro belli oldu!
  4. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.