Salimatou Kourouma

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Salimatou Kourouma (born 25 September 1999) is a Malian basketball player for the Malian national team. [1]

She participated at the 2021 Afrobasket, [2] and 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

She played for Grayson College, and University of Arkansas at Little Rock, [9] [10] [11] She transferred to University of Arizona. [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mali Basketball National Team News, Rumors, Roster, Stats, Awards - afrobasket". www.afrobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Kankou COULIBALY at the FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Salimatou KOUROUMA at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  4. ↑ Ramsay, George (2022-09-27). "Mali basketball players apologize after mixed zone fight". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Video of Mali players fighting at Women's Basketball World Cup goes viral". South China Morning Post. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  6. ↑ "La Fiba a ouvert une enquête après la bagarre entre deux joueuses maliennes". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  7. ↑ sport, Guardian (2022-09-27). "Mali players apologise for fighting each other at women's basketball World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  8. ↑ "Fiba investigating after fight among Mali players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  9. ↑ "Sali Kourouma - 2022-23 - Women's Basketball". Little Rock Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  10. ↑ Eurobasket. "Salimatou Kourouma, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  11. ↑ Grajeda, Antoinette (2022-05-03). "UA Little Rock Athlete Raising Funds to Rebuild Parents' Home in Mali". Arkansas Soul | Black and minority news in Arkansas. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  12. ↑ Morales, Javier (2023-04-11). "Arizona adds forwards Beh & Kourouma from transfer portal | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com". allsportstucson.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  13. ↑ Fera, Brett (2023-04-11). "Wildcats lock in transfer forwards Isis Beh of West Virginia, 2023 OVC player of year Salimatou Kourouma of Little Rock". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  14. ↑ Doss, K. (2023-04-10). "Arizona women's basketball adds frontcourt help from West Virginia and Arkansas-Little Rock". Arizona Desert Swarm. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
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