![]() Victoria Macaulay (2024) | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Staten Island, New York, U.S | 7 August 1990
Nationality | American / Nigerian |
Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Listed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Curtis (Staten Island, New York) |
College | Temple (2009–2013) |
WNBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Position | Center |
Number | 20 |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Lavezzini Parma |
2014–2015 | Saces Mapei Dike Napoli |
2015 | Chicago Sky |
2015–2016 | Energa Torun |
2016–2017 | Cavigal Nice Basket |
2017 | Shinhan Bank S-Birds Anshan |
2017–2019 | Olympiacos |
2019 | Chicago Sky |
2019–2020 | Galatasaray |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Medals |
Victoria Ayo Macaulay (born 7 August 1990) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. In both 2015 and 2019 she played for Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association. [1]
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 [2] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2009–10 | Temple | 26 | 78 | 43.2 | – | 38.1 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
2010–11 | Temple | 33 | 152 | 40.7 | – | 40.8 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
2011–12 | Temple | 30 | 290 | 51.0 | – | 67.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
2012–13 | Temple | 32 | 452 | 42.9 | 40.0 | 68.2 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 14.1 |
Career | Temple | 121 | 972 | 44.7 | 33.3 | 60.5 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
During her time at the French side Nice, she averaged 15.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 0.8 rebounds. [3]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2015 | Chicago | 4 | 0 | 6.3 | .286 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
2019 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | .400 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
Macaulay was called up and represented Nigeria at the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket where the team won gold defeating the host Senegal in Dakar. [4] She averaged 6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists during the tournament in Dakar. [5] She also participated in the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Belgrade. [6] [7]
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