Yvonne Anderson

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Yvonne Anderson
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No. 12–Crvena zvezda
Position Point guard
League First Women's Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1990-03-08) March 8, 1990 (age 35)
Springdale, Arkansas, US
NationalityAmerican / Serbian
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school Hickman (Columbia, Missouri)
College Texas (2008–2012)
WNBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Lady Cobras
2013–2014 Visby Ladies
2014–2015 B.B.C. Amicale Steesel
2015–2016Pallacanestro Torino
2016–2017 Galatasaray
2017–2018 Olympiacos
2018 Kayseri Basketbol
2019 Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2019–2020 Beşiktaş JK
2020–2022 Reyer Venezia
2022 Connecticut Sun
2022–2023 Tango Bourges Basket
2023–2024 Fenerbahçe
2024–2025 Çukurova Basketbol
2025 Minnesota Lynx
2025–present ŽKK Crvena zvezda
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 France/Spain

Yvonne Marche Anderson (Serbian Cyrillic : Ивон Андерсон, romanized: Ivon Anderson; born March 8, 1990) is an American-Serbian professional basketball player for ŽKK Crvena zvezda of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia. She also represents the Serbia national team.

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Born in the United States, she obtained Serbian citizenship and represents Serbia internationally. [1] [2] She was a standout basketball player at the University of Texas. [3] [4] She is the daughter of basketball coach Mike Anderson. [5]

Professional career

WNBA

Connecticut Sun (2022)

On February 22, 2022, Anderson signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun. [6] Anderson made the roster [7] and played in 11 games before getting waived on June 11. [8]

On February 6, 2025, Anderson signed a two-year contract with the Sun. [9] However, she was waived by the Sun on May 15, before the start of the season. [10]

Minnesota Lynx (2025)

On July 28, 2025, Anderson signed a 7-day contract with the Minnesota Lynx. [11] Anderson made her Lynx debut on August 2 versus the Las Vegas Aces, where she record 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 rebound in the Lynx 111-58 victory. [12] On August 4, Anderson signed a second 7-day contract with the Lynx, but she was released by the team on August 9. [13]

National team career

On 11 November 2020, Anderson made her international debut for Serbia in an 82–71 win over Lithuania at the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification. [14] She recorded 13 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in her debut. [15]

In June 2021, she won a gold medal at the Eurobasket 2021 in Valencia with the Serbian national team.

Texas statistics

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 [16] TeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008-09Texas3315442.9%29.4%69.5%1.61.41.00.14.7
2009-10Texas3314139.5%32.4%57.4%1.71.21.10.24.3
2010-11Texas3338946.6%43.2%70.2%3.03.21.7-11.8
2011-12Texas3136340.8%30.4%67.7%3.55.52.70.111.7
Career130104742.9%135.5%56.5%17.92.81.60.18.1

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Connecticut 1109.2.462.4001.0000.81.10.30.21.03.2
Career1 year, 1 team1109.2.462.4001.0000.81.10.30.21.03.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine . Olympiacos official website (in Greek)
  2. ↑ Στον Ολυμπιακό η Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine . sport24.gr (in Greek)
  3. ↑ Texas Student-Athlete Spotlight: Yvonne Anderson, big12sports.com
  4. ↑ Yvonne Anderson - 2011-12 Women's Basketball, texassports.com
  5. ↑ Mike Anderson's daughter gets WNBA contract, wholehogsports.com
  6. ↑ "Yvonne Anderson Accepts Training Camp Contract, Joins Connecticut". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  7. ↑ LeBlanc, Jacqueline (2022-05-05). "How the Sun reached their final 11 players". The Next. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  8. ↑ "Connecticut Waives Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Connecticut Sun Signs Two-Time Olympian Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  10. ↑ "Connecticut Sun Waive Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Guard Yvonne Anderson". lynx.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  12. ↑ "Yvonne Anderson Game Logs". acrossthetimeline.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  13. ↑ "Minnesota Lynx Release Yvonne Anderson". lynx.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  14. ↑ "Debitovala Amerikanka Ivon, Srbija slomila žilavu Litvaniju". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Group Phase Group E - Lithuania 71-82 Serbia". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
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