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Born | Nkongsamba, Cameroon | July 26, 1999||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Cameroonian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Lycee du Manengouba Nkongsamba (Nkongsamba, Cameroon) | ||||||||||||||
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WNBA draft | 2023: 2nd round, 21st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
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Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (born July 26, 1999) is a Cameroonian basketball player who is a free agent. She played college at South Florida [1] and for the Cameroon national basketball team.
She attended Lycee Manengouba Nkongsamba in her hometown and ranked No. 3 overall in Cameroon coming out of high school. [2] [3]
Dulcy previously played for Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee in her junior year(2018-2019). In her one season at Walters, she averaged 15.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, also 18.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in conference play. And she was named the "TCCAA Women’s Co-Most Valuable Player". [3] She then played at the University of Memphis for 2 seasons, before transferring to the University of South Florida(2019-2020) and in 31 games she averaged 12.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. [1]
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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2023 | Seattle | 33 | 21 | 14.2 | .523 | .000 | .550 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 33 | 21 | 14.2 | .523 | .000 | .550 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
She helped her native country, Cameroon, to the semifinals of the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in September. She had 16 points, 18 rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals in a 67–61 win over Egypt in the quarterfinals. [4]
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