Free agent | |
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Position | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born | (1995-07-21) July 21, 1995 (age 29) Brussels, Belgium |
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Listed weight | 148 lb (67 kg) |
Career information | |
College |
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WNBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2014 | Sint-Katelijne-Waver |
2014–2015 | Cadí La Seu |
2015–2016 | Cavigal Nice Basket 06 |
2016–2017 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków |
2017–2021 | Hatayspor |
2018 | Indiana Fever |
2021–2022 | Nika Syktyvkar |
2022–2023 | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
2023–2024 | Galatasaray |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Hind Ben Abdelkader (born July 7, 1995) is a Belgium professional basketball player who plays for the Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. She is also a member of the Belgium women's national basketball team.
Professional career
WNBA
Ben Abdelkader went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft. She was signed by the Indiana Fever in 2018 to a training camp contract and made the opening day roster. Ben Abdelkader was waived by the Fever in July, when they signed veteran guard Cappie Pondexter.
She made another attempt at the WNBA in 2019 when she signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky. She didn't make the final squad, as she was waived at the end of training camp.
Overseas
Galatasaray
On 21 July 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).
WNBA career statistics
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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2018 | Indiana | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | .186 | .207 | .875 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | .186 | .207 | .875 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
College career
Ben Abdelkader decided to join the California Golden Bears women's basketball team for the 2013-2014 season. During February of her freshman season, Ben Abdelkader announced she was leaving California and returning to Belgium.
References
- Dull, Ben (14 February 2018). "Indiana Fever sign Hind Ben Abdelkader". highposthoops.com. High Post Hoops. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- "Veteran guard Cappie Pondexter signs with the Indiana Fever". usatoday.com. AP. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- Kenney, Madeline (19 March 2019). "Chicago Sky sign guard Hind Ben Abdelkader". chicago.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- "Chicago Sky Waives Victoria Macaulay, Linnae Harper, Hind Ben Abdelkader". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- "Hind Ben Abdelkader Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- Kranz, Nick (24 July 2013). "Welcome To Cal Part 1: Hind Ben Abdelkader!". californiagoldenbearsblog.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- @hoopfeed (February 5, 2014). "California: Freshman Hind Ben Abdelkader (4.9 ppg/1.6 rpg) leaves program to return to Belgium to be closer to her family. #ncaaw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
Categories:- 1995 births
- Living people
- Belgian women's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- California Golden Bears women's basketball players
- Indiana Fever players
- Belgian expatriate basketball people in France
- Belgian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Belgian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- 21st-century Belgian sportswomen