Yvonne Anderson - Wikipedia
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| No. 1 – Çukurova Basketbol | |||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||
| League | Turkish Super League | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | March 8, 1990 (age 34) Springdale, Arkansas, US | ||||||
| Nationality | American / Serbian | ||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Hickman (Columbia, Missouri) | ||||||
| College | Texas (2008–2012) | ||||||
| WNBA draft | 2012: undrafted | ||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
| 2013–2014 | Lady Cobras | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | Visby Ladies | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | B.B.C. Amicale Steesel | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Pallacanestro Torino | ||||||
| 2016–2017 | Galatasaray | ||||||
| 2017–2018 | Olympiacos | ||||||
| 2018 | Kayseri Basketbol | ||||||
| 2019 | Mersin | ||||||
| 2019–2020 | Beşiktaş JK | ||||||
| 2020–2022 | Reyer Venezia | ||||||
| 2022 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||
| 2022–2023 | Tango Bourges Basket | ||||||
| 2023–2024 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||
| 2024–present | Çukurova Basketbol | ||||||
| 2025–present | Connecticut Sun | ||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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Yvonne Marche Anderson (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивон Андерсон, romanized: Ivon Anderson; born March 8, 1990) is an American-Serbian professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League. She also represents the Serbia national team.
Born in 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
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Connecticut Sun (2022)
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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]
Second stint with the Connecticut Sun (2025–present)
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On February 6, 2025, Anderson signed a two-year contract with the Sun.[9]
National team career
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On 11 November 2020, Anderson made a national team debut for Serbia in a 82–71 win over Lithuania at the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification.[10] She recorded 13 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in her debut.[11]
In June 2021, she won the gold medal at the Eurobasket 2021 in Valencia with the Serbian national team.
| 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[12] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2008-09 | Texas | 33 | 154 | 42.9% | 29.4% | 69.5% | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| 2009-10 | Texas | 33 | 141 | 39.5% | 32.4% | 57.4% | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| 2010-11 | Texas | 33 | 389 | 46.6% | 43.2% | 70.2% | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | - | 11.8 |
| 2011-12 | Texas | 31 | 363 | 40.8% | 30.4% | 67.7% | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| Career | 130 | 1047 | 42.9% | 135.5% | 56.5% | 17.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
WNBA career statistics
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| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2022 | Connecticut | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | .462 | .400 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | .462 | .400 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
- ^ Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Olympiacos official website (in Greek)
- ^ Στον Ολυμπιακό η Ιβόν Άντερσον. sport24.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Texas Student-Athlete Spotlight: Yvonne Anderson, big12sports.com
- ^ Yvonne Anderson - 2011-12 Women's Basketball, texassports.com
- ^ Mike Anderson's daughter gets WNBA contract, wholehogsports.com
- ^ "Yvonne Anderson Accepts Training Camp Contract, Joins Connecticut". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ LeBlanc, Jacqueline (2022-05-05). "How the Sun reached their final 11 players". The Next. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Waives Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Sun Signs Two-Time Olympian Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Debitovala Amerikanka Ivon, Srbija slomila žilavu Litvaniju". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Group Phase Group E - Lithuania 71-82 Serbia". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- Yvonne Anderson at galatasaray.org
- Yvonne Anderson at columbiamissourian.com