Mactabene Amachree
PositionForward
Height6 ft
Height in1
Weight lbs179
NationalityNigerian
Birth date30 January 1978 (age 48)
Birth placePort Harcourt, Nigeria
CollegeAbilene Christian
Career start2001
Team 1New York Liberty
Team 2Seattle Storm
Team 3Washington Mystics
Bbr wnbaamachma01w

Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978) is a Nigerian former professional basketball player.[1] In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA.[2] Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.[2]

Career statistics

WNBA

|- | align=left | | align=left | New York |2||0||1.5||—||—||.500||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.5 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2002 | align=center colspan=13| Did not play (waived) |- | align=left | | align=left | Seattle |7||0||6.7||.300||—||.500||2.0||0.0||0.7||0.3||1.3||1.1 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2004 | align=center colspan=13| Did not play (Olympics) |- | align=left | | align=left | Washington |3||0||1.0||.000||—||1.000||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.7 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | Career | align=left | 3 years, 3 teams |12||0||4.4||.273||—||.625||1.3||0.0||0.4||0.3||0.8||0.9

References

  1. ^ WNBA Player Bio Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (28 July 2005), Nigerian Finds Home in Washington, DC Women's Pro Basketball Team Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, VOA News. Retrieved 03-06-2009.